The organizers of THE Domain Conference announced today that DOMAINfest will be held on Sunday, September 27th as part of its conference, from Saturday, September 26 through Tuesday, September 29 Jothan Frakes, co-founder of NamesCon, will be bringing the renowned DOMAINfest networking and content, which will be a compliment to THE Domain Conference, with its Premier Sponsor .CLUB … [Read more...]
UDRP’s Filed On: eWomen.com; GSSF.com; Unbiased.com; AENA.com
UDRP's have been filed on Filed On: eWomen.com; GSSF.com, Unbiased.com and AENA.com ewomen.com has an original registration date of 1997 and is currently registered to Terra Serve of Grand Cayman and is currently being parked to a generic adult landing page. Looking at Screenshots.com, the domain appears to have been parked for many years except for a time where is was a "contest" … [Read more...]
Electronic Frontier Foundation Tells ICANN Not To Extend URS To .Travel
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) has filed a comment with ICANN objecting to the Extension of Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) to .Travel Domains. "The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy … [Read more...]
Almost All Of Free .Berlin Domain Names Have Expired 37K So Far
.Berlin had over 31,000 domain names expire yesterday adding to the previous day where over 36,000 domain names expired. .Berlin about a year ago allowed free domain registrations for 2 days, which totaled somewhere between 70,000-75,000 domain names with two registrants picking up almost 70,000 domain names just between the two. Now that these free domain names have come up for renewal it … [Read more...]
Godaddy’s Ad For .Show Might Lead To A Lot Of Cybersquatting
Godaddy has a webpage dedicated to the upcoming new gTLD .show Here is what Godaddy has to say about the extension: Everything from feature films to television shows to theater performances use the term “show.” If your site relates to any of those, register .show domain names for instant … [Read more...]
Verisign Downgraded By Zacks Partially Based on the New gTLD Program
Zacks, a publication that tracks the stock market and covers many public companies has downgraded shares of Verisign to a sell, partially based on the new gTLD program. ""We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long run. "The negative impact of search engine adjustments on domain monetization … [Read more...]
Overstock Buys 3 Domains & 3 Social Net Handles For 150 Bitcoins
Exclusive to TheDomains.com: Overstock bought three domain names and three social media handles for 150 bitcoins, in December 2014, which at the time were valued at $50,000 ($380 per BTC) from Anonymous Media LLC. which is a/k/a Dotted.in Overstock bought the domain names O.ly, O.vu and O.cr as well as the social networking handles of twitter.com/O; vimeo.com/O and O.tumblr.com for 150 … [Read more...]