For those that specialize in the brandable niche of domaining, you know you have seen some funky names get picked by start ups and some go on to get pretty sizable funding. It is the subjective nature of domain names and branding. You will always think I got names much better and they never get a bite and this name that just got $5 million in funding flunks the radio test, has many different … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
ANA: “Hard to Imagine That Most of The Already-Launched TLDs Will Be Around in 2 Years
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) an opponent of the new gTLD program wrote a post on its corporate blog today asking "Already Launched New gTLD's : Is Anyone Out There?" The post is a "report" written by their general counsel Reed Smith LLP, and Brad R. Newberg of the firm wrote the piece which gave its rundown of the state of the new gTLD program and is definitely worth a … [Read more...]
How Many Domain Investors Are There? JustDropped Newsletter Hits 100K Subscribers
We have often wondered just how many people are domainers or domain investors, well today the deleted domain names data provider Justdropped.com announced today that it has reached 100,000 subscribers to it popular domain name newsletter. "The newsletter which offers high quality domain names at low reseller prices is published daily." The newsletter has been in publication since 2004 and … [Read more...]
.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension
In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed in our post the other day that looks at the percentage of registered new gTLD domain names that are parked by extension. ""Let’s look at utilization on a few levels: 1. Registration numbers 2. Active website … [Read more...]
The Results Are in Frank Schilling Tops our Poll “Greatest Domain Investor of All Time”
One month ago we asked you to vote on who you thought was the greatest domain investor of all time. Frank Schilling took 31% of the vote and won the title. Yun Ye who sold his portfolio to Marchex for $164 million came in second with 17% of the vote. Rick Schwartz came in third with 11% of the vote. There were 252 votes in total. Thank you for participating. Who Is The Greatest Domain Investor of … [Read more...]
ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group
ICANN has named the first four members of the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN's President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination Group to assure that best practices are brought from the larger global community. Once selected by the Public Experts Group, these Advisers will contribute research … [Read more...]
Be Warned: WIPO Taking Screenshots When A UDRP Is Filed & Giving It To Panel & Why Its A Problem
WIPO has been taking Screenshots of whatever is on a domain name as soon as a UDRP Is filed and they have been furnishing the screenshot to the UDRP panel who has been taking the screenshot into account as evidence in making their determination. This revelation came to light by John Berryhill who read the following sentence in the recent 4Chan.com UDRP decision: "The Center generated, as it … [Read more...]