Monthly Archives: October 2012

Thu 4th October 2012
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The New DomainNameSales.com Is Live & Here Are The Highlights From Mr. Schilling - A couple of hours ago the folks at InternetTraffic sent out an email that the new and improved,  DomainNameSales.com platform is up and running. I reached out to Frank Schilling for some of the details of what’s on the new platform: So from Mr. Schilling’s mouth, here you go: Redirect, disable, and change targeting of individual parked domains in real-time: We offer a URL forwarding setting in individual names should a user need to quickly direct a name to some place other than our landing pages ... read more ...
 
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Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchased For $2,500 - Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a whooping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple of day. Today alone Mike says he sold 14 domain names for a total of over $70K, including UpperPeninsula.com. Also sold according to his Facebook page in the last couple of days Mike DomainMarket.com also sold; HybridFiber.com for $10,500.00, Acquired: 2010-09-11 ... read more ...
 
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Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR - Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would have thought it would. The application was submitted on Behalf of Eli Lilley by Fairwind Partners. The second application now showing as being withdrawn as of today, is for the new gTLD .CHATR which was filed by Rogers Communications Partnership. This now ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy.com Kills Its Cloud Business As A Stand Alone Product - According to gigaom.com, Godaddy.com “has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product, according to an internal email shared with Gigaom.com by an anonymous ex-employee.” “After reviewing all of our hosting products, we decided to double-down on our shared hosting and site builder products and invest to win in these spaces,” it reads. “As part of this focus, we will discontinue Cloud Servers as a stand-alone product.” GoDaddy has confirmed the decision in an email to me ... read more ...
 
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The .Co Numbers Are In: Over 1.35 Million Registered .Co Domains: Our Chat With The COO - Its been just over two years since the .Co TLD launched and we reached out to Nicolai Bezsonoff, the Chief Operating Officer of .CO Internet, SAS the company that operates the .Co ccTLD to see if we could get some solid numbers on renewal rates and registrations. Not only did we get numbers but we got an interview with Nicolai.                                       By way of background Nicolai has been with the company since its inception, and was responsible for the transition ... read more ...
 
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L.A. association denied possibility to use dot.com bust Kozmo.com’s domain name - Kozmo.com may be defunct but it’s domain registration lives on. In July I wrote about how Los Angeles company Yummy Foods, LLC wanted to relaunch the Kozmo.com delivery brand. Kozmo.com was one of the biggest dot.com busts. It raised around $250 million in order to deliver a pack of gum to your house with no delivery fee. Yummy Foods has two trademarks for “kozmo” for delivery of food and other goods. But despite Kozmo.com going out of business over a decade ... read more ...
 
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$4M+ GiftCard.com seller is no foreigner to large sheet domain sales - Seller also sold CashBack.com to Microsoft. Yesterday Gift Card Lab announced that it had acquired GiftCard.com for over $4 million in cash and equity. The purchase was not just a domain name; it came with a long running business that also included the 1-800-gift-card vanity number. I confirmed with Gift Card Lab that it paid $4 million in cash and the equity was on top of that. But I also wanted to check in with the seller, Maynard Small. He confirmed that the sale ... read more ...
 
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Verisign wants obvious on “non-existent domain” research tools - Company files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The company filed a patent application (pdf) for “Traffic Like NXDomains” in March last year. The application was just published today. The application explains how its NXD tools benefit domainers: Maintaining and interpreting records ... read more ...
 
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Company sues to get Reinvention.com domain name - Marketing company claims domain infringes its re:invention mark. An Illinois marketing company called Reinvention, Inc. has sued data sampling company Reinvention, LLC, which owns the Reinvention.com domain name. The brief, five page complaint (pdf) claims that Reinvention, LLC is infringing on Reinvention, Inc’s trademark for “re:invention”. Reinvention, Inc. filed for its trademark last year and it was granted this year. It claims first use in commerce in ... read more ...
Wed 3rd October 2012
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UPDATE: GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars Cash Plus Stock - We wrote earlier today about GiftCard.com selling according to a press release for $4 million dollars. The PR chatted about stock plus cash but the buyer of the domain has confirmed that $4 Million in cash was paid for the domain, with the stock being a kicker (extra) compensation. This therefore becomes the highest domain sale of 2012. Here is the release: “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use ... read more ...
 
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DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with the Board Members Over .Africa. - In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on .AFRICA (DotAfrica) new gTLD Applications regarding Mr. Mike Silber and Mr. Chris Disspain, Members of the ICANN Board and the New gTLD Program Committee’s participation. “DotConnectAfrica had sent two (2) separate letters dated July 9, 2012 ... read more ...
 
