Sky were one of the big brands that applied for and got their “dotbrand” domain extension from ICANN. While they may have been increasing the usage of the domain name in their customer communications recently I haven’t seen most of it, as I “cut the cord” over a year ago. This morning, however, I got… Continue reading Sky Actively Using Their Brand TLD and a Cloud Domain in Consumer Emails
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Dutch Registry Unveils NL Branding
SIDN, the ccTLD registry for .nl, has unveiled new branding for the .nl ccTLD. Up until now the branding available was focussed on either SIDN itself or its registrars. There was no real “.nl brand” per se. The registry explain their rationale in an email to registrars: In March 2016, we introduced our new corporate… Continue reading Dutch Registry Unveils NL Branding
French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Earlier this week French supermarket giant E.Leclerc launched a new site for their sports’ goods. The key change? The new site lives at sport.leclerc. Leclerc, which employs over 94 thousand people, is one of the companies that opted to get its own “dotbrand”. While some companies have rolled out a variety of different things on their own… Continue reading French Supermarket Giant LeClerc Turns On DotBrand
Netflix Loses URS On Netflix.news & Netflix.website
Netflix is a well known brand and has lodged several domain disputes in the past. The URS is a type of dispute mechanism that they’ve used several times since the launch of the new TLDs. URS is a cheaper and faster alternative to the traditional UDRP: The Uniform Rapid Suspension System is a rights protection… Continue reading Netflix Loses URS On Netflix.news & Netflix.website
Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs
Californian wine producer Gallo Vineyards Inc., has signed contracts with ICANN for two top level domains: .barefoot .gallo If you are a wine drinker then you’ll probably recognise them as being two of the company’s more popular brands. A lot of brands have applied for and got their own top level domain name, but what… Continue reading Wine Producer Acquires Two Brand TLDs
Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand
Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of HP, has announced that she’s running for the US presidency. Unfortunately, for her, she hadn’t secured all the obvious domains that she should have. I stress for her, as the person who registered carlyfiorina.org has given the internet a rather humorous gift. The subject isn’t that humorous – how… Continue reading Carly Fiorina Fails To Protect Her Personal Brand
French Registry Celebrates 25 Years With Full Rebranding
AFNIC, the French registry which runs .fr, is celebrating their 25th anniversary in style – literally. The registry has unveiled a new web identity including a new logo as well as launching a series of events to celebrate their quarter century of existence. Here’s the new logo: And for .fr there’s this new look as… Continue reading French Registry Celebrates 25 Years With Full Rebranding
Neustar To Apply For .Neustar
Neustar have announced that they intend to apply for their own .brand TLD ie. .neustar
Tucows Rebrands Back to OpenSRS
Tucows‘ domain reseller services will be rebranded as OpenSRS according to an email sent to their resellers yesterday. The announcement was made during HostingCon in Chicago where many of the companies involved in the domain and hosting industry were in attendance. The announcement is not complicated and the rationale behind it seems to be quite… Continue reading Tucows Rebrands Back to OpenSRS