We just received an email from XYZ which launched the new gTLD extensions .Security, .Protection, and .Theatre today. Apparently on the launch some registration requests for single character domain names were being rejected due to a technical error, however we just received a note that the error has been fixed and that all domain names are available for registration (unless of course already … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2016
.WS Changing 2-3 Character New Domain Pricing & Releasing All 5-20 Number Domains
Due to the recent demand for the .WS extension coming from the emerging China Domain market, Global Domains International, the operator of the .WS registry, announced today that they are changing their pricing for all 2 and 3 character .WS domain names. In December 2015, thousands of .WS domain names were registered in China. The entire 4 number Chinese Premium .WS space sold out over a … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3 million led by Rostrum.com
589 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 64% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: rostrum.com at 40,000 EUR Top ccTLD: an.cc at 10,000 USD Top “other” TLD: cec.net at 10,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]
US Bank New Ad Campaign Around “The Power Of Possible”; .Com Owned T StatOil.com
According to MediaPost.com "U.S. Bank has launched its most extensive brand-building campaign to date around the phrase, "The Power of Possible" including TV, radio and newspaper ads, as well as social media engagement and other digital pieces. The domain name ThePowerofPossible.com is owned by another big company StatOil.com, which is represented by CSC. "Statoil is an international energy … [Read more...]
Rightside Lays Off “Around 6% of It’s Employees”
I received several reports over the weekend that Rightside (NAME) laid off some of its work staff late last week. I reached out to Taryn Naidu CEO of Rightside who had the following statement: ""In an effort to lower the overall cost structure and realign our resources on more strategic parts of our business, we made a difficult decision to layoff around six percent of our employees last … [Read more...]
HA.com to Hold Online/Live Domain Auction In SF: Submissions are Open
According to a press release we just received Heritage Auctions announced today they are holding an auction in San Francisco for domain names. HA.com is looking for: Short, punchy one word .com names, suitable for branding a company or a new venture. "Curb.com, Luxe.com, Hemisphere.com and Gazelle.com are great examples. .com is ideal. Short is preferred. Generic words, with no … [Read more...]
After 11 years Victoria Beckham gets her Typo .Com Domain: VictoriaBeckam.com
A UDRP panel just award the typo domain name VictoriaBeckam.com to the former Spice Girl and the wife of David Beckham whose website is Victoriabeckham.com The domain was first registered in 2004 so its been kicking around for quite a while making someone presumable some PPC money over the years Here is the highlights: "The Complainant is Victoria Beckham, a former Spice Girl and … [Read more...]