Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18 These two-character domain names, such as 2b.social, 21.rocks, and A1.lawyer, offer more than 20,000 new URL options for businesses and consumers to share their identities, … [Read more...]
How Colin Campbell (Dot Club) Raised $7million in 30 Days
Colin Campbell wrote a very interesting article on StartUpBeat.com, he went into detail on how he raised $7million in 30 days for Dot Club. Colin gives the timeline that led from start to finish and is a very good read imo. From the article: I had a problem. A problem that almost every startup faces: Raising money. I had to raise $7 million fast for a concept that hadn’t yet generated any … [Read more...]
The New gTLD .HIV Auction on Sedo May Go Without a Sale
58 .HIV new gTLD's are at auction at Sedo.com in a themed auction which ends tomorrow. I believe all of the domain names are owned by the .HIV registry, however the registries whois does not seem to be working, even resolving for that matter. As of publication only 4 domain names have bids and none are close to meeting reserve. Test.Hiv not surprising leads the list with a $500 bid but … [Read more...]
.Sucks Releases Pricing With “Premiums” For Trademark Holders Up To $2,499 A Year
Vox Populi Registry Ltd. the owner of the new gTLD .Sucks, made headlines last year when as one of several applicants for .Sucks announced pricing of up to $25,000 per domain, per year. Now that Vox won the private auction to operate .Sucks their site went live on Friday with suggested pricing with 5 price and qualification classes ranging from $9.95 to … [Read more...]
Donuts Makes Lotsof.Money in Early Access: .Money Has 327 Registrations, Launches Wed
Donuts seems to have made lots of money In the Early Access Program (EAP) grabbing 327 registrations including a handful of trademark registrations made in Sunrise. In the EAP people pay extra.money to gain early access to register domain names ahead of general availability. .Money launches into general availability on Wednesday Here are some of the registrations that stood out to … [Read more...]
Will The Namespace Be Shaken Up By Live Registry Buys ?
Kieren Mc Carthy wrote an article on TheRegister.co.uk relating to Donuts winning the rights to .reise. Now .reise is already live, so Donuts picked up a registry with existing registrations and websites. Mc Carthy ponders what these types of deals could mean in the future ? One registry buying another and then raising prices. I think that is the important question moving forward, will this … [Read more...]
Donuts Wins Three Sports New gTLD’s; .Soccer Beating Out MLS & Wins .Hockey & .Run Too
Donuts has won the right to three sports related new gTLD's. Donuts won the right to operate the .Hockey and .Run new domain extensions, beating the only other applicant in both cases Famous Four Media. Separately Donuts won the rights to what many consider the world's the most popular sport .Soccer, beating out Soccer United Marketing, LLC better known as Major League Soccer, which is the … [Read more...]