According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale on GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and will be available soon on the GoDaddy domain availability check, making these premium digital assets widely available to GoDaddy’s customer base of SMBs … [Read more...]
German Court Limits Use Of Berlin.com & Requires Disclaimers On Site
A German Appellate court has ruled that World Media Group LLC (World.com) which owns the domain name Berlin.com has to cease using the domain name in connection with a website providing information on Berlin because such use constitutes an infringement of the rights of the state Berlin in the name under Sec. 12 of the German Civil Code. The domain name Berlin.com was registered on June 23rd, … [Read more...]
InterNetX, Key-Systems & Sedo Nominated For German eco Internet Awards
Three companies from the domain name industry have been Nominated for the Eco Internet Awards The Association of the German Internet Industry which honors the most innovative Internet solutions announced that three German companies have been nominated for the awarded given by eco – Association of the German Internet Industry in the Domains & DNS category. The Award winner will be … [Read more...]
ICANN Orders Further Study On Dotless Domains
ICANN announced last night they were authorizing further study into dotless domains. Google recently announced that they were changing their application for .Search to an open rather than closed registry and they want to operate the registry as a Dotless Domains. Here is the announcement: "On 23 February 2012, the SSAC published the SAC 053: SSAC Report on Dotless Domains. A domain name … [Read more...]
Afternic & Directi Partner Up
Afternic, announced their partnership with Directi, the largest domain registrar in Asia and seventh-largest registrar in the world. Directi will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner, incorporating Afternic’s vast inventory of premium domains for sale through their BigRock brand. This exclusive relationship brings premium domains to India for the first time, opening up new … [Read more...]
Bill Sweetman Consulting Firm Name Ninja Launches
After resigning from his vice president’s role at Tucows to pursue his passion for domain name strategy, respected domain name expert Bill Sweetman has unveiled Name Ninja (www.nameninja.com), a boutique domain name consulting firm that officially launches today. “With the massive expansion of the Internet namespace due to the upcoming rollout of hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains … [Read more...]
Sedo Reports: Domain Revenue Down 14%; Domains For Sale Up Tp 16.6 M
Sedo Holding AG published its consolidated financial results for first three months 2013. Although total Revenue grew of 7.3% to EUR 36.9 million, "This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment." "The Domain Marketing segment was down 14.1% , to EUR 7.3 million compared with the previous year's EUR 8.5 million of revenue." "The Domain Marketing segment remained … [Read more...]