Inside the head of an entrepreneur choosing domain names. I love talking to entrepreneurs about the domains they choose. This week’s guest is both an entrepreneur and someone savvy about domains. In fact, he used a domain he bought on NameJet for a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Toast restaurant POS company wins toast.io in domain dispute
· Policy & LawThe domain owner was hired by the Complainant to help it acquire the domain. Toast, Inc., the company behind the ubiquitous restaurant ordering system, has won the domain name toast.io (pdf) through a cybersquatting dispute. The company filed ... Continue Reading1 Comment
DomainAgents market overview – DNW Podcast #397
· PodcastsHere's what one major aftermarket service is seeing in the market. This week I chat with Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents. DomainAgents powers the “make offer” domain inquiry service at some registrars, and also acts as a buyer broker. On today’s ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.IO dominates the Apple App Store
· UncategorizedLots of app developers use .io in their names, but it's not what it seems. I was reviewing the top games on the Apple App Store this morning and quickly noticed a trend: .io is all the rage with app developers. 8 of the games on the top free charts ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Domain names at CES 2018
· UncategorizedYou had to search to find domain names. I spent last week in Las Vegas at CES, the big technology trade show that features 3,000 exhibitors. Throughout the week I kept my eyes open for domain names. The thing that struck me wasn't which top ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain reads: .Com for uptime, .Bank transitions
· UncategorizedDomain industry pros should read these two articles. I read a couple of interesting domain name related stories over the past few days that should be interesting to DNW readers. They give perspectives on domain names from people outside the domain name ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Registry-based .IO backorder service to shut down
· Expired DomainsChange comes as backend registry services are transitioned. Afilias is taking over backend registry services for Internet Computer Bureau (ICB Registry) and its three ccTLDs .AC, .IO, and .SH. This transition will take place on June 10. As a result ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The accidentally successful top level domain names
· UncategorizedIs there a lesson for new TLDs in the success of .io and .ly? Over the weekend I was listening to last week's DNW Podcast again and thinking about Mike Carson's thoughts on ccTLDs that have taken off compared to new TLDs. One thing struck me as I ... Continue Reading19 Comments
About those .io domain names…
· UncategorizedFew tech startups understand the origins of their clever domain names. David Meyer of Gigaom published a story this morning titled "The dark side of .io: How the U.K. is making web domain profits from a shady Cold War land deal." The story explains ... Continue Reading1 Comment
