It looks like Taylor Swift was not by far the only celebrity to register a .Porn new gTLD domain name extension in the recently concluded Sunrise period. Lots of the biggest names in the music business joined Taylor Swift in registering their .porn domain including; Beyonce, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Cher, Britney Spears, Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Faith … [Read more...]
Why Namecoin never took off
Namecoin has been an idea that has got some press in the past but never really totally caught on. The idea of a decentralized DNS system, kind of like domain names working on the same premise as Bitcoin. Coin Telegraph sat down with Michael Dean one of the biggest proponents of Namecoin. In the interview Dean says that Namecoin is pretty much dead. From the article: CoinTelegraph: You … [Read more...]
Bitcoin Exchange PSCoin.com ReBrands to LZF.com
According to CryptoCoinsNews.com (CCN), Bitcoin exchange PSCoin.com is re-branding to LZF.com. "The Co-founder of PS Coin Daniel Pusateri told CCN that LZF.com stands for Laissez Faire, which means the free market, a market without government interference. At present, LZF.com redirects users to pscoin.com. The replacement will become complete within the coming weeks." "Pusateri said his … [Read more...]
Will Microsoft Buy Edge.com and Will They File A UDRP on MicrosoftEdge.com ?
Microsoft has a new browser that they are calling Microsoft Edge, Mike was talking with me and wondered aloud if they would go after Edge.com ? Three years ago there was an existing business on Chrome.com and Google decided to make them an offer and purchased the domain. Mike wrote about that here. Now Edge.com is also an existing business and not sitting there parked or owned by a domain … [Read more...]
ICM Just Made $1.2 Million On Sunrise Registrations For A $370K Investment
The ICM registry, which is the operator of .XXX, announced a short time ago that their two new extensions .porn and .adult each got around 4,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was opened to trademark holders. The wholesale cost for each sunrise registration was just $62, which is quite a bargain considering that the wholesale cost of a .sucks registration is around $2K + for any … [Read more...]
79% Of The Attendees Of The Collision Startup Conference Using “Risky” Domains
Bill Sweetman President of NameNinja.com, sent out a press release today saying that 79% of 491 Startups that will be participating at the Collision Startup Conference being held in Las Vegas on May 5-6 are using domain names that are counter intuitive and likely pose marketing challenges. Bill also found that more … [Read more...]
NoMoreRack.com rebrands to Choxi.com
Internet retailer NoMoreRack.com has rebranded, the name they chose is Choxi, according to the company it is hybrid of "Chock Full" and Choice. I can say I don't get it. I don't think the name is easily spelled when one customer may tell a potential new shopper. On top of that Target used to sell a brand of chocolates called Choxie. InternetRetailer.com reports that the move was partially due … [Read more...]