Oversee Domain Management, LLC, just lost a UDRP on the domain name OnlineBacarrat.com to Baccarat SA of Baccarat, France The domain name OnlineBacarrat.com was registered on June 12, 2012 I have no idea of why Oversee would register this domain or pay for a three member panel to try to save it. The domain is a typo of the casino game Baccarat The domain is also a typo of the famous … [Read more...]
1st Day Of Single Character .PW Domains Auctions On NameJet.com End With 7 Domains, No Sales
The first day of single character .PW domains just ended. Single character domains included single number .pw domain names as well as single letter .pw domains. With 7 domain names up for sale, none reached the reserve price set by the .Pw registry, so none of them sold High bids for each auction ranged from $250-$2,500. Here are the domain names that were at auction today and the … [Read more...]
BeNaughty.com, Flirt.com and WildBuddies.com Sites Sell For £45.1 Million
According to Growthcompany.co.uk, publicly traded Cupid (AIM: CUP) sold "off its range of 'casual dating' sites including Benaughty.com, Flirt.com and WildBuddies.com to a company set up for the purpose of the transaction called Grendall Investment, which is managed by Cupid's co-founder and major shareholder. Max Polyakov." "The total value of the sites is set at £45.1 million". In US … [Read more...]
As ICANN Meets, Two More New gTLD Apps Are Withdrawn One Brand, One Famous Four
As ICANN is holding its meeting in Durban, two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn reflected on ICANN's site. L'Oréal which originally applied for 14 new gTLD, has withdrew its 7th application, all .Brand applications .REDKEN which is one of L'Oréal product lines which had a prioritization number of 1,228 has been withdrawn. Famous Four withdrew its 2nd new gTLD application, … [Read more...]
BuyDomains Asks: “Is The Most Popular gTLD (.com) Here to Stay?
On its company blog this morning BuyDomains Asks, is the most popular gTLD here to stay? TLD Overview (As of July 11, 2013) All TLDs 145,865,255 .COM 109,598,525 .NET 15,131,258 .ORG 10,343,917 .INFO 6,599,817 .BIZ 2,375,364 .US 1,816,374 "No one could have predicted the success of the … [Read more...]
WIPO Panel Denies Constantine Roussos Objection Amazon’s Application For .Tunes
A one member WIPO panel has rejected the objection of Dot Tunes Limited, which is Constantine Roussos company, to Amazon's new gTLD application of .Tunes. Another one of Mr. Roussos company's DotMusic Limited is an applicant for .music and also filed objections to all other applicants for .music Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: "The Objector is the registered … [Read more...]
Sedo Gets StartingDot Sunrise, Landrush & Premium Domains For New gTLD’s .Ski; .Immo; .Bio & .Archi
Sedo announced today that they will run "sunrise" and "landrush" auctions for Starting Dot's new gTLD extensions, and assist with sales and brokerage of premium domains for .Bio, .Ski, .Archi and .Immo. It should be noted that while StartingDot has the only application for .Bio, they are not the only applicant for .Ski. Donuts has an application for that new gTLD as well. .Immo is heavily … [Read more...]