According to the Wordldtrademarkreview.com, the new gTLD space for lawyers which highlights .Legal, which is unrestricted and .Law which is heavily restricted have gotten off to a very slow start. "An analysis of take-up within the two most relevant new gTLDs - ‘.law’ and ‘.legal’ - suggests that law firms are taking a tentative approach to their new gTLD registration strategies, with only a … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2015
Sedo Holding a Three Number .Club Auction At No Reserve
Sedo.com is holding an auction of premium three numbered .club domain names (NNN.club) at no reserve starting tomorrow. All 3 number .club domains have been registered and as of yesterday all 4 number .club domain have been registered as well. The auction starts tomorrow and ends in November 19th at 11:00 EST in accordance with Sedo's closing rules. Some of the domain name that popped … [Read more...]
First .Auto Domain: Kain Automotive Switches From KainAutomotive.Com To Kain.Auto
Kain Automotive has changed their domain name from KainAutomotive.com to the new gTLD Kain.Auto becoming one of the first registrants of the new gTLD .auto. The domain name KainAutomotive.com is now being forwarded to the new gTLD Kain.Auto The domain name Kain.auto was created on November 3. According to their site Kain Automotive was Established in 2003 by "David Kain as a way to assist … [Read more...]
Report: Maharaja.co.uk Sells for $114,000
According to a story out today the a catering company in London English, Maharaja London paid £75,000 for domain name – maharaja.co.uk which is around $114,000 based on today's exchange rates. Maharaja according to the story means ‘high ruler’ or ‘king’. ‘With having an online presence being so important for our growth plans this will really help turn Maharaja into a widely celebrated brand’ … [Read more...]
Verisign Trending Keywords For October Include TM of Nike
Verisign(VRSN) just published it's trending keywords for domain names registered in .com and .net in October The term "Ok " is the number one .Com trending term, which is pretty strange. Words on the trending list for .com include; walk, blab, sold It's pretty early for Christmas, but it's never to early for marijuana. On the .Net list I don't know who is registering all those … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3million led by DCR.com at $42,000
Over the past week, 788 transactions took place on Sedo's marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: dcr.com at 42,000 USD Top ccTLD: x.de at 40,000 USD Top "other" TLD: jrr.org at 9,888 USD New Gtld sales: messe.online 1,499 EUR service.marketing 1,295 … [Read more...]
17 Year Old Areas.com Lost in UDRP: Failure to Respond the UDRP Evidence of Bad Faith
The 17 year old domain name Areas.com was just lost in a very short UDRP decision in which the domain holder did not even file a formal response. For all you domain investors that ask why even spend the money to properly defend a UDRP, The Panel found that "failure to respond the Complaint can be evidence of bad faith" in and of itself. That is why if you have a valuable domain you need to … [Read more...]