Publicly traded Remark Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: MARK) announced today they entered into an agreement to buy Vegas.com in a deal that could be valued up to $38 Million dollars. Vegas.com which is privately owned is a online booking company for all things Vegas. Under The terms of the proposed deal, which is subject to approval by shareholders of Remark Media (Remark),The Greenspun Corporation, … [Read more...]
CB Insights: Covers World’s Most Popular Non-.com Startup Domains, but Confused on New gTLD’s
CB Insights.com which covers the startup/ venture capital markets published an interesting post entitled "The Non-Dotcom Bubble: The World’s Most Popular Startup Domains Other Than .Com" The story contains a chart tracking the most popular Non-.Com domain name extensions for funded tech companies from 2010-2015. Of course since the first new gTLD didn't launch until 2014, none are reflected … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Taxi 2,167; .Dog 1,589; .Run 1,260; .Hockey 441; .Theater 405
5 new gTLD's launched yesterday into General Availability (GA) when domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra fee to register domain names ahead of GA in the Early Access Period (EAP) here are the total after the first day of GA: Taxi 2,167 .Dog … [Read more...]
Me.TV Registered In 2005 Saved In UDRP Against TM Filed in 2011 But No RDNH
Weigel Broadcasting Co. of Chicago, Illinois just lost its bid to grab the domain name Me.Tv from Hot Media, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington The three member panel of Michael A. Albert, Michelle Brownlee and William R. Towns refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) even though the domain name was registered in 2005 and the trademark was not registered until 2011. Here are the … [Read more...]
So What Happens When There Is a .ABC? Disney Applied For It & Its Coming
After announcing it selected the domain name abc.xyz for its holding company Alphabet, Google has been going around buying all sorts of "abc" domain names. Last week we told you that Google bought ABC.Global. Onlinedomain.com spotted 78 new gTLD's that Google registered using "abc. Last night .Club registry announced on Twitter that Google bought ABC.club. Also last night … [Read more...]
eNom.com Is joining SedoMLS Network
eNom.com just announced that it is joining SedoMLS eNom and its’ resellers’ customers will be able to sell their premium domains on the SedoMLS premium network and which includes hundreds of sales partners, including top registrars around the world. As the largest global domain distribution network, SedoMLS offers maximum exposure syndicating listed domains on more than 650 partner … [Read more...]
Sorry Google The .XYZ Registry is Not For Sale
Reuters.com, is reporting, despite some rumors in the domain space that the .XYZ registry is going to be bought by Google, after its purchase of abc.xyz, the CEO of the .XYZ registry said today its not for sale. The CEO of the .XYZ registry Daniel Negari was quoted by Reuters that his company is not for sale. "I believe I was put on the earth to do .xyz, and to bring it to the market. "My … [Read more...]