According to SecureList.com there is one group that is taking to the new gtlds, that group is spammers. Stating that spammers and cybercriminals have found the new strings to be an excellent tool to promote illegal campaigns. It is a pretty extensive article that is filled with examples, I am sure this will rally the anti new gtld participants to say, "We told you so" I am sure the pro new g … [Read more...]
.XYZ Starts Taking Domain Registrations Directly From Its Site
.XYZ sent out an email the other day announcing that they were taking live domain name direct registrations from their registry site at Gen.xyz for .XYZ domains While a lot of new gTLD registries look like they take registrations from their registry site, I believe that .XYZ joins only Uniregisty as a registry, to have live domain name … [Read more...]
.Design Winds Up With Over 5K Domain Registrations After 1st Day
.Design which launched into general availability (GA) on Tuesday wound up with 5,204 domain registrations according to ntldstats.com. The 5,204 domain names include all registrations during the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra fee to get early access to domain registrations ahead of GA (Early Access Program). We chatted yesterday that mostly every domain name … [Read more...]
Co. Found Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on Mango.UK; Owns New gTLD .Mango
The company we wrote about yesterday being found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Consolidated Artists B.V. of Rotterdam Netherlands, today we were given a hat tip by Domainincite.com, that this company is also a new gTLD applicant. The domain names which Consolidated Artists B.V were found to be guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking were Mango.co.uk and Mango.uk. The company … [Read more...]
Here Is The Statement Phil Corwin Of The ICA Will Be Giving To The House Judiciary Committee
Here is the Statement of Philip S. Corwin, Counsel, Internet Commerce Association will give today to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet The hearing is entitled: "Stakeholder Perspectives on ICANN: The .Sucks Domain and Essential Steps to Guarantee Trust and Accountability in the Internet’s Operation" The hearing should have a … [Read more...]
GM Becomes 1st Fortune 50 Company To Launch a Site On a New gTLD: GeneralMotors.Green
General Motors has become the 1st Fortune 50 Company to launch a site on a new gTLD domain, in this case GeneralMotors.green Although other bloggers have pointed out Fortune 50 companies have acquired and activated new gTLD domain names, they are mostly re-directing the new gTLD domains to existing .com sites. GM maybe the 1st to actually launch a targeted site on a new gTLD … [Read more...]
.Design Is Live & Almost Everything is Available Including Single Letter & Two Letter Domains: My.Design
.Design just launched today into general availability and virtually every domain name is available including single letters and two letter domain names, for a price. Domain names like E.Design and A.Design and X.Design can be registered for $6,500 with renewal pricing at $6,500 a year at Godaddy (i.Design and u.design are either taken or reserved). You.Design is likewise priced around $6,500 … [Read more...]