Archeo Publishes Q3 Sales Report : $1,6 Million in Domain Name Sales

Archeo released its third quarter sales report. The company reported that they closed $1,6 million in domain name sales in the third quarter of 2014.

 

Q3 SALES SUMMARY
Total Sold     $1.6M
Average Character Length     11.5 *
Most Popular     2-Word .coms
* Average Character Length does not include numerics (NNNNN.com/.net) sales
Sample List of Sold Domains for Q3
GEO Domains

    ILoveAfrica.com
    ChinaPoker.com
    AspenLocksmith.com
    AmericanWedding.com
    MiamiAutoGlassRepair.com
    RussianHearts.com
    ChesterZoo.com
    TripItaly.com
    NewYorkRadiology.com
    UtahMedicalInsurance.com

2-Word .coms

    SmartDollar.com
    DrugFree.com
    AttorneyReviews.com
    SmartSurvey.com
    BusinessHub.com
    FunLearning.com
    JobSource.com
    BestFranchise.com
    ComicKingdom.com
    HealthDoc.com

According to the Small Business Association, there are roughly 28 million small businesses in the U.S. Many of which are working extra hard to compete with bigger businesses and stand out among the competition. Of those 28 million small businesses, an astounding 22 million (79%) are self-employed with no additional employees on the payroll.

Whether you’re running a business solo or you have a team of employees, it can be a challenge to gain brand awareness. This is especially the case if like most small businesses you lack your own website. In a recent survey by Yodle, it was reported that 52% of U.S. small businesses still do not have a website.

Having a website not only helps establish credibility and attracts new customers to your products or services, it also serves as a powerful marketing tool that works 24 hours a day, seven days a week. With no additional employees or as with most small business, operating solo, a website is like having an entire team that is on and working while you’re sleeping, on vacation, or spending time with your family. This is an efficient way to keep your virtual doors and new opportunities open, even when your actual business may be closed! In addition to having a website, having a great domain name that properly attracts your customers is key to the website’s success. By including industry or location specific keywords, your domain name can help your customers find you faster.

Point-domainsPremium domains are often associated with popular keywords and most premium domains attract type-in traffic. This means people are actually typing in the exact terms or keywords searching for your type of business in your location. If your domain name keywords match or are related to what these potential customers are looking for, you are more likely to attract the most targeted leads.

What’s great about domains is that you can point (or “redirect”) as many domains as you like to your existing website. By doing this, you can help attract more customers. While you can not only point an unlimited number of domains, the “redirecting” service is available at any domain registrar and is often free.

While the top industries for small businesses are still just building their websites and gaining an online presence, the availability of related premium domains is still very high. There is so much room to grow and many really great domains are still available. Whether you have an existing website or are just getting started, take the first step in owning your own domain. Secure your small business band and help drive more customers to your business.

.Brussels and .Vlaanderen Now Open to Private Individuals

Dns Belgium announced yesterday that anyone with a valid Belgium eID card and Belgian Identity will be able to register a .Vlaanderen and .Brussels domain name .

 

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“Starting today, 13 November, and running until 15 December 2014 (10:00 CET), anyone with a valid Belgian eID card and Belgian identity will be able to apply for a .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name based on their official name.

To request your own personal .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name, all you need to do is log on to the eID wizard developed by DNS Belgium, using your eID. You will then be taken through the whole reservation process.

Which domain names can you apply for?

In this phase of the launch for the .vlaanderen of .brussels domain extensions, there are five possible domain names you can register, based on your official name. So, if your name is Jan Vandam, for example, you can apply for any of the following domain names:

•    vandam.vlaanderen
•    vandamjan.vlaanderen
•    janvandam.vlaanderen
•    vandamj.vlaanderen
•    jvandam.vlaanderen

And, of course, you can also apply for the .brussels variants in the same way.
 
How do you apply?

As you go through the process with the eID wizard, you will see a list with the possible domain names that you can register. Simply click on the one(s) you want to reserve. You will then receive a confirmation e-mail containing a reservation code for each domain name you have reserved. You should pass on this code within 7 days to your registrar (i.e. the accredited seller of domain names) in order to effectively register the domain name(s) you want.
Click here for a list of registrars where you can register a personal .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name.

Unique to Belgium

DNS Belgium is launching the .vlaanderen and  .brussels domain names in five phases. After the phase for trademark owners and the phase for government institutions, companies and organisations, this latest phase represents a unique opportunity for private individuals.
In other countries where new domain extensions are being launched, this phase for private individuals does not exist. But DNS Belgium thought it important to add this phase to the process, giving every Belgian the opportunity to apply for their own personal domain name prior to the phase when anyone can register any .vlaanderen or .brussels domain name that is still available.”

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .Vlaanderen and .Brussels domain names.

Afnic to Attend the 4th International Domain Name Conference on November 19th and 20th

Afnic, the company behind .FR extension announced that it will attend the 4th International Domain Name Conference on November 19th and 20th.

 

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“The 4th International Domain Name Conference (RINDD) organized by SafeBrands will be held in Paris on November 19th and 20th 2014.

This important event for players on the French domain name market is organized by SafeBrands/Mailclub.
The conferences are reserved primarily for corporate domain name and trademark managers. Seats are also reserved for lawyers, IP firms, trademark attorneys, SEO specialists and journalists.

