Seems like everyone is talking about domain names this week, the New York Times ran a story on Google and their new Alphabet brand. The story highlights concerns of other small businesses using Alphabet as a brand. They wonder how this will affect them, whether there would be legal action one contributor wondered aloud, "Who is going to sue Google ?" Of course there is a big company with an … [Read more...]
Has .XYZ Forever Changed the Name Game ?
Lexi Pandell of Wired wrote a very interesting headline for a story on Google using ABC.xyz, "Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance" Lexi mentioned that she interviewed Daniel Negari earlier in the year and he gave his vision on .XYZ. “We end the alphabet in ‘xyz’ and we should end domain names the same way.” It turns out someone agrees with him. Yesterday, Google’s new … [Read more...]
Best Headline For New gTLD’s: “Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .Xyz Will End .Com Dominance”
Wired.com just published a story which maybe the best headline ever for the new gTLD lovers and supporters: "Thanks to Google’s Alphabet, .XYZ Will End .Com Dominance" That as Taylor Swift would say is the best headline "like ever, ever" for a new gTLD Yeah Ponder on that one for a while. Ok I will give you a few. The rest of the story goes on to chat about Daniel Negari who sold … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1million led by GDL.com at $34,500
Sedo had 454 transactions on their marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gdl.com at 34,500 USD Top ccTLD: rabatt.ch at 19,100 EUR Top "other" TLD: jjy.net at 7,300 USD New Gtld sales this week: Solar.City 5,000 USD - RRR.one 2,500 EUR - Open.Bid 2,400 USD and Grace.Church … [Read more...]
BMW is Reviewing The Possibility of TM Infringement as related Alphabet
BMW is apparently not too thrilled about Google deciding to go with the name Alphabet, and they have some concerns according to several news outlets. FleetNews.co.uk wrote: Vehicle leasing company Alphabet is investigating whether Google has infringed its trademark after the tech giant gave its new parent company the same name. Following a restructure, Google has created a new parent … [Read more...]
Did Google Buy Alphabet.Xyz for $3,800
GTLD.link is a forum that focuses solely on new gtlds. Last night at 8:28 a member posted he owned Alphabet.xyz and sold it. Sold too cheap :( Yesterday, 08:28 PM So, I received a $2,500 Sedo offer last week for alphabet.xyz. I didn't think much of the domain, so I countered with $3,800, and the buyer accepted.And then, this today: … [Read more...]
Google’s Alphabet Fires Up .Com/.Net Registrations Too Including Some of Google’s
As we noted earlier today over 6,000 .XYZ new gTLD domain names were registered yesterday, after Google Inc. announced it's holding company Alphabet Inc., using the domain name ABC.XYZ. It is interesting though, as Mike pointed out that of the 6,000 newly registered .xyz domains registered yesterday hundreds of them related to ABC, Alphabet and XYZ. I wanted to compare that to .com / .net … [Read more...]