Monthly Archives: June 2011

Thu 23rd June 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New Service Hopes to Make Seller-Financed Domain Transactions Easier - Service manages seller financed domain sales. A new service called Zenscrow hopes to bring more liquidity to the domain name market by making seller financed domain sales easier. Companies such as Escrow.com and Moniker already offer payment plan escrow services, but Zenscrow takes it a step further. There are two benefits I see to Zenscrow compared to typical payment plan services. First, Zenscrow provides a domain sale or lease agreement. Second, the company monitors ... read more ...
 
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Social.com Domain Name Transfers to Buyer’s Broker - Looks like the payment went through for Social.com. Social.com, which Ron Jackson says is under contract to sell at $2.6 million, has an updated whois. As of today, the whois record at Network Solutions says the owner is New Yorker Kevin Bingo. However, the whois record is not complete with an address nor does it have a valid phone number. Furthermore, it appears this is the buyer’s broker for the domain name, not the buyer. Kevin Bingo’s twitter account looks ... read more ...
 
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A First: Complainant Loses Case for .Co Domain Name - Champagne.co becomes first .co domain name case won by respondent. A complainant has finally lost a UDRP case for a .co domain name. Comite Interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne has lost the case it brought for the domain name Champagne.co. The decision text hasn’t been posted yet, but this is the first time a complainant has lost a .co complaint at World Intellectual Property Forum since .co was liberalized last year. I’m not sure about National Arbitration ... read more ...
 
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Monte Cahn Adds Allegations to Complaint Against Oversee.net - Cahn adds allegations and drops one claim. Moniker founder Monte Cahn has filed an amended lawsuit against Oversee.net, which purchased Moniker in 2007 from Seevast. Cahn sued Oversee claiming that he was not properly paid under a $13 million incentive plan. Oversee has asked for most of the case to be dismissed on the grounds that it’s a simple contract dispute. [Update: Moniker has released the following statement to DNW: “This is a legal matter that is now ... read more ...
 
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New Domain Parking Company Comes Onto a Scene - Rook Media opens its doors to more domain owners. Rook Media is coming out from behind the shadows. The new domain parking service has been in a closed beta with very large domainers since February. But as of today, it’s open to the public. The company is backed by a number of former senior managers from Name Drive who left when the company was acquired. Co-founder Ash Rahimi explained to Domain Name Wire who their ideal client is: Our aim is to make the experience ... read more ...
Wed 22nd June 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Hits a Record 1 Billion Visitors In One Month - According to cnet.com, Google hit a record with 1 BILLION visitors in one month. Cnet.com, citing stats from Comscore, says that Google got over 1 billion visitors in May 2011, “the first time ever that a site has drawn that many visitors in one month” “The number of unique visitors to Google’s sites rose by 8.4 percent from 931 million a year ago to just over a billion 1,009,699,000 to be more exact.” “According to comscore,  Google saw its greatest numbers in India and South Africa, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
AdAge.com: “Doing Good”; “Why Your .Com Should Be a .Org, Too” - According to Adage.com there is a movement by large companies not only to own the .com version of their domain name, but the .org as well. “”I’ve noticed an emerging trend in the domain name space as a result of the increasing emphasis on “doing good.” “Until recently, the domain strategy of choice was to use a single domain name extension to house all a company’s online activity, while other addresses were selected purely as redirects or as brand protection maneuvers. Simply, the ... read more ...
 
