Looks like the new gTLD .News is going to be a big winner for Rightside (NAME). The 1st day of the Early Access Program is about to close at 1pm EST today where people could get first shot at registering domain names at a wholesale cost of $10,000 per (retail price varies by registrar, plus any premium registration cost, if any). As of the last zone file update we found 45 domain names that … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Golf 1,778; .Tours 1,693; .Plus 899; .Gold 768
4 new gTLD domain name extensions went into General Availability (GA) yesterday and including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period and those who paid an extra fee to register domain names in the Early Access Program (EAP), here are the number of registrations for each after the first day of GA: .Golf 1,778 .Tours 1,693 .Plus 899 .Gold 768 I know some … [Read more...]
.Site Now In Early Access: Here Are Some Non-Premium & Low Premium Domain Names
.Site a new gTLD that is being launched by Radix and is in the Early Access Period (EAP) where for any extra fee you can register a .site domain ahead of General Availability (GA) which starts on July 15th at 16:00 UTC. If a domain is still available after the EAP it can be registered on a first come, first served basis. We asked Radix to provide a list of non-premium .Site domain names, … [Read more...]
Thesis.com Purchased For $100K By Parent Co. Of WordPress Saved In UDRP
In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the Wordpress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Automattic, Inc. According to the UDRP, Respondent and Complainant were both approached by a third-party about purchasing the domain name thesis.com and Automattic, Inc. was the high bidder, paying … [Read more...]
Playa Games, Maker of Online SFGame Played By 40M: Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Playa Games GmbH which is the creator and operator of an online game called “Shakes & Fidget” which it says is known as “SFGAME” was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name SFGame.com The decision was handed down by the one member UDRP panel of Alistair Payne. The UDRP was decided by the On-line ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). The domain … [Read more...]
Qatar Airways Loses 2nd UDRP in a Month On 15 Year Old DiscoverQatar.com
Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C. of Doha, Qatar, just lost a second UDRP in a month, its attempt to grab the domain name DiscoverQatar.com Last month the state owned Airlines lost a UDRP on two other generic domain names, discoverqatar.org and qatartourism.org last month. The domain holder represented himself in the UDRP The sole panelist of Adam Taylor found dismissed the UDRP but failed to Find … [Read more...]
14 Year Old GSUS.com (Jesus in Spanish) Saved In UDRP From TM Holder of G-SUS
G-Hold License B.V. just lost its bid to grab the domain name gsus.com which is owned by Vertical Axis, Inc in a UDRP. gsus.com issued phonetically and slang for Jesus in Spanish. Vertical Axis registered the domain name Respondent registered the disputed domain name on October 14, 2001. Vertical Axis was represented by ESQwire.com The three member panel of Petter Rindforth, The … [Read more...]