Monthly Archives: July 2010

Sat 31st July 2010
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ICA: Watch The Federal Online Privacy Legislation: It May Effect Domains - Phil Corwin the attorney who represents the ICA just posted its site, an article about Federal Online Privacy legislation that maybe proposed and its possible effect on domain names. Here is the article in full. “””The Wall Street Journal’s (online.wsj.com ) July 31st issue carries a front page story, with extensive sidebars, titled “The Web’s New Gold Mine: Your Secrets”.  It’s the first of an eye-opening series. If the remaining installments are as revelatory as this opening ... read more ...
 
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.Co LandRush Notices Finally Go Out To Applicants - Finally last night I got an e-mail from the .CO registry concerning the land rush applications I placed. This is the first notice or any information regarding the land rush applications I have received since placing the orders. The first notice tells you to set up your account: “”As a result of your recent application(s) for a .CO domain name, you have been registered as a possible participant in the .CO Domain Auctions.  Your account has been automtically created based on the information provided ... read more ...
Fri 30th July 2010
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Did You Know Sedo.com Is A Public Company? Our Domain Parking Stock Index Updated: Sedo.com is In, Dark Blue Sea is Out - We just updated our Domain Parking StockIndex tracking the prices of public companies. We dropped Dark Blue Sea which was bought out, and went private earlier this year, and added Sedo.com (Sedo Holdings) which is traded on the Xetra, part of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Shares of Sedo.com have a 52 week high of $4.33 a share and a low of $2.52 and are currently trading at $2.72. The companies we currently have included in the Domain Stock Parking Index are: Google Microsoft Yahoo QuinStreet Baidu Sedo Marchex Banks.com Tucows.com Live ... read more ...
 
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Woman With World’s Smallest Waist Wins Cybersquatting Lawsuit - A domain name is a terrible thing to waist. Cathie Jung, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records as having “The Smallest Waist on a Living Person” at 15 inches, has won rights to the domain name CathieJung.com. Jung filed an Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act en rem (meaning it was against the domain name and not the registrant) case back in December 2009. Jung claimed that the domain name was registered by a corset designer. Indeed, it appears ... read more ...
 
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Who Didn’t Do Their Homework on .Co Launch? - Despite .co’s best efforts, cybersquatters pile on. Washington Business Journal published a story today about companies that didn’t register their .co domain name equivalent, and how cybersquatters snapped up a lot of these domain names. The story is somewhat amusing: Local businesses beaten to the punch by online speculators include sports teams, media companies and even tech-savvy federal contractors. “They didn’t do their homework,” said William ... read more ...
Thu 29th July 2010
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The Trademark Typo Linkdin.com Sells For 22K during SnapNames.com - The trademark typo domain, Linkdin.com just sold on SnapNames.com today for $22,000. $22K There were 50 people in the auction but there were 10 active bidders (bidders that put in a bid above the minimum). Its amazing in this day and age there are so many people willing to pay this kind of money for a domain that would be taken in a UDRP if a complaint is filed. Yes I know the domain has traffic,  but its a bang on typo trademark domain with no other conceivable meaning. No Bueno. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: Which Domain Priced $500K-$1M WIll Sell At DomainFest? - I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live domain name auction at Domainfest, which will be held in New York on August 18th, of those domain names with a reserve price range of $250K-$500K . The package of domains including Tshirts.com got the most votes with 32% of the voters predicting a sale with “None will Sell” coming in second with 23%, Lawsuits finished 3rd with 14%  of the votes. We’ll see how you did in a few weeks. This weeks ... read more ...
 
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Fortune.com: “Google: The Search Party Is Over” - A new post by Fortune.com, entitled Google: The Search Party Is Over” is an  interesting read especially for domainers who do any significant domain parking. The article which in large part discusses the business operations of Google says about search: That there is a real shift going on within the internet where search will soon be less used. “”The shift going on within the Internet, one that is arguably the biggest change to the web and the way we use it since Google came on the scene. ... read more ...
 
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New UDRP Provider Applies to ICANN, UDRP Status Back on Agenda - UDRP on the docket for ICANN meeting next week. ICANN’s Board of Directors will again consider its contractual relationships with Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy providers at its August 5 meeting, as well as consent to post an application from an entity wishing to become a UDRP provider. The topic of contractual relationships with UDRP providers was on the April agenda but was tabled because the board ran out of time. It wasn’t on the agenda in ... read more ...
 