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Huge week for finish user domain sales: UFC, USPS, Nuance, etc. - Big names buy domain names this week. All I can say is “wow!”. This was a huge week for end user domain name purchases. I honestly don’t recall a week with this many big names on the list. Many of the buyers are huge companies, ranging from Nuance to Enterprise. There are some other notable names such as United States Postal Service, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Keith Ferrazzi’s company Ferrazzi Greenlight. It doesn’t stop there, but I can’t mention ... read more ...
Tue 2nd October 2012
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000 - Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com HerbalZone.com each for $30K Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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240 Million Domains Registered: .Com/.Net Increased Just 1.6% Over 1st Quarter - Verisign released its  latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report,  for the 2nd quarter of 2012. The second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all Top- Level Domains (TLDs), an increase of 7.3 million domain names, or 3.1% over the first quarter of 2012. registrations have grown by 25.5 million, or 11.9 percent, year over year.1, 2 The base of Country Code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs) was 100.3 million domain names, a 5.7 percent ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million - Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.   Highlights of public sales include:   ·         Top .com: touring.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: buy.me at 115,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: onlinesportsbetting.org at 8,500 USD   Here are the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Hexonet Becomes The Lastest Registrar To Start Taking Pre-Registrations Of New gTLD’s - HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) announced today the release of its Expression of Interest (EOI) system to handle the burgeoning demand for yet-to-be-released new Top-Level-Domains (NewTLDs) from ICANN. With the cost and value of domain names rising, businesses, investors, and entrepreneurs are already looking for ways to be first in line as these domains are released. HEXONET’s EOI system takes nonbinding requests on future domain names to ensure clients are immediately notified and informed on ... read more ...
 
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ContactCenters.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com & Audiophile.com Sells For $14K + More - A few notable sales from the drop auction houses. ContactCenters.com sold for $15,000 on Namejet.com Audiophile.com Sold for $14,000 on SnapNames.com Speaking of Snapnames.com another nice domain, replace.com sold for $9K as well Raceway.com which also sold for $9K. Going back to September 1, the domain name Joblisting.com sold on SnapNames.com for $15,249, I don’t think I have seen it reported before. Back to NameJet.com the domain name sandybeaches.com sold for $3,001, steamrooms.com sold for ... read more ...
 
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Active 24: Roste zájem o českou doménu - Druhý největší český doménový registrátor Active 24 vydal statistiku nejprodávanějších domén nejvyššího řádu. Zatímco v minulých letech se česká doména .CZ stabilně držela na 60 %. Letos zájem roste na úkor těch ostatních. Zároveň roste poptávka po exotických doménách jako .AS, .TV nebo .CO.Důvodem může být podle Františka Grunta z Active 24 vyčerpaná a globálně nejpopulárnější TLD doména .COM. Zákazníci si také často drží své ... read more ...
 
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Another Killer Domain Hits The Market: Televisions.com - According to a press release out this morning Right Of The Dot™, LLC is the exclusive broker for Televisions.com. “The domain name Televisions.com, including a package of six other regional and top level domains will be sold exclusively through the broker Right of The Dot™,LLC, the domain name consulting, sales, and valuation experts.” “The domain names listed in this package include Televisions.com.cn, Televisions.com.mx, Televisions.es, Televisions.de, and Televisions.pl, Televisions.tv, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Domain registrations grow 12% to 240 million - Base of registered domains continues to grow. The total base of registered domain names increased nearly 12% year over year to 240 million at the end of June, VeriSign announced its its quarterly domain industry brief today. Country code domain name registrations continue to lead the way. There are now over 100 million registered country code domain names, an 18.5% increase over a year. The total base of .com and .net domains, which are managed by VeriSign, increased ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domains in September - Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top reported sale for last month is CashLady.com at $36,000. The domain name was purchased by PDB UK, a payday loans broker in the United Kingdom. Other top sales include: safetygloves.com $22,000 chinaindustry.com $20,540 democraticcapitalism.com $20,000 82.net $17,905 startime.com $15,000 ... read more ...
 
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Lean Domain Search adds business name generator (and it’s good) - Tool helps businesses come up with a name. Lean Domain Search, a domain name / web site name idea generator, has launched a new service that generates business names. Much like the existing web site name generator, the new business name generator checks names for domain availability, twitter handle status, and trademarks. So what’s the difference between a domain name generator and a business name generator? It’s subtle but important. Lean Domain Search creator ... read more ...
 
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.XXX registry ups ante in online porn corner fight - ICM Registry files counterclaims against online adult entertainment giant. Is it possible to have a monopoly on online porn? That’s part of the argument in a legal fight between porn giant Manwin and .xxx registry ICM registry. Last week ICM Registry filed counterclaims (pdf) against Manwin in response to Manwin’s antitrust lawsuit over .xxx. It’s seeking treble damages on at least $40 million in damages. ICM claims that Manwin grew to dominance with its free ... read more ...
Mon 1st October 2012
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ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin & Digital Playground For $120 Million - ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International, the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc, both of which filed suit against ICM and ICANN over the .XXX extension. ICM is asking the court to award it $120 Million dollars (treble damages), punitive damages, attorney fees and for injunctive relief. The counter claim is under several counts including  “Combination or Conspiracy in Restraint of Trade” , violation ... read more ...
 
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After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains - Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is now open for comments until January 7, 2013. You might remember that Nominet raised some £3 million which is over $4.5 Million dollars last year from the sale of one and two letter .co.uk. just last year. Twelve single letter web addresses fetched an average ... read more ...