The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a whole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 domain names after the Sunrise period, which was opened only to trademark holders and the landrush period where people paid an extra fee to … [Read more...]
The Loser on the Thesis.com UDRP Give His Story – MUST Read
Last week Michael wrote about the UDRP on Thesis.com. In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the WordPress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Automattic, Inc. According to the UDRP, Respondent and Complainant were both approached by a third-party about purchasing the domain name thesis.com and … [Read more...]
UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, Minds + Machines, Uniregistry and Top Level Designs. The Board of Directors of the company are listed in the ICANN application as … [Read more...]
Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company's name was created long before the new gTLD's If you're wondering, the new gTLD domain name Bwin.Party is owned by the company and is being forwarded to bwinparty.com. The … [Read more...]
John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the company. The Series B funding round was led by new investors Blue Chip Venture Company and G20 Ventures and also included existing investor Valhalla … [Read more...]
.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving away 2,015 Free.Love domain names this year to couples "Newly Engaged or married couples", thereby completing with .Wedding and .Wed. Here … [Read more...]
UDRP Panel Rejects “Renewal Of A Domain Resets Bad Faith Clock”: BabyBanana.com Saved
Live-Right, LLC has just lost its attempt to grab the domain name BabyBanana.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by represented by Esqwire.com. I believe is a particularly important win for domain owners. The decision affirms the business of investing and reselling domain names is legitimate use under the policy/ More importantly, the panel … [Read more...]