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QuinStreet Buys Insurance.com Web Site and Domain Name - Publicly traded Quinstreet acquires Insurance.com. Lead generation company QuinStreet has purchased the Insurance.com web site and domain name. A notice on Insurance.com states “Insurance.com has changed ownership. Click here to review our updated privacy policy.” The privacy policy notes that site is owned by Quinstreet. I called a phone representative at Insurance.com who said the company was acquired “a couple days ago”. I am awaiting a response from ... read more ...
 
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Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs - This video will resonate with a lot of domainers. If you’re a domainer, you’re probably an entrepreneur. Maybe not a full time entrepreneur, but at least you take your future into your own hands. Which is why I think you’ll appreciate this video from Cameron Herold speaking at a TEDxEdmonton. A warning: it’s 20 minutes long, so watch it when you want to take a break. But watch the whole thing, including the video at the end from Grasshopper.com. I’ve ... read more ...
 
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Domain Hack DealsPl.us Loses Case for DealsPlus.com - Company tries to get “proper” version of its domain through UDRP but fails. I’ve argued many, many times that you shouldn’t create a web site at a “domain hack”, where the top level domain name is part of the keywords. Here’s just another example, courtesy of a decision at World Intellectual Property Organization. Sazze, Inc, which operates DealsPl.us, has lost a case brought against the owner of DealsPlus.com. DealsPl.us is a big web site, getting ... read more ...
Wed 28th July 2010
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If We Did This We Would Get Sued: BlackBerry Grabs Blackpad.com - According to MobileCrunch.com, the company that makes  Blackberry  phones Research In Motion or Rimm for short, just purchased the domain Blackpad.com for their long-rumored BlackBerry tablet. The devise of course will complete with Apple’s iPad. “According to registration records, RIM purchased BlackPad.com just days ago.” The domain is being administered by one of those trademark protection companies, corporatedomains.com According to erictric.com: “”The domain name has existed for ... read more ...
 
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Oversee.net Share Price Is Falling Like A Rock - We wrote about some insiders at Oversee.net were offering shares in the company for sale on SharesPost.com back in may of this year for $7.35 a share. Today a new seller hit the Sharespost site, offering 5,500-20,000 shares for sale for only $4.97 a share. For Oversee a sale of a block at shares at its former asking price of $7.35 would have meant according to Sharespost a valuation of over $1.1 Billion dollars for Oversee.net. At the new asking price, Oversee.net would only have a valuation of $760 ... read more ...
 
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ASK.COM Starts Asking Its Users To Answer Search Requests - Ask.com has begun testing a new service that lets users of its search engine submit questions to other Ask.com users According to Doug Leeds, President of Ask.com, the new “Ask the Community” feature allows the search engine to provide specific answers to a greater portion of the search queries it receives, instead of simply displaying links to relevant web pages. The community will vote on the best answers to determine the highest quality. Ask.com will launch a social network Tuesday that allows ... read more ...
 
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Rick Latona Discusses TRAFFIC Dublin - Here’s the scoop on the next TRAFFIC conference. TRAFFIC is taking the show on the road again next month, traveling to Dublin, Ireland August 24-25. Domain Name Wire caught up with show organizer Rick Latona to get the scoop on the show. DNW: Why did you pick Dublin as one of the locations for this year? Latona: Many Internet companies are setting up their European headquarters in Ireland. There are excellent tax advantages as well as a very tech friendly infrastructure. ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Panelist Calls Juice Bar’s Assertions “Mystifying” - Juice bar wants .com, but will have to pay for it. A WIPO UDRP panelist has ruled against a juice bar called “Juicy Details”, calling the complainant’s assertions about bad faith registration of JuicyDetails.com “Mystifying”. Juicy Details, based in the Netherlands, filed the complaint against Another.com, which owns JuicyDetails.com. But the panelist thought Juicy Detail’s accusations didn’t add up: The Panel finds these assertions mystifying. From ... read more ...
 
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13 Country Code Domains That Can Follow in .Co’s Footsteps - Here are 13 ccTLDs just begging to be commercialized. With the recent launch of .co, we’ve seen another re-purposed country code domain name get international recognition. It joins other fairly successful commercializations such as .tv and .me, as well as failures such as .ws and .md. Here are some other country code top level domain names that might have commercial potential, and my predicted marketing success for each one. But these countries better act fast, ... read more ...
Tue 27th July 2010
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NameJet.com Starts 1st Public .Co Domain Auction - Namejet.com just announced the  “”First Aftermarket names available for Public Auction” “These auctions are going on right now and since they are Public anyone can bid, but hurry they are scheduled to close on Friday July 30th.” The list follows, here is the direct link to the domains. Bidding starts at $69. Interestingly all of these domains seems to be owned by one person,  so they are not registry owned domains or domains picked up by NameJet or Enom. Matter of fact none of the domains ... read more ...
 
