Former Apple executive joins GoDaddy board GoDaddy adds woman to board and her background might signal a coming IPO. GoDaddy has appointed Betsy Rafael to its board of directors. She is the former Chief Accounting Officer at Apple and Finance VP at Cisco Systems. Rafael also serves on the boards of Echelon and Autodesk. Rafael is the first woman on GoDaddy’s […]
Domain Name Wire - 16 hr 54 min ago
Companies are exposed to .exposed top level domain name Trademark counsel should pay attention to the latest TLD to enter sunrise. A lot of people have focused on .sucks as an example of a top level domain “shakedown” in which companies will feel compelled to register domains for protective purposes. There’s a similar domain name entering sunrise today that hasn’t ...
Domain Name Wire - 21 hr 21 min ago
New Top Level Domain Names still facing compatibility issues Important software still not recognizing new domain names. Registrants of second level domain names under new TLDs such as .photography and .tattoo are learning firsthand about the issue of Universal Acceptance. The term refers to systems not recognizing new top level domain names for what they are, and thus not being compatible with...
Domain Name Wire - 21 hr 53 min ago
Fiskars is Stoppable, domain name panel rules Company loses dispute for Unstoppable.com domain name. Fiskars, a company you most likely know for its scissors, has a trademark on “Unstoppable”. But a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) panel has ruled that its rights to the term are stoppable. The company filed a cybersquatting complaint under UDRP ag...
Domain Name Wire - 22 hr 18 min ago
New TLD trademark notifications top 20,000 The Trademark Clearinghouse has sent over 20,000 notices to trademark holders based on domain registrations matching trademarks. The Trademark Clearinghouse has now issued 20,076 trademark notifications based on second level registrations in new TLDs. The notifications are sent to entities that have registered their marks with the Tr...
Domain Name Wire - 23 hr 35 min ago
Domain Name Wire turned 9 this weekend Covering the domain name industry since 2005. Domain Name Wire celebrated its ninth anniversary over the weekend. I’d like to take this occasion to thank all of Domain Name Wire’s loyal readers. Publishing a blog is only fun when there’s an engaged audience. Many of you take the time to comment and interact with pos...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 10, 2014 - 12:49
Photos: Domain.com SXSW Party & .CO HQ Here are photos from Domain.com’s party in Austin Saturday night and the .CO HQ. Domain.com threw a party in conjunction with Public Interest Registry (PIR) Saturday night in Austin at the SXSW festival. A steady cold rain didn’t keep people away. In fact, it may have drawn them to the relative comfort and warmth of [R...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 10, 2014 - 11:4
Survey: Domain Name Registrars in 2014 What do customers look for in a domain name registrar? The 9th annual Domain Name Wire survey is open and awaiting your participation. As always, the survey asks some questions about domain name registrars and why people use the registrar they do. The survey asks participants to rank eight difference factors commonly considered by cu...
Domain Name Wire - Monday, March 10, 2014 - 10:28
23 more end user domain name sales I’d Laugh out Loud at being paid twenty grand for LaughOutLoud.com. Afternic and GoDaddy teamed up to sell just over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a list of some of the sales to end users. You can see previous end user sales lists here. LaughOutLoud.com $20,800 – a company called Codeblack [R...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 7, 2014 - 11:25
Warner Bros. gets Gauntlet.com domain name after filing UDRP Entertainment company now controls Gauntlet.com domain name. Warner Bros. has filed a UDRP against the domain name Gauntlet.com, and it appears the domain name registrant handed the domain name over as a result. Warner Bros. distributed the 1977 film The Gauntlet directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood and Sondra Locke. But ...
Domain Name Wire - Friday, March 7, 2014 - 9:56
Huh? DNS.com moving to DNSbyComodo.com Company appears to be ditching the DNS.com domain name. File this one in the strange moves category… Comodo acquired DNS.com – which was founded by people in the domain name business – back in 2011. They changed the overall branding to include the Comodo name but kept using the DNS.com domain name. Now they’re...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 18:2
15 end user domain name sales at Sedo A lawyer, shirt company and calendar program bought new domain names. Sedo sold 582 domain names for a total of $1.3 million last week. Here are 15 domain names that were sold to end users. You can see more end user sales lists here. TeamShirt.com $23,000 – Shirt seller Spreadshirt. LaptopScreen.co.uk $13,600 – Laptop Scr...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 13:54
.Photos is first day winner in Donuts’ latest batch of new TLDs .Photos easily outpaces three other domain names that reverted to regular pricing yesterday. Four more new top level domain names from Donuts launched with regular pricing yesterday: .Photos, .Careers, .Shoes, and .Recipes. .Photos led the others by a wide margin when it came to the initial hours of release. At the time the zone repo...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 10:45
Why I haven’t registered any new TLDs yet Between reserved domains, name collisions, premium pricing and awkward domain name registrar interfaces, it’s just a pain in the ass. I’ve written before about how new TLDs are coming out with a whimper. They are severely handicapped coming out of the gate thanks to lack of registrar support, name collision uncertainty, p...
Domain Name Wire - Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 10:29
.Tips domain name sells for $8,200 Domain name investor pays top dollar for a .tips domain name. A .tips domain names has sold for $8,200 at GoDaddy. HorseRacing.tips was purchased by London-based Domain Invest Ltd. Domain Invest Ltd appears to own a lot of gambling related domain names. This is the highest price I’ve seen so far for a GoDaddy auction […]
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 16:0
At least 9 domain name companies heading to SXSW in Austin this week Domain companies setting up shop in Austin later this week. SXSW Interactive kicks off in Austin on Friday. Among the 30,000+ attendees will be at least 9 domain name companies. Here’s what I know so far about domain name companies in attendance. Drop me a line if you’re a domain name company missing from the […]
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 15:19
Yahoo Ad: We’ve helped 1,000s of domain squatters Ad claims Yahoo! helps “domain squatters” build websites. Nat Cohen sent me some screenshots of an ad Yahoo! is running to promote its webhosting services. I think domainers will get a rise out of the message. Slide 1: Although Nat wasn’t able to capture the first slide, it says something to the effect of “Jer...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 12:41
DomainFest is less than a month away. Here’s why I’m going. DomainSponsor’s annual domain name conference is just a few weeks away. This year’s date-shifted DomainFest conference is less than a month away, kicking off on March 31. I just booked my travel for the event, which is one of many domain conferences I plan to go to this year. With a very busy conference circuit, […]
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 11:16
“Income Acceleration Mentor” files UDRP against JustBelieve.com Company filed and dismissed two lawsuits against domain name before filing UDRP. Life is Now, Inc. has filed a UDRP against the domain name JustBelieve.com. The company promotes coaching by David Neagle, whose website describes him as “Master Income Acceleration Mentor for Entrepreneurs & Corporate Professionals”. It...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 10:19
Google Ventures invests $50 million in Auction.com Company that invested $1.7 million in great domain name in 2009 gets $50 million infusion from Google Ventures. Google Ventures has invested $50 million in real estate auction company Auction.com. I don’t usually write about fundraising by companies with great domain names. It takes a lot more than a great domain name to build ...
Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 9:37
