Owner of Bank.best explains his acquisition

A Trader just acquired BANK.best and explains his plans for this very specific domain name.

 

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Start of the school .YEAR

Companies are back to business and the reason why this is noticeable is because there are more new gTLD NEWS published, some new gTLDs which were in the red, are getting back to normal in terms of domain name registrations and...I receive more emails and much, but much more robot calls.

Registration volumes:

• New gTLDs related to HEALTH;
• New gTLDs related to "Vive la France";
• New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
• SINGULAR & PLURAL versions of a similiar new gTLD;
• New gTLDs related to CARS;
• GENERIC new gTLDs (to possibly replace ".com").

Meet the .CLUB Team:

1. The Domain conference: 10th-14th September;
2. Dmexco: 14-15th September;
3. DomainFest Asia: 19th-22nd September.

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In our previous Newsletters:

1. Acquisition of the Internet domain names "YellowPages.green" and "WhitePages.green";
2. We launched .SKI one year ago, now what?
3. The Battle Over .GAY;
4. .GDN domain names: the next .COM?
5. How are Chinese .IDN extensions doing?
6. 15 reasons why we’re excited for the .GAMES TLD;
7. dot brand, adwords & SEO – a matter of keyword;
8. .TRUST gTLD might be for sale as NCC closes domain business;
9. URS on SANOFI domain name;
10. Premium domains can boost sales and revenue;
11. The Seattle Times Embraces .NEWS TLD for Branded Short Domain Links;
12. Apple.news or News.apple?
13. Korean .닷컴 and .닷넷 Domains Are Now Available for General Registration;
14. Lowering prices for .BUSINESS and .COMPANY domains
15. Donuts: Down to business;
16. Second IRP Winner Dot Registry files amicus curiae brief in support of Appellee .AFRICA Applicant DCA Trust against ICANN;
17. Bold has launched.

Previous Campaigns can be viewed here.

Most recent Trademark Clearinghouse Sunrise Period announcements

Yesterday was on .FIRE (new gTLD)

It happens that we don't send our Newsletter: the reason of this can be a lack of info that day (so it is added the next day) or it can be a fire next to the place where I reside and it is what happened yesterday. No worry, family and Jovenet Consulting headquarters are fine.

There are a lot of different NEWS today: BREXIT, good reasons to use new domain names with a relation to SEO, The Amazon acquisition of Premium ".club" domains, Sunrise Periods ending, the fantastic weekly update of the awaited new gTLD report on Singular VS Plural new gTLDs. We even talk about old".com" domains ;-)

News:

1. Article - Google and "dotless" domains;
2. $109,269.75 - Amazon Buys Prime.club, Alexa.club & Fire.club;
3. Article - Why You Should Use Unique Domain Names for Shortcuts and Microsites;
4. Brexit - What about .london?
5. Article - The ".brand" state of play;
6. Three Sunrise Periods are ending soon:
1. the .STCGROUP new gTLD
2. the .STC
3. the .VIVA
7. Registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to RELIGION;
2. HOT - Plural vs Singular new gTLDs;
3. New gTLDs related to FRENCH applications.
8. Article - Companies still love descriptive ".com" domain names;
9. URS - Was complaint an abuse of process in Grey.email?
10. 27 July 2016: Discussion on BREXIT - Challenges for the Domain Industry;
11. Will governments get new rights to own 2 domains in new gTLDs under new ICANN policy?

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The new gTLD info for Friday, June 17th

We are running very late today! There had been a second winner to the .CLUB Registry Premium Contest. Read below to try to win yours.

1. Source - A funny website with fresh new gTLD NEWS (not by myself);
2. .sucks terminates Com Laude as “gag order” row escalates;
3. New gTLDs related to CARS;
4. New gTLDs related to HEALTH;
5. .STORE Grosses Over $1 Million Before the Close of Day 1;
6. How to win a Premium .CLUB domain name?
7. Contract breach cited as TLD Registry switches from Afilias to Chinese government back-end;
8. How To Use Alternative Domains For Branding;
9. DotBrand - .DELOITTE is a dot brand new gTLD;
10. CentralNic grabs another client from Verisign;
11. CentralNic signed up for .ART internet domain;
12. How will the new .INSURANCE gTLD work for the industry?
13. Report - Google Ignores Keywords in TLD;
14. TLD Registry moves registry services to China;
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12,000 Premium .CLUB domain names

