Monthly Archives: February 2013

Wed 13th February 2013
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23 finish user domain name sales - Buyers include two public companies. Here is a list of end user domain sales through the Afternic platform last week. Onesta Restaurant Consultants paid $1,488 for RestaurantAdvisors.com Ottawa landscaping company Instant Lawns bought InstantLawns.com for $3,500 to go with its InstantLawns.ca domain name. Online fundraising service YouCaring.com paid $1,500 for HeroPages.com Event and travel company Wyndham Jade bought RoomLogic.com for $1,500. Documentary film maker ... read more ...
Tue 12th February 2013
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Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Names - Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/4/13 – 2/10/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,015,525. A pretty unimpressive list of domains, but congrats to all Sellers and Buyers. Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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HOSTING.com Rebrands By Dropping The .Com - In what I consider to be another head scratcher, Hosting.com has dropped the .com from its brand and re-branded to just HOSTING. According a press release posted on the companies website, “”HOSTING, formally Hosting.com, a leading provider of enterprise-class, managed cloud hosting services, announced its new company name, new logo, and new branding that reinforce its commitment to midsized enterprises running mission-critical applications in the Cloud”. “After several acquisitions in the ... read more ...
 
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University Of Oklahoma Files Federal Lawsuit Over SoonerNetwork.com - According to newsok.com, the University of Oklahoma has filed a federal lawsuit over the domain name, soonernetwork.com. According to the story, the domain name is owned by Hugh Michael Glenn. “The lawsuit alleges Glenn bought the domain name with the intent of selling it to OU at a profit, a process known as cybersquatting. The university is seeking an injunction barring Glenn from using any of OU’s trademarks in the future. OU also is seeking $100,000 in damages, any profits Glenn has received ... read more ...
 
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Joan Collins Files UDRP For The Domain Name JoanCollins.com - Joan Collins, a movie and television actress who starred in Dynasty and the author of over 10 books just filed a UDRP to get the domain name JoanCollins.com Ms. Collins full name is Joan Henrietta Collins Gibson. Joan Collins official site is Joancollins.net.  Ms. Collins sister Jackie, who is also an author, owns the domain name JackieCollins.com The complaint for JoanCollins.com, was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The domain name is showing an original registration ... read more ...
 
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Cincinnati Zoo gets CincinnatiZoo.com eleven years later - Zoo moved slower than a turtle but will now get CincinnatiZoo.com. It took them a while, but one of the nation’s oldest zoos now has its .com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered the domain name CincinnattiZoo.com be transferred to the Zoological Society of Cincinnati, dba Cincinnati Zoo. The zoo has used the domain name cincinnatizoo.org since 2001, which was the same year the .com was registered. A lot of people likely went ... read more ...
 
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Colbert for pope? Over 100 “pope” domains purebred yesterday - A retiring pope? Some smell a profit opportunity. After the sudden resignation of Pope Benedict XVI yesterday, I wrote about some of the likely names for the next pope and their registration status. (Hint: they’re all registered.) Although the likely names were taken long ago, that didn’t stop people from registering over 100 .com domain names yesterday that included “pope”. A lot of the domains are bets on who might be next, including popejuliusiv.com, popeposterous.com, ... read more ...
 
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Do domain companies hatred bloggers? - I can’t blame them much of the time, but it’s a two way street. Over the weekend I read Shane Cultra’s write-up of Webfest. (Great seeing you Shane, by the way.) It was a good write-up, especially his last point: The domain companies don’t like the bloggers that bitch all the time. Several conversations included companies asking why we don’t try and contact them directly before writing. I’ll give one example. Talking to the nice representatives from ... read more ...
Mon 11th February 2013
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Snap Cancels Auction For Glue.com 4 Days After It Was Suppose To End W/ $22K Bid - Last week an auction started for the domain name Glue.com. The domain name that was in Pending Delete Status since January went into auction on Monday of last week, February 4th and immediately had a high bid of $5,265 Through MostWantedDomains.com, I placed what was then a high bid of $20,000 which was quickly exceed. The last bid I saw on this domain was $22,000 and the auction was scheduled to end on February 7th at 3:15 Sometime between the 6th and 7th the domain name disappeared from the bidding ... read more ...
 
