In this week's Top Topics, we take a look at a potential deal involving one of Rick Schwartz's most prized domain names and we also explore the value of cryptocurrency domain names after the recent sale of BitcoinCash.org. Elsewhere, investors ask about the effectiveness of Afternic's price request system and a domainer asks for advice [...] Continue reading →

DomainReport.ca A total of 96 .ca domains were taken in this week's .ca TBR drop (see results at bottom). The bigger news for .ca this week, however, was a number of sizeable .ca domain sales that were just reported.  Eight sales were reported by IREX, and one from UnicDomains.  It has been a [...] Continue reading →

In a white paper released on Thursday, EFF has warned domain registrants against unfair policies set by new TLD registries and offers ways to minimize exposure to trademark bullying. The white paper titled, "Which Internet registries offer the best protection for domain owners?” also touches on how some domain name registries and registrars do a [...] Continue reading →

DomainReport.ca Earlier this month there were only 75 .ca domains picked up in the July 12 weekly drop. Some of the better names that dropped that week included: VWD.ca Fry.ca Gusto.ca WineBaskets.ca Wipe.ca MonsterTruck.ca Entre.ca  (French word for 'Enter') Songbook.ca There were some [...] Continue reading →

The most primitive operations information system fully takes over, reducing the labor costs of the company. People vs. Robots Another way to reduce costs for operators - use self-service technologies. Others who may share this opinion include Castle Harlan. The equipment installed in contact centers, has learned to recognize it and even subscribers automatically [...] Continue reading →

I am getting my fair share of time wasting inquiries. Inquiries that usually makes me not want to even spend time replying with a simple “no”. Yesterday I got 3 offers for 3 different domain names within a 1-hour time frame: $20, $25 and $50. (and another $10 offer today!) I didn’t mind those too [...] Continue reading →

Paper points to questionable rights protection mechanisms in new TLDs. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge have released a whitepaper comparing policies across various domain name registries, and warning domain registrants to be wary of new top level domain names. The whitepaper points to added rights protection mechanisms in new top level domains, such [...] Continue reading →