The domain name WorldTradeCenter.com, was lost in a UDRP along with WorldTradeCenter.net. The one member panel decision was handed down by the On-line ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). The complainant is the World Trade Centers Association, Inc, who was represented by RODENBAUGH LAW. The domain WorldTradeCenter.com was registered on November 2, 1996 and owned is Earth Plaza … [Read more...]
Rightside Hits 52 Week High on 10X It’s Average Volume
Share of Rightside (NAME) hit a 52 week high today on big volume. Shares closed at $9.31 + $.23 as shares hit a 52 week intra-day high of $9.51 on 265,271. The 90 moving average daily volume is only 23,497 The market cap of Rightside at today's close is 178.75 Million. The 52 week low of Rightside is 6.05. There appears to have been a trade for 200,000 shares during the day. A … [Read more...]
Verisign 10 Top Trending Terms For May: .Net in .Com; & .Net in .Net: Trump Scores Again in Both
Verisign released today it's Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in May. Interestingly "Net" to the left of the dot was number one in .Com and Net to the left of the dot was number one for .net domain names as well. "Trump" continues to be a trending term for both .com and .net as it has been for several months Here are the top 1o: … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Store Winds Up With 1st day Total Of 22,682
The new gTLD .Store went into general availability (GA) yesterday by Radix, where it could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis. After the 1st day of GA including the 600+ registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those domain name registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program, .Store wound up with 22,682 domain names. .Store which has premium registration and … [Read more...]
.Store Over 20K Domain Names Registered
The new gTLD .Store which launched into General Availability today has over 20,000 registrations as of publication. .Store which had over 500 Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, putting it in the top 10 in terms of new sunrise applications, got 10,000 domain name registrations in the 1st 10 minutes of GA. According to Facebook and Twitter posts, .Store has over 20,000 domain … [Read more...]
1st Internationalized Version of .Com in Japanese script コム Is Open For Registration
Verisign (VRSN) the registry for .Com domain names, today has opened the General Registration Period for the first internationalized version of the .com top-level domain (TLD) in Japanese script, .コム, for anyone to register on a first come, first served basis, subject to availability and the applicable registry policies. According to Verisign's Blog: "Today, Verisign is excited to announce … [Read more...]
BitTorrent Acquires The Domain BT.co: Had a BIN Price of $75,000
BitTorrent.com has acquired the domain name BT.co. The domain name was listed for sale for $75,000 on Sedo and was owned by the .co Registry, .CO Internet S.A.S. which is owned by Neustar (NSR). The domain just cleared escrow at Afternic, yesterday so it is unclear whether Sedo or Afternic sold the domain and it's unknown if the domain was sold for the asking price or a lower negotiated … [Read more...]