Over the weekend I got notice that the landrush auctions for Minds + Machines for its first new gTLD's go live tomorrow. We got notice over the weekend that we are in the landrush auction for the following domain names: spear.fishing going.fishing marlin.fishing pro.rodeo The auctions are being handled by Pool.com Each landrush action is scheduled for 7 days. The four auctions … [Read more...]
.Toyko & .Nagoya Selects Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions
.Tokyo and .Nagoya, announce their partnership with Pool.com and its auction services platform to help accelerate their introduction to global markets. “Auctions are the best way to resolve contending applications during the introduction of new top-level domains,” says Pool.com CEO Richard Schreier. “They offer open access, quickly set true market value for web addresses, ensure the name space … [Read more...]
.Brussels & .Vlaanderen Pick Pool For Sunrise, Landrush Auctions
The new gTLD's .Brussels and .Vaanderen have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Landrush Auctions. "Today two more international geographical domains, .brussels and .vlaanderen, announce they have selected Pool.com and its auction services platform to help accelerate their introduction to global markets." “Auctions are the best way to resolve contending applications during the … [Read more...]
Pool Shutting Down Registrar Threads: Refocusing From Drop Catching To New gTLD’s
We just got this email from Pool.com this morning: "The impending launch of new gTLDs has led Pool.com to refocus its business away from an emphasis on the secondary market and to a broader range of on-going services. " "As a result, we will be shutting down a number of our registrar threads effective January 10, 2013. " "This will have an effect on some of your domains acquired through … [Read more...]