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NewYork.Net At $45K With Over an Hour to Go; Bosnia.com & Gibraltar.com Also Closing Today on Bido.com - A few domain auctions are ending today on Bido.com The domain name NewYork.net is currently at auction on Bido.com and the high bid is already at $45,000. The auction ends at around 3pm EST today. The “Bido.com” price is $90,000 The domain Bosnia.com also is at auction at Bido and has a high bid of $15K which is ending around 4pm EST with a “Bido Price” of $250K Gibraltar.com has a lot further to go with just 1/2 hour left the domain has a high bid of just $13K and a “Bido price” of $400K   Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Network Solutions Hit With DDoS Attack & Domain Names Become Inaccessible - I received an email from a reader of TheDomains.com a few hours ago that there domains that were registered with NetworkSolutions.com were not resolving and now According to NetworkSolutions.com blog, the company confirms they have been undergoing an Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for the past two days: “”Network Solutions experienced a distributed denial of service attack Monday afternoon, June 20, 2011 and again on Tuesday morning, June 21, 2011. Our engineers worked quickly ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Says Its Employee Turnover Isn’t That Bad - HR Director says no problem with turnover at ICANN. Perhaps responding to questions about some high profile departures lately, ICANN Director of Human Resources Steve Antonoff just released an analysis (pdf) of turnover at the non-profit. His bottom line: turnover is less than the typical high tech company and has mostly to do with factors outside of ICANN. In the financial year ending June 2010 the company had 8.73% turnover with 10 departures. Antonoff compares ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Wins UDRP for Walkaway.com - Panel points out the perils of descriptive marks. Marchex has successfully defended a UDRP case brought against its domain name Walkaway.com with the help of domain name attorney John Berryhill. Complainant Walkaway Canada Incorporated is the company behind the Hyundai Assurance program. The program allowed new car buyers the opportunity to return their car and walk away from the loan in the event of a certain life event such as a job loss. It was offered during ... read more ...
 
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Owner of .Com Domain Sues for .Co Domain Name - Real estate firm sues owner of .co. The owner of a .com domain name has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to get the .co version of their domain name. This is the first such .co federal anticybersquatting lawsuit I’m aware of (although there have been plenty of UDRPs and I don’t think a complainant has lost yet). Real estate company Sibcy Cline filed the in rem lawsuit against SibcyCline.co. The firm registered both SibcyCline.com and Sibcy.com way back in 1995. But someone ... read more ...
 
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.XXX Formally Announces IFFOR Board - Group to help set policy for new .xxx domain name. One of the interesting quirks about the new .xxx domain name is that it will help fund a group called International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). IFFOR will get $10 from every domain registration in order to initiate “a series of policies for responsible business practices and conduct within the .XXX online adult-entertainment community”. Today the group sent out a press release formally announcing ... read more ...
 
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Two Things that Could Derail a New Top Level Domain Timeline - Government action and lawsuits could slow down new TLD rollout. So ICANN has approved the new top level domain name program and set out the timeline. Full steam ahead? There are two possible forces that could slow this down. One would be some sort of government action. Governments aren’t happy, and there’s that looming IANA contract expiration coming up later this year. The U.S. could use it to force concessions. As I’ve noted before, any delay in new TLDs ... read more ...
 
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Google to Listen In? Company Buys Listen.in - Company acquires Listen.in domain name. Google has made a curious domain acquisition — Listen.in. Technically it’s an Indian country code domain name, so perhaps we should just ignore the obvious phrase “Listen In”. But it’s more fun if you don’t ignore it. What’s Google up to? The company does have a product called Google Listen that’s in Google Labs. Oh, and there were those apparent plans to “listen in” to your computing environment. Of course ... read more ...
 
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Has Men.com Sold Again? - Curious changes at Men.com. Has Men.com, which Rick Schwartz sold for seven figures nearly a decade ago, changed hands again? That’s a rumor I’m chasing down. If you have any other information, please comment on it. [Update: I’ve confirmed the domain has sold. Men.com, LLC had two managing members left as of the company’s latest annual report with Florida.] Here’s the deal. In early April the administrative contact for the domain changed from Men.com, ... read more ...
 
