According to a study conducted by World Trademark Review (WTR) magazine found that of those brands planning to apply to run a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), 81% plan on making their gTLD their master brand. I think most in the domain industry believe that if global brands apply for their own gTLD they would still use their .com as their main internet presence. However if this study is … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
ConcertTickets.com Hits The Sales Block With Its Annual Revenue Of $50K-$120K
According to a press release, ConcertTickets.com has been put up for sale by Alan Gould, president and CEO. "According to the owner revenues generated varies from time to time, but in the best year since it started in 2003, the site made $120,000 in advertising money, and in the worst year it made $50,000.""Revenue changes all the time because it depends on how well the site is indexed by … [Read more...]
Washington Came To TRAFFIC: Why Don’t You Care?
The domain industry again has an opportunity to have a voice Washington with those who pass laws and make regulations. Almost since starting writing thedomains.com I have been talking about the need for domainers to make sure they have a voice in Washington as trademark groups lobby everyday to broaden and strengthen trademark laws so that they can come after your more of your domains, cheaper … [Read more...]
US Trademark Office Wants Your Comments on Trademark Bullying
The US trademark office has opened up a comment period and wants feedback on Trademark Bullying: We all know of cases where trademark owners have tried to use their trademark to get domains that are well beyond their trademarks and/or use scare tactics and other questionable practices in attempting to get domains away from their owners. Here are the details including information on how you … [Read more...]
FecaBook.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $14K
With Facebook.com just filing suit against 2 other sites in just a matter of a couple of months I was pretty surprised to see a typo of Facebook, FecaBook.com just sell on SnapNames.com for $14,149. Of course the parked page is full of ads for facebook.com and other social networking sites, making the domain available for the taking through a UDRP. The domain of course gets thousands of … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Miami Wrap up: The Great, The Bad, & The Money
You probably have read on many blogs already the opinion that the TRAFFIC Miami show was the best TRAFFIC show since the 1st one way back in 2004. They're right. Now out of full disclosure I have missed two shows over the years; the one in Santa Clara and the one in Orlando, but of all the others I attended this one had the perfect mix of attendees, facility, location, speakers and … [Read more...]
FaceBook.com Sues FacePorn.com
According to ComputerWorld.com, Facebook filed suit on October 15th today against Faceporn.com, alleging the site essentially copied Facebook to build an adult social networking platform "Until recently, Faceporn billed itself as "the number one socializing porn and sex network," offering a range of pornographic content. However it now says it's offline for a redesign. "We're currently … [Read more...]