There are so many diffferent opinions out there on naming, and more than one reason why certain companies choose the name they do. Sometimes it comes down to budget, sometimes it's a certain meaning to the founder that no one else understands, and sometimes it's about following the herd and following a similar naming convention. Martin Zwilling wrote an article on Entrepreneur that looks at 8 … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
FTC Rules Network Solutions Misled Consumers on 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Network Solutions got slapped by the FTC for not providing clear terms with their 30 day money back guarantee. Network Solutions did not make it clear that they hold up to 30% of the refund. There was no fine by the FTC but there will be penalties should they violate the terms set forth by the FTC. From the FTC website: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has … [Read more...]
Alarm.com Went Public Today & is Up Over 20%
Alarm.com went public today in a IPO at $14 a share which gives the company a market valuation of about $627.9 million. However shares are currently trading at almost $17 a share over 20% higher than the IPO price. The ticker symbol is “ALRM”. The company reported more than 2.3 million subscribers. The company reported a net profit of $13.5 million last year, compared with $4.5 … [Read more...]
ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free Domains: 35% Worst Case
In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD's. ICANN is saying its "Best" estimate is that the average renewal rate will be 50% for new gTLD's except for TLD's that provided free registrations where the renewal rate was estimated at 25%. On The Low estimate the ICANN seems to be indicating a new gTLD renewal rate of 35% … [Read more...]
ICANN March 2016 Meeting To Be In Morocco, October 2016 In Puerto Rico
The ICANN Board selected locations to hold its meetings for March 2016 and October 2016 before heading out of the ICANN Buenos Airs meeting. The March 2016 ICANN meeting (ICANN 55) with be held in Marrakech, Morocco which had already been selected for the site for the March 2016 ICANN Meeting after ICANN relocated the meeting scheduled for March 2014 to Singapore during the outbreak of … [Read more...]
No Luck of The .Irish; Has Less Than 500 Registrations After 1st Day Of Availability
There was no luck for the Irish for the launch of the new gTLD .Irish Including those domain names registered in the Sunrise period for trademark holders, the landrush period for those who were willing to pay an extra fee for early access to domains and the first day of general availability which was the 24th, the current zone files reflect less than 500 domain registrations The official … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: C9.com, BRRR.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where we highlight newly registered, purchased and domain names that are simply moving for one reason or another, mainly all by large companies. These are often early discoveries. Lets get going with today's list of domain name movers: Google Inc. registered several new domain names, starting off with GoogleChromeStick.com (Google has Chromecast which is a “stick”) … [Read more...]