Jennifer Wolfe is a digital strategy advisor and executive leader. She is nationally accredited in public relations and the Co-author of Brand Rewired and Domain Names Rewired. She runs a blog at Wolfedomain.com. On Friday Jennifer wrote a post entitled Dot Com Bubble (pt.2). I wanted to first find and read part 1, that post looks to have been written July 16, 2013 under the title of "New … [Read more...]
New gTLD Price Wars As United Domains Undercuts Godaddy
United Domains sent out an email making customers aware that they were now taking binding pre-orders on some new gTLD domain names. Interestedly Go Daddy which built its business being the low cost provider on .com, looks like it may be taking a different path with the new gtlds as there prices are higher on a majority of the extension both are taking pre-orders on. UnitedDomains.com is … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Rolls Out Gift Cards In Time For The Holidays: “Give the Gift of .Buzz”
We knew that the new gTLD registries would come up with some creative marketing ideas. Today we got an email from the upcoming .buzz registry who is selling .Buzz gift cards "just in time for the holidays"; "JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. GIVE THE GIFT OF .BUZZ" "dotStrategy, the parent company of the .buzz registry, is offering an easy solution for the last minute gift buyer — 'Give the … [Read more...]
Internet is about to experience one of its greatest changes: ICANN
The Times of India sat down with Fadi Chehade of ICANN and conducted a small interview. Fadi Chehade is the president and CEO of the International Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization that allocates web addresses and assigns unique protocol numbers on the internet. In an email interview with Kim Arora, he discussed ICANN's globalization efforts, digital … [Read more...]
Well Here’s The 1st: KPMG To Replace Its .Com With Its New gTLD
I know a lot of people in the domain industry have put the eventual success on the new gTLD program on whether big brands would actually switch from their .com to their new gTLD. Today we have the first. In an interview with worldipreview.com, Professional services firm KPMG says they are going to replace KPMG.com with .KPMG the new gTLD they applied for. KPMG is a worldwide company, … [Read more...]
You’ve Got To Be Kidding: $25K For A .Sucks Domain Name Registration
One of the new gTLD applicants for .sucks opened up Priority Registrations for .sucks domain names for $250 per domain and Trademark Priority Registrations of $2,500 per domain. The truly shocking part of today's announcement is that the registry plans on charging $25,000 PER domain for Sunrise Registrations. Sunrise is reserved for registered trademarks which are registered with the … [Read more...]
UK Bans 1and1.com New gTLD Commercials As Being “Misleading”
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) which is the independent regulator of advertising across all media the United Kingdom has just banned 1and1.com new gTLD television commercials as being misleading. A television commercial similar to the one 1and1.com was running in the United States, was also running in the UK. The ASA applies the Advertising Codes, which are written by … [Read more...]