The LasVegasSun.com just covered the new gTLD .Vegas in what is largely a negative story on the new gTLD which is "lagging" behind other City new gTLD's The Sun quotes Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto who blasted .Vegas: ""Platinum Web Marketing founder Anthony Carlitto, believes the .Vegas domain is a bad bet and doesn’t advise his clients to buy a .Vegas domain. Not only are … [Read more...]
Las Vegas Review-Journal Renames Its Job Classified Section As RJJobs.Vegas
The Las Vegas Journal Newspaper, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the the state of Nevada has named its classified job section as RJJobs.Vegas. Although the domain name RJJobs.Vegas forwards to the reviewjournal.com/jobs, it seems that the newspaper is using the branding opportunity that a Geo domain like .Vegas brings. If your wondering the domain name Jobs.Vegas is registered … [Read more...]
Former CEO Of Vegas.com Releasing “Revolutionary Global Booking Platform” On New gTLD’s
Howard Lefkowitz, the former CEO of Vegas.com, announced today that his new company, One Degree World™ Systems, Inc., which describes itself as "architects and owners of a revolutionary global content and booking platform, will be the first company of its kind to launch a series of holistic hospitality and travel websites on the emerging top-level domains (TLDs) other than .com. " One Degree … [Read more...]
LasVegasWeekly.com: “Why The .Vegas Launch is a Ridiculous Racket & A Waste Of Money”
Lasvegasweekly.com just published a post entitled "Why The .Vegas Launch is a Ridiculous Racket" So as you can guess from the title LasVegasWeekly.com is not a fan of .Vegas It is probably as a scathing review of any new gTLD or the program in general that I have read from a non-domain industry publication. Its Brutal. Here we go with the highlights: "Now that the inane hype and … [Read more...]
Tuesday Was .Vegas Day & A Big Celebration Was Held At Las Vegas City Hall
The City of Las Vegas held a very cool launch ceremony for Dot Vegas at Las Vegas city hall today. Namescon.Vegas was the very first domain activated by .Vegas after Nic.Vegas (Nic.is the first domain activated by every new gTLD registry) Richard Lau and and Jothan Franks of Namescon were on hand to celebrate the launch, who appears in the picture on top of the … [Read more...]
1st .Vegas Domains: Wynn, HardRock, Caesars, Sands, Harrahs, Palms, World Series Of Poker
The new gTLD .Vegas just closed it Sunrise period there are over 300 domain names registered including a few retained by the registry. There are actually more .Vegas domain names registered at this point that .NYC according to the zone file. Landrush for .Vegas domains start on August 14, 2014 and runs until September 10, 2014. General Availability starts on September 15th. As usually … [Read more...]
My Preorder For Cool.Vegas Just Got A $35,525 Bill & CoolVegas.com Is Priced at $12K
I placed a pre-order for the domain name Cool.Vegas on a landrush basis with 101domain.com a while back. I got word the other day that the domain name was placed on the reserved list of the registry and made a premium domain. So I got a bill for the difference between what I previously paid for the pre-order $234.99 and the new premium price for the domain name of $35,760.00 I have no … [Read more...]