Although I rarely write about projects I'm personally working on, I'm delighted to announced that .CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), has partnered with Internet consulting and advisement firm RightOfTheDot, LLC to help facilitate and manage the release, placement and auction of certain super premium and Founder .CLUB … [Read more...]
The Domain Name Association (DNA) Launches Today & RightOfTheDot.com Is a Founding Member
I wanted to share with you a Press Release from the The Domain Name Association (DNA), which officially launched today. As a Director of RightoftheDot.com we are proud to be a Founding Member of the Organization. Other Founding members are: ARI Registry Services, Demand Media, Donuts, FairWinds Partners, Go Daddy, Google, Momentous, United TLD, and … [Read more...]
Sedo to Auction Rare & Never Before Released .Asia Domain Names Including 1 & 2 Letter/Number Domains
Sedo.com announced today a strategic partnership with DotAsia, the organization charged with running the .Asia top-level domain (TLD) and RightOfTheDot.com, a leading domain industry consultancy, to auction a series of rare and never-before-released domain names. Through these auctions, approximately 1,300 one and two character domain names such as 8.asia, 28.asia, and X.asia will be offered to … [Read more...]
My First Post On CircleId.com Is Up: “Why the Lawsuit Against .XXX Maybe the Best Sales Tool Ever For New gTLD Applicants”
Just a quick note to let you know that my first post is up on CircleId.com CircleID.com is a great publication with contributions from many different people throughout the domain space but typically not domainers. The publication chats a lot about ICANN and public policy issues and has a large readership. I have had it in my RSS feed for quite a while and was asked to write a post on it … [Read more...]
What Do The BIG Brands Really Think About The New gTLD’s? Guess I’ll Find Out As I Speak At The IP Law & Management Institute
This weekend I will be speaking at the IP Law & Management Institute in Palm Springs on the only panel dedicated to the new gTLD program. entitled "Seizing the Opportunity of Securing gTLDs for your Organization and your Industry in my role as Director of RightoftheDot.com. I'll be on the panel with representatives of Verisign as we present to attorney's representing some of the biggest … [Read more...]
How do You Use Premium Domain Names To Help Maximize new gTLD Registry Profits? Here Is Your Invite To The Webinars
Recently in a CircleID blog, Alexa Raad, CEO of Architelos pointed out that applying for a new Top-Level Domain (TLD) is an expensive and lengthy process, costing an estimated $500K for application and various legal and professional services and that is assuming there is no other applications for the same string, nor any objection to the string being filed. Ms. Raad pointed out that one of … [Read more...]