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New Domain Name Regime Brings Opportunities and Controversy
June 2, 2011 @ 5:23 AMThe introduction of a new top level domain name regime will provide new opportunities for companies seeking to own their own piece of the internet. Top level addresses have been dominated by domain names such as .com and .net, but starting later this year, domain names with company, generic or geographic names such as .nike or .sydney could replace them. The new program, with a price of $185,000 per domain registration, will be launched in June, and applications will be accepted in October.
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.CO Reaches 1 Million Domains 10 Months After Launch
June 2, 2011 @ 12:52 AMLess than one year after its launch, the .CO registry announced Thursday that it has reached the one millionth .CO domain milestone. Since the company’s launch in July 2010, individuals and organizations from over 200 countries have registered domains at .CO.
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Trademarkia Takes on Go Daddy With Domain Registry Debut
June 1, 2011 @ 9:53 PMTrademark search engine Trademarkia has launched a domain name registry service that allows users to check whether a domain name is trademarked before buying the domain rights. The launch is part of the startup’s quest to become the “GoDaddy of trademarks,” CEO Raj Abhyanker said.
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Apple Finally Going After Ipods.com Domain
June 1, 2011 @ 6:43 AMIn October 2001 Apple introduced the now iconic iPod, and since almost the same time, Apple has owned the ipod.com domain name. But in April of 2002, someone registered the plural of the ipod as a domain – ipods.com. For some reason or another Apple chose not to go after the owners of the domain then, even though Apple typically shows no mercy when it comes to its trademarks appearing in domain names.
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Media Breakaway: New Platform Will "Revolutionize Domain Parking Industry"
June 1, 2011 @ 6:22 AMLast week, I had a conversation with Scott Richter, CEO of Media Breakaway, and he was excited to discuss his company’s newest venture, TheParkingPlace.com. According to the company, some clients are seeing up to $150 RPM on their domains which are monetized with a combination of CPC, CPA and CPV offers.
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Big Reddit.com Changes Coming?
June 1, 2011 @ 3:57 AMConde Nast Digital, the guys behind Reddit.com, purchased a whopping 285 domain names related to Reddit
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Microsoft Fusion: Domain Registration, Xbox Games
June 1, 2011 @ 2:02 AMIt’s only been a couple of days since news about Microsoft registering three trademarks with the word Fusion in them broke. The company had filed for Fusion Genesis, Fusion Sentient, and Fusion Vault. Now, though, we have been made aware of a few other details, like the game rating and the fact that Microsoft has domains registered with Fusion in them, as well as a post on the official Microsoft Blog that hints to new devices that will play Xbox games.
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After 9 Years, Apple Wants iPods.com
June 1, 2011 @ 1:49 AMOn 28 April 2002, a few months after Apple launched the very first iPod (yes, it’s been that long already), someone registered the domain name iPods.com. It apparently took the Cupertino company a little over 9 full years to decide that, instead, it should be the rightful owner of the domain name, which until earlier this morning took people to some shady mp3 download site (though it no longer resolves, it seems).
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Moniker, Snapnames to Auction Data.com at Domainfest Barcelona Event
June 1, 2011 @ 12:32 AMPre-bidding has opened for the premium domain name Data.com, scheduled for sale at Moniker’s premium auction during DOMAINfest® Europe in Barcelona on June 8, 2011.
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Domainmonster.com Open for .xxx Domain Name Pre Orders
May 31, 2011 @ 11:22 PMDomainmonster.com have today announced they are accepting pre orders for all three stages of the upcoming .XXX Domain Name launch. Their wholesale platform Domainbox.com is now also accepting pre orders following full integration for .XXX domains into its comprehensive API (Application Programming Interface).
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