The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 - $500 depending on number of domains involved. The fee for the domain holder who gets hit with a URS is $400 if the complaint is for more than 16 domain names. However all domain holders will have to pay for a … [Read more...]
.An Domains To Be Removed From The Root Server by October 2014
According to BrandShelter.com, the .An registry is being phased out with the the .An ccTLD being removed from the root server by October 2014. I know a lot of unsophisticated domain investors may get caught up buying one of these domain names with great keyword which maybe offered with cheap pricing , so buyer beware. Here is the announcement: ""The University of the Netherlands Antilles … [Read more...]
CEO of the .Me Registry, Predrag Lešić, Interviewed In Branding Magazine
Brandingmagazine.com, published an interview with the CEO of the .Me Registry Predrag Lešić , which is worth a read. Frequent readers to TheDomains.com know we think that domains are all about branding and that Verb.me domains make a great brand. Here are the two questions and answers we found most interesting from the interview: Branding Magazine: In the broad spectrum of branding … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Changing Venues In Florida & Returns To Vegas in 2014
The organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference sent out an email today saying that it would be changing its Venue in Florida in 2014 & 2015. Also TRAFFIC will be returning to Las Vegas in 2014 as well: ""In some other news, we have now signed contracts thru 2015 in Florida at a new venue starting in 2014 and also in Las Vegas at the Bellagio thru 2014." TRAFFIC has been held at the past two … [Read more...]
Homeland Security Issues Bulletin Using TheDomains.com List Of Boston Domains
It was a pretty busy week for us at TheDomains.com. Our stories on the registration of domain names here and here, was picked up by news outlets all around the world and was the basis for a bulletin put out by the Department of Homeland Security. The bulletin was issued one day after our initial posts on domain registrations involving the tragic events in Boston by The National … [Read more...]
Fits.me Raises Another €2.5 Million & A Total of €5.5 Million
According to Arcticstartup.com, Fits.me which had previously raised €3 million announced a Series A round from an existing investor SmartCap and also new investors onboard: Conor Venture Partners, Fostergate Holdings Limited and The Entrepreneurs Fund bringing the total amount raised at €5.5 million and Fits.me offers a Virtual Fitting Room were you send "your fashion products to Fits.me, … [Read more...]
38 More New gTLD Pass IE: .Hiv. .Eco, .Green. .Wiki, .Coupon
38 more new gTLD applications passed Initial Evaluation (IE) today in results released by ICANN. Those passing today includes an .Eco application by Donuts, the application for .Green filed by dotgreen.org, .Hiv, and Google application for .Docs. Other applications passing IE today include those for the new gTLD strings; .Blog, .Online .Cam, .Wiki, Tattoo .insurance and Amazon's new gTLD … [Read more...]