Media Options : Nu.De domain buyer is app maker NudeApp

Earlier last month we covered the sale of the domain Nu.de by Media Options. The nice domain hack operating on a German dot .DE domain, demonstrates how ccTLDs can become strong brands. Although the WHOIS information on the domain Nu.de has not changed, the domain is now forwarding to NudeApp.co, an app that serves as […]

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Nude domains : Media Options sells “nude” domain hack

Domaining in the nude might be an option for some. Media Options has apparently sold one of its best domains, Nu.de, and the transaction is currently in escrow. The German ccTLD offers a nice opportunity to form words or phrases ending in “de” and in this case, that word is “nude.” 😀 Domain hacks often […]

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No, you cannot register *Tru.MP domains, says the .MP Registry

The Northern Mariana islands in the Pacific are in a loose commonwealth relationship with the US. If you cannot find them on the map, look harder; the Japanese launched their attack against Guam from there, in 1941. These days, less than 60,000 people live on the Northern Marianas, and their online presence is affirmed by […]

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Sedo .AT domains : Final auction about to set a new sales record!

The third and final auction at Sedo of short, premium keyword .AT domains ends in about 20 hours. After setting record sales for the Austrian ccTLD, Sedo is about to crush their own record. So far, 286 .AT domains have bids, totaling almost 145,000 Euro at the time of writing this article! The top 12 […]

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Domain hacks : Olympus, you’re doing it wrong!

Domain hacks can be used for a variety of purposes, but their primary function is that of shortening the URL in mind. For example, Julie’s Freebies got Freebi.es – a Spanish ccTLD domain – for its business. While this was aweso.me, some domain hacks can be outright infringing on trademarks; just ask the former owner […]

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Most valuable .Ski domain has already been registered!

Dot .ski launched last week, and thousands of ski fans around the globe are invited to register their domains. There are already 4,766 .ski domains according to the latest count at ntldstats. While ski-related content seems to be the bulk of these registrations, one ultra-valuable domain stands out from the rest as completely unrelated. Indeed, […]

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Freebi.es : Julie’s Freebies gets a new ‘domain hack’ for brand protection

Julie’s Freebies is a popular repository of coupons, sweepstakes, advice on frugal living and other such freebies. With more than 400,000 Likes on Facebook, the community is thriving and sticky traffic looks great. Naturally, the web site operates from JuliesFreebies.com and the focus is exactly that last part, “freebies.” 😀 In a brilliant move to […]

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Leonardo DiCaprio gets ‘honored’ by dot .io registrant in domain hack

Today it’s Passover for the Jewish, and Easter for the Roman Catholics – not to forget the Eastern Orthodox that celebrate Palm Sunday as well. Religious festivities aside, domaining keeps on going; yesterday’s revelation of how Leonardo DiCaprio is co-owner in a geo-domain startled some. If you’ve noticed the recent popularity of dot .io domains, […]

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GRR HOG LED MAD SMF : All codes explained in “domain hack”

If you fly a lot around the world, you’re probably familiar with codes such as these: GRR, MCO, SMF, LED. Airport codes can be hard to memorize; they are three letter acronyms that not always match the city they represent. Even within the US, these airport codes can be cryptic. Take for example Orlando International […]

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Apple does not own the one and only ‘domain hack’ that truly matters!

Apple isn’t a big spender of money on start ups, and that’s one of the reasons why they have such huge cash reserves. The biggest tech company in the world could buy several small nations outright, and has been privileged by taxation-free status after moving to Ireland, a tax haven. Despite all that wealth, there […]

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Verisign thanks Syrian hackers for huge increase in ‘Registry lock’ feature requests

Verisign, managers of the .com and .net TLDs have a lot of thanks to send to the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The alleged perpetrators of a recent DNS hack, temporarily took control of Twitter, NY Times and the Huffington Post UK domains, after accessing the accounts of a Melbourne IT reseller. “We are grateful to […]

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Ethiopia holds key to shortest “Internet” domain

Domain entrepreneurs are very inventive folks, always looking for alternative ways to display and monetize their ingenuity. A demonstration of such a ‘strike of genius’ can be seen in the use of a series of “domain hacks” – shorthands that form words or phrases by combining the top level domain with the TLD or ccTLD. […]

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