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If Apple Plans On Naming Its Smart Watch a iWatch, Anything.com Is Going To Be Happy - This weekend big tech buzz has been about an Apple smart watch. If Apple is going ahead with the product is most likely going to be called an iWatch. Anything.com which owns one of the best domain name portfolios in the world, happens to own iWatch.com as well. Actually Anything.com is the original registrant of this domain name back in 1998, which was three years before Apple even came out with its first “i” product, the iPod which came out in 2001. As for the domain name smartwatch.com it is ... read more ...
 
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Cardinals group to Rome as domainers group to their keyboards - Want to register the domain of the next pope? You’re probably too late. After the shocking news that Pope Benedict is resigning, the rush is on to figure out the “name” of the next pope and to register the corresponding domain names. You’re probably too late, at least if the next pope takes one of the likely names. Here’s a run down: Pope Clement XV An Illinois man was quick on the news today, registering PopeClement.com as soon as the news of Pope Benedict’s ... read more ...
 
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Religion drives Afternic’s large sales week - Religious domain names fill the collection plate. Afternic had a big week-before-last, selling nearly $1.6 million worth of domains. It typically sells around $1.0 million, but was aided by several high dollar sales. Two of the big sales were religious — Pastor.com for $45,000 and Pulpit.com for $25,000. The owner of Sermons.com and Clergy.net bought Pulpit.com for $25,000. Although Pastor.com is still in escrow, I’d bet its the same buyer. Another big sales was ... read more ...
 
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AdExchange.com and other finish user domain sales - An ad exchange buys AdExchange.com and more end user domain sales. I was at Webfest all last week so I’m behind on end user sales reports. Here’s last week’s Sedo end user report. Think Money Group Limited in the UK bought InvestmentsDirect.co.uk for 1,000 GBP. TV gaming company NetPlay TV Group Limited paid 7,000 GBP for SuperSports.co.uk. Online advertising company Hi-Media bought the category-defining domain name AdExchange.com for $12,000. Redfinger Trading ... read more ...
 
 
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gTLD Strategy Congress takes figure with Google, .Boston, and more - More speakers announced for new top level domain conference taking place in March. Next month’s Digital Marketing gTLD Strategy Congress is coming together nicely with more speakers and representatives from large TLD applicants. The event takes place in New York City March 11-12. First, L’Oreal has switched speakers to Brigitte King, Senior Vice President. Her keynote is called “The L’Oreal Story: Building Beauty Brands with Digital, Data and Direct Relationships”. ... read more ...
Sun 10th February 2013
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.TheHartford Becomes The 14th WIthdrawn New gTLD Application - .TheHartford has become the 14th new gTLD application to be withdrawn by the applicant according to ICANN’s Site. The applicant for the new gTLD was the Hartford Fire Insurance Company who planned to operate the registry on a closed basis to “enhance The Hartford’s web presence by emphasizing The Hartford’s brand, products and services”. Here is how the insurance company described the purpose of the new gTLD: ‘.The Hartford will be used to “provide Hartford-licensed, appointed and⁄or ... read more ...
 