Agenda 2014
Wednesday 19 November 2014
 
Morning:  New governance, new extensions, new naming
 
Facilitators:
Sébastien Bachollet – Elected member of the AFNIC Board of Directors
Frédéric Guillemaut – Elected member of the AFNIC Board of Directors, MD of SafeBrands/Mailclub
 

    8.45 am: Welcome breakfast

    9.30am: Welcome address by Frédéric Guillemaut, Associate Director of SafeBrands/Mailclub

    9.45am: Debates on the following themes:
    9.45am : NewgTLD / ccTLD : market overview and evolution – Mathieu Weill, CEO at Afnic
    10.15am : Debate on Icann transition and Internet governance – Mathieu Weill / Jean-Jacques Sahel, European VP at Icann
    10.45am: Creating a market – Amy Repp, head of marketing at Donuts
    11.00am: The next rounds of NewgTLDs – Frédéric Guillemaut
    11h10-12.30pm : Round table: Naming in 2020 – Bertrand de la Chapelle / Amy Repp / Mathieu Weill / Jean-Jacques Sahel / Philippe Rodhain, lawyer

 
Afternoon: Strategies for protecting brands and domain names
 

Facilitator: Sébastien Almiron, Senior Domain Name Strategist – SafeBrands

    2.15pm: Gtlds – cctlds – NewGTLDs: 3 types of extensions for 3 users – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands) and Francesco Cetraro (Afilias)
    2.40pm: What is a naming charter, its purpose, how to put one together – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands)
    3.00pm: Example of a strategy and sharing experiences- Philippe Rodhain (Lawyer) and Bertrand Réalini (Domain name manager BNP Paribas)
    3.15pm: TMCH and DPML: proof of use, choosing the marks to protect, etc. – Sébastien Almiron and Amy Repp (Donuts)
    3.30pm: The specific case of Corp/BrandTLDs – Bertrand Réalini (BNP-Paribas)
    3.50pm: Social networks « usernames »: strategy and security – Sébastien Almiron (SafeBrands)
    4.15pm: Pause
    4.30pm to 6.00pm: Domain name securit, types of attacks, how to protect yourself – Florian Maury (ANSSI), David Saussinan (Unifab), Stéphane Bortzmeyer (Afnic), Jimaan Sane (Beazley)

 
Thursday 20 November 2014
 
Morning: Domain names and value creation
 
Facilitator: Etienne de Fontainieu – Responsable commercial et marketing, Safebrands
 

    8.30 am: Welcome breakfast

    9.00am: Marketing opportunities from the new extensions
        Referencing and NewGTLDs
        The NewGTLDs: implications for the domain name secondary market
        Is domaining dead?

    11.00am: Accounting valuation of a portfolio of domain names

Speakers:

    Guillaume Pahud – Groupe Richemont – CorpTLDs Manager

    Sophie Pieck – Sedo – Country Manager France/Italie

    Matthias Meyer-Schönherr – Sedo – Vice-President in charge of business development for Europe and Asia-Pacific

    Stéphanie Maury – Cabinet Stéphanie Maury

    Franck Maquinay – SEO.fr – CEO

    Nicolas Chabert – Perfeo – CEO

Afternoon: Monitoring, recovery, ending attacks: how to optimize and reduce your expenses?
 
Facilitator: Matthieu Aubert – Responsable juridique, Safebrands

    2.30–5.00pm: Monitoring, analysing, reacting
        Setting up monitoring and analysing the results
        Recovery strategies, their effectiveness and cost – an overview of claims, UDRP, URS
        Worldwide on-line monitoring of potential infringements of your trademarks:
            Domain names
            Social networks
            Apps
            Logos
            Adwords campaigns

    5.30pm: Conclusion of the 4th International Domain Name Conference

Speakers:

    Matthieu Aubert – Legal Manager – SafeBrands / Mailclub

    David Tayer – Lawyer –  Witetic Avocats

    David Saussinan – Legal Manager – Unifab (Union des fabricants)

    Floriane Duel – Legal Counsel, Rapporteur in dispute resolution system Syreli – Afnic

    Chef d’Escadron Bruno Tirelli – Commander at the French “Gendarmerie Nationale” (unit of the French Army), Head of the Intelligence Bureau of the Alsace Region of the Gendarmerie, in charge of Business Intelligence

Further information and Registration

    Address: Forum de Grenelle, 5 rue de la Croix-Nivert, Paris 15ème, France.

    Participation is free but registration required.
    www.rindd.fr

ICANN: Auction for 1 Contention Set Slated for 19 November

An Auction will be facilitated by Power Auctions LLC on 19 November 2014 to resolve string contention for one new gTLD string: DOT.

 

Two applicants are expected to participate in the Auction for the respective applied-for string. Within seven days after the completion of the Auction, the result, including a results report, will be posted to the Auction Results page of the New gTLD Microsite. In addition, the Auction Proceeds page will be updated prior to month-end to reflect the proceeds and costs related to the Auction.

.Melbourne – 2,518 Registrations on Day One of General Availability! .Restaurant – 2,389 , .Gifts – 1,010 and .Sarl -176

Four new gTLDs entered General Availability yesterday. After the first 24 hours of General Availability, there were 2,518 .Melbourne domain names registered.

 

.Restaurant had 2,389 registrations after the first 24 hours of General Availability, .Gifts had 1,010 and .Sarl had 176 registrations.

.Gifts will compete with .Gift, which was launched a while ago and had over 7,000 registrations. However, 4,000 were registered by an affiliated company.

ARI Registry Services launched .Melbourne  and Donuts launched .Restaurant, .Gifts and .Sarl.