Have a spare $30,000 lying around? You can step to the front of the line. The first chance for non-trademark holders to get their hands on .shop domain names begins this Thursday, but it's going to cost you. GMO Registry won an auction for rights to ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Can you make sense of $41.5 million for .Shop?
· Domain SalesGMO Registry's outlay for .shop is difficult to rationalize. I'm still trying to wrap my head around GMO Registry paying $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. .Shop is a monster TLD, but it's hard to justify this upfront cost for any top ... Continue Reading31 Comments
Breaking: .Shop top level domain sells for staggering $41.5 million
· Domain Sales$41.5 million spent for rights to a single new top level domain name. An auction to determine which company will control the .shop top level domain name has concluded with a record price of $41,501,000. GMO Registry, a Japanese domain name company, ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
· Policy & LawProving a community for "shop" proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Like GMO, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GMO loses community bid for .Shop domain name
· UncategorizedCompany scores just six points in evaluation. GMO Registry has lost is Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the .Shop top level domain name. The company scored 6 points out of a possible 16 on its CPE, falling well short of the 14 required. It ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Oh brother, .Shop applicant has really lost it this time
· UncategorizedCommercial Connect thinks applicant guidebook states only one TLD should be allocated for the entire "ecommerce namespace". Commercial Connect LLC wants the .shop top level domain...badly. It also doesn't want anyone else to be able to offer a top ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Amazon.com appeals silly IDN string confusion objection
· Policy & LawAmazon asks ICANN to ignore bad string confusion objection decision. Amazon.com has appealed to ICANN's board to overrule a decision in a string confusion objection that placed its new TLD application for .通販 in a contention set with .shop. Panelist ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Hey buddy, it’s probably too late to trademark .NYC
· Policy & LawA good way to waste $325. The guy who just recently wasted his money filing a trademark application for .music is at it again. Joseph Walker DBA ExtraWeb Ent just filed trademark applications for .nyc and .shop. New York City has already ... Continue Reading2 Comments