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Web.com Owner Of Registrars Network Solutions & Register.com Reports: Stock adult 12%+ - Web.com (WWWW) reported its earnings for announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012. on Friday and had investors buying shares of the company rose over 12% to $18.19 Fourth Quarter and Recent Business Highlights: Web.com’s total net subscribers were 3,009,000 at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 18,000 from the end of the third quarter. Web.com’s average revenue per user (ARPU) was $13.77 for the fourth quarter of 2012, representing a sequential ... read more ...
Fri 8th February 2013
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UDRP Roundup: China’s Sohu Gets Control Of Sohu.Tv: Wells Fargo Gets 31 Typos - TheAsian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre  just gave the domain name Sohu.tv to Beijing Sohu Internet Information in a UDRP decision. The domain holder didn’t respond The domain name is question was registered back in 2005. Sohu  was founded in 1996 and the trademarks were registered as early as 1999.   Sohu network was selected as 1998 and 1999 Top 10 Chinese Internet Networks by China Internet Information Center. The one member panel said in awarding the domain. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Apuestas.com (Spanish For Bet) Sells For 165,000 Euro’s On Sedo.com - The domain name Apuestas.com just sold on Sedo.com for 165,000 Euro’s or $220,000 Apuestas is a Spanish word that translates into “bet” in english. The seller was  Apuestas Limited. The domain has an original registration date of 2001. The domain name has been used as a parked page for many years     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Stratfor aims to take down site about hack - Intelligence firm wants to take down site that discusses 2011 hacking incident. Stratfor Enterprises, LLC, an intelligence firm that was famously hacked in 2011, is trying to get control of a domain commemorating the attack. The company has filed a complaint with World Intellectual against the owner of Stratfor.co. Stratfor.co shows an image of what Stratfor.com looked like after it was hacked and defaced in 2011. The hack, carried out my members of anonymous, resulted ... read more ...
Thu 7th February 2013
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Breaking: IFFOR’s Tax Return: Only $208K In Revenue From .XXX; Are 90% Of All .XXX Registration Defensive? - The 2011 Tax return for IFFOR has been filed and our friend George Kirikos of Leap.com found it (pdf) So IFFOR’s tax return is important for two reasons. First IFFOR return shows us how how much money the non-profit, which is suppose to receive $10 for each .XXX registration, actually received from ICM the operator of the .XXX TLD and how IFFOR spent the money. Second the return is important to see how the money ICM the registry operator of the .XXX TLD  paid to IFFOR matches up to ICM reported ... read more ...
 
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Sedo 2012: Domain Market Study: 36K Transactions; Ave Sale $1,885 - Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its Annual Domain Market Study with Q4 2012 review, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. In 2012, Sedo powered 36,181 transactions in its domain marketplace with a mean average price of $1,885 across all sales, and a median price of $600. In the 4th Quarter of 2012 Sedo’s transactions totaled just over 16 Million in domain names. Total sales ... read more ...
 
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Woman arrested after being indicted of holding former employer’s domain names - Woman accused of taking control of domain names she registered on behalf of former employer. A Steamboat Springs woman has been arrested for theft after allegedly taking control of her former employer’s domain names. The news was first reported in Steamboat Today. Donna “Tonie” Roberts was given a company credit card and was asked to register domains for Ghost Ranch Restaurant when she was employed there. After she left, she allegedly called Go Daddy to “shut ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Snapnames Auction hauls in $564k - Two letter domains headline domain name auction in Los Angeles. The Moniker Snapnames auction during Webfest Global yesterday sold $564,365 worth of domains. The high sales total was aided by two two-letter domain names: JF.com at $240,000 and XU.com at $210,000. Both domain names sold to online bidders. 22 of the 61 lots sold. As usual, I expect some of the unsold domains to sell in the weeks and months after the auction. An extended auction featuring 231 domain ... read more ...
 
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Dick’s Sporting Goods buys 3 domain names for $395,000 - Retailer purchases sports-related domain names. Sporting goods giant Dick’s Sporting Goods has purchased three sports related domain names for $395,000. Garry Chernoff sold Runners.com, SportGear.com, and SportsGear.com to the company in a package. The deal was brokered by Andrew Hunovice, who previously helped Chernoff sell BowlingBalls.com for $225,000. You can read about some of Chernoff’s other sales here. Chernoff’s exciting story about getting into the ... read more ...