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Mike Mann Announces The Sale Of Flying.Co, For $3,500: Is This The 1st Reported Aftermarket .Co Sale After General Registration Opened? - Mike Mann announced the sale of a .Co domain he owned, Flying.co for $3,500 on Facebook. This could be the first reported .Co aftermarket sale since general registration opened for .Co domains last week. We posted last week that Mike Mann has many of the top generic .CO domains for sale listed on his Facebook page. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Japan Switches To Google - Yahoo Japan just signed a deal to use Google’s search engine rather than Microsoft’s Bing. Daniel Alegre, vice president of Google’s Asia Pacific and Japan operations, said in a post on Google Japan blog, “Yahoo Japan will use Google search results and Google’s technology for supplying the accompanying search ads. With such partnerships, revenue from the search ads is shared between the Web site and the company that supplies the ads, in this case Yahoo Japan and Google, respectively.” Of ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells Three Digit Domain Name For Six Figures - Two three digit domains sell for big bucks. Domain name brokerage Sedo has sold the domain name 029.com for $110,000, and also moved 980.com for $40,000 to lead its weekly sales charts. Both domain names now have proxy whois registrations. Another big sale was Underdog.com, which must have beaten the favorite when it sold for 40,000 GBP, or roughly $62,000 USD. Here are other notable sales for the week: .com cured.com 25000 USD 123123.com 20000 USD oink.com 17000 USD dressupgamesforgirls.com 15000 USD germanfood.com 15000 USD findmelove.com 12000 USD cachorros.com 10000 EUR posteando.com 9999 EUR fernlinienbus.com 7500 EUR pr1me.com 7500 GBP superaccounting.com 6500 USD adamsfoods.com 5000 USD engineeringviews.com 5000 USD facemuscles.com 5000 USD guyspy.com 5000 USD hellohotels.com 5000 USD homewarrantyreview.com 5000 USD kamra.com 5000 USD orangeconstruction.com 5000 USD topstockpicks.com 5000 USD vestimenta.com 5000 USD ccTLDs kinderspiele.de 16000 EUR sm.de 15000 EUR europoker.fr 12000 EUR holidaylettings.in 10600 GBP saunabon.nl 10500 EUR annonsera.se 10000 EUR independentfinancialadviser.co.uk 9975 GBP betnet.de 8888 EUR leathersofa.co.uk 8000 USD esp.de 5500 EUR irobot.es 5000 USD maleev.ru 5000 USD secret.nl 5000 EUR adultdvd.co.uk 4750 GBP carparto.de 4750 EUR checker.at 4000 EUR Other randomactsofkindness.org 25000 USD booking.travel 11000 USD datingservice.net 7000 USD heating.net 5655 USD onlinedegreeprogram.org 4000 USD ... read more ...
 
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GM-Volt.com Getting Lots of Traffic, But is a Site Owner during Risk? - Even if you’re a company fan, resist the urge to use a trademark in your domain name. The GM Volt electric car is getting quite a bit of buzz lately, including this article in the New York Times. The article links to GM-Volt.com, which it notes is unaffiliated with GM. Compete.com shows that GM-Volt.com gets about 75,000 visits a month, which is nothing to sneeze at. It probably brings in a bit of revenue for the site owner, too, which is why I would never recommend ... read more ...
 
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My Comments on Inter-Registrar Domain Transfers - Have you submitted comments about inter-registrar transfers? Earlier this month I made a call-to-action on an important comment period at ICANN. At issue is the “Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part B Initial Report”. Part of the report suggests a mechanism by which victims of domain thefts can regain control of their domains. But important safeguards must be in place to not disrupt the domain name aftermarket. Here are the comments I submitted to ICANN. You ... read more ...
 
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Court Rules in BME.com Cybersquatting Case, Could Affect Domain Owners - BME.com case ruling could affect domain owners. A United States District Court ruling in a case between Gregory Ricks and BMEZine over the domain name BME.com has some interesting implications for domain name owners. (For background on the case, see Ricks Files Lawsuit to Retain Control of BME.com) Without getting into all the details of what was argued, here are some of the court’s decisions (large pdf) worth noting: 1. The court held that a re-registration of ... read more ...