Namecheap.com a top 10 domain name registrar, has just launched the "Namecheap for Education Program" through which it is giving away a free .Me domain name registration, 1 year of free email a premium About.me page, a 1 click Github page as well as scholarships to college students Bike for them to use on Campus and for the Schools with the most signups will "takeover" the Namecheap home page … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Totals For Two new gTLD’s German Geo’s Launched This Week; .Koeln 11,543; .Cologne 2,679
Two new gTLD's launched this week for the German city known as Cologne and also Koeln depending on the language you speak. The two new Geographic domains combined for just over 14,000 registrations. Cologne is the 4th largest city in Germany and has a population of just over one million people. Cologne had 4.31 million overnight stays booked and 2.38 million arrivals in 2008 which is the … [Read more...]
Study Shows Majority of U.S. Consumers Reluctant to Buy or Use Bitcoin
Andrew Moran wrote a piece for Coin Buzz that looked at a study conducted by the Massachusetts Division of Banks. In the study close to two - thirds of those who responded said they were unlikely to buy or use the virtual currency. The article also highlights a study from the U.K. where 71 percent of British consumers don’t want to use bitcoin for their shopping needs. Of course we are very early … [Read more...]
Monte Cahn Of RightoftheDot.com Featured In HuffingtonPost Article On New gTLD’s/Domains
The HuffingtonPost.com just published an article on the new gTLD space domain name aftermarket Entitled "Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com?" "Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering domain names with unrealistic hopes and dreams of developing profitable, pure-play internet businesses. I, too, drank the Kool-Aid and registered blunders.com, … [Read more...]
Clearwater Systems, Inc Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Domain Holder Asking
A one member UDRP panel has found that Clearwater Systems, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, represented by Walker & Jocke, is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name clearwatersystems.net The decision is unusually because the domain holder, Glenn Johnson of Clearwater, Florida, / Clear Water Systems of Remington, Inc. of Remington, Indiana (“CWSRI”), didn't even ask the panel … [Read more...]
YoYo.Email Defends URS on eharmony.email By Attaching A Copy Of Its Recently Filed Suit
Andrew over at DomainNamewire.com has been covering the myriad of URS cases filed again YoYo.Email and today the company successful defended a URS against eHarmony based it seemed on the lawsuit it filed last week. The examiner Honorable Karl V. Fink (Ret.), cited the lawsuit between Complaint in Yoyo.Email, LLC v. Playinnovation, LTD (filed August 29, 2014, United States District Court for … [Read more...]
Godaddy Teams Up With Paypal on Its Brand New “Here SDK” Product
PayPal introduced today a new product called "Here SDK" and announced that Godaddy as one if its "Key Partners" Here is the info from Paypal.com: "We’re always working to build product experiences that simplify payments, and looking to collaborate with businesses that share our vision for making the checkout process more seamless whether it’s online, in-store or on mobile. Today, as we work … [Read more...]