There is a new thread on Namepros that may have taken the new gtld discussion to another level, a weird level. Although anything is possible it is the Internet. Namepros member GarpTrader posted: How new TLDs could be used to launder drug trafficking proceeds One-word and hyper short LL .Com domains are rare and already in the hands of well-established domainers or corporations. Such domains … [Read more...]
CentralNic Shares Hits 52 Week Low on More Than 10x Avg Daily Volume
Shares of CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), sank after releasing its financial results for the six months ending June 30, 2016. After hitting a 52 week low of 38p, shares of CentralNic closed at 39.5p down over 14% from its previous closing price of 46p. Over 1,000,000 shares were traded in the company which has an average daily volume (3m) of just over 84,000 shares. CentralNic has a 52 … [Read more...]
Looks Like At Least 4 Brands Paid Tens of Thousands Each To Register 6 .Shop Domain
Yesterday, September 1, 2016, was the first day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .Shop. I found six .Shop domain registrations that were made on September 1 by 4 brand-holders. It's possible these registrations could have been made in the Sunrise period if the brands were registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse but Sunrise for .Shop closed on August 29, 2016. First day of EAP … [Read more...]
Sabal Capital Management Reduces It Stake In Rightside by 10%
According to tradecalls.com; Sabal Capital Management reduced its stake in Rightside Group Ltd by 10.0% during the most recent quarter end. The investment management company now holds a total of 312,868 shares of Rightside Group Ltd which is valued at $3,707,486 after selling 34,746 shares in Rightside Group Ltd , the firm said in a disclosure report filed with the SEC on Aug 12, … [Read more...]
Verisign Announces Korean .닷컴 and .닷넷 Domains Are Now Available for General Registration
Today, Verisign announce that .닷컴 and .닷넷, the localized versions of the .com and .net top-level domains (TLDs) in Hangul script, are now open for the registration of domain names by the general public on a first-come, first-served basis, subject to availability and the applicable registry policies.* The General Registration Period for .닷컴 and .닷넷 began at 00:00:00 UTC on Aug. 30, 2016, … [Read more...]
AutoNews.com: Amazon May Roll Out Its Car Portal Using a New gTLD
According to AutoNews.com, Amazon launched Amazon Vehicles, a "car research portal where consumers can view and reviews of thousands of new and classic cars, while being able to upload photos and videos of their own rides." AutoNews.com went on to suggest that Amazon might migrate the service to a new gTLD or at least use a new gTLD as a redirect. "Amazon already has several domain names … [Read more...]
.Guru After Hitting a High of Almost 85K Domains is Now Under 60K
.Guru which hit a high of over 84,000 domain names on April 1, 2015 now has less than 60,000 domains. .Guru was the first new gTLD to hit 50,000 registrations back in April 2014. .Guru was one of the first new gTLD's Donuts released launched in January 2014. However as you can see from its second expiration period, which seemed to take place in April of this year, the number of .Guru … [Read more...]