Emily Gosden wrote a piece for The Telegraph about Buckingham Palace buying domain names as a precautionary member. Of course the domain industry was a flutter back in July 2013 when Luc Biggs registered the domain GeorgeLouisAlexander.com. Biggs did a guest post on DomainInvesting.com that he offered the domain to the Royal Family. Buckingham Palace has bought up dozens of website addresses … [Read more...]
Better Business Bureau Warns Against Domain Scam
The Better Business Bureau is warning people about domain scams. Times Record News reported, How the scam works: You receive an email addressed to the owner of your company. It appears to be from an Asian domain registration service. The email says that a third party company has requested to register your business’s brand name as a website domain in China or elsewhere in Asia. According … [Read more...]
Domains Gone Wild
Girls Gone Wild is liquidating their domain names reports TMZ The company which filed for bankruptcy last year is liquidating their portfolio of 69 names. BestBreastsEver.com ... MardiGrasInvasion.net ... SpringBreakExplosion.com ... WeddingSubmissionVideo.com Some more names include: -- BannedFromTV.com -- HottestMomentsEver.com -- MyExGFClub.com -- SexStarvedCollegeGirls.net -- … [Read more...]
On The Day New gTLD Picked Up 19,163 New Registrations, .Com Picked Up 37,782
Plenty of new and buzz was created yesterday when new gTLD's generated 19,163 new domain registrations led by .Guru However in all fairness we need to point out that the total number of new gTLD registrations on the 1st day of general availability was still just about 1/2 of the number of net new .Com registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com while the total number of new gTLD … [Read more...]
.Guru Domains Already For Sale; P*ssy.guru For $20K Anyone?
As the last day of general availability ended yesterday, we know that .Guru was the big winner so far with over 12,000 domain registrations. Not surprisingly just one day after general availability started for new gTLD domain name registrations, new gTLD domain have already started to hit the aftermarket. Over at eBay.com the domain name pussy.guru is priced at at Buy it Now of … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On Y8.Net; EntourageMovie.com; EntourageFilm.com
A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under privacy. UDRP filed on Two character domain names are pretty rare so we will keep on our eye on this one. ON another note if your a fan of the HBO series Entourage you may know that they started the filming of the Entourage movie … [Read more...]
Domain Investors: Registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk Doesn’t Like You
In a press release issued today by domain name registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk, entitled "The new gLTDs mean a new Internet" (yes the title is wrong and should have been gTLD's) which talk about the new domain extension, the registrar throws domain investors under the bus. The press release starts off: "If you run a business or organisation (SIC) online, you will recognise (SIC) the feeling … [Read more...]