Monthly Archives: March 2013

Tue 5th March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
Afternic Sells $1.3MM In Domains Names Led By LawHelp.com For $85K - Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,265,707 for the week of 2/25/13 – 3/3/13. The publicly reportable sales were led by LawHelp.com at $85,000, and followed by Racing.ca for  $39,200. RacingStuff.com also sold for $18,000. Based on the name servers, transaction date, and Canadian registrant there’s a good chance the purchase was related to the Racing.ca transaction. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Sedo.com Sells Over $1.35MM In Domains Led By WeddingInsurance.com for $50K - Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending March 4th, 2013. In all over $1.35MM domains were sold. The top seller was WeddingInsurance.com at $50,000 as previously reported by us, followed by Wholesale.co.uk for $30,000. In all, 842 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS. Below is the entire list of publicly reportable sales in their respective currencies: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Two More New gTLD Applications Withdrawn: .HEINZ & .KETCHUP - ICANN just posted on its site the withdrawal of two more new gTLD applications bring the total of withdrawn applications to 21. ProMark Brands Inc. withdrew the only two new gTLD applications it had for .HEINZ .KETCHUP. .KETCHUP had a Prioritization number of 737, and HEINZ had a Prioritization of 1345. It should be noted at this point, applicants still get 70% of their application back and that percentage drops to 35% after Initial Evaluations are released, which ICANN has promised to start releasing ... read more ...
 
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phaseeight.com Saved in UDRP But No RDNH Because Domain Was Parked - Phase Eight (Fashion Designs) Limited of London, just lost its bid to get the domain name phaseeight.com through a UDRP. Unlike the case we discussed yesterday, this panel was most concerned that nine years had passed from the date of registration to the date of the complaint. The panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) based on the fact that the domain was parked and registered under privacy. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi? - A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall,  Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and TelePod — among others.” ” Mobi is a simple play on the word “mobile”.” said Mr. Segall How valuable would .Mobi domains have been if the iPhone was called the Mobi instead, I think it would have made some earlier investors in .Mobi domains looks ... read more ...
 
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Sears Files URDP For 96 Typo’s Domain Names - Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo’s for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan “Shop Your Way” Here are the domain subject to the UDRP:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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The Independent Objector For ICANN’s New gTLD Program Decides Not To Object To Anything - As part of the new gTLD program ICANN provided it would establish an Independent Objector who could file an objection to new gTLD strings or applicants and May 14th 2012  on named Professor Alain Pellet as the  Independent Objector (IO). “Acting solely in the best interests of global Internet users, the Independent Objector may lodge Limited Public Interest and Community objections in cases where no other objection is made to an application that the Independent Objector deems to be objectionable. “More ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Bob Parsons lands during #974 on Forbes Billionaires List - Parsons is on Forbes’ latest billionaires list. Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons is one of the 1,000 richest people in the world according to Forbes’ recently released Billionaires list. Parsons is tied for #974 with an estimated wealth of $1.5 billion. That’s good enough for a rank of #328 in the United States. (Parsons has disputed the $1.5 billion number with Forbes in the past.) The bulk of that wealth came from building Go Daddy into the dominant domain name ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Interesting research on offered reward domain names - It can be difficult when you show alternatives available for $10. Matt Mazur of Lean Domain Search has posted an analysis of his results showing premium domain names for sale next to available-to-register domain name results. It’s an interesting read. After several months showing domains from Sedo’s inventory he has sent hundreds of targeted buyers but hasn’t made a sale. There are many possible reasons, and he points some of them out. One of the challenges ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
eHow-less on domain names - Check out eHow for some hilariously bad articles about domain names. Last month I wrote about eHow’s bizarre how-to article about “How to Become a Domain Broker“. It turns out eHow has a “wealth” of information on domain names. Unfortunately, it wasn’t written by eNom, which is owned by the same company as eHow. Which means most of the content is pretty bad. For example, you’ll find these three articles about the same exact thing: How to Get a Taken ... read more ...
Mon 4th March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
NiceCar.com For Sale For $100,000 Hit With UDRP - The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. Having said that we have often noted that almost every word, saying, expression and two and three letter combination has a trademark on it somewhere The domain name has a registration date of August 2000. The domain holder may not be helping himself with his landing page: Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in HU and tagged
Komoly változás a webcímekben - Látványos változások történnek majd a következő hónapokban a webcímek terén, a jelenleg 22 darab általános legfelső szintű domain (gTLD) mellé 1900 darab új végződés is jöhet. A legfelső szintű tartománynevek kiosztásért felelős ICANN még 2011 júniusában jelentette be a gTLD-k bővítésének tervét, a bejegyeztetni kívánt címeket tavaly január és május közt lehetett beadni. Az engedélyeztetési művelet ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in HU and tagged
Komoly változás a webcímekben - Látványos változások történnek majd a következő hónapokban a webcímek terén, a jelenleg 22 darab általános legfelső szintű domain (gTLD) mellé 1900 darab új végződés is jöhet. A legfelső szintű tartománynevek kiosztásért felelős ICANN még 2011 júniusában jelentette be a gTLD-k bővítésének tervét, a bejegyeztetni kívánt címeket tavaly január és május közt lehetett beadni. Az engedélyeztetési művelet ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
FNP wil Leeuwarden/Ljouwert area op LinkedIn - Integendeel, de FNP is van mening dat Friesland nadeel ondervindt in de strijd om de titel Culturele Hoofdstad 2018 omdat LinkedIn Friezen als Groningers of Almeerders typeert. In hun eigen woorden: "De FNP is fan betinken dat foar sa'n wichtige netwurkside in eigen fermelding foar Ljouwert nedich is. Mei de oantsjutting ‘Leeuwarden/Ljouwert area'  kin bygelyks de (kandidaat) Kulturele Haadstêd yn Europa foar alle profesjonals op LinkedIn sichtber makke wurde."Als Drachtster ben ... read more ...
 
