Monthly Archives: November 2011

Wed 2nd November 2011
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Sedo: Sales Fall But Fixed Price Sales Strong - Sedo sees decline in domain sales revenue but continued strong performance of fixed price domain sales. Sedo just released its Q3 Domain Market Study (pdf), showing a drop in sales compared to the same quarter last year but strong sales of “buy now” transactions. Sales for the quarter of 9,778 domain names totaled $19.3 million compared to $20.5 million for the same quarter in 2010. Q3 saw the lowest total sales for Sedo for the year. Buy now sales accounted ... read more ...
 
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LinkedIn Goes After Survey Typosquatters - Professional network upset about typos leading to fake surveys. LinkedIn has filed a dispute against the owner of several domain names that forward to a “survey” with a logo mimicking the company’s trademark. The dispute filed with National Arbitration Forum asks for control of the domain names linedin.com, linnkedin.com, and lonkedin.com. The domain names forward to this page on SurveyRewardPanel.com: If users take the “survey” they can then select a prize ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Releases “Sell Now Assurance” Feature - Feature verifies ownership before allowing fixed price sale. [Update: read comments from Sedo for clarification of domains this covers.] Sedo has announced a new feature called “Sell Now Assurance” for domain names on its site listed with fixed prices. The feature will verify that the seller still owns the domain name before a buyer can complete a “buy now” purchase. If Sedo is unable to verify ownership then then only a “make offer” sale will be possible. ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Company Scores $3 Million Investment - Carnegie Fund invests $3 million in domain industry company. Winged Media, the company behind the Protrada domain name service, has received a $3 million investment from Carnegie Innovation Fund. The Carnegie Fund is supported by the Australian Government through the Innovation Investment Fund (IIF) program. Protrada is Winged Media’s latest product. I reviewed the product last week. It makes analyzing and buying domain names offered at major auction houses easy ... read more ...
Tue 1st November 2011
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
National A-1 Pleads Guilt To Money Laundering, Forfeits $4.9M, Pays $1.5M excellent and Forfeits Escorts.com - According to an ABC News report just out National A-1 Advertising Inc. and R.S. Duffy Inc. agreed to plead guilty to money launderin and will forfeit $4.9 million, pay a $1.5 million fine and serve 1 1/2 years of probation for its activities in operating Escorts.com. National A-1 according to the story will also forfeit the domain name Escorts.com (although it would seem they have forfeited Escort.com as well) The government said it reserves the right to prosecute individuals associated with the ... read more ...
 
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YouTube.com Announces 1st 96 Channels: Will This Be A Big Boost To .TV Domain Names - YouTube.com has posted the first 96 Original channels that will be starting to roll out starting next month over the next year. Among those listed on YouTube.com as coming channels are: Freemantle the producer of American Idol The Wall Street Journal Car and Driver Television Style on Location WWE Fan Nation channel Soccer United Marketing will launch Kick TV. Reuters.com news channel Slate will have Slate News Central Bleacher Report Car and Driver Television Lionsgate Fitness Channel Demand Media ... read more ...
 
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.XXX Sunrise Closes With Over 80,000 Applications Submitted - According to a press release by the ICM Registry, sponsors of the .XXX TLD, the Sunrise period closed today for the .XXX extension, with over 80,000 applications submitted for domain names. We believe this is by far the largest number of Sunrise applications ever submitted for a new TLD, even surpassing other launches of new extensions considered  to be extremely successfully. The Sunrise period was opened to Trademark holders and existing domain holders. Here is the full press release below: ICM ... read more ...
 
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What Will a U.S. Government Do With Escorts.com? - Plea deal gives Escorts.com domain to government. I just finished reading the plea bargain (pdf) between National A-1 and associated defendants and the U.S. government. The defendants have agreed to pay $1.5 million in fines and forfeit $4.9 million as well as the Escorts.com domain name. Which begs the question…what will the U.S. Government do with the Escorts.com domain name? Here are some of my guesses: 1. Congressmen create ode to Pamela Martin and Associates ... read more ...
 
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Rick Latona Launches “Last Piece of a Domain Development Puzzle” - Latona launches a new site to find web designers to build out premium domain names. Rick Latona has launched ResearchLabs.com, which is billed as “The Last Piece of the Domain Development Puzzle”. The site pairs web designers and SEO experts with premium domain names. The Designers are paid a nominal base salary while the domain is developed and grows and then share in the profits in the long run. Latona explains the need for the site on his blog: Over the years ... read more ...
 
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Has Lego’s $500k Spent on URDP Been a Waste? - It’s hard to see rhyme or reason in Lego’s heavy use of UDRP. Lego is a prolific filer of UDRP cases. I count 309 to date, with 100 already in the second half of 2011. Recently all of the cases have been filed with the assistance of Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services. At roughly $1,500 a pop not including legal fees (and assuming WIPO isn’t cutting them a deal) that comes out to nearly a half million dollars spent on UDRP. Lego sends cease and desist letters ... read more ...
 
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories of Oct 2011 - A look back at October in the domain industry. Boo! I hope you had a great Halloween. Here’s a look back at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month. You’ll notice that the conversation was dominated by .xxx. 1. Inside Frank Schilling’s $1.65M .XXX Purchase – Frank Schilling and Stuart Lawley disclose the price tag of Schilling’s .xxx purchases. 2. Final Chance to Protect Against .XXX Domain Names – ICM Registry ended up extending the “final ... read more ...