Jay Westerdal blogged on Tuesday about Microsoft co - founder and billionaire Paul Allen going with a .Fish domain. Allen chose to go with SmartCatch.fish instead of purchasing SmartCatch.com. Allen registered the domain at the end of March and regged it out til 2020. The interesting thing about this story for us here at TheDomains.com, Mike Berkens and his company Worldwide Media Inc. owns … [Read more...]
A look at Dot Luxury One Year Into The Process
Tony Kirsch of ARI Registry Services posted an interview with Monica Kirchner of Dot Luxury. Tony was looking to get some perspective on how things are going one year into the process. Dot Luxury names are not cheap, checking out a few registrars: TheDomains.Luxury $780 101Domain TheDomains.Luxury $724.99 Name.com TheDomains.Luxury $799.99 Go Daddy According to ntldstats.com there … [Read more...]
Google Hates ICANN’s Attempt to Eliminate Whois Privacy Calling it “Impractical & Ineffective
Google filed it's comment on the whois privacy issue with ICANN today. Google seems to hate the proposal of the ICANN working group to prohibit commercial domain registrants from using proxy or privacy services calling it unfair to small businesses and individuals. Google even cites it's own Charleston Road Registry an example of how big companies will still be able to use … [Read more...]
From CBS to CNN To Fox To Google: New gTLD .News Has Almost 500 Sunrise Registrations
The new gTLD .News enters the Early Access Program (EAP) for Rightside Tomorrow, Wednesday July 8th with the highest number of Sunrise domain registrations the registry has had in any of its new domain name extensions, just short of 500. Matt Overman of Rightside told TheDomains.com, "out of our entire portfolio of 36 active TLDs, .NEWS had the greatest number of Sunrise registrations, clocking … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1m for the week led by Vigia.com
There were 501 transactions on Sedo's marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vigia.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: charge.it at 7,000 EUR Top "other" TLD: grandstand.net at 6,800 USD New gtld sales: one.vacations 5,500 USD kazino.casino 5,000 … [Read more...]
NetNames files Complaint w/ European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS Pricing
NetNames.com has filed a complaint to European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS pricing strategy that had Brand owners charged $1,999 each year (wholesale) for a .SUCKS domain name compared to others that are charged just $10 According to NetNames.com which is a brand protection company representing many trademark holders, Vox Populi created an uneven pricing structure that … [Read more...]
Andee Hill Joins Donuts As Director of Business Development
Andee Hill has joined Donuts,as Director of Business Development with specific responsibility for relationships with the domain investor community. Andee is a longtime participant in the domain name industry, most recently with her EscrowHill.com business and also formerly of Escrow.com. EscrowHill.com was recently sold. ""As Donuts has long believed, domain investors are a critical … [Read more...]