Thanks to a reader of TheDomains.com who spotted an ad in the London Tube (otherwise known as the subway ) for new gTLD's The Ad looks like a pretty big billboard (unfortunately it looks like the picture got chopped off slightly on the right) sponsored by the domain name registrar, 123-reg.co.uk Looks like the ad is featuring the new gTLD's of .Club, .Ninja and .XYZ as well as .London, … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Take 1st Toll On Existing String? .Mobi Falls Below 1 Million Registrations
According to RegistrarStats.com the Top Level Domain (TLD) .Mobi fell below 1 Million domain name registrations. .Mobi hit a high of 1.2 Million registrations in January 2014 before the new gTLD were released. .Mobi increased registration from late 2011, from below 1 Million hitting 1.2 Million on January. We can't peg the losses of 200,000 domain registrations since … [Read more...]
Canada’s MuchMusic Quietly Acquires Much.com
Canada's Much Music quietly acquired the domain name Much.com in what appears to be around October 2013. The domain Much.com is now being forwarded to MuchMusic.com Much Music is a television network owned by Bell Media subsidiary of BCE It looks like the domain was acquired sometime in October 2013 by brandcertified.com a company related to MarkMonitor Prior to the acquisition in … [Read more...]
Rapper 50 Cent Picks A .Club Domain To Launch His Fan Site: 50inDa.Club
According to a press release just out, Rapper 50 Cent, announced today the upcoming launch of the 50InDa.Club web site in association with .CLUB Domains, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain (gTLD). 50 Cent will be officially launching the page and appearing live at the invitation-only launch party for the new .CLUB domain name extension in Manhattan … [Read more...]
South Florida Domain Pro’s “Rock The Dot” With Bree Is Wednesday, Join Us
On Wednesday May 14th the South Florida Domain Professionals launch event, Rock The Dot will be held with cocktails and dinner at Callaro’s Streak House in downtown Lake Worth, followed by "Propaganda" music venue, with live performances from Hi-Fi Gemini, featuring Delray Beach domain pro Rick Waters; and rising Nashville rock star Bree, featuring David Castello on drums. Bree … [Read more...]
Did Two Domain Sherpa’s Change The New gTLD Registrar Market?
As most domain investors know myself, Adam Dicker, Rick Schwartz and Page Howe have had a weekly show on DomainSherpa.com for many months were we discuss news and other things going on in the domain industry. On last Thursday's DomainSherpa.com show, Adam Dicker said that he had just a few days before found the domain name registrar Hexonet.net and told the audience that he loved the … [Read more...]
Maccabim.com Partners With DomainTools To “Identify Serial Cybersquatters”
According to a press release out today, Maccabim.com, a "researcher and developer of cybercrime solutions to protect brands and IP assets, today announced the launch of its Serial Cybersquatter Detector (SCD) Network powered by DomainTools® The SCD Network "instantaneously identifies both the serial cybersquatters exploiting its members' trademarks, as well as the opportunities to either … [Read more...]