According to ntldsstats.com, CentralNic has passed Donuts in the number of domain names it is providing backend registry services for new gTLD domains. ntldstats.com is showing CentralNic having 1,426,647 new gTLD's under its backend management while Donuts is sitting at 1,425,466 domain names, each representing about 20% of all new gTLD's. However CentralNic is the backend provider for just … [Read more...]
Soccer Star Lionel Messi Files UDRP Seeking Control of 2 Domains Including Messi.com
The Soccer Star Lionel Messi, who may regard to be the best Soccer player in the world, has Filed UDRP Seeking Control of two Domain names Messi.com and Lionelmessi.com The UDRP was filed by the soccer star whose full name is Lionel Andres Messi Cuccittini. Messi.com has been owned under privacy since January but privacy was lifted to once the UDRP was filed and the domain name is owned by … [Read more...]
Yahoo! Inc. Sells 2 Letter Domain Name AV.com
Yahoo! Inc. has sold the premium 2 letter domain name AV.com according to whois records. The domain name has transferred to domain name registrar eName. Also according to whois records, the buyer is a Jack Shen from Shanghai China. This isn't the first time that Yahoo! has offered AV.com, as they listed the domain for sale on Sedo.com in 2013 but the domain name did not sell at that time … [Read more...]
Breaking: 8.xyz Hits the DOMAINfest .asia Auction at No Reserve
The domain name 8.XYZ will be in the auction as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference that will be held in Macau China from September 4th- 7th. RightoftheDot.com in conjunction with 4.CN will be holding an online domain name auction of around 150+ domains from September 2nd-September 9th. The auction will be in English and Chinese and bids will be show in US dollars … [Read more...]
A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90's name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty "Cybersquatters". Here is the title of the story: "Rockers Pavement Spent Years With No Official Presence On Social Media Because They Refused To Pay A Fortune To A … [Read more...]
Another New gTLD For Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain ABC.Global
Google has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are priced with premium registration fees through the domain name registrar channel (however many registrars will not be selling those premium domain … [Read more...]
Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel Inc. (Nasdaq: ABTL) has acquired Dealix, owner of UsedCars.com for $25 Million in an all cash deal. The registrant for the domain name UsedCars.com was CDK Global, LLC and they are a wholly-owned subsidiaries of Dealix. The transaction took place May 21, 2015 according to a press release by Autobytel. Autobytel is no stranger to premium generic domain names as they … [Read more...]