Monthly Archives: February 2011

Thu 3rd February 2011
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The ICA Blasts The Department Of Commerce Letter To ICANN Committee: “May Mean The End Of New gTLDs” - Phil Corwin on behalf of the Internet Commerce Association just published an article on CircleId.com, blasting the US Department of Commerce over the letter it sent to “ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) containing suggestions for what positions the GAC should push for at its February 28 meeting” This is an important issue and you should read through the entire letter. “”On Friday, January 28th the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) circulated its submission to  — March 1 ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Live Domain Name Auction Today in Santa Monica - Live domain name auction starts this afternoon in Santa Monica and online. A live domain name auction hosted by Moniker will take place Thursday afternoon at 4:30 PM PST at the Santa Monica Fairmont. Live bidding will also be available online. The auction will have close to 100 premium domain names including the recently added Rates.com. A handful of domains have already received “pre-bids” including Kiss.me and Love.me. The two domains have already hit their ... read more ...
Wed 2nd February 2011
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VeriSign Is Awarded The Contract To Run .Gov - VeriSign, Inc. has been selected by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to operate the domain name registry for .gov. “Following a competitive RFP and evaluation process, the GSA granted Verisign the authority to provide designated domain name registration services to federal, state and local governments operating sites under the .gov and fed.us domain names. The services include processing requests, help desk assistance and operation of the authoritative .gov Domain Name System (DNS) ... read more ...
 
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The Registrar’s That’s A Parked Page: Welcome To Samoandomains.ws A SnapNames Dropcatcher - SAMOANDOMAINS, LLC is a domain name registrar used by SnapNames.com to catch dropping domains. Their referring URL site if you look up a whois record of a domain name that is registered there is http://www.samoandomains.ws If you visit the registrar you’ll find what I found, the registrar is a parked page. The domain I back ordered with SnapNames and got registered back in October with this registrar, was becomeafan.com Here is how the whois record looked: Domain Name: BECOMEAFAN.COM Registrar: ... read more ...
 
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.Co Launches Revamped Opportunity.co Site - Opportunity.co gets a refresh. .Co Internet has revamped its information site at Opportunity.co. The new site speaks to “creators” and entrepreneurs: A web address for launching great ideas? What a great idea. .CO is for creators. For the people and businesses who make the world turn. From products and stories to brands and beliefs, .CO is the web address that makes “making your idea a reality” a reality. The site includes resources for getting a business ... read more ...
 
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Pac-10 Asks Arbitrator for Pac12.com Domain Name - Collegiate conference wants Pac12.com domain name. After last year’s conference realignment the Pac-10 now has 12 teams. As it looks to rebrand itself as the Pac-12 it ran into a snag — it doesn’t own Pac12.com. The conference just filed a domain name dispute with World Intellectual Property Forum against the owner of Pac12.com to get the domain name. But the owner of that domain is throwing up a smoke screen with a page geared to the late rapper Tupac. ... read more ...
 
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AllState Files 19 UDRP Cases In One Day - Insurance company revs up domain dispute engine. Allstate Insurance Company has filed 19 individual UDRP cases in one day. The 19 cases are current pending compliance review at World Intellectual Property Organization and mostly cover typos. Examples include allostate.com, allsrate.com, and allstaye.com. Other domain names include various financial and insurance products such as allstatefinance.com and allstateglassclaims.com. These new filings are on top of 15 ... read more ...
Tue 1st February 2011
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Afternic Sells Almost $600K in Domains With Inversion.com At $37K Leading The Way - Afternic.com announced sales for the week ending January 30, 2011 totaling almost $600K. As always this reflects only reportable .com sales $2,000 or more and reportable non-com’s over $1K The domain name inversion.com lead the way selling for $36,685. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling Announces He Sold $7 Million Dollars In Domains Since Jul “Without Trying To Hard” - While moderating the opening session at DomainFest this morning Frank Schilling mentioned in passing that since July 2010 his company Name Administration sold just about $7 Million dollars in domain names “without trying too hard”. The $7 Million dollars was generated from the sale of approximately 250 domains. Frank further explained that these were not the “greatest of domains” certainly not category killers or what domainers would consider to be great domains. However they were domain ... read more ...
 
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US Wants To Make Loser Pay For All Costs & Domain Transferred Under New Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS): ICA Responds - On last Friday, January 28th the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) submitted a paper  to ICANN’s Governmental Advisory Committee containing its suggestions for what position the GAC should push for at its February 28 – March 1 meeting with ICANN’s Board. According to the letter the U.S. wants the GAC to ask ICANN to make the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) into a “loser pays” system. The DOC also wants ICANN to give  trademark holders the right get the domain names transferred to them ... read more ...
 
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Bob Parsons Tells His Story during DOMAINfest - Bob Parsons talks to a standing-room only crowd at DOMAINfest. He carries a rock star persona. And he’s definitely a rock star to the domain name industry. Monday afternoon Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons told his story — from his troubles in Catholic school to serving in the Marines to finally getting a breakthrough and turning Parsons Technology into a $64 million payday — to an enthusiastic crowd at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica. And after his talk, Parsons looked ... read more ...
 
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Live: Jeff Kupietzky Gives 10 Prophecies for Domain Industry - Jeff Kupietzky gives predictions for 2011. This afternoon at DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky provided 10 prophecies for the domain name industry. But first he reviewed Oversee.net’s results over the past year: – Moniker had 10% revenue growth and growth in number of domains – 50% growth in Oversee Aftermarket revenue – 50 new employees – 10% increase in revenue per click 1. Increase in premium domain sales in 2011 – predicts ... read more ...
 
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Record Crowd Gathers for DOMAINfest in Santa Monica - Biggest crowd ever packs house for DOMAINfest 2011. DOMAINfest just kicked off today in Santa Monica and new registrations are still coming in. Yet the crowd has already surpassed last year’s record and is quickly approaching 700 people. And while the rest of the country braces for a severe cold spell it’s a beautiful 62 degrees in Santa Monica. At 2 PM local time Oversee.net CEO Jeff Kupietzky will take the stage to talk about the state of the industry and where ... read more ...
 
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ClickBank Files Complaint to Get Clickbank.co - Popular payment processor and affiliate company files complaint to get .co equivalent of its .com domain. Add Click Sales, Inc, the company behind popular information products payment processor and affiliate network Clickbank, to the list of companies filing UDRP cases to get their .co domain name. The company filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Forum to get Clickbank.co. The domain name is currently registered by someone in China and parked at Sedo. ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Releases Part of .Co Commercial - Who the heck is the new .co girl? Go Daddy has released 17 seconds of its Super Bowl commercial unveiling the new GoDaddy.CO girl. It’s a tease — you won’t find out who the Godaddy.co girl is until the commercial airs in the first half of the Super Bowl. But you can start guessing who it is. I’m personally at a loss. I’m not a big celebrity stalker, so this isn’t my sort of game. I wonder if she’s also wearing a wig in the shots below? ... read more ...