Booking.com which applied for the new gTLD .Booking announced today a new advertising campaign wrapped around Booking.Yeah Its the "first-ever brand campaign" for Booking.com. Booking.com applied for the .booking new gTLD. No one applied for .Yeah It seems like a horrible move which will only serve to confuse the public on the new gTLD's We have chatted before about while Brands … [Read more...]
Famous Four Open Its First New gTLD .Bid & You Can Bid To Own The Domain
FFM today announced a "reservation program" .Bid called Bid on .Bid The .BID Reservation program is split into two phases: Bid-on-.BID and First-Come-First-Served (FCFS) Bid-on-.BID When? From 14:00 UTC on 20th January 2014 until 10:00 UTC on 14th February 2014 Registrants are invited to submit their bids for .BID second level domains through participating ICANN accredited … [Read more...]
ICANN BC Committee Tells ICANN Not To Allow Singular & Plurals Strings (Again)
Elisa Cooper the Chair of the ICANN Business Constituency has told ICANN (again) not to allow singular and plural's strings of the same word. The letter dated December 30, 2013 was just published yesterday on ICANN' site yesterday. We at TheDomains.com previously stated that allowing singular and plural strings of the same word i.e. .car and .cars was going to be a huge mess and was one … [Read more...]
Donuts Comments On ICANN Last Resort Auction Rules
Donuts filed a comment with ICANN over the ICANN Last Resort Auction Rules which were up for public comment. Unlike Google which thinks the one year period in which is would take ICANN to hold all Last Resort Auctions is too slow, and Unregistry which think the period is too quick, Donuts thinks the timing is just about right although wants applicants who agree to have a second extension period … [Read more...]
Juan Diego Calle of .CO: Want to Control Your Brand Experience? Look to Top-Level Domains
Tech Cocktail did a piece on Juan Diego Calle from .CO Registry. In the video Juan talks about his start in the Internet in 1999, that his first business went bankrupt, he talks about how he got started with .CO in 2009. He talks about building a community and the ROI on getting early adopters with credibility. He also calls .com a wasteland. From the article: With the gradual release of new … [Read more...]
Top 5 Reasons That Domainers Are Resisting The New Gtlds
Slam Strategy is an Internet strategy firm out of Australia that works with businesses and helping them with their online presence. They are out with an article today on the new gtlds and the top 5 reasons why domainers resist new gtlds. In the opening paragraph the author did note he is an avid reader of the domains, he was inspired to write the current article based on comments from right … [Read more...]
Google Registry Tells ICANN They Should Finish Off Last Resort Auctions In Six Months
Google Registry in its comment filed on the ICANN Last Resort says ICANN plan to conduct all of the Last Resort Auctions within one year is too long. Google wants the ICANN Last Resort Auctions to be all held within 6 months. Uniregistry told ICANN in its comment filed on the subject, that one year was too short of a period. Google Registry also makes a very good point that under the … [Read more...]