Monthly Archives: February 2016

Mon 22nd February 2016
Written by info in EN
DNJournal profiles DNForum owner | Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views -

DNJournal.com, one of the best sources for domain name owners, has a great profile on Adam Dicker. Adam owns High Impact Sites, Inc. High Impact Sites runs the popular DNForum.com site and owns domains like Planets.com and PenPals.com.

 
Written by info in EN
Local.com goes for $700k | Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Views -

Interchange Corporation (NASDAQ: INCX), known primarily for its pay-per-click services, picked up domain name Local.com for $700,000 and issued a press release about its plans. Interchange will offer a number of local portals (e.g. chicago.local.com) which will integrate with its local pay-per-click offerings. Perhaps it will be like CitySearch.com, with better integration of paid for performance listings.

 
Written by info in EN and tagged
VaultPress drops it price for WordPress security and backup - Must-have security service now costs less. I was one of the first customers to sue Automattic’s VaultPress service, and it has saved my behind on multiple occasions. VaultPress is a WordPress backup and security system created by WordPress. The backup tool is nice, but plenty of other companies offer some type of backup. It’s the security that makes this system a no-brainer. VaultPress scans your site for any potential security holes or hacking and alerts you when it finds something. It’s nice to get an alert from VaultPress before your users start complaining about a hack. Or worse, when ... read more ...
Thu 18th February 2016
Written by info in EN
BrandShield takes a different strategy in a world of many TLDs - How should brands manage infringement in a world of many top level domain names? Brandshield suggests taking a common sense approach. Brands face new challenges in a world of many new top level domain name options. Brand protection company BrandShield, spun-off from a registrar in 2013, recommends that companies focus on infringement that really matters. In 2000, Yoav Keren and two colleagues launched a registrar reseller based in Israel called Domain The Net. Keren was a senior advisor in the Israeli government at the time, and their research revealed untapped marketplace opportunity. The partners ... read more ...
Wed 17th February 2016
Written by info in EN and tagged
Here's what's happening at Rightside - Company will invest more in marketing to improve new top level domain name results. Yesterday, Rightside released Q4 earnings. The good news is that it turned in record revenue and an adjusted EBITDA that topped guidance. The bad news is that revenue growth over Q3 was nominal, especially for new top level domain names. While it’s probably fairer to look at year-over-year revenue growth in most product lines, new TLDs are different. Rightside needs to show strong quarter-over-quarter growth in this category, as it is telling investors this is where all of the growth will come from, and it needs ... read more ...
Tue 16th February 2016
Written by info in EN and tagged
$32 million .Org contract up for bids - Public Interest Registry asks for proposals to run its backend registry. Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that runs the .Org top level domain name, just put out a request for proposal for its backend registry provider. Afilias currently runs the registry operations for .org, and has since .org was transitioned from Verisign to Public Interest Registry in 2003. The company is richly compensated for managing the registry. According to Public Interest Registry’s 2013 tax return, Afilias was paid $32 million that year for providing services for .org. .Org ended 2015 with 10.5 million names ... read more ...
 
Written by Markus in EN and tagged
Domain name investor gets RDNH win - China ready, but not ready for a UDRP. Domain name investor Warren Weitzman has successfully defended his domain name ChinaReady.com, and the panel found complainant China Ready and Accredited Pty Ltd to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bringing the case. The complainant uses the lengthy domain name chinareadyandaccredited.com. It claimed first use of the “China Ready” mark dating to 2012. But Weitzman registered ChinaReady.com back in 2006. See the problem for the complainant? If so, you’re one step ahead of the complainant’s lawyer. Weitzman parked the domain name, which ... read more ...
 
Written by info in EN and tagged
Domain name investor gets RDNH win - China ready, but not ready for a UDRP. Domain name investor Warren Weitzman has successfully defended his domain name ChinaReady.com, and the panel found complainant China Ready and Accredited Pty Ltd to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bringing the case. The complainant uses the lengthy domain name chinareadyandaccredited.com. It claimed first use of the “China Ready” mark dating to 2012. But Weitzman registered ChinaReady.com back in 2006. See the problem for the complainant? If so, you’re one step ahead of the complainant’s lawyer. Weitzman parked the domain name, which ... read more ...
Fri 12th February 2016