The Club Registry is offering to acquire for free one of the 12,000 Premium domain names to be released tomorrow. The Registry informs:

On June 16, 2016 approximately 12,000 registry reserved .CLUB premium names will be released into the registrar channel, including some names that have never been offered by the registrar channel before. This is the second time .CLUB has injected additional premium names into the registrar channel since launching our tiered premium program in July 2015. The names are in nine pricing tiers, ranging from suggested retail prices of $100 to $10,000. In all cases renewals are at the standard .CLUB registration fee of approximately $10 – $15 per year. There are some great deals available within the new premium name additions, including a number of 3 and 4 character domains, Chinese domains and great, brandable names such as:

• Concert.club
• Money.club
• BodyBuilding.club
• Gothic.club

And many, many more. The new names will be available through all registrars carrying .CLUB premium names on June 16. You can download a complete list of the NEW tiered premium names here.

News

1. Follow-up - the .AFRICA ZACR Order on Motion to Dismiss;
2. HOT - Why I bought 10,000 ".city" new domain names;
3. Sunrise Period for .MOTORCYCLES starts today;
4. Another accredited Registrar for the .GDN new gTLD (Lexsynergy);
5. The ".bible" Litmus Test for Domain Name Dispute Panelists;
6. Offered - Win a Premium .CLUB domain name;
7. Over 20,000 ".store" domain names registered;
8. The .BNPPARIBAS starts to promote dotBrand;
9. New gTLDs related to SPORT;
10. New gTLDs related to REAL ESTATE;
11. New gTLDs related to ALCOHOL;
12. Reminder - The NDD.camp starts tomorrow (register);
13. Joke of the day - We are 22,102,596 new gTLD trolls according to this post;
14. More coming during the day.

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The era of propaganda (new gTLDs)

I just read the article below from Verisign and...no sign of new gTLDs in the article but I don't blame the author: business is business.

Since Verisign is the owner of the profitable .COM Registry, I understand that kind of promotion but what I misunderstand is the reference to SEO when Google announced that it makes no difference to use a new domain name or a ".com".

There is a reference to the frustrating technical experience with new gTLDs too: come on what are talking about here? Same for the "level of security" paragraph ending in: "It may be more prudent to stick with well-known and trusted domain name extensions until more of the new gTLDs are able to prove themselves as safe and reliable": what? (...) I am fine with auto-promotion and I understand Verisign's willing to do the promotion of ".com" at all costs but is it what I read here or is this propaganda?

My advice

• Buy a new domain name (ie: ending in ".club" - ".gdn" - ".consulting" - ".finance"...) which means something and according to the identity of your online content. New gTLDs offer that possibility, ".com" domains don't.
• Buy a ".com" domain name because there is a risk to have it cybersquatted.
• When your baker says is bread is the best on earth, he's lying ;-)

News

1. Verisign - 7 Key Questions to Ask When Choosing a Domain Name Extension;
2. Memo - Mark and Signed Mark Objects Mapping;
3. New gTLD registration volumes:
1. New gTLDs related to FINANCE;
2. New gTLDs related to COLORS;
3. New gTLDs related to COMPANIES;
4. New gTLDs related to the LAW.
4. Hurry-up - New Premium .CLUB Names available June 16th, 2016: http://landrush.club/
5. Article - .STORE Suffix Provides Retailers an Opportunity to Rebrand;
6. Article - One in 10 new gTLDs are shrinking?
7. New gTLD communication - Registry partners with journalists;
8. Number of Registry Agreements Executed: 2 (Contracting Statistics);
9. The .INSURANCE new gTLD Opens for General Availability;
10. Sunrise Registration: ".Motorcycles" Domain Names, Trademark Holders Only;
11. More coming during the day.

