The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry actually sent out an email blast of the $.10 domain registration promotion. According to RegistrarStats.com; the number of .US domain names … [Read more...]
10 Takeaways from the Rick Schwartz interview
Once again I would like to thank Rick Schwartz for taking the time to do an interview that read more like a domain guidebook. The interview was long and some people do not like to read the whole article when it's 2000 words, let alone over 5,600 words. So here are 10 takeaways from the interview: On China It is far from dead and it may be a Pigeon Shit Bubble. The dollars are real … [Read more...]
Payoneer Raises $180 million
Payoneer recently got into the escrow business to challenge front runner Escrow.com. Elliot did an interview with Scott Reynolds, President, Payoneer Escrow. Venture Beat is reporting this morning they just raised $180 million. Digital payments company Payoneer has raised a whopping $180 million in a series E round led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), with participation from existing … [Read more...]
Ouch: Land Rover Loses UDRP on RangeRoverChauffeur.com Losing All Three Elements
LAND ROVER just lost a UDRP on the domain name RangeRoverChauffeur.com in a one member panel decision of Houston Putnam Lowry, and the domain owner did not even respond. Land Rover not only lose the UDRP but it lost all three elements of a UDRP. Here are the highlights: "Complainant claims Respondent’s domain is confusingly similar to Complainant’s mark because it incorporates the mark … [Read more...]
Domain Owned by “World’s Largest International TV & Broadband Company” Hit With UDRP
The domain name LGI.com has been hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned and forwards to the website of Libertyglobal.com which according to its site is the World's largest international TV and broadband company. The Complainant who filed the UDRP is unknown as this point Here are the key facts listed on their website: Key Facts: World's largest international TV and … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales chart led by HotBot.com at $155,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and the top sale was HotBot.com for $155,000. The domain was registered back in 1996. The domain was owned by Lycos an old school Internet company back in the day. PersonalPlanner.com sold for $43,000, good sounding brandable. Celebration.Church sold for $18,000 to lead the new gtld sales. .COMs hotbot.com 2016-09-30 155,000 … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz talks to us about China,.Web and much much more
It's been over 10 months since Rick Schwartz has sat down and written his thoughts on domaining. I contacted Rick to ask him if he was up for an interview and he graciously obliged. Below is what I consider a post to bookmark and read a couple times over. I wanted to touch upon China, Parking, and the new gtld program. The last question will hopefully be a big help for new investors entering … [Read more...]