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Company That Owns Entertainment.com Files for Bankruptcy
March 13, 2013 @ 5:13 AMCompany enters chapter 7 liquidation. Entertainment Publications LLC, the company that owns Entertainment.com, has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. You probably know the company for its coupon books, which offered buy-one-get-one (BOGO) offers before Groupon, Living Social, and everyone else got into the game. The catch is that you have to pay upfront for […]
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Chicago Man Owns PopeFrancis.com
March 13, 2013 @ 4:45 AMHe’s owned it since 2010, but someone else quickly snapped up PopeFrancisI.com today. Last month I suggested several possible names for the next pope and…
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CDN.net, Purchased for $185k Last Year, Launches
March 13, 2013 @ 12:11 AM$185,000 domain name goes live as a new service. About a year ago OnApp bought the domain name CDN.net for $185,000. For awhile it just forwarded the domain to its main web site. But now it has launched a new service at the domain. GigaOm reports that CDN.net has launched a pay-as-you-go content delivery network. […]
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Note.com Domain Name for Sale Exclusively With DomainAdvisors
March 12, 2013 @ 8:19 PMBOSTON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — DomainAdvisors, a leading broker of premium domains and websites, announced today that Note.com has been listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Whether it’s a promissory note, mortgage note, musical note or new brand, Note.com offers a unique opportunity for a new or established company the opportunity to secure a rare asset and leverage it to launch their new business, product or campaign. “Domain names like Note.com have a strong and memorable branding association and offer significant advantages to online businesses,” said Tessa Holcomb, CEO of DomainAdvisors. “Good branding will make your name memorable, but a memorable name will make your branding efforts much easier.”
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Defensive Registrations With Donuts Could Be 95% Cheaper Than Normal Domains
March 12, 2013 @ 4:25 AMPortfolio gTLD applicant Donuts plans to offer trademark owners defensive registrations at 5% to 10% of the cost of a normal domain name registration, co-founder Richard Tindal said today. Speaking at the Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress here in New York, Tindal also revealed some of Donuts’ current thinking about the Domain Protected Marks […]
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Two More gTLD Bids Kicked Out of The Program, But .kids Gets ICANN Funding
March 12, 2013 @ 3:26 AMTwo more applications have been rejected from the new gTLD program, after they tried and failed to have their application fees subsidized by ICANN’s Applicant Support Program. Three gTLDs were submitted for financial assistance, but ICANN’s Support Application Review Panel, delivering its results (pdf) today, decided that only one of them qualified for a cheapo […]
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Google-backed new gTLD industry group appears at WhatDomain.org
March 12, 2013 @ 1:08 AMThe formative domain name industry trade association that DI has blogged about a few times recently has found itself a web site. The Google-backed initiative can be found now at WhatDomain.org, which currently carries a bit of brief information about the organization’s rough plans and a call for potential members to get in touch.
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Lawsuit Filed to Halt UrbanHome.com Transfer After UDRP Decision
March 12, 2013 @ 12:59 AMSuite claims WIPO panel was wrong in UrbanHome.com decision. Last week Michael Berkens wrote about a UDRP decision for UrbanHome.com. A WIPO panel ruled that the domain name should be transferred to Urban Home of Oxnard, California. Now the respondent, Technology Online, LLC, has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in Nevada to stop the transfer. […]
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CSC Buys Melbourne IT DBS for A$152.5 Million
March 11, 2013 @ 11:58 PMA shocking price tag for Melbourne IT’s brand protection business. There’s money in online brand management. Melbourne IT (ASX: MLB) announced today that it has sold its Digital Brand Services (DBS) division to Corporation Services Company (CSC) for A$152.5 million – which was 95% of the entire company’s market cap prior to the announcement. Melbourne […]
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Amazon's Quest for Domain Names Raises Hackles
March 11, 2013 @ 7:15 PMAmazon’s application for domain names such as .book has generated opposition from book publishing groups.
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