Live-Right, LLC has just lost its attempt to grab the domain name BabyBanana.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by represented by Esqwire.com. I believe is a particularly important win for domain owners. The decision affirms the business of investing and reselling domain names is legitimate use under the policy/ More importantly, the panel … [Read more...]
Dot Sucks Registry Puts Up NewYork.Sucks Behind Boston’s Fenway Park
Bizjournals.com reported today that a giant Billboard carrying the domain name NewYork.Sucks has gone up across from Boston Fenway Park the home of the Boston Red Sox. The billboard faces the Mass Pike and is right behind Fenway Park. Vox Populi, the company that owns the .new gTLD domain registry .Sucks paid for and is behind the billboard campaign. "Vox Populi is a subsidiary of … [Read more...]
Dot London Releases Great Video With Real Life Success Stories Using a .London Domain
A great video has been posted by the the Dot London registry that features interviews with real registrants of .London domain names talking about why they generally traded in their .com or .co.uk domain name for a .London domain and how its helped their businesses. Many of the people interviewed chat about how a .London address helped their business get a higher ranking on Google. The Video … [Read more...]
Bill Hartzer Releases “Top 20 Best New gTLDs Based on Quality”
Bill Hartzer who frequently write on domain names and SEO issues has published a list of the Top 20 Best New gTLDs Based on Quality. "As a part of Globe Runner’s New gTLD SEO Power Rankings Index, we gathered data from over 20,000 websites that have been actually built–or developed, on New gTLD domain names. From that list of over 20,000 websites, we have studied these websites’ qualities, and … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Site 9,788; .News 9,122; .Cafe 1,727; .Express 916
Four new gTLD's had their first day of general availability (GA) yesterday, where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis, and as expected both .Site and .News had big days. Including the domain name registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders, those that paid additional fees to register domain names ahead of GA in the Early Access Period, here are the … [Read more...]
One of The Most Applied For The New gTLD .Art is Settled By Private Auction
The new gTLD .Art appears to have been settled by private auction. The new gTLD string was set for an ICANN auction on July, 29th 2015 but several applications were withdrawn today indicating that .Art was settled privately. In all there were 10 applicants for .Art and as of publication 5 applications have been withdrawn Since there are 5 applications still pending we cannot say who the … [Read more...]
Better Buy for $20,500 VapeClub.com or MovieQuotes.com?
Two domain names just crossed the Sedo.com sales wire info in the last hour, with both selling for the same price of $20,500, VapeClub.com and MovieQuotes.com So the question is what is the better buy? In the case of VapeClub there is an alternative Vape.club The domain name Vape.club is for sale at DomainNameSales.com The Vape industry is huge and hot and seems to be getting hotter … [Read more...]