NiceNic.net put out a report that looked at phishing activity in China, very few .cn sites are involved in phishing and surprisingly there was a decent number of .pw sites being used. Anti-Phishing Alliance of China(APAC) announced "December 2013 Anti-Phishing Sites Brief Report". According to the report: APAC totally dealt with 168,835 phishing sites over the years and in Dec 2013, … [Read more...]
.PW Becomes First TLD To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension
The .pw Registry just announced it is the first TLD to adopt ICANN’s latest rights protection mechanism, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The URS is in the Applicant Gudebook for new gTLD's. "The URS seeks to provide trademark holders with faster protection against infringement than the existing Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). " "While the UDRP, a more expensive and … [Read more...]
1st Day Of Single Character .PW Domains Auctions On NameJet.com End With 7 Domains, No Sales
The first day of single character .PW domains just ended. Single character domains included single number .pw domain names as well as single letter .pw domains. With 7 domain names up for sale, none reached the reserve price set by the .Pw registry, so none of them sold High bids for each auction ranged from $250-$2,500. Here are the domain names that were at auction today and the … [Read more...]
Upworthy.com Buys U.pw As URL Shortener
According to a post on the company blog, Upworthy.com which bills itself as "social media with a mission" that appeals to the The Daily Show" generation", has just bought the domain name U.pw to use at a URL shortener. The domain name U.pw was acquired from the .Pw registry for an undisclosed price. Prior to the acquisition of u.pw the company was using the domain name upwr.me for its … [Read more...]
.PW Gets Over 50,000 Registration In Just 3 Weeks
According to a press release we just received the .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as “the Professional Web”, was available for General registrations from March 25, 2013 with a strong distribution channel of 120+ ICANN Registrars including Network Solutions, … [Read more...]
.PW To Release Two Letter/Character Domains On First Come, First Served Basis
According to DomainMonster.com the .PW registry has released making hundreds of 2-character domain names including many two letter .PW domains to be registered on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 10:00 UTC 28th March 2013. DomainMonster.com is allowing for preorders right now. Once live all of the domain names can be registered at any of the 100 + domain name registrars that … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many .PW Domain Names Did You Register?
We haven't done a quick poll in a while and thought we would see how many of you were playing in the new .PW space. We have none gone through Sunrise, Landrush and now General Availability earlier today. The question is if you registered any .Pw domains through either Sunrise, Landrush or GA how many did you register? If you didn't register any then you can choose that answer According … [Read more...]