Commercial Aspects for ccTLDs in LAC Workshop
Posted by David Goldstein , Monday, 13 October 2008
A workshop will be held to look at commercial issues for ccTLDs in Lima, Perú from 25-27 November.
Posted by Caycee Boyce , Monday, 13 October 2008
In Ron Jackson’s Lowdown, reports of soaring domain name registrations in Latin America top the list of news items. Total ccTLD registrations passed the 4 million mark in September, a jump of nearly 18% a year ago. For more on this, click here. In addition to that, Jackson also reports on a major personnel move. Marketing Director Jeremia Froyland and Project Director Josh Stauffer, have left Branson.com to join Skip Hoagland, the CEO of Domain New Media LLC and GeoDomains New Media, to help develop, market and manage some of Hoagland’s vast portfolio of U.S. and International GeoDomains. Click here for more. .uk registrar conference – Book your place now!
Posted by David Goldstein , Sunday, 12 October 2008
Nominet has announced that this year’s .uk registrar conference will be held at Wembley Stadium in London, on Wednesday 19 November 2008.
Pizza Hut’s Pasta Hut Rebrand Targetted by CyberSquatters
Posted by Chief Editor , Saturday, 11 October 2008
LONDON – Pizza Hut in the UK has decided to temporarily rebrand 30 Pizza Hut restaurants to Pasta Hut to promote eight new pasta dishes. Unfortunately, it has already fallen victim to opportunistic cybersquatters, which have been quick to cash in on key domain names relating to the fast-food chain.
According to reports the pizza chain plans to invest £100m over the next six years to revamp its 700 restaurants in the UK but according to NetNames it has overlooked implementing a solid online brand protection strategy by not registering some of its most valuable domains…
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under Domain Charity Auction Supports ICA
Posted by David Goldstein , Saturday, 11 October 2008
Fabulous.com offers domain names valued at over $60,000 for the Internet Commerce Association Charity Auction.
Fabulous.com and T.R.A.F.F.I.C., joint organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under domain name conference, will hold a charity auction of ten premium domain names with the revenue to be donated to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a non-profit advocate for the domain name industry.
Market Lodge Promises new Revenues for Domain Name Owners
Posted by Chief Editor , Friday, 10 October 2008
Another new player in the domain industry is Market Lodge™. With much talk about creating content for your domain portfolios, MarketLodge is a totally free service that empowers domain owners to create personalized, e-commerce market places in less than three minutes. With more than 11,000 products from vendors across North America it is possible to create niche market places on almost any imaginable topic…
New private AQDN.com Marketplace offers affordable Quality Domain Names
Posted by Chief Editor , Friday, 10 October 2008
We like to inform you when new domain industry websites pop up that may have valuable content for our readers. One such website is newly launched AQDN.com. AQDN is a private marketplace for affordable quality domain names, striving to provide web developers, domainers, businesses and individuals quality domain names at very reasonable prices. Their FAQ page contains additional information about the AQDN website.
Source: DomainNews.com on October 10th, 2008 – Posted by Roland G. Buck – Chief Editor
Funny DomainDollarStore Domain Name Video
Posted by Chief Editor , Friday, 10 October 2008
On a funny note. We came accross a funny video we thought you may enjoy… "Are all the good domains taken?"
Source: DomainDollarStore Video – Posted by Roland G. Buck – Chief Editor – October 10th, 2008
Posted by Chief Editor , Friday, 10 October 2008
We had the opportunity to sit down with Seth Coman, Director of Advertising Sales and Marketing for Modern Domainer Magazine at the recent TRAFFIC East Conference in New York. We talked about the much anticipated Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans on February 19th – 21st, 2009. More details about Seth Coman can be found below…
DomainNews.com Interview with Seth Coman New Policies Mean .info gTLD to be Safer
Posted by David Goldstein , Friday, 10 October 2008
Afilias have announced policy changes to make .info they hope will be an effective deterrence to abuses such as phishing and spam and make surfing the internet a safer experience. The new policies come into effect on 6 November.