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NameJet.com Publishes $475K In Domain Sales From February - Namejet.com just released some sales details for domain name that sold through the NameJet.com platform in February 2013. This list was described as the details for the domain sales “we are able to publish for Feb 2013″ The first three domains on the list were all sold by Tucows.com   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
 
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WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K - The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by  Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com Being married over 25 years myself I didn’t even know there was such a thing as wedding insurance but after Goggling the term its seems a big sector with plenty of advertisers under the keyword including many of the major insurance companies so it looks like a nice ... read more ...
 
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UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012 - In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012 and didn’t form his company in the state of California until 2001. The company  didn’t registered the domain it operates its business at until  2006 (shopurbanhome.com). The domain UrbanHome.com was registered in 1999. The domain holder lost despite showing that the principal of the complainant has been ... read more ...
 
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.Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic - WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premium name distribution for the .MENU top level domain (TLD). According to a press release we received today, .Menu “is targeting restaurants and food enthusiasts in its efforts to contribute to the evolving online culinary experience”. “Due to a favorable result at the ICANN TLD draw, .MENU and NameJet are prepared to open the sunrise period ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New lapsed domain manners go into outcome in August - Rules mandate practices to protect domain name registrants. The new “Expired Registration Recovery Policy” (ERRP) goes into effect August 31. This policy sets guidelines for how registrars treat expired domain names and how they must notify customers that their domains are expiring. Most notably, the rules will require expiration notices be sent at particular intervals and mandate that DNS resolution be interrupted after expiration. Domain registrars will be required ... read more ...
 
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Domains advise Chase readying “So You Can” - Company registering domains that include “SoYouCan” and protecting it as well. JP Morgan Chase is getting ready to unveil “So You Can”. It’s not entirely clear if “So You Can” is a new slogan or an actual tool or service, but the company has gone on a domain registration and acquisition binge. It recently bought the domain “SoYouCan.com” and multiple variants. It’s even protecting the term by registering “So You Can’t” domains as well. My ... read more ...
Sun 3rd March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
BankRate.com Buys CardOffers.com & Spends $34 Million On Domains & TM’s In 2012 - Bankrate.com (RATE) spent almost $34 Million Dollars on Domain names and trademarks in 2012. One of the 2012 acquisitions appears to be the large lead generation site, CardOffers.com which was purchased sometime in October 2012. Bankrate.com applied for a trademark on Cardoffers.com in October, 2012. The domain is currently showing as LinkOffers.com as the owner of the domain. In December 2012, the registered owner Linkoffers.com  went into privacy at Godaddy.com According to the an SEC filing on ... read more ...
 
Written by The MediaWizard's Blog in EN
The Next Step in Domain Names! New gTLDs explained. [Infographic] - Big changes to domain names are coming very soon. These new changes will open up a great abundance of online marketing and domain registration opportunities for small and medium size businesses. With so many domain names being registered every day, it’s getting harder to register your preferred domain name. Research shows that there has been a 600% increase in the total number of registered .au domain names since December 2002. There are over 2.5 million Australian domain names registered ... read more ...
Sat 2nd March 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
The Hottest Craze Is The Harlem Shake: Frank Schilling Knew About It Years Ago - The hottest craze in pop culture the past few weeks is the Harlem Shake which is certainly this years, Gangnam Style. If you Search YouTube for the Harlem Shake you’ll find more than 200,000 results. Although the world has just woken up to the Harlem Shake Frank Schilling knew all about it at least 6 years ago. According to DomainTools.com Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has owned the domain name HarlemShake.com since at least 2007 the oldest record domaintools.com has on file. However ... read more ...
Fri 1st March 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Google: Not All ccTLD’s Are Created Equally in Generic Search … - There is a very interesting video posted on YouTube.com from Matt Cutts of Google who answered the question about how ccTLD's are viewed by Google especially when they are being used as domain hacks. Here is the question: "We have a vanity domain (http://ran.ge) that unfortunately isn't one of the generic TLDs, which means we can't set our geographic target in Webmaster Tools. Is there any way to still target our proper location?" In the 2:30 minute video, Matt Cutts makes it clear that ... read more ...