Holding back and reserving what one would consider "premium" names is nothing new in domaining. Verisign has taken back drops on premium .tv domains many a time. Certain new gtld registries have done the same. There is usually not a desire to hold back average or what some might even consider below average names. I was reading a post on Namepros and a member (Crysis) uncovered a bunch of .co … [Read more...]
Monday.com raises $50 million
VentureBeat.com reported that Monday.com raised $50 million today. VentureBeat reported: Monday.com, the team and project management tool formerly known as Dapulse, has raised $50 million in a series C round of funding led by Stripes Group, with participation from Insight Venture Partners and Entrée Capital. Monday.com was once reported stolen back on Namepros, the conversation there is worth … [Read more...]
Coins.com or Crypto.com which would you prefer?
Things are back to heating up in the crypto domain space. Crypto.com sold, Coins.com even a name like EthEx.com closing for over $9,000 at NameJet. Crypto.com is being rumored to have sold for $12 million, Elliot Silver posted an article where a writer at Cheddar quoted the price. Coins.com sold for seven figures. Which name would you want for your brand in the cryptocurrency … [Read more...]
The Covfefe drop is underway
I was looking at the expiring names on Name.com and got to one scroll down where all I saw was covfefe. Another illustration of why it's good to be a registry/registrar. People just throw money away after missing out on the .com of the latest viral blip. Obviously donating the reg fee money to charity would have been a superior option but even throwing money out the window would have been a … [Read more...]
Some new domainers feel they know more than the veterans
It's no surprise to anyone following the blog space that Rick Schwartz has been hitting the new gtld's pretty hard lately, One of many examples includes: Rick wrote: Most products may have 1 or 2 weak points. GTLD's have 122 weak points! They sold you a bag of shit and you ate it like Filet Mignon! That's the ugly truth, deal with it! GTLD's took a thriving industry and derailed it. Did not … [Read more...]
Sedo will have a scheduled system wide downtime June 30
Sedo will be having a little down time this Saturday so don't freak out, this is planned. The company tweeted: On Saturday, June 30 we will move our servers to a new data center. There will be a system-wide down time on Sedo's website. This will approximately last for 3 hours. We’ll be back online around 6AM EST. More information is in your Sedo account login area. #takeabreak #downtime — … [Read more...]
French State wins dispute with regards to ‘France.com’ trademark
Worldipreview.com published an article (initially posted on TBO) that the France.com tm case has been resolved in favor of the French state. From the article: In December 2014, the French State opposed the application based on its figurative international registration for ‘France’ (number 1032440) where the word appears underneath an image of the Eiffel Tower, with a French flag in the middle … [Read more...]
