The .Kiwi registry has formally launched a Founders Program for the .Kiwi new gTLD and has broken it down between several different levels of involvment Launch Community Individuals and organizations who show early interest in .kiwi, and are eager to promote their Kiwi-ness. Only a select few will have the opportunity to join the .kiwi Launch Community. Register your interest with us now to be … [Read more...]
Architelos Publishes The Second Installment of the NameSentry Namespace Quality Report
Architelos, Inc. announced today the publication of the second installment of the NameSentry Namespace Quality Report. The report benchmarks the comparative safety of the Internet and its largest Top Level Domains (TLDs) by measuring by the prevalence of security threats such as malware, phishing, botnets, and spam. The findings indicate a 67% increase of domain names identified and listed … [Read more...]
True Category Killer Hits The Market, Fashion.com But Why Is Schilling Brokering Not Buying It?
We get press releases about domain names for sale almost every day but this one really caught our eye. The domain name is Fashion.com Its a huge vertical, certainly a top 100 generic .com domain name and certainly worth into the eight figures According to the press release the domain is being brokered jointly by DomainNameSales.com and igloo.com. DomainNameSales of course was founded … [Read more...]
.CLUB Partners with RightOfTheDot.com for “Category Killer” Premium & Founder Program Domain Sales and Strategy
Although I rarely write about projects I'm personally working on, I'm delighted to announced that .CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), has partnered with Internet consulting and advisement firm RightOfTheDot, LLC to help facilitate and manage the release, placement and auction of certain super premium and Founder .CLUB … [Read more...]
1and1.com Tops 4 Million New gTLD Pre-Reservations; Adding 1.5 Million In a Month
The domain name registrar, 1and1.com just topped 4 Million pre-reservations for new gTLD domain names. The registrar announced earlier this week that they were accepting pre-registrations for 4 new gTLD's, .BIKE, .SINGLES, .HOLDINGS and .CLOTHING which are different that … [Read more...]
Brands May Lead The New gTLD’s But They May Also Lead The Confusion
Many expect the Brand applicants are to lead the new gTLD charge by bringing consumer awareness to the new gTLD program. To the extent consumers start seeing advertising on domain names using new gTLD's , consumers may become much more aware of new gTLD domain names. However company's are still using what I call the "indiscriminate dot" in its advertising, marketing and branding which is … [Read more...]
Here Are NameJet’s Terms & Conditions on New gTLD Auctions
Namejet.com announced last week it would be auctioning off some new gTLD domain names in the strings .XYZ and .College, even before either new gTLD has been delegated to the root by ICANN. Some readers have questioned, exactly what they are bidding on since they can't get the new gTLD domain if they win the auction and may not get the domain … [Read more...]