Paramount Pictures Corporation was awarded the domain name the domain name Paramount.co.uk in an arbitration decision by Nominet when operates the .Uk ccTLD. Its a pretty interesting decision since the domain Paramount.co.uk, was first registered as on June, 25th 2005 with the then Registrant identified as TagNames Limited (UK Co. No. 4534942), and with the Administrative Contact listed as … [Read more...]
Another .Me Covered By TechCrunch: PushPage.me Raises $1.7M In Seed Funding & Launches W/ 5K Users
TechCrunch.com just covered another company built around a .Me domain name. According to the story PushPage.me is "launching its personal homepage and Q&A platform today, backed by $1.7 million in seed funding. " "The product, live now on both web and mobile, offers users an online presence where they can publicize their likes and interests through a series of interview-like … [Read more...]
“First Glance” TRAFFIC Auction List Revealed
The organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C conference, which will be held in just about one month at the Ritz Carlton in Ft. Lauderdale from October 20-23, just released its "First Glance List" for the domains that will be going up on auction during T.R.A.F.F.I.C. According to the organizers the entire list will be out next week. Also, some of these domain name will wind up being in the "Silent" … [Read more...]
WIth Over 2,500 Votes PC Advisor Poll On New gTLD’s Says 25% Of People Are Planning On Buying 1
Two weeks ago we told you that PCadvisor.co.uk opened up a poll on the new gTLD program Today total votes received broke the 2,500 mark and the results are pretty interesting. With 2,506 votes cast 25% of all voters said they planned to buy a new gTLD domain name although only 3% said they were on any sort of pre-registration list. 42% of the voters said they were not interested. 29% … [Read more...]
Africa.com Now Selling Subdomains From $40 – $5,000 Per Year
Africa.com has become the latest site to sell Subdomains and according to the registry trademark holders have already grabbed a bunch. According to Ope Odusan, Managing Director, Africa.com: "The world’s largest and most high profile brands have been among the first to acquire domain names ending with the new extension .africa.com. “In the first few weeks since we started offering … [Read more...]
Mashable: NSA.Org Owner Selling Subdomans and Email Addresses For $100
According to Mashable.com, the owner of NSA.org just started selling email addresses for $100. According to the story, Chris Fisher, is registered the domain in 1995. "At the time, since they were cheap, he said, he harvested various domain names. Fisher claims he even registered tacobell.com." "Since then, he has kept the domain, and even turned down offers from people who wanted to buy … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed On 12 Year Old Generic Domain Name Canary.com
A UDRP has been filed on the generic domain name Canary.com According to DomainTools.com the domain name was create in 2001 by a Lin ZanSong of China who still seems to be the registrant. The domain name does not currently resolve however there appears to have been a Chinese baby clothing site on the domain back in 2012 and the domain was parked in 2011 with most links going to topics … [Read more...]