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Some pretty big companies are beginning to show an active interest in ICANN's new TLD project. The most recent of them is bookseller Barnes & Noble. The letter, which is available both on the ICANN website, is quite narrow and pointed in its scope and focusses on the perceived competition issues with Amazon's [...] Continue reading
As Elliot reported this month's results, I was reminded of the results from May 2000 and the list of high quality inventory offered for sale. They truly were GREAT domains. And for those who think Fortune 500 totally missed domains- look at who bought what like Del Monte paying $160K for Fruit.com. In some respects [...] Continue reading
I dislike Groupon. I dislike the business model. I dislike their customer service. But I loved Andrew Mason’s letter to his employees today after he found out that he had been fired. He does a rare think and takes accountability for the results all the while having a sense of humor about it. He finishes [...] Continue reading
The domain name Opulence.com has been hit with a UDRP. With almost 8,000,000 references in Google opulence is a dictionary word that has been registered since at least 2000 according to Domaintools.com The domain name was owned until recently by Opulence Communications Ltd of the UK with an expiration date of 2018. Suddenly in early [...] Continue reading
DomainReport.ca In this week's .ca domain TBR drop there were 182 domains taken, which is pretty much a normal week. Some of the best .ca domains that dropped this week were: toffee.ca ibf.ca riverdalerealestate.ca gr8.ca leslievillerealestate.ca phoneaccessories.ca yorkhomes.ca dior.ca (last name but watch out for trademark issues - reportedly dropped by the Dior [...] Continue reading
ICANN and Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) service provider Stiftelsen för Internetinfrastruktur (.SE) seek New gTLD applicant volunteers to participate in the Pre-Delegation Testing Pilot. Pilot participants will prepare and submit test materials in the coming weeks, well ahead of the planned 22 April 2013 start of Pre-Delegation Testing. The Pilot is a practice test; all applicants [...] Continue reading
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