Amazon announced a bunch of products, which means it registered a bunch of domains controlled by Verisign. Every time Amazon announces a new product its domain name team goes to work defensively registering domain names. So when the company announces ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Elisa Cooper and Matt Serlin join new corporate domain registrar
· Domain RegistrarsEx-MarkMonitor employees join new corporate domain manager. Two former employees of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor have joined Brandsight, a new domain name registrar targeting the corporate market. Elisa Cooper and Matt Serlin joined ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Top 5 Domain Name Stories from March
· UncategorizedNew TLD price changes dominated the discussion. The first quarter of 2017 is now in the books, and the initial tax deadline in the U.S. is quickly approaching (yikes!). But before we think about taxes, here's a look back at what happened in the domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
35,000 domains at MarkMonitor need to be updated soon
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrant name will need to be updated after Serlin departs. About 35,000 domain names at MarkMonitor use the company's version of Whois Proxy. They are all registered in the name of Matt Serlin, DNStination Inc. Names registered in this name ... Continue Reading16 Comments
#9 in 2016: A domain company gets rebranded
· Domain RegistrarsMark Monitor is now part of Clarivate Analytics, so it makes sense that the company went long on defensive domain registrations. Back in September I asked, "Who is Clarivate?". This would end up being the ninth most viewed story on Domain Name Wire in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
CIT Bank’s CEO “Sucks Ass” according to domain name registrations
· UncategorizedOver a dozen negative domain names about Ellen Alemany registered at MarkMonitor. CIT Bank, or someone affiliated with its CEO Ellen Alemany, has just gone on a defensive domain name registration binge. Using brand protection domain name service ... Continue Reading5 Comments
MarkMonitor is now part of Clarivate Analytics
· UncategorizedMarkMonitor itself tipped me off to this new brand. Last Friday I asked "Who is Clarivate?" Some company registered a bunch of domain names through MarkMonitor for this brand. One thought that didn't cross my mind was that MarkMonitor was ... Continue Reading6 Comments
MarkMonitor allegedly hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
· Domain RegistrarsGroup claims to hack leading brand management registrar and change Facebook's whois, but Registry Lock thwarts its attempt to hijack Facebook.com nameservers. The Syrian Electronic Army claims it has hacked into the systems of MarkMonitor, the domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Amazon’s Quidsi lauches Vine.com for natural products
· Domain SalesQuidsi's latest generic domain store: Vine.com. I've scooped a number of Quidsi store openings based on generic domains they've bought -- from Afterschool.com to Casa.com. But I missed this one: Quidsi just launched Vine.com, a store with "natural ... Continue Reading4 Comments
MarkMonitor: Brandjacking Costs Top Hotels $2B+ a Year
· Policy & LawMajority of estimated "losses" are from keyword search engine bidding. MarkMonitor just released a "Brandjacking" report (pdf) about online hotel bookings, estimating that large hotel brands lose over $2 billion a year in lost bookings and unnecessary ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment