Companies are still trying to trademark top level domains but the USPTO says no. Examiners at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office must feel like a broken record. Despite making it clear that the USPTO won't issue trademarks for marks acting as top ... Continue Reading3 Comments
CAICT report on the Chinese domain industry
· UncategorizedThis report shows what domains are big in China. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) recently released a research report (Chinese language only) on the Chinese domain industry. I just finished reading it and found ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Donuts completes acquisition of four financial top level domains
· UncategorizedCompany completes acquisition of four more top level domains. Top level domain name company Donuts has acquired four financial-themed top level domain names: markets, .trading, .forex, and .broker. A source told Kevin Murphy about the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Total domain counts are falling. Here’s why
· Uncategorized.Com is doing fine, but the same can't be said for other top level domains. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has published its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf) for the first quarter of 2021. The company calculates that total domains registered ... Continue Reading12 Comments
What Donuts’ data tell us about the new top level domain market
· Domain SalesA look at premium sales and which TLDs drive the most volume Donuts, the largest top level domain operator in terms of number of strings, published a report about its sales in October. While the company doesn't provide absolute numbers in its ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Big shakeup at MMX after accounting investigation
· UncategorizedCEO and CFO are out after board investigates company's finances. The Board of top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX) has concluded an investigation into revenue recognization at the company. The casualties include the company's CEO, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Are companies flocking to the .ltd domain extension?
· UncategorizedHow the .LTD "corporate identifier" domain is resonating with Chinese companies. I was reading Chinese domain news the other day and the top level domain .ltd was mentioned, so I did a little bit of study on this extension. On the surface, the ... Continue Reading6 Comments
.Blog jumps from Nominet to CentralNic
· ServicesCentralNic wins another registry contract. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is switching backend registry providers for its .blog top level domain name. The company has used Nominet since the launch but will switch to CentralNic (London ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Digging into MMX and its earnings
· ServicesTop level domain seller has improved its revenue base but still struggles with its legacy. Earlier today I wrote about Minds + Machine's (MMX) first-half revenue. This afternoon I had the chance to talk to MMX CEO Toby Hall and dive into the company's ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How fast should a new top level domain name grow?
· UncategorizedWithout artificial stimulation, a new TLD should grow slowly. On this week's podcast I interviewed Jay Daley, the interim CEO of Public Interest Registry (.Org). We talked briefly about the organization's foray into new top level domain names. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
