It looks like Epik has acquired Undeveloped.com, a blog post on Undeveloped.com said the following: Undeveloped has joined Epik.com! Today we are very pleased to announce that Undeveloped is joining forces with Epik.com, a US based full-service registrar! Undeveloped will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Epik Holdings Inc group of companies executing on its existing roadmap … [Read more...]
Don’t allow IGO’s to block your rights to defend your domain names
George Kirikos posted information on an ICANN comment period that could have significant impact on domain investors, especially those holding valuable names like LL.com and LLL.com. Essentially IGO's or Intergovernmental organizations want to find ways to get their hands on valuable digital real estate. The working group is especially seeking comments on how to deal with the situation where an … [Read more...]
Selling domains in China
ChopChop Domains published a video on their YouTube channel that delves into selling domains in China. The video details the adventure from March 2014 to January 2017. Besides domain names it seems there were a lot of dumplings consumed. Follow key executives from ChopChop's parent company, TLD Registry, Ltd. (and their marketing partners from .CLUB) as they spread the word about fully Chinese … [Read more...]
Company Using Hand Registered Domain in 2015 Which Dropped in 2012; Raises $6.5 Million
I just got finished reading a post in Venturebeat.com about a company named ReplyYes, which just raised $6.5 million dollars and whose website is ReplyYes.com The domain name has an original registration date in 2008 but was deleted for non-payment of renewal fees on March 27, 2012 by a former registrant. The domain sat unregistered until for over 3 years until May 12, 2015 when it was hand … [Read more...]
When hashtags and domain names collide
The hashtag #Resist and the use of the word has been trending all over Twitter and the media to protest President Trump's agenda and really picked up steam since the Grammy awards aired on Sunday. In many cases hashtags lead people to the matching .com site and in the case of Resist.com, all anti-President Trump people, as well as President Trump supporters and the rest of the world are not … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Rick Schwartz Thinks Use of Domains In The Super Bowl Over Hashtags Is A Game Changer For The Domain Industry
Legendary Domain investor Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King, wrote to me about the post we published about earlier this week from MarketingLand.com, that Domain Names appeared in substantially more television commercials that aired during the Super Bowl than Hashtags and Facebook Pages. He thinks it's a game changer, a reset in the importance of Domains. So here are Rick's thoughts and … [Read more...]
The Trademark ClearingHouse Worked So Well One Company Got 24 new gTLD using The Famous Trademark “The”
The Trademark ClearingHouse (TMCH) which was set up/ contracted by ICANN to protect those famous worldwide brand names from abuse by those nasty domain name squatters resulted in a whole new industry. Those playing the TMCH for their own benefit to get first jump at new gTLD domain names to get registered in Sunrise ahead of all other under common words like "the" Actually there maybe no … [Read more...]