In a story appearing in the DailyMail, Entitled Is the hashtag over? Looking at ads that ran during the Super Bowl on Sunday" Out of 66 ads only 30% of them had a hashtag - while 41% included a URL This year had a 15% decrease in number of hashtags used in commercials Twitter handles were only shown in 5 commercials and Facebook in 4. The statistics come from Marketing Land’s sixth … [Read more...]
FF.com sold for $1.4 million and the broker is suing for their commission
There is a very interesting story about FF.com on Jalopnik.com. The article deals with the broker of FF.com not getting paid their 15% commission. Hat tip to George Kirikos. Looking at Domain Tools the seller was Bank of America. In November, a 10-page complaint was filed against Faraday in San Francisco County Superior Court by a company that essentially acts as a broker for acquiring domain … [Read more...]
PIR Releases 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report: 92% of NGO’s Have a Website
Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains and Nonprofit Tech for Good today revealed the results of the “2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report.” The second annual report uncovers how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile communications, online fundraising tools, and social media. The report details the key … [Read more...]
Bar.com Group of Domain Names At Auction At Namejet Gets a $2.1 Million Bid
The Bar.com group of premium domain names that are in the extended auction from the RightoftheDot.com/Namescon auction on Namejet.com now has a bid in excess of $2 Million dollars. The group of domain names is highlighted by Bar.com. In addition to Bar.com the other domain names included in the lot being auctioned off are Bar.net, Cafes.com, Grill.com, Place.com, Pub.com and … [Read more...]
Did Snap pay $5million for Snap.com ?
Snapchat now know as Snap Inc is going public. George Kirikos tweeted out a few minutes ago the following: Did @Snap pay USD $5 million to @Idealab for the https://t.co/OxMoFdZsEx domain name? See page F-21 of SEC filing https://t.co/MnkRDTl4Tw — George Kirikos (@GeorgeKirikos) February 2, 2017 I went to page F-21 and you can see the following: There is a $5 million number for … [Read more...]
The Trademark ClearingHouse Worked So Well One Company Got 24 new gTLD using The Famous Trademark “The”
The Trademark ClearingHouse (TMCH) which was set up/ contracted by ICANN to protect those famous worldwide brand names from abuse by those nasty domain name squatters resulted in a whole new industry. Those playing the TMCH for their own benefit to get first jump at new gTLD domain names to get registered in Sunrise ahead of all other under common words like "the" Actually there maybe no … [Read more...]
What is the answer ?
For just about everyone in the domain industry .com is king. It is the undisputed leader when it comes to reported sales and development worldwide. Over the years both domain investors and businesses have asked what is the best alternative ? When the desired .com is taken and the logical alternatives in .com are taken (buy,get,i, prefixes), what is the next best extension to go with … [Read more...]