Bill Sweetman President of NameNinja.com, sent out a press release today saying that 79% of 491 Startups that will be participating at the Collision Startup Conference being held in Las Vegas on May 5-6 are using domain names that are counter intuitive and likely pose marketing challenges. Bill also found that more … [Read more...]
StormGuard.com Saved In UDRP
Storm Guard Franchise Systems, LLC v.just lost its bid to grab the domain name StormGuard.com which was just registered on February 6, 2014 The domain owner was represented by ESQwire.com A majority of the three member panel of Willem J. H. Leppink, The Hon Neil Brown Q.C. found that the domain was generic and since the registrant was located in South Korea is was unlikely that they knew … [Read more...]
Hosting Co. One.com Winner of .One Gets Equity Investment To Enter US
One.com, which also won the rights to operate the new gTLD .One, announced today that Accel-KKR, a technology-focused private equity firm, and ATP Private Equity Partners ("ATP PEP"), one of Europe's largest institutional investors in private equity funds, have completed a growth equity investment in the company. This investment will support One.com's launch into the U.S., its ongoing product … [Read more...]
Looks Like Namejet.com Is Down
I looks like the domain name marketplace Namejet.com is down at the moment. We are getting an error page on three different browsers. We just sent off an email and we will let you know when they are back online. … [Read more...]
CentralNic Post Reports Earnings For 2014: Up Almost 15% in Trading
CentralNic Group (CNIC) today announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2014 and shareholders loved the report sending shares up 14.75% in trading today to 35p Shares have a 52 week high of 73p and a low of 23p: Operational highlights Net revenue grew by 99% to £6.07m (2013: £3.05m) - growing revenues from registry, registrar and enterprise services Adjusted EBITDA grew by … [Read more...]
NoMoreRack.com rebrands to Choxi.com
Internet retailer NoMoreRack.com has rebranded, the name they chose is Choxi, according to the company it is hybrid of "Chock Full" and Choice. I can say I don't get it. I don't think the name is easily spelled when one customer may tell a potential new shopper. On top of that Target used to sell a brand of chocolates called Choxie. InternetRetailer.com reports that the move was partially due … [Read more...]
Pax.com Sells on Sedo.com For $200,000
The three letter .com market has been on fire this year and today the domain name Pax.com sold for $200,000 on Sedo. The domain name has been under privacy at Moniker since at least 2006. The last listed owner before the domain went under privacy was Kim Site-Development Enterprises of Beverly Hills, CA in 2006. The domain name is still under escrow at Sedo. I'm going to take a wild … [Read more...]