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ICANN to Undertake Four Whois Studies - Studies to examine how whois is used — and misused. ICANN announced it will spend $530,000 to undertake four separate studies of whois. The studies are partially a result of a request by the Governmental Advisory Committee in 2008. 1. Misuse of whois – how people misuse whois information, such as for marketing and spamming purposes. 2. Whois Registrant Identification – classify the various types of entities that register domains, including natural persons, ... read more ...
Tue 21st June 2011
Written by The Domains in EN
Afternic.com Sells $642k In Domains Led By met.net For $22k - Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday June 19th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $642,155. The top seller of the week met.net at $22,500 followed by xcite.com at $18,000. Here is the full list:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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DomainFest Extended Auction Closes Tomorrow: So Far Over $25K In Bids - The extended auction from DomainFest ends on SnapNames.com tomorrow on June 22nd at 3:15pm EST There are about 500 domain names in the auction including all those in the live auction which did not sell As of time of publication, there are several domain names with bids on them adding up to over $25K in bids.   Here are all the domain names in the auctions, other than the one’s with bids on them, with the reserve price:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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NameJet To Hold A No Reserve .Co Auction - “Be smart, buy the up and coming .CO” @Robert These .co’s are all for sale, if you are quick and smart you may get them for $30 Thailand.co England.co UnitedKingdom.co Russia.co Spain.co Italy.co Cyprus.co Ireland.co Austria.co Latvia.co NewYork.co Hungary.co Greece.co NY.co NewYork.co Egypt.co Norway.co Sydney.co Switzerland.co Germany.co Berlin.co Poland.co France.co Portugal.co Belgium.co Jamaica.co LosAngeles.co Washington.co Taiwan.co Denmark.co Sweden.co Milano.co Rio.co Croatia.co Liechtenstein.co Bolivia.co Cancun.co Hawaii.co Elsalvador.co Salvador.co Bangalore.co Austria.co Ukraine.co Delhi.co Israel.co Qatar.co Estonia.co Capetown.co Virginislands.co Jamaica.co Alexandria.co Madagascar.co Fiji.co ... read more ...
 
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Svindyre nye toppdomener - I går ble det klart at ICANN åpner for en historisk endring i håndteringen av domenesystemet på Internett. Det som tidligere var en eksklusiv klubb med 22 generiske toppnivådomener (gTLD), inkludert .com, .net, og .org, samt ytterligere rundt 250 landspesifike toppdomener som vår egen .no, åpnes nå på vidt gap. Heretter skal nær et hvilket som helst ord, uansett skriftspråk, kunne benyttes som toppdomene. Dermed er det duket for nettadresser av typen .microsoft, .statoil, ... read more ...
 
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One Day After The New gTLD Program Is Announced .Jewelers Comes Forward - According to a press release, a company called GJB Partners, LLC announced plans today to “secure, operate and market the top-level domain name “.Jewelers” “We are thrilled the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) Board of Directors has approved the Applicant Guidebook and Application Window and are eager to move forward,” said Ann Glynn, GJB Partners LLC Managing Partner. Managing Partner George T. Bundy said, “With over 14 years experience in running and ... read more ...
 
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ICANN zgodził się na nowe domeny gTLD - Od roku 2013 w internecie pojawi się znacznie więcej gTLD. Niewykluczone, że zobaczymy np. domeny .car, .shop czy .medical. Zamówienia na nowe domeny będą przyjmowane od 12 stycznia przyszłego roku. Ich zarejestrowanie nie będzie ani proste, ani tanie. Wnioskodawca będzie musiał wykazać, że ma prawo do nazwy, o którą się stara. ... read more ...
 
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The Auction For Power.com Goes Live: Minimum Bid $2.5 Million & It Will Cost You $2,500 To Bid - Back in April we posted about the domain name Power.com hitting the auction block and today the auction went live. Power.com was registered back in 1992 and has never before made available for sale. The auction ends on September 22, 2011. The domain is being brokered by Rokme, Inc. which is conducting the auction (there info is below) The minimum bid is $2.5 Million dollars. “”Few domains possess the stature of Power.com. ” “Like signature real estate, domains such as Power.com attract ... read more ...
 
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“I Want To Be A Billionaire” Sedo.com Sells Billionaire.com For $215k - What’s better than a million dollars, a billion dollars; so the line from the move goes, or it you prefer line from A song “I want to be a billionaire” Well Sedo just brokered the domain name Billionaire.com for a lot less than that $215,000 to be exact. The broker on behalf of Sedo was Frank Alello. The Buyer is under privacy and so is the Seller. The domain seems to have switched hands twice recently once back in early 2010 and once in late 2010. Its a highly brandable domain I think for ... read more ...