Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), today announced the Company has gained, in aggregate, net proceeds of over $3.5 million (approximately £2.3 million) for withdrawing its applications for .data and .art. The new gTLD .Art was won by UK Creative Ideas beating 9 other applicants in a private auction including Minds + Machines .Data is still showing on ICANN site as being in contention between Minds … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2015
.Online Breaks All New gTLD Records With 28,000 Registrations in 1st 30 Minutes
Radix the registry behind .Online entered General Availability earlier today announced that .Online has smashed the record for a new gTLD launch by registering 28,000+ domains in the first 30 minutes itself. After a stellar Sunrise performance, .online closed with 1,130 Early Access Program (EAP) orders, the highest number of EAP registrations recorded by any new gTLD domain … [Read more...]
Pop Artist, Songwriter, Producer & DJ Calvin Harris Files UDRP on CalvinHarris.com
British born music artist Calvin Harris has filed a UDRP on the domain name CalvinHarris.com Calvin Harris is a songwriter, record producer, remixer and DJ and his second studio album, Ready for the Weekend, which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and earned a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry within two months of release. Its lead single, "I'm Not Alone", … [Read more...]
GeekWire Looks at the brands using .News
Sometimes when you read an article on a technology website you need to make sure the author is not related to the company in a sponsored content or guest blogger type deal. Many times when I read new gtld stories I see these types of articles, nothing wrong with them but they don't carry any weight since the author has a vested interest in promoting the topic. I read an article on GeekWire that … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: Avia.com, Prelaunch.com, Protect.com & More Domains
Welcome to the ever exciting Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move for one reason or another. The vast majority of these domain name movements are by some of the largest companies in the world! Some are just valuable domain names in general and startups also join the mix! These are often early detection's that are being reported for the first time and often lead to new brands, … [Read more...]
The PGA Loses UDRP On The Domain PGAgolfpassport.com
A one member UDRP panel rejected the complaint of the The Professional Golfers' Association of America of Florida on the domain name pgagolfpassport.com which was registered sometime in 1995 or 1997 Complainant is the largest golf association in the United States, and for decades has used in commerce the mark PGA and of course own domain PGA.com At the time the Complaint was filed, the … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.7million led by H123.com
Sedo had 474 transactions take place on their marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: h123.com at 21,500 USD Top ccTLD: nachbarschaft.de at 12,700 EUR Top "other" TLD: hypnosis.science at 3,000 USD New GTLD sales: hypnosis.science 3,000 USD carsharing.wien 850 … [Read more...]