Video captures a three-year journey selling domain names in China. TLD Registry Ltd. has published a cool "behind the scenes" video of its business in China over the past several years. It's embedded below. Just this week, TLD Registry announced ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Delayed.art: .Art domain name launch shuts down over technical difficulties
· UncategorizedRegistry blames overwhelming demand and searches for .art domains. [Update: .Art's registration process is now back up as of about 2 PM ET Friday.] The .Art domain name was supposed to launch a qualified launch phase earlier this week, but it has ... Continue Reading18 Comments
.VIP hits 200k registrations, $3.2 million within 5 days
· Uncategorized.VIP proves to be a VIP for MMX. MMX (Minds + Machines, LSX:MMX) had a Very Important launch last week. The company announced today that .VIP generated over 200,000 registrations after just five days of general availability. The company has $3.2 ... Continue Reading25 Comments
.Gay domain name applicant denied again
· Policy & LawICANN Board Governance Committee denies one .gay applicant's request for reconsideration. dotgay LLC has lost again in its attempt to get community status for its .Gay top level domain name application. The company lost its first bid for community ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Eco loser files trademark application for .Eco
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedWhat is planet.ECO up to with its latest trademark filing? A company that appears to be out of the running for the .Eco top level domain name has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for ".Eco". planet.ECO LLC was one of four applicants for ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Domain Dunce Award: Blue Coat
· Policy & LawSecurity firm should admit it screwed-up labeling .zip the shadiest top level domain. It's been a while since I've handed out a prestigious Domain Dunce award, but this week's "Shady TLDs" report from security firm Blue Coat is very deserving. Both ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
· Policy & LawDuh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don't mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
This week’s new TLDs: .Golf, .Gold and .Date
· UncategorizedFamous Four Media releases three domain names this week and Donuts sends four to Early Access. Famous Four Media launches three top level domain names in general availability on Wednesday. All of the domain names can be registered for about ... Continue Reading2 Comments
33 of the best new .Porn websites
· UncategorizedA look at some of the more interesting .porn web addresses that have been registered. The .Porn top level domain name came out yesterday, and already over 10,000 domain names have been registered. I sifted through the list of .porn domain name ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN survey: .Com still king, but new TLDs have a chance (especially outside U.S.)
· UncategorizedICANN survey shows that acceptance of domain name extension options is higher outside of the U.S. and Europe. ICANN has released results of the first phase of a multi-year consumer study on the domain name landscape. The survey of over 6,000 people ... Continue Reading13 Comments