Visa has acquired the domain v.me and is going to use it for a “digital wallet” and “global acceptance mark”. The service will be called v.me – obviously. Here’s the official release: The .ME Registry and Visa have announced www.v.me as the online destination for V.me by Visa, Visa’s digital wallet and global acceptance mark.… Continue reading V.me Goes To Visa
Category: marketing
GoDaddy Advert Deemed Offensive
Bob Parsons, the larger than life founder of GoDaddy, tweeted earlier this afternoon that the GoDaddy Ad for the Super Bowl had been rejected – again. CBS rejected the advert, which can be viewed online, as being “offensive to certain viewers”. Of course the outcome of their decision will be even more PR for GoDaddy,… Continue reading GoDaddy Advert Deemed Offensive
GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
GoDaddy’s adverts wouldn’t be considered that risque to a European audience. However, for some odd reason, they’ve caused plenty of controversy in the US for the last few years. This year they’re obviously capitalising on the run up to the SuperBowl with trailers for their adverts. While Hollywood loves to whet our appetites with trailers… Continue reading GoDaddy Milking Controversy Again
Registrars Adding Seasonal Bling?
At various times throughout the year websites end up getting adorned with various “bling” to celebrate holidays of various kinds. Enom have tweaked their header image slightly in advance of US Thanksgiving: Have any others?
Domain Discounts – Shameless Plug
I don’t normally do this, but I was feeling a bit “naughty” this morning, so here you go .. Over at Blacknight we’ve just launched a “silly” promo on .be registrations and transfers. We’re also running several other domain discount promotions at the moment, so if you want to switch provider, save money or register… Continue reading Domain Discounts – Shameless Plug
Telnic Video – Alternate Ending
I know I’m a bit late to the game with this one, but here’s the Telnic promo video with the alternate ending:
Facebook Username Landrush
Image via CrunchBase Facebook’s landrush for custom URLs / usernames opened earlier today (just after 5am Irish time). If you have a Facebook account you can do to: http://www.facebook.com/username/ and pick your username. If you have a fan page with more than 1000 fans you can also set a custom URL for it .. Expect… Continue reading Facebook Username Landrush
Telnic Highlight Domains In Use
Image via CrunchBase Telnic, which recently launched .tel to general registration, has set up a “.tel of the week” The first domain they’ve chosen is removals.tel To have your .tel domain considered you should contact Telnic directly: community@telnic.org The registry operator reported that they had registered over 100,000 .tel domain names in the first 24… Continue reading Telnic Highlight Domains In Use
RegisterFly Rebrands?
I don’t check the RegisterFly website that often, so I’ve no idea when they “rebranded” The most obvious difference is subtle: has become:Not that big a difference admittedly, but still you’d have to ask what they’re playing at. Back when RegisterFly was still RegisterFly the emails they sent out were a lot less dodgy as… Continue reading RegisterFly Rebrands?
Network Solutions Don’t Eat Their Own Dog Food
Bret has done it again. His blog posts may not be the longest, but boy are they incisive! In one of his most recent posts he mentions a marketing mail he got from Network Solutions promoting business blogging. Nothing amazing there. But Network Solutions don’t seem to have a blog, or if they do it’s… Continue reading Network Solutions Don’t Eat Their Own Dog Food