As New Zealanders patiently await the .NZ launch on September 30, we'd like to give the rest of the world a chance to get excited about our newly shortened domain extension. So I present to you... my top 5 domain hack possibilities using .NZ. But quickly, before I [...] Continue reading →

Registry files patent application for brand protection tool. Donuts wants to patent the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML), a service that helps brand owners prevent their trademarks from being registered across multiple top level domains. The company filed U.S. patent application 13/804919 (pdf) in March 2013 for “Domain Protected Marks List Based Techniques For Managing [...] Continue reading →

The new gTLD .website got over 6,500 registrations in the first four hours of general availability, according to Radix Registry. The TLD has been characterized as the first exciting, properly generic English-language new gTLD to launch. With that in mind, one wonders whether 6,500 is a great start. Bear in mind that .website has commodity [...] Continue reading →

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Our parody review of the GoDaddy rubber chicken – an item used in a recent GoDaddy campaign on Facebook - was well-received by the fine folks of the #1 domain registrar in the world. Receiving an oversized package in the mail wasn’t a first; this time around it wasn’t a gorilla costume but rather, a [...] Continue reading →

New TLD .Buzz found a customer base it wasn’t targeting. When Bill Doshier decided to apply for the .buzz top level domain name, he had a vision for how it would be used: entertainment, social media, fashion…you get the idea. Once the domain name went live, he noticed an entirely different customer segment registering domain [...] Continue reading →