Three new gTLD's went into general availability (GA) yesterday all operated by Radix and the totals after the first day of general availability including domain names registered during the Sunrise period for Trademark holders and during Landrush a period where registrant could pay more money for early access to the domain names are as follows: .Website 6,342 .Press 800 .Host … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Over 6,500 .Website Domain Names Registered In The First 4 Hours Of Availability
According to a press release we just received from Radix, the new gTLD .WEBSITE, that went into General Availability today has already surpassed 6,500 domains in the first 4 hours “We have been confident about .website right from the start and these numbers just reinforce the potential the TLD holds.” said Sandeep Ramchandani, Radix business head. Registrars such as OpenSRS, 1Api, 101domain, … [Read more...]
Beware of Bogus Go Daddy “Account On – Hold” Email Scam
Back on August 17th we wrote about a scam email going around that was impersonating Go Daddy, there looks to be a new one out that says your account is on hold. Another phishing attempt. https://garage.godaddy.com/smallbusiness/secure/email-phishing-think-link/ Here is the text of the new bogus email: The subject line: Subject: Account on Hold: Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...]
Domain Broker Igloo.com Acquires Aftermarket.com
Igloo.com Limited, a Domain Brokerage & Consultancy Firm, has acquired the business of Aftermarket.com from Thought Convergence, Inc. for an undisclosed price according to a press release we received "This acquisition builds upon Igloo’s recent news of entering into an exclusive agreement with Rook Media to provide brokerage and related services for their newly acquired DomainSponsor … [Read more...]
Unitedprint.com Buys EasyPrint.com For an “Unspecified Six-Figure Sum
According to a press release out today, a German company Unitedprint.com, announced the bought the domain name EasyPrint.com for an "amount in the six figures" The original Press release is in German and I used Google to translate it: Online printing unitedprint.com SE acquires the domain www.easyprint.com at an unspecified numbered six-figure sum, strengthening its global market … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Gets Hit With UDRP On TableForTwo.com By TablefortwoBlog.com
Yesterday we wrote about Frank Schilling's Name Administration winning its 35th UDRP Today the company got his with another UDRP on the domain name tablefortwo.com The Complaint was filed by a Julie Wampler who owns the domain name tablefortwoblog.com Name Administration has owned the domain name TableforTwo.com since at least 2005 The domain name tablefortwoblog.com was first … [Read more...]
There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, "By "Website" we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must be noted that around 75% of websites today are not active, but parked domains or similar. " Tech Times wrote: Rejoice! The Internet recently reached more than 1 … [Read more...]