Angela St. Julien nails two more non-COM sightings!

Domain investors aren’t all about work and no play. Angela St. Julien, founder of Brand.Bar, has been busy locating and documenting non-COM domain sightings in the wild. She finds this activity of snapping pictures of non-COM domains – primarily in Texas – very entertaining. Our list is expanding, for sure; check out the previous installment […]

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From almost a million domains to less than that : XYZ stats are currently conflicting

The XYZ Registry rushed to celebrate almost 1,000,000 registrations of .XYZ domains last week; founder and charismatic CEO Daniel Negari had reasons to be excited as .XYZ became the first gTLD to approach that “magic number.” And yet, a discussion thread over at NamePros points out that the peak number of one million domains wasn’t […]

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Dot .Music : Victory for Constantine Roussos as RIAA supports Community gTLD applicant

The ongoing battle for the dot .Music gTLD, one of the most prestigious keywords in the new Internet namespace, has garnered an important victory for founder Constantine Roussos‘s team effort, to build a Community-led dot .Music. The dot .Music founder announced that RIAA, the Recording Industry Association of America, is throwing its support behind his […]

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Lily Robotics launches revolutionary drone cam on .Camera domain

Start-ups should not feel confined to the bonds of dot .com these days; there are plenty of matching gTLDs to get them around at minimal cost. As Dot .Design founder, Raymond King said in an article to Entrepreneur, there are four reasons to ditch the .com. Last year, Lily Robotics registered Lily.Camera to showcase its […]

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fTLD announces Sunrise Period for .BANK, a gTLD aimed at the global Banking industry

A new press release from fTLD Registry Services announces the beginning of the Sunrise Period for dot .BANK gTLD. Starting on May 18, the five week Sunrise Period will invite all eligible members of the Banking community and industry to secure their respective domains. The Sunrise Period participants must first register with the Trademark Clearinghouse. […]

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Ditch that .COM for good : Four reasons, by Raymond King

Raymond ‘Ray’ King, CEO of Top Level Design, LLC, has put together an interesting article on Entrepreneur.com. Citing how start-up founders begin their quest to find the perfect dot .com, only to find out these domains are ‘held ransom’, King explores the alternatives offered today. Entrepreneurs today are in a position of taking advantage some […]

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Domain UDRP : Wake up and smell the Dunkin.Coffee !

A UDRP against the domain Dunkin.Coffee is laden by several caffeine-induced statements by the Respondent, along with arguments that lack any legal basis. That should come as no surprise; the Respondent did not utilize the services of a qualified attorney on the matter. The Complainant, DD IP Holder LLC, operates the famous Dunkin Donuts coffee […]

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Dot .CLUB reveals ‘phallic’ fan at the NCB Show among other news

Dot .CLUB officers revealed a rather phallic fan bearing the corporate insignia, during the NCB Show in Las Vegas. The blue, pulsating gizmo was carefully handled by an unknown Dot .CLUB employee, and can be won at the event. See photo below. In other news, Dot .CLUB announced the joint venture of the dot .CLUB […]

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Brand.Bar launches; Site features brandable domains

Domain investor Angela St. Julien launched Brand.Bar today, as a web site to rate, critique and discuss brandable domain names. A newcomer to domain names, Angela had an impressive presence at NamesCon and until now had pointed Brand.Bar to her Facebook discussion group. “Here we all have a place where we can bring our brandable […]

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Freedom of Choice: Donuts, Inc. rolls out end-user marketing campaign

It’s game on for Donuts, Inc. After raising almost $100 million dollars in funding in the past 12 months, Donuts is rolling out its first large advertising campaign, aimed at end users. Branded as “Freedom of Choice“, the campaign is targeting the numerous options that consumers have with gTLDs, about 200 of which are offered […]

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Domain yogurt: Sedo food truck appears at SXSW Festival with gTLD decals

The Sedo guys hauled a bunch of food onto a truck and are giving away free frozen yogurt with gTLD toppings. Plastered with decals featuring gTLDs such as .sexy, .CLUB and others, the Sedo truck can be found at the South By South West (SXSW) festival that takes place in Austin, Texas. Admittedly, a creative […]

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WalMart.Horse : Artist served with a C&D letter over domain name

Jeph Jacques is the proud owner of Walmart.Horse, a domain and single page web site featuring a horse superimposed atop the photo of a Walmart store. The mega-corporation with billions in assets, sent the cartoonist registrant a Cease & Desist “nastygram“, asking him to surrender the domain name: “You have registered, without Walmart’s permission or […]

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