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The new gTLD info of Tuesday

1. What you recently read is wrong
2. Results of the ".club" yesterday's auction
3. .BOSTON new gTLD sold to M+M?
4. Internet Governance and new gTLDs
5. Premium ".global" domains are for sale this week
6. For those who still pay interest to the .SUCKS new gTLD

1. TRUE or FALSE Questions
   Conclusion? There is a lot of lying or "hype" going on when it comes to domain names--in the domain name industry, at ICANN, and elsewhere.
   http://www.domainmondo.com/2016/01/china-icann-domain-names-lies-facts.html
2. Results of the NamesCon auction
   (".club" domain names)
1. night.club was sold for $12.000
2. space.club : $3.750
3. athletic.club : $9.000
4. strip.club : $10.000
5. pot.club : $10.000
6. running.club: ?
   More names are available here (bottle.club - breakfast.club - fitness.club)
   
3. Boston Globe sells .Boston domain name to Minds + Machines
   Minds + Machines has acquired the .Boston top level domain name from Boston Globe Media, the company announced today. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
   http://domainnamewire.com/2016/01/12/dot-boston/
4. Internet Governance Outlook 2016Cooperation & Confrontation
ICANN & IETF: In the Internet Governance Microcosms, the management of critical Internet resources, the completion of the IANA transition and the further development of the new gTLD program will dominate the 2016 agenda...
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160111_internet_governance_outlook_2016_cooperation_confrontation/
5. Premium ".global" domains
   (valid until January 15th)
   These domains are offered at a significant discount to what we would normally quote, and on a first-come-first-served basis until January 15.
   http://newsletter.cloudnames.com/t/ViewEmail/j/9082920D1FBB2FE3/8A5DF97399E0ECCA33C48669A65BFAC1
6. .sucks “gagging” registrar critics?
   .sucks may be all about freedom of speech, but some registrars reckon the registry is trying to ban them from criticizing the new gTLD in public.
   http://domainincite.com/19762-sucks-gagging-registrar-critics

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The new gTLD info of the day (Tuesday)

• The .TORONTO new gTLD
• The .BAIDU new gTLD is live
• New gTLD Associations
• Call for Volunteers
• Prediction from new gTLD auction specialist
• Call for Volunteers (endiing soon)
• Starting January 11th: Premium ".club" auction
• RightSide to auction "xyz" domains
• FFM past 1.75 million domains
• Premium TLDs, Real Value for Money

The .TORONTO new gTLD

The idea to create Toronto’s very own domain was inspired by a trip to New York City, where Ainslie took notes on that city’s use of “.nyc,” which has been available to New Yorkers since 2014.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/01/04/city-councillor-wants-torontos-very-own-domain-name.html

Baidu, China’s Google, gets its dot-brand gTLD
Chinese web giant Baidu had its dot-brand gTLD, .baidu, go live in the DNS root zone today.
http://domainincite.com/19751-baidu-chinas-google-gets-its-dot-brand-gtld

New gTLDs: Associations Offer Innovative Benefits To Consumers

1. .REALTOR and the National Association of Realtors
2. .AARP and AARP, Inc. (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons)
3. .BANK and the Financial Services Roundtable
4. How Associations Can Use gTLDs – Now and in The Future

http://blog.fairwindspartners.com/gtld-usage/associations-offer-innovative-benefits-to-consumers-members-through-new-gtld-program

ICANN: Call for Volunteers
New GNSO Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group to Establish a Policy Framework for a Next-Generation gTLD Registration Directory Service to Replace WHOIS (Next-Gen RDS)
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-01-04-en

Prediction from new gTLD auction specialist

Auction expert predicts next auction to be the largest ever with ".com" and ".club" domain names.

http://www.domaininvesting.com/monte-cahn-predicts-namescon-auction-will-be-largest/

Ending soon: 22 of January
The gTLD Marketplace Health Index Proposal: Call for Comments and Volunteers.

https://www.icann.org/public-comments/gtld-marketplace-health-2015-11-17-en

Reminder for Premium ".club" auction

Live auction starts on January 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time (5:00 PM Eastern Time). Domains concerned are:

• athletic.club
• bottle.club
• breakfast.club
• pot.club
• space.club
• trip.club
• fitness.club
• running.club
• night.club

http://nic.club/auction/

Rightside to auction “xyz” domains at NamesCon
.xyz made a bit of a splash with domain investors in 2015, but is the meaningless string “xyz” inherently attractive? Even at the second level?
http://domainincite.com/19749-rightside-to-auction-xyz-domains-at-namescon

