Google filed it’s comment on the whois privacy issue with ICANN today. Google seems to hate the proposal of the ICANN working group to prohibit commercial domain registrants from using proxy…
Author: Michael Berkens
Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 8K domain names . Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest.
From CBS to CNN To Fox To Google: New gTLD .News Has Almost 500 Sunrise Registrations
The new gTLD .News enters the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rightside Tomorrow, Wednesday July 8th with the highest number of Sunrise domain registrations the registry has had in any of its…
NetNames files Complaint w/ European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS Pricing
NetNames.com has filed a complaint to European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS pricing strategy that had Brand owners charged $1,999 each year (wholesale) for a .SUCKS domain name compared to others…
Andee Hill Joins Donuts As Director of Business Development
Andee Hill has joined Donuts,as Director of Business Development with specific responsibility for relationships with the domain investor community. Andee is a longtime participant in the domain name industry, most recently with…
Carlsberg Group joins Minds + Machines Pioneer Program For .Beer; Gets 150 Domains
Minds + Machines, (LSE:MMX), announced today that Carlsberg, “the world-renowned brewery group, will participate in its .beer Pioneer program“. Carlsberg has secured over 150 .beer domains, in a portfolio that includes their…
Amazon’s Prime Day Is July 15th But The Domain PrimeDay.com May Sell Today
Amazon announced yesterday that its “Prime Day” sale using the hashtag #PrimeDay on July 15th in celebration of Amazon’s 20th birthday will “Bury Black Friday” by comparison. We noticed that the domain…
Kansas City’s Lead Bank To Switch From .Com To .Bank
According to the Kansas City Business Journal, Lead Bank is switching their domain name from LeadBankOnline.com to Lead.Bank. Lead Bank will become one of the first banks to switch…