.Fun enters general availability today, the pricing should be in the $12 to $20 range depending upon registrar. Radix who is an advertiser here on TheDomains is the registry owner for .Fun. Full release Mumbai, April 5th, 2017: Radix, Asia’s largest new gTLD applicant to ICANN with a portfolio of over 9 new domain extensions,…
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Rick Schwartz takes the Queen.com UDRP up another notch
As reported first by Elliot Silver, a UDRP has been filed on Queen.com. The domain is owned by Rick Schwartz who is probably the last person someone wants to file a questionable UDRP against. Well seems like Rick upped the ante: Wanna play Frands?? Your party! I now own https://t.co/otbL4inFRE & https://t.co/vFNftTU1US To SHARE MY…
A shorter bus : ShareTheBus becomes Bus.com :Domain News
A shorter bus : ShareTheBus becomes Bus.com Posted by DomainGang on April 5, 2017, at 5:24 pm Bus charter company, ShareTheBus acquired the domain Bus.com, for an unspecified amount. The domain rebranding comes on the heels of a $5 million, series A funding that the company secured. The Bus.com business model includes online rental, online…
Now new gTLDs are being scapegoated for child abuse material (rant) | Domain Incite
The guy responsible for getting the string “rape” closely restricted for no reason in .uk domain names is now gunning for ICANN and new gTLDs with a very similar playbook. Campaigner John Carr, secretary of the little-known Children’s Charities’ Coalition on Internet Safety, wants ICANN to bring in strict controls to prevent convicted pedophiles registering…
MMX Sees One Million .VIP Registrations By End of 2017 On Back of Strong Chinese Demand
Demand from Chinese investors in new gTLDs remains strong and is largely responsible for the recent 200,000 new registrations in .vip, valued at $1.3 million, the registry MMX (Minds + Machines) has reported. The announcement comes as registrations for the 1215 new gTLDs to have been delegated passed the 29 million mark on 31 March,…