Increased momentum blasts
Famous Four Media past 1.75 million domain names in record time
Tuesday, 5th January 2016, Gibraltar: Famous Four Media, one of the largest new registry management groups providing generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), today announced that is has passed one and three quarter million domain name registrations. This comes only 10 weeks after it announced that it has 1 million names under management in its registries.
http://www.realwire.com/releases/Increased-momentum-blasts-Famous-Four-Media-past-175-million-domain-names

Premium TLDs, Real Value for Money
There is an intrinsic value proposition to new gTLDs. They mean to give users fresh naming possibilities and provide more meaningful Internet addresses. And to do so at much reduced prices.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20160105_premium_tlds_real_value_for_money/

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MISE A JOUR: des noms de domaine qui se vendent vite!

www.prodigy.club

Ce sont plus de 2000 4000 noms de domaine ".club" qui viennent d'être vendus en un jour. Il s'agit là d'un "score" plutôt impressionnant car si l'on s'en tient aux chiffres des autres "nouveaux" Registres, il est extrêmement rare de vendre autant de noms si rapidement.

Rare
Si, dans la pratique, il est courant de donner des noms de domaine pour les principaux Registres du top 10 des nouvelles extensions Internet en volume (voir ntldstats.com); il faut savoir que tel n'est pas le cas pour tous les Registres: tout le monde ne "donne" pas de noms de domaine...pour des raisons évidentes de budget, de finance...et de valeur.

Ce qu'il faut savoir, et c'est là toute la magie de la méthodologie de ce registre hors du commun, c'est qu'il est encore plus rare de vendre autant de noms de domaine "Premiums" en un seul jour car les investisseurs misent habituellement sur les noms de domaine ".com" et nom sur les nouvelles extensions Internet.

Changement de mode de pensée
Le Registre pour les ".club" est en train de créer - et peut être même d'inverser - cette tendance qui pousse les acheteurs de noms de domaine à penser au ".com" en premier...tout en négligeant les autres extensions. Mieux encore, les noms de domaine ".club" vont peut être remplacer un mode de pensée que chaque Registrant (titulaire d'un nom de domaine) avait il y a encore quelques années lorsqu'il achetait son ".net" en plus de son ".com": juste "au cas où".

A présent, et si les noms de domaine ".com" conservent toujours une grande valeur, peut être va t-il falloir penser à sécuriser son ".club" en plus de son ".com " ou de son ".fr": pour des questions de sécurisation de son patrimoine identitaire par exemple.

Des chiffres et des noms
Un tiers des 2000 noms enregistrés sont des ".club" à 3 caractères, il s'agit là d'une indication claire sur la valeur des noms de domaine courts. Si au moment où nous publions ces lignes il est fort probable que de nombreux autres noms ont été achetés, il est à noter que l'achat de noms de domaine à des fins spéculatives (ou autres) se fait souvent pour des signes en anglais, et non en français.

Ainsi, si le coeur vous en dit, il y a fort à parier que vous trouverez encore des noms de domaine courts à trois caractères et en français dans la liste des noms qui sont encore disponibles. Celle-ci est disponible en téléchargement (dernière mise à jour au 16 décembre à 3 heures ET).

Tiens... sql.club est disponible à l'enregistrement ;-)

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Thursday: the new gTLD info of the day (updated)

www.idea.club

Curiosity of the day

The .BROTHER new gTLD (see application here) uses two letter second level domain names. The new gTLD applicant guidebook is not supposed to allow this.

http://hk.brother/

ICANN Appoints MFSD as First European Uniform Rapid Suspension System Provider

ICANN today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MFSD Srl (MFSD) establishing MFSD as a new Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) provider.
https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-12-16-en
.Club has sold 2,000 premium domain name so far today
.Club registry gets solid results from release of 13,000 premium names.
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/12/16/club-has-sold-2000-premium-domain-name-so-far-today/

