.Sucks has now passed 6,000 registered domain names. According to ntldstats.com .Sucks has 6,153 domain name registered. We know that around 3,400 domain names were registered in Sunrise for up to $2,000 wholesale. That is almost $7 Million dollars if they were all at $2K, which they should be since the Sunrise period was only opened to those in the Trademark Clearinghouse (THCH) … [Read more...]
Dot Sucks Registry Puts Up NewYork.Sucks Behind Boston’s Fenway Park
Bizjournals.com reported today that a giant Billboard carrying the domain name NewYork.Sucks has gone up across from Boston Fenway Park the home of the Boston Red Sox. The billboard faces the Mass Pike and is right behind Fenway Park. Vox Populi, the company that owns the .new gTLD domain registry .Sucks paid for and is behind the billboard campaign. "Vox Populi is a subsidiary of … [Read more...]
NetNames files Complaint w/ European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS Pricing
NetNames.com has filed a complaint to European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS pricing strategy that had Brand owners charged $1,999 each year (wholesale) for a .SUCKS domain name compared to others that are charged just $10 According to NetNames.com which is a brand protection company representing many trademark holders, Vox Populi created an uneven pricing structure that … [Read more...]
Who Doesn’t Suck? Kim Kardashian; Justin Bieber; Twitter, FoxNews, CNN Pass On $2,500 .Sucks Domains
While some of the biggest brands in Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Technology and Pop Culture registered some 3,400 new gTLD's in the new .sucks domain extension, in the Sunrise period for up to $2,499 for each domain, there were some glaring misses of some of the most criticized, controversial and most talked about companies, celebrities and public figures. There are not domain … [Read more...]
.Sucks Gets Almost 3,400 Domain Registrations At Prices Up To $2,499 in Sunrise
The .Sunrise period for the new gTLD .Sucks generated over 3,400 domain name registrations at pricing ranging up to $2,500 per domain name. Premium .Sucks Sunrise registrations were sold for up to $2,499, with at a wholesale cost of $2,000 as set by the .sucks registry, Vox Populi Registry Ltd. If all 3,400 registrations in Sunrise were sold at the $2K premium wholesale price, then Vox … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many Sunrise Domain Registrations Will .Sucks Get?
The new gTLD .Sucks has been in the news for a few months since announcing its pricing plan which place a suggested retail price of up to $2,499 for trademark holders. ICANN claimed .sucks domains were being sold to trademark owners in a "predatory" manner, and took the unprecedented step of asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it was legal. This week the FTC answered and told the … [Read more...]
.Sucks Registry Goes On Offense & Threatens To Sue ICANN For Defamation/Breach of Contract
In a sternly worded letter sent to ICANN today by the attorney's representing Vox Populi the operator of the .Sucks registry put ICANN on notice that they believe ICANN has defamed the registry and its own rules and regulation and made it clear a lawsuit maybe forthcoming The letter was written by R. David Hosp a principal in the law firm of the New York firm of Fish & Richardson … [Read more...]