What will Amazon do with .Domains domain names? - NiceNIC.NET

Reported by DomainNameWire:

 

Amazon.com grabs .domains domains corresponding to its new top level domain applications.

Amazon.com has registered corresponding .domains domain names for each of the 65 Latin script top level domain names it has applied for.

All of the registrations follow the format dotTLD.domains, e.g. dotAmazon.domains, dotCloud.domains, and dotDeal.domains.

This is an interesting move that adds to the complicated question of what Amazon.com plans to do with its domain names. It wants to run all of its domain names in a closed model, meaning the domains are only used by Amazon.com. So what is the purpose of owning domains that would be used for marketing domain names to the public?

Perhaps this is just a case of Amazon.com’s brand protection efforts getting out of hand. But I’m also inclined to weigh it in my analysis of what the heck Amazon.com is planning to do with its domain names.

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Chinese New gTLDs Live Auction in Macau [PIC INSIDE] - NiceNIC.NET

... ... Stay tuned! 

Casino.DotChineseOnline goes for $25,000 at @MacauAuction

Bitcoin domain auction is hot!

CLUB bidding action in room vs online.

Auction guests ready for action!

Bidders who flew many hours to attend our auction.

The auction is starting!

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We're preparing for our major auction event at the Galaxy, Macau!

Entrance to China Rouge, our auction venue.

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New TLD applicant plans big launch party and live auction in Macau.

It’s going to be really difficult for new top level domain backers to get much attention for their launches in an environment where multiple TLDs are launching every week.

But TLD Registry, which is launching Chinese equivalents of online (.在线) and website (.中文网) is going all in with a two day celebration and live domain name auction.

The event is scheduled for March 20-21 at the Galaxy Macau, a five star resort in the tourist and gambling destination. It is timed to precede the ICANN meeting taking place in Singapore (23-27 March 2014).

(Speaking of timing, all of the key dates of the domains’ launch, including sunrise, landrush and general availability, are planned to land on “lucky days” in the Chinese culture.)

The event will also include a live domain name auction that will have online bidding via Sedo.

Details about the event are here in English and here in Chinese.

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