50 Cent Is In Da .CLUB As Award-Winning Rapper, Actor & Entrepreneur Announces New Fan Site At 50INDA.CLUB

[news release]Well-known for his No. 1 Billboard hit “In Da Club” and on the brink of releasing his new album early next month “Animal Ambition,” legendary rapper 50 Cent announced today the upcoming launch of the 50InDa.Club web site in association with .CLUB Domains, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain (gTLD).  50 Cent will be officially launching the page and appearing live at the invitation-only launch party for the new .CLUB domain name extension in Manhattan on May 22, 2014.

 

“As I prepare to launch `Animal Ambition’ on June 3 and my new drama `Power’ on Starz, the timing was right to give my fans a central web location to stay on top of all my latest news and social updates,” said Curtis `50 Cent’ Jackson.  “I like to stay on the cutting edge, and 50inda.club represents the new wave of Internet names that actually mean something to me and my fans.” 

50 Cent will be the featured guest at the .CLUB Domains and 50InDa.Club official launch event on May 22^nd, celebrating the General Availability of one of the top new domain name extensions to come to market, and the only one to have absolute global recognition and appeal.   .CLUB went live on May 7^th with more than 32,000 domain names sold in the first 24 hours, making it the #1 debut of any new generic domain within moments of its public release. 

“50 Cent is a perfect fit for .CLUB because he truly understands brand recognition and the power and passion of being part of a community – a club,” said Colin Campbell, CEO of .CLUB Domains.  “We’re pumped up to see the 50inda.club website and especially excited to have 50 Cent join us to help kick off our launch at our party in New York. Now everyone can be In Da .Club!”

Early registrations by companies and individuals who have obtained their very own “yourname.club” Web address, include high-profile sports teams, auto manufacturers, major consumer and luxury brands, private clubs, fan clubs, hobbyists, and many more.  Sales of “premium” .CLUB names have already exceeded $500,000 in the early weeks of availability.

About 50 Cent

50 Cent, born Curtis James Jackson III, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor and actor from Queens, New York.  He rose to fame with the release of his 2003 album Get Rich or Die Tryin’, which has sold more than 8 million copies.  The Grammy Award winner has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide and has been awarded numerous accolades including 13 Billboard Music Awards, six World Music Awards, three American Music Awards and four BET Awards, to name a few.  He was ranked as the #1 rap artist and most successful Hot 100 Artist of the 2000s by Billboard Magazine, as well as that decade’s sixth-best artist and fourth top male artists of that decade. 50 Cent’s fifth studio album, Animal Ambition  features collaborations  with Trey Songz, Yo Gotti, Jadakiss, Styles P and more. On March 18, 2014 the first two songs and videos from Animal Ambition were released and each week following an additional song and video have become available continuing through the album’s release date of June 3,2014. A special deluxe version of Animal Ambition featuring a lenticular album cover will be available exclusively at Best Buy on June 3rd as well. The highly anticipated Street King Immortal album will follow in fall 2014.

What began as music chart dominance for the rap music phenomenon quickly transformed to success in corporate America as a multi-tiered business mogul to be reckoned with. 50 Cent has also carved out a successful and acclaimed career as an actor, appearing in more than 21 films including “Frozen Ground” with Nicolas Cage and John Cusack and “The Tomb” starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. He recently wrapped filming on “The Prince” with Bruce Willis and John Cusack and has begun filming “Spy” with Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law. He is currently serving as executive producer and has a reoccurring role on the highly anticipated series “Power” set to air on Starz on June 7, 2014. Recognized as one of the most talented and prolific music artists of his time, 50 Cent has managed to leverage his star power into record breaking brand extensions encompassing a broad spectrum of businesses including artist management, film production, footwear and apparel, fragrance, video games, publishing, headphones and health drinks and supplements.

About .Club Domains, LLC

Led by Internet entrepreneur Colin Campbell, whose prior successes include Tucows Interactive and Hostopia.com, .Club Domains, LLC was formed for the purpose of becoming the .CLUB gTLD registry.  Fully understanding the inherent marketing value of a .CLUB domain for any membership organization, .CLUB is also building a comprehensive social platform for club management.  .CLUB is a one-stop shop for clubs of all sizes to secure a great domain, grow club membership, improve member engagement and reduce management costs.  By combining an easy to use web services platform with a top level domain based on a globally recognized term, .CLUB is “the easiest way to find, join or start a club.”  More information and links to register .CLUB domains are available now at www.nic.club.

DNS Belgium Announces Website Revamp

DNS Belgium, the company behind .BE domain extension, has launched its new revamped website. The website displays now all the information you need about DNS Belgium and their products in one place.

 

You can read the announcement after the jump:

“As you will notice immediately, dnsbelgium.be has been given a total facelift, from top to toe. It now also includes the various individual product sites so that you can find all of the information you need about DNS Belgium and our products at 1 website.

DNS Belgium is a company that is developing all the time – which you will also notice from our communication. We are now on the point of launching .vlaanderen and .brussels and as you can imagine, we have a lot to tell you about them. The arrival of these new extensions also means that DNS Belgium will be growing further as a company and consequently will be putting its message across to new Internet users. It is for this reason that we have decided to amalgamate all of our various sites into one clearly organised, easy-to-use website.

We have retained all of the same information as before, but have adjusted the way it is divided up.

The heading of ‘domain name’ features everything about domain names, how to register and manage a domain name and where you can come with any legal questions you may have.

‘Products’ gives you more background about .be, as well as detailed information about the launch phases for .vlaanderen and .brussels.

We also now have a well-stocked ‘knowledge bank’, where you will find various reports, our figures and Frequently Asked Questions.

You will no doubt have noticed the large search bar on our homepage, which you can use to find out the availability of a domain name. If the name is still unregistered, you can then ask a registrar to register it for you. However, if the domain name you want is taken, you will see a link to the WHOIS data. At the present time, of course, this is for .be domain names only. As soon as .vlaanderen and .brussels have been launched, you will receive details of availability for all 3 extensions. Straightforward and easy to understand!”

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .BE domain name .

 

 

Dots.com Domain Name Sells For $335,000

The domain name Dots.com was sold for $335,000 by Hilco Streambank to an individual investor. The rest of the package was sold to New Dots LLC for $326,000.

 

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in 1995.

According to Jack Hazan, Hilco Streambank Executive Vice President : 

“It was fascinating that the domain actually sold for more than the rest of the IP, which included established trademarks and a strong customer database. The auction was very active with many rounds of bidding. Bids started at 100,000 for the domain alone and went up in 10,000 increments. Another domain bidder dropped out at 260,000 and the winner was bid up further by the package bidders. The package winner outbid our stalking horse bidder – Rainbow Shops. The sale is scheduled to be approved by the bankruptcy court next week.”

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

 

Nominet Announces .CYMRU and .WALES To Launch in September

ICANN has formally signed a contract giving domain addresses ending in .cymru and .wales the go-ahead, the .uk registry Nominet has announced. The agreement means that businesses and individuals will be able to register a .cymru or .wales domain name allowing them to demonstrate their Welsh identity, language and culture online.

 

ICANN: Independent Review Panel Decision on Hold/Stay Regarding .Africa

An ICANN Independent Review Panel has issued a decision [PDF, 7.80 MB] that ICANN should hold off from further processing of ZA Central Registry’s (ZACR) application for the .AFRICA TLD for the time being. This will allow the Panel time to consider arguments from DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA Trust) and ICANN on DCA Trust’s claims regarding the .AFRICA TLD.