Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign.com. From the article: We’ve positioned ourselves as the next .com,” he told me. XYZ, he said, is generic. The domain endings that we’re used … [Read more...]
Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Autism.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Autism.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently of Sedo on the domain, then went to Sedo to handle the escrow. Today Semra Koerner, the Manager Global PR & Communication for Sedo.com sent … [Read more...]
Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: "We are delighted that both Guy and David have accepted the board's invitation to re-join the board. "They bring a close understanding of the investment community, both in London and internationally, … [Read more...]
Russian Govt Blocks The Way Back Machine: Still Sure The US Should Give Away ICANN?
According to GlobalVoicesOnline.org, the Russian government has blocked the Wayback Machine, which allows users to view archived webpages to see how domain sites looked like in the past. According to the website Rublacklist.net (a censorship-monitoring project operated by the Russian Pirate Party), the entire domain and IP address for the Internet Archive was added on June 23, 2015, to Russia's … [Read more...]
World Poker Tour Bought For $12.3M in 2009 Sold for $35 Million Cash
According to PokerNews.com, bwin.party sold the The World Poker Tour (WPT) to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for $35 million cash. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. is a Hong Kong-listed corporation with over 500 million users and has a market cap on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of around $707 million. bwin.party acquired the WPT in 2009 for $12.3 million. "World Poker Tour is … [Read more...]
This is Why People Hate ICANN: GNSO Resolution for Next round of New gTLD’s
The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD's which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I have no idea what it says and I'm a lawyer For me it means nothing, just a lot of noise Last year we predicted the soonest we would see a 2nd round of new gTLD's open is in four years, 2018. I think we … [Read more...]
Radix Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary Today: Sold $275K In Premium Registration/Renewal Domains
Radix is celebrating its first Anniversary today. Currently Radix has two live generic extensions - .website and .space & two live vertical extensions -.press and .host As an Anniversary special, .website and .space are being offered at $1 or lower across many registrars like Go Daddy, Namecheap, Domain.com, Alpnames etc. until June 25th. Both .website and .space featured in the Top … [Read more...]