.BANK By the Numbers: Domestic Impact
To date*, 5,165 .BANK domain names have been registered in the U.S. by 2,534 banks. Outside the U.S., 560 domain names have been registered. An infographic from last month provides additional insights into the international impact of .BANK.https://www.ftld.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/fTLD-Blog-Domestic-Impact-20151216.pdf

new gTLDs 2015: Wachstum und Prestige-Projekte
In ihrem zweiten Jahr haben die neuen Domain-Endungen ihre Position auf dem internationalen Markt gefestigt – dank kontinuierlich steigender Registrierungszahlen und öffentlichkeitswirksamen Projekten.
https://seo-portal.de/2015/12/16/google-zu-autosuggest-bildern-und-gtlds/

British businesses fall victim to 'cybersquatters' amid domain name rollout
However, new research reveals that some of the UK’s biggest companies are failing to protect their intellectual property, with many domain names relating to British brands already being bought up by third parties.http://thespokedblog.com/2015/12/17/british-businesses-fall-victim-to-cybersquatters-amid/

The Com Laude & Valideus Gazetteer of Top Level Domains
The purpose of the Gazetteer is to help brand owners and IP professionals navigate the new world of domains which emerged when ICANN launched its new gTLD programme three years’ ago.
https://comlaude.com/com-laude-valideus-gazetteer-top-level-domains

Two Sunrise Periods started today

the .SECURITY new gTLD;

the .PROTECTION new gTLD.

http://www.trademark-clearinghouse.com/gtld-calendar

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“.CLUB” : les Registrars prennent le relais

Extract in French: "La nouveauté: Les noms de domaine à forte valeur ajoutée coûtent souvent plus cher car ils peuvent être plus courts ou plus génériques. Un nom de domaine tel que fra.club (nom de domaine court) ou handball.club (nom de domaine générique) font partie de la liste que le registre vient de mettre à disposition du public. Jusqu’à présent, il fallait s’adresser à une plateforme d’enchères bien connue des Domainers, pour prétendre à l’enregistrement d’un de ces noms que nous appellerons “Premiums”. Si le fonctionnement de cette plateforme est bien connu des professionnels du marché, sa complexité la rend peu accessible par des utilisateurs comme vous et moi. Le principe de l’enchère n’inspirant pas non plus confiance lorsque l’on ne pratique pas régulièrement, ces noms de domaine étaient restés inaccessibles pour tous".

Source sur le JDN: http://www.journaldunet.com/ebusiness/expert/61575/projet---club----les-registrars-prennent-le-relais.shtml.

Register your .CLUB domain name with Namebay and ask for the list of Premium .CLUB domain names at Nameshield.

Accredited Registrars offer exclusive ".club" domains

A good news for non professionals
Traditional Registrants (end-users), like you and I, now have access to unique ".club" domain names directly at their Retail or Corporate Accredited Registrar. I personally use Namebay at the moment.

Extract from gTLD.club
"The most important thing is that the premium price is for the first year only. All renewals are always at regular General Availability prices (unless your Registrar invents something different). An example: if you pay €100,00, €800,00 or more for your generic Premium ".club" domain name, the price you will pay each year could be as low as €12,00 !"

The official list of Premium ".club" domain names is available on gTLD.club but asking Nameshield is a good option too.

Accredited Registrars to offer Premium ".club"

Generic ".club" domains  now open to all
Until then, it was difficult to register a good domain name ending in ".club". It required to go through a confusing auction procedure and no matter what you think: a normal end-user doesn't do that. Try with football.club: you understand what I am talking about.

Standard domain name end-users (Registrants) usually register their domain names with their Accredited Registrar because the process is familiar to them and also...because they trust them.

There are other places to register Premium domain names but they are for professionals who know how to manipulate domains. Last week I attended the French NDD.camp for Domainers and I learnt that one of them generates thousands of Euros with a short list of 120 domains generic domains "only": the guy generates traffic and gets paid by...Google.

A Good news for non professionals
As soon as tomorrow, it becomes possible to register one of the 8,000 exceptional ".club" domain names directly at your accredited Registrar.

In simple words
This is what the Registrars wanted: to be able to present and sell .CLUB premium names directly, instead of having to explain their customers that they should go to another website.

What is important here

The most important thing is that the premium price is for the first year only. All renewals are always at regular General Availability prices (unless your Registrar invents something different).

An example

If you pay €100,00, €800,00 or more for your generic Premium ".club" domain name, the price you will pay each year could be as low as €12,00 !

I want one (the official list)

The complete list of Premium domain names is available here and they can be registered with Nameshield.com or Namebay.com.

Can't register that .CLUB domain name? Read this then.

Anyone facing the registration of a domain name wants a good domain name, in the case of a club, you don’t want a .COM, you want to name your Club with a .CLUB. If pet.club does not seem available but might be, how to investigate further and where to go to ensure whether the domain name is free to register ?

Read my complete article on LinkedIn.

Demystifying Premium Domain Names

For the purpose of this article it is not necessary to concentrate too much on defining what a Premium domain name is and what it is useful for: all that we need to know is simple, a premium domain name is often a memorable generic name, short or medium in length and highly valuable due to its relevance in search. However, when it comes to finding out how to register a premium domain name then it becomes much more difficult because you won't necessarily know where to go. I decided to focus on one Registry to demystify the premium names conundrum.

Read the complete article on CircleId:
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20140523_demystifying_premium_domain_names/

Famous Four Media Selects Sedo to Help Market its Premium Name Portfolio of Internet Domain Extensions

Applicant for 57 of the most exciting new generic TLDs is partnering with world’s largest domain marketplace to bring its most popular names to market.

“The new gTLD program has been years in the making and will soon become a reality on the Internet,” said Andy Churley, Chief Marketing Officer, Famous Four Media. “We’re really looking forward to seeing the creative ways companies and individuals will use the names we’re able to offer them. To ensure that its domain names find the right home, Famous Four Media only works with the very best providers, and Sedo’s experience and worldwide reach, makes it a natural fit.”

Sedo, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace and monetization provider, and Famous Four Media (FFM), one of the largest applicants for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), today announced a partnership to bring some of the most exciting new domain names to market. FFM selected Sedo’s services that were developed based on 14 years of experience in the domain industry. Sedo will be working with FFM to conduct auctions, privately broker premium names and promote the different extensions under FFM’s management.

Read the Press release here.

The Aggregated Registration Data Service (next Whois platform) is for sale

The debate starts to be around the next Whois, the Aggregated Registration Data Service, also known as ARDS. Basically, the ARDS is the name of a new central platform which should replace the actual Whois system with more security: Registrars and Registries would update this platform with information about their Registrants.
Many articles have been published already so I will let you read them to understand what the next Whois will be:

• http://lnkd.in/GMi6Ky;
• http://lnkd.in/qghZc3;
• http://www.numerama.com/magazine/26368-le-whois-des-noms-de-domaine-pourrait-disparaitre.html (in French).

For sale

When a 4 letters name is announced ("ards"), I like to search for its .COM* domain name and guess what: "ards.com" is for sale. Once you have submitted an offer (mine was $100), you are informed about a start price which is, most of the time, much higher than the offer submitted. That was expected.

But today, I received another email from the platform selling this domain name:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Hello Jean, Thank you for your interest in ards.com. The seller has advised us he is seeking $50,000.00 USD for this domain name. If this is within your budget and you would like to proceed with the purchase of this domain name I'm happy to set up a transaction for you via Escrow.com. If not I'd be happy to help you find another name or weigh the merits of a counter offer. I hope to hear from you soon. XXX (name changed) Review & Respond Online

Sent using the DomainNameSales.com platform. A Trusted Marketplace for Premium Domains

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

It is possible the service provider to be selected by ICANN to manage the ARDS want to use that name. I seriously doubt anybody will pay that price but, who knows, maybe ICANN will (unless it is decided to use ards.icann, which I would love for less confusion, but since the service provider should be external to ICANN, I doubt it).

Remember when the Trademark Clearinghouse launched, a 2 words domain name (also difficult to protect), was chosen for this database: trademark-clearinghouse.com (not trademarkclearinghouse.com). Reading this name, I like it better than tmch.com (which must probably be for sale too by the way). I understand it better.

So, will the new service provider want to use aggregatedregistrationdataservice.com or aggregated-registration-data-service.com ? I personally find these names - still available for registration** - far too long. 

Let's see what happens with ards.com.

* I had done the same for rrdrp.com and pddrp.com

** I guess this is changing soon (today is 27 June 2013)

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