Monthly Archives: February 2012

Thu 2nd February 2012
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JustDropped.com Releases App For iPhone - According to an email we just received the popular daily newsletter, JustDropped.com just released an App for the iPhone The newsletter has “well over 65,000 subscribers” and I have been using it for years as well. Here is the screenshot of the App available for free in iTunes Congrats to another South Florida domainer, Dan Rubin Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Sells GEB.com For 40,000 Euro’s - The domain name GEB.com just sold on Sedo for 40,000 Euro’s or around $50K. The seller appears to be a Gerard Brady. The domain is currently at Escrow.com awaiting transfer Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: Reports Say ICANN’s New gTLD TAS System Is Missing Applications - According to tweets from a couple of people at NeuStar, the ICANN TAS system is having problems today. Jeff Neuman of NeuStart Tweeted today: “Check your applications in TAS. Reports of missing applications- Our application 4 .Neustar is 1 of them” “”TAS also lost our “unique” ID which we got upon paying initial 5k. We need ID to pay remainder, fill out app see all apps.”” Ken Hanson of Neustar also Twitted today: “Check your applications in TAS this morning. Reports of missing ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy & .Co Stars In The CBS TV Show “Super Bowls Greatest Commercials” - Last night CBS aired a one hour TV show “Super Bowls Greatest Commercials” and Godaddy and .Co starred, taking up the 1st five minute the show. The show was co-hosted by Godaddy’s Spokesman Jillian Michaels who appeared frequently in Godaddy gear. Also appearing on the show were Bob Parson’s, and three Godaddy commercials including last year’s .Co commercial featuring Joan Rivers and this years .Co commercial,  Natalia Velez. Congrats to Godaddy and the .Co Registry on some great extra ... read more ...
 
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Occupy.com domain name sells - Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It’s not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois privacy. But the buyer definitely wants to capitalize on the movement. It started a logo design contest on 99designs that states: This logo will live on occupy.com and @occupy on twitter. It will go on billboards, on TV, in magazines, on sidewalks, ... read more ...
 
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How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500 - Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his co-founders wanted a name that showed “urgency”. They came up with Jitter, but thought that sounded negative. One of his partners was paging through a dictionary and found Twitter. Since Stone’s wife worked with animals, he immediately liked the name and knew its ... read more ...
 
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Tucows launches Ting mobile phone service - Tucows branches out, enters mobile phone business. Tucows, which owns one of the world’s largest domain registrars, officially launched mobile phone service Ting today. In a press release, Tucows CEO Elliot Noss said: “What people are forced to put up with from mobile service providers just doesn’t make sense. It’s too complicated, too opaque, too adversarial, too expensive and frankly too inhuman.” Ting offers simplified phone plans where you can purchase ... read more ...
Wed 1st February 2012
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Buyer of NBB.com For $95K Is Giant German Computer Reseller Notebooksbilliger.de - Last August we told you that the Domain name NBB.com sold for $95,000 on Sedo. The buyer of the domain appears to be the German Computer store, notebooksbilliger.de The domain name NBB.com is just being forwarding to the .de site. The site notebooksbilliger.de gets plenty of traffic already, has a PR of 5, an Alexa rank of 4,318 worldwide Since buying the domain name last year, Notebooksbilliger.de AG , applied for a US trademark on the term NBB on March 22, 2011 for the class: “Data processing ... read more ...
 
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Inside The Numbers: Sedo 2011 Sales Report Covering $85 Million Dollars In Domain Sales - Sedo.com published its 2011 domain name Sales Report (pdf) Here are some of the more interesting numbers out of the report: “In total, there were 39,951 domains sold across Sedo’s Domain Marketplace in 2011″ The total sales volume was $84,431,965. “80% of sales revenue consisted of confidential sales” “47% of traded domain names during 2011 were sold at prices at or under $500.” Only 6% of sales were $10K or more. “44% of all sales were .com domains” “18% were .De domains (of ... read more ...
 
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James Brown estate doesn’t “feel good” after domain dispute - Godfather of Soul’s domain name can stay with management company. The estate of James Brown has lost a domain arbitration case for the domain name JamesBrown.com. The domain is owned by LAC Management, Inc., which manages “RJ The James Brown Band”. LAC argued that James Brown gave at least his tacit consent for it to register the domain name. In its pleadings, the estate even admitted that Brown may have consented to the domain registration while he was ... read more ...
 
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KeyDrive acquires Moniker and SnapNames - Oversee.net sells off domain marketplace, expiring domain, and registrar companies. [Update: read this follow up story to understand what this means for customers.] KeyDrive, which owns domain name registrar Key-Systems as well as NameDrive, has acquired SnapNames and Moniker from Oversee.net. Combined, KeyDrive says it is now the sixth largest ICANN accredited registrar. Rumors about the acquisition have been swirling around DOMAINfest this week. KeyDrive has now ... read more ...