Paypal is about to get some competition as a new service called Zelle has teamed up with several national banks including Bank of America, Capital One, BB&T, Chase, Citi, TD Bank, Sun…
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.
Verisign: The Number of .Com Domain Registration Pass 129 Million For 1st Time
According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com…
Domain Investors Need To Learn Some Trademark Law
By now everyone knows that Rick Schwartz prevailed in the UDRP filed on Queen.com. There was also a finding of RDNH. Last year Mr. Schwartz was dealing with enforcing his trademark for…
New gTLD .Africa Closes It’s Sunrise Period With Over 930 Domain Registrations
The long awaited and much contested new domain extension .Africa just closed its Sunrise period on June 2nd and according to the zone file there are over 930 domain name registrations. It…
Shares of Web.com Up Over 13% After Hours On Takeover Rumors
Shares of Web.com (WEB) rose over 13% after hours as Reuters.com reported the company “is in talks with private equity firms after receiving takeover approaches.” The story went on to say “The…
Shares of Godaddy Hit An All Time High
Shares of Godaddy (GDDY) hit an all time high today of $40.37 before closing at $40.29 which I also believe is an all time high closing price for shares of Godaddy. Shares…
.Art Gets 3K Domain Registrations on 1st Day of General Availability
According to the .Art registry during the first 24 hours of general availability which started yesterday, over 3,000 .Art domain names were purchased/registered. Of those about 95% were “standard” domains e.g., personal names…