1and1.com which started a multimillion dollar national television advertising campaign which seemed to start around the first NFL games three weeks ago, just crossed the 2,000,000 mark in new gTLD pre-reservations. Unofficially I tracked some 70,000 pre-registrations today alone. To their credit and … [Read more...]
Domainer Gets Really Lucky With Lucky7.com As ABC Rolls Out Contest On ABCLucky7.com
A domainer seems to have gotten really lucky with the domain name Lucky7.com Not only is ABC rolling out a new television show by the same name but its running a contest which is is heavily promoting on the domain name ABCLucky7.com which premeirs on September 24th The contest is going to give away $100K so you can expect to get some exposure. The domain name Lucky7.com was first … [Read more...]
PetSitters.com Closes At Record Auction Price For Pheenix.com At $23,383
Back catcher Pheenix.com which recently went to an auction system for multiple back orders on August 1, just closed its highest auction ever with the sale of PetSitters.com which closed at $23,383. (plus the $18.95 backorder fee so total of $23,401.95) The domain PetSitters.com has an Estibot.com value of $60,000. It obviously a great name and and one in which you could open up a business … [Read more...]
Paris Opens Up Founders/Pioneer Program For 1st 100 .Paris Domain Names
The City of Paris opening up a submission period to allocate the first 100 .Paris new gTLD domain names. The city is opening two "Calls for Proposals" for the purpose of selecting the first domain names under “.paris” top-level domain (TLD). Interested parties can apply on the web site http://mondomaine.paris.fr to be among the first 100 first holders of a web site ending in “.paris”. "The … [Read more...]
CADNA: Costs Of Defensive New gTLD Registrations To Be Double The Total Cost Of All .Com Registrations
As pointed out by the Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has launched another offensive at the new gTLD program teaming up with the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) to launch a month-long “‘Know Your Net’ gTLD public awareness campaign” "Their goal is to enact amendments to the U.S. Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer … [Read more...]
NameCheap.com Files 4 UDRP’s Against 7 Domains
NameCheap.com filed four separate UDRP today with the National Arbitration Forum for a bunch of typo's The first case involves three typo domain names: namechea.com naecheap.com nameceap.com The 2nd case filed by NameCheap.com involves two typo's" nmecheap.com namehceap.com The third case involves just one typo domain: namecehap.com The 4th case also involves just one … [Read more...]
Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best suggestions will be entered into a random draw and the winner will receive a brand new Apple TV. To stand a chance of winning all we need is for you … [Read more...]