The domain name extension .Party has been losing thousands of domain name registrations a day over the last few weeks. The new gTLD domain extension .party launched in February 2015. However in May 2015, after just 5,600 domain names had been registered, Alpnames.com offered free .party domain name registrations, then offered deeply discounted .$49 registrations, taking the domain name … [Read more...]
.XYZ Registry Launches Searchable Domain Name Drop Tool
The .XYZ registry has released a searchable tool for dropping .XYZ domain names. You can see all the .XYZ domain names dropping today, tomorrow or those in pending delete on a drop down menu on the site. Pending delete .XYZ domain names are those that will delete up to five days out. For example as of publication there are 10,445 .XYZ pending delete domain, just over 2,000 domain names … [Read more...]
The First Month Of .VIP (infographic); 418,000 Domains; $6M+ Revenue
A new infographic was just released on the first 30 days of the new gTLD .VIP and what a 30 days it was. Over 418,000 registrations, total billings exceeded $6 million dollars, and 48 .VIP domain names have sold at auction with an average selling price of almost $23,000. The infographic has plenty of information highlighting this most successful launch which did not include any free or … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali Enterprises Files 1st UDRP To Gain Control of Domain TheGreatestAli.com
Muhammad Ali Enterprises has filed its first UDRP to Gain Control of the domain name TheGreatestAli.com. The domain name TheGreatestAli.com was registered by Michael Green of Austin Texas on his date of death June 3, 2016. The domain is going to a site containing pictures of Muhammad Ali and is selling all sorts of Ali merchandise from t-shirts to autographed boxing gloves. The UDRP … [Read more...]
Donuts Offers To Buy All Of Rightside new gTLD’s For $70 Million Cash
Donuts Inc., publicly announced its interest in acquiring Rightside Group, Ltd.'s (NAME) entire registry of generic top-level domains (gTLDs, also known as domain extensions) and related assets for $70 million in an all-cash deal. According to a press release out today, Donuts said "this move is in keeping with Donuts' stated strategy of expanding its selection of not-com domain extensions, … [Read more...]
After Letting Meryl.com Drop 10 Years Ago, TM Holder Loses UDRP
NYLSTAR S.A. of Blanes, Girona, Spain lost its bid to gain control of the domain name Meryl.com The complainant registered the Domain Name on September 26, 1997 and let it lapse and drop in November 2006. The current domain owner, is Meryl Blog of St-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada, which was represented by ESQwire.com A majority of the three member panel Clive Elliott Q.C., and The Hon Neil … [Read more...]
Senators To NTIA: Agency Violated Fed Law Using Fed Funds To Relinquish U.S. Oversight
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), today sent a letter to NTIA Assistant Secretary Lawrence Strickling, questioning the agency’s apparent violation of federal law in using federal funds to relinquish U.S. oversight of the Internet. Here is the letter The Honorable Lawrence Strickling Assistant Secretary for … [Read more...]