I just received this from Diane Duke of the FreeSpeechCoalition.com which "Urges Adult Trademark Holders to Protect Brands from .XXX with Letter of Notice for ICM Registry": A letter template has been created by Free Speech Coalition (FSC) for adult online business owners to send to ICM Registry, to demand that their trademarks be protected from sale on .XXX domains to third parties. The … [Read more...]
10 Days After Launch, The 1st .XXX Site, Casting.XXX Has As Much Traffic As The $13 Million Dollar Domain Sex.com
It was just 10 days ago that the 1st .XXX site was launched, Casting.XXX and it already has as much traffic as Sex.com which was purchase for $13 Million dollars late last year. According to Alexa.com Casting.XXX over the last 7 days is in a virtual tie for traffic with Sex.com (graph is below) Yup I know its hard to believe. It was hard for me to believe. So I reached out to the owner … [Read more...]
Godaddy Sets Prices For .XXX Domain Names
Godaddy.com the world's largest registrar has announced it pricing for the .XXX Sunrise period, Land Rush and General Availability for .XXX domain names. Pricing for .XXX is as follows: Sunrise AT — $209.99 for the non-refundablе application feе and first year of domain name registration (renewals are $99.99 per year) Sunrise AD — $209.99 for the non-refundablе application feе and first … [Read more...]
ICM Announces Close Of Founders Program For .XXX: Several Domains Sold “Well Into The Six Figures”
According to a Press Release tonight the ICM Registry, the company behind the .XXX TLD said they successfully concluded its Founders program with several domain names selling for well into the six figures. The Press Release also acknowledged that Frank Schilling was one of those who acquired domain names during the founders program as ElliotsBlog.com reported over the weekend. Here is the … [Read more...]
.XXX To Be The Diamond Overall Sponsor of TRAFFIC
According to a Press Release out tonight the ICM Registry, the company who is running the .XXX TLD today announced it had signed to be the Diamond Overall Sponsor of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2011, to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida from October 16 to October 19, 2011. "The event will be the first opportunity for ICM to unveil its long-term plans for the .xxx TLD to the … [Read more...]
EasySpace: 80% Of All .XXX Pre-Registrations So Far Are Defensive
Easyspace, one of registrar's taking pre-reservations for .XXX domains said today that 8 out 10 businesses pre-registering their interest in the new .XXX domain name extension are not part of the adult industry. "Out of the hundreds of businesses that have rushed to pre-register with Easyspace ahead of the opening of the Sunrise phase for .XXX domains on 7 September 2011, only 20% of them are … [Read more...]
ICM Registry Answers Hustler & Trademark Holders: You Can’t Sue Us
The ICM Registry published a white paper today entitled .XXX Domains and Trademark Issues. The paper seems to answer threats like the one that came from Hustler last week that seemed to indicate that trademark holders are somehow going to try to hold the ICM Registry liable for trademark infringement. Last week Hustler President Michael Klein said: The ICM registry is “prohibited from … [Read more...]