Here is a story from Mirror.co.uk about a New York man who hit the jackpot, at least in the opinion of some. Michael Katz hand registered the domain PrincessCharlotte.com four years ago, now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their second child Charlotte, Mr.Katz is getting offers. The title of the article is a bit misleading, "PrincessCharlotte.com owner makes net gain of £6,000 … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Sells Beijing.com Domain Name
According to whois records, GoDaddy's newly acquired domain name Beijing.com which it acquired with the $28 Million purchase of Marchex domain name portfolio has been sold! Update: GoDaddy has confirmed the sale (see below) The domain Beijing.com has changed registrants this morning to a Ivy Wong at eName Technology Co.,Ltd Beijing is the capital of China with a population of over 21 million … [Read more...]
According to SecureList.com New gTLDs are a hit with Spammers and Cybercriminals
According to SecureList.com there is one group that is taking to the new gtlds, that group is spammers. Stating that spammers and cybercriminals have found the new strings to be an excellent tool to promote illegal campaigns. It is a pretty extensive article that is filled with examples, I am sure this will rally the anti new gtld participants to say, "We told you so" I am sure the pro new g … [Read more...]
.XYZ Starts Taking Domain Registrations Directly From Its Site
.XYZ sent out an email the other day announcing that they were taking live domain name direct registrations from their registry site at Gen.xyz for .XYZ domains While a lot of new gTLD registries look like they take registrations from their registry site, I believe that .XYZ joins only Uniregisty as a registry, to have live domain name … [Read more...]
Expired Domain Leads To Anti-Gay Protesters Accidentally Promoting Gay Porn Website
Everyone should keep up to date with their domain names and make sure they don't expire. That is especially important when it comes to live websites, more so when you are advertising that website. There was a story on PinkNews.co.uk about some religious group in North Carolina protesting a rock festival using a sign that pointed to what they thought was their website. Problem was the domain … [Read more...]
Domain Movers: DNL.com, Ali.com, Laws.org and More Domains
The following is the result of heavy research and a lot of digging to provide you with many domain name registrations, acquisitions and simply domains moving for one reason or another that most likely wouldn't be reported on otherwise. We call it Domain Movers and the articles are stacked with interesting information, so we hope you enjoy it! Unilever Plc registered the domain name … [Read more...]
.Design Winds Up With Over 5K Domain Registrations After 1st Day
.Design which launched into general availability (GA) on Tuesday wound up with 5,204 domain registrations according to ntldstats.com. The 5,204 domain names include all registrations during the Sunrise period by Trademark Holders and those who paid an extra fee to get early access to domain registrations ahead of GA (Early Access Program). We chatted yesterday that mostly every domain name … [Read more...]