It would be nice to find new uses for domain names, but there's a reason nothing has come to fruition yet. .XYZ's new promotion comparing numeric .xyz domain names to bitcoin is certainly bizarre. One of the pitches in Uniregistry's promotional ... Continue Reading21 Comments
XYZ buys .Storage top level domain name
· Domain SalesXYZ gets its tenth top level domain name XYZ, the company that runs the .xyz domain name, has added a tenth top level domain name to its stable. The company announced this morning that it has acquired the .storage top level domain name. Self ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.XYZ domains can’t be registered in China, Negari says it’s temporary
· ServicesXYZ CEO Daniel Negari says the company is working to resolve issues selling domains in China. China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed domain name registrars in China to stop selling .xyz domain names as of May 4, ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Breaking: Verisign loses appeal in .XYZ lawsuit
· Policy & LawAppeals court affirms District Court's decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which runs ... Continue Reading11 Comments
In Praise of .XYZ
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson uncovers some great usage examples of .XYZ domain names. This "love letter" to .XYZ may surprise readers who remember me as one of that registry's more persistent critics. True that I've found fault with .XYZ's inflated registration ... Continue Reading30 Comments
Listen to Verisign and XYZ duke it out in court
· Policy & LawCourt of Appeals listens to arguments in false advertising case. Verisign and XYZ presented oral arguments in front of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week in Verisign's false advertising lawsuit against the company that runs .XYZ. Lisa ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.XYZ domain names now cost one penny
· Domain RegistrarsUniregistry drops the price on .xyz domain names to one penny each. Apparently a dollar or two is just too expensive for some new TLDs these days. Uniregistry is currently selling .XYZ domain names for one penny. Yes, that's $.01. Someone is ... Continue Reading28 Comments
Verisign settles one of its lawsuits against XYZ
· Policy & LawLawsuit involved switching backend providers for three top level domain names. Verisign and XYZ have reached a settlement in one of their ongoing lawsuits. Verisign sued XYZ last year after XYZ acquired the rights to the .theatre, .security and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Chinese owner of NBAZ.xyz defends UDRP brought by American bank
· Policy & Law...but he didn't use the "four letter acronym domain has value" defense. The owner of the four letter domain name NBAZ.xyz has successfully defended a cybersquatting complaint filed by National Bank of Arizona. This is notable for a couple ... Continue Reading2 Comments
CentralNic hits 4 million new top level domain names
· ServicesXYZ and Radix propel CentralNic's registry growth. CentralNic now has over 4 million domain names on its new top level domain registry services platform, the company announced today. It provides registry services to .xyz, which accounts for about ... Continue Reading4 Comments