Md.org Sells for $555,655 in an All Time Record For Namejet.com - The two letter domain MD.org name just sold for $555,5650 in what we think is an all time record for a sale on Namejet.com
Interestingly its one of the only .Org domains to sell in the past two weeks on Godaddy.com or Namejet.com each of which had single letter and single numbered .org domains for sale with what appears to be reserves of $50K each.
We are pretty sure that bidding on Md.Org came down to National A-1 which owns Free.com (the Bidders name was Freedotcom) and the group that recently ... read more ...
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Fri 12th April 2013
Is National A-1 One of Bidders for Md.org? - The domain name auction for Md.org is still going on now topping $525,000 and it appears one the bidders is National A-1
National A-1 owns the domain name Free.com (now under privacy) and one of the two bidder for the domain name is FreeDotCom
As to the other bidder for MD.org my money is on the group that recently launched Md.com
Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
38 More New gTLD Pass Initial Evalutions: 1st Non-IDN’s Passed is .Play: .Church & .Mormon Pass Too - 39 more New gTLD applications have passed ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) and for the record the first non-IDN new gTLD extension to pass IE, is Amazon’s application for .Play.
Other applications passing today are for the generic .Party, .Energy, .Food
Some of the new religion new gTLD’s passed today as well as both .Mormon.and .Church passed IE
Other generic applications passing today are .Wedding, .Menu, .Camera, .Fishing, .Buy, .City and .Tech
On the brand front some domains passing IE ... read more ...
Nuovi domini e nuova categorizzazione della rete internet – Informazione.it -
Roma, 12/04/2013 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa) Come già comunicato in precedenza l’ICANN si appresta a cominciare una grande rivoluzione nel mondo dei domini internet aprendo alla possibilità di registrare nuovi domini generici (gTLD) delle più disparate tipologie e quindi a breve vedremo utilizzati i domini .app così come i .sex oppure i .apple così come i .ferrari .
Ogni estensione avrà un suo pubblico ed una propria specificità che porterà a categorizzare i siti anche in ... read more ...
Nuovi domini e nuova categorizzazione della rete internet -
Roma, 12/04/2013 (informazione.it - comunicati stampa) Come già comunicato in precedenza l’ICANN si appresta a cominciare una grande rivoluzione nel mondo dei domini internet aprendo alla possibilità di registrare nuovi domini generici (gTLD) delle più disparate tipologie e quindi a breve vedremo utilizzati i domini .app così come i .sex oppure i .apple così come i .ferrari .
Ogni estensione avrà un suo pubblico ed una propria specificità che porterà a categorizzare i siti anche in ... read more ...
Ambit.com Purchaed In 2010 Saved in UDRP From Billion Dollar Company - Ambit Holdings, L.L.C. who held a trademark on the term Ambit just lost a UDRP on the domain name ambit.com
The domain holder which also formed a corporation named Ambit some how was able to acquire a domain name in 2010, that the trademark holder with a BILLION dollars in sales failed to do.
Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel
Complainant is an electricity and natural gas service provider that serves residential and commercial customers, primarily marketed through a ... read more ...
Nokia & Mark Monitor.com Put adult Plum.com For Sale In SnapNames Auction - Nokia Corporation has put one of its domain names up for sale on SnapNames.com.
The domain name Plum.com is the Moniker Premium Spring Auction that just started a few days ago with a reserve range of $100,000-$250,000.
Its been along discussed topic in the domain community to what extent end users are involved in insider domain auctions and at least in this case, they are a seller.
It looks like Nokia purchased the domain in mid-2010 from a Hans Peter Brondmo of San Fransisco.
The domain name Plum.com ... read more ...
New gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse Launches In Anticipation Of New Era Of … -
ICANN, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers, has taken another step in expanding the number of
sanctioned top-level web domains (TLD). Domain extensions such as
.nike, .canon and .bank may now join the already existing TLDs,
including .com, .org, .net, .biz and .info, and are expected to be
activated within the coming weeks. ICANN has launched the Trademark
Clearinghouse (TMCH), a central repository designed to help brand
owners protect their marks from the many forms of ... read more ...
Domain Names Like .Food May Leave Bad Taste -
A group of the world's largest digital certificate authorities (CAs) is warning of potentially serious security and networking risks for businesses when Internet domain names ending in the likes of .food or .law soon join .com and other currently available suffixes.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is readying the release of thousands of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Approved domains could become available as soon as April 23. Therein lies an underlying cause ... read more ...
Exclusive access to gTLDs only if "it’s in the public interest" -
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Debate In Beijing: ICANN As Online Content Regulator? -
The publication by governments of additional safeguards for new top-level domains at this week‘s 46th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) sparked warnings that the private net management body should avoid becoming a content regulator.
With ICANN getting close to the start of new TLDs (like .web, .hiv, .berlin) last minute additions to the application procedure made by the ICANN management recently to answer complaints by stakeholders – for example, ... read more ...
The new gTLDs from ICANN are coming: plan, don’t panic -
By now, brand owners are probably aware of the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). They may have received literature from various sources about recording trademarks with the