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A No Good, Very Bad UDRP Decision
July 20, 2017 @ 8:03 AMPanelists should use common sense even when a domain owner doesn’t respond. A PVC pipe maker in India is about to lose its domain name, and I bet it isn’t aware of it. Umiya Poly Plast Industries uses the domain name VirginPVCPipe.com. It hosts its website on the domain name and has an email address…
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Air France Announces Joon Without Joon.com or Joon.fr
July 20, 2017 @ 8:01 AMEarlier today, Air France-KLM announced the launch of a new airline called JOON. According to a Bloomberg article, JOON “will initially offer medium-haul services from the airline’s Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport base and begin long-haul routes in mid-2018.” The airline does not appear to have acquired either the Joon.com domain name or the Joon.fr ccTLD domain name. The Joon.com domain name is owned by Canada-based Netincome Ventures, Inc. and Joon.fr is owned by a French event firm…
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Chinese Registrar Suspends New Domain Registrations for .org, .asia, .cc and .tv Extensions
July 20, 2017 @ 6:42 AMEname, a China based registrar, has suspended new domain name registration for .org, .asia, .cc and .tv extensions. The registrar will continue to support renewals, transfers and other functions related to these extensions. These 4 are extensions that have not yet received Chinese government approval like other extensions: .com, .net, .info, .pro, .club, .vip, .shop…
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NameJet Sellers at Center of Shill Bidding Questions
July 19, 2017 @ 11:40 AMQuestionable bidding sparks outcry. Domain name auction site NameJet is caught up in a bit of a scandal around shill bidding involving sellers that use its platform. As detailed over at NamePros, it started with a question about bidding by domain investors Andy and James Booth. It appeared with Andy Booth was bidding on his…
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Some Afternic Partners are Marking Up Your Domain Prices
July 19, 2017 @ 10:30 AMThe price you set might not be the price your customer sees. When you list your domain names for sale through Afternic’s Premium Network, 100 resellers and registrars list your domain names for sale on their sites. Many of these partners allow customers to instantly purchase your domains by taking advantage of the Afternic Fast…
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Here's The Latest On Donuts Acquisition of Rightside
July 19, 2017 @ 9:31 AMDonuts’ purchase of Rightside might be coming to a conclusion. There has been a bit of activity regarding Donuts acquisition of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME). Offer issued: The tender offer was issued on June 27 and is valid until July 26, 2017 at midnight, which means the deal could close shortly after that. Rightside just needs a…
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Internet Grows to 330.6 Million Domain Name Registrations in Q1 2017
July 18, 2017 @ 5:33 PMVeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the first quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 330.6 million across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2017. The increase of approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations…
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UDRP Filed Against PayPals.com "Gripe Site"
July 18, 2017 @ 12:23 PMA UDRP was filed against the PayPals.com domain name at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF). The UDRP is case #1740061, and because it was filed at the NAF, I can only assume that the UDRP was filed by PayPal since the complainant is not revealed until the decision is published. Once the decision is published, we will know for certain who filed this UDRP…
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GoDaddy Sells PlusServer for $456 Million
July 18, 2017 @ 11:42 AMGoDaddy divests managed hosting business as planned. GoDaddy has entered into an agreement to sell PlusServer, a business it picked up in the Host Europe Group acquisition, for €397 million (USD $456 million). Funds advised by BC Partners are buying the business. PlusServer is a managed hosting service that doesn’t fit into GoDaddy’s typical market…
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NameSummit's Agenda is Stacked With New Faces
July 18, 2017 @ 7:15 AMNameSummit goes well beyond domain names. You’d be forgiven for skipping panels at many domain name conferences. Once you’ve been once, you’ve seen the same panelists and same topics that make their appearance every year. This changed a bit with NamesCon, but two conferences on the docket for this year go even further. Although they…
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