Stuart Lawley from ICM Registry (.XXX) left a comment about .XXX registrant rights in the new adult gTLDs, this is worthy of being its own post. I know many have been confused with what they get as a .XXX registrant when the new .porn, .adult and .sex gTLDs become available. Stuart explains: Our original grandfathering plan was to release the new extensions with priority registration for the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Court Orders Google To Help Marvel Discover Source of Leak
We continue to see courts getting involved in telling registrars and search engines what they must do to comply with a growing number of complaints that arise with issues of copyright infringement. A couple days ago we wrote about a German court telling Key-Systems that they and all registrars can be held liable for the infringement violations of their customers. Gizmodo reported that a U.S. … [Read more...]
New Site domcomp Compares Price Of 10+ Registrars Across Over 600 Extensions
A new site has popped up which compares the registration, renewal and transfer prices of 10 + different registrars across over .com, .net, .org selected ccTLD and what seems to be hundreds of new gTLD extensions. Domcomp which seems to have launched in September ,bills itself as the "No-nonsense Domain Price Comparison" "We aggregate prices for over 600 top level domains from the industry’s … [Read more...]
Donuts Beat Microsoft & Google For .Live
According to ICANN's site both Google (GOOG) and Microsoft (MSFT) have withdrawn their application for the new gTLD .Live, leaving .Donuts as the winner of the .Live new gTLD. Earlier today we reported that three other public company's Google, Amazon and Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) all lost the new gTLD auction for .Cloud. The Donuts application was placed under the company Half … [Read more...]
Shocker: Both Amazon & Google Lose New gTLD .Cloud Private Auction
A private auction was held a couple of weeks ago for the new gTLD .Cloud and shockingly neither Amazon (AMZN) or Google (GOOG), which both applied for the extension, won the auction. Amazon, Google, Donuts, Dot GLOBAL AS (cloudnames.com) and a third public company Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) have all withdrawn their applications for .Cloud The only two applicants who have not yet … [Read more...]
Wall Street Journal: The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for $100K+
The Wall Street Journal just covered .NYC domains name in a story "The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for $100,000 +" In the story The Wall Street Journal featured long term domain name investor Steve Kaziyev. "Since the new .NYC domain extension hit the market last month as an alternative to better-known extensions like .com and .org, Mr. Kaziyev has snapped up more than … [Read more...]
Another Scam Email: “I’m Selling Dontnology.com: Which Sold in 2000 For $2.5 Million”
Another day another scammy email from faustinorejopalomo@gmail.com "I am writing again because I have recently been fortunate enough to acquire a very interesting and historical dominance in the world of domains, belonging to the famous list of most expensive areas in the world, namely dontnology.com, which was sold in 2000 for 2.5 million, but over the years the owners let the domain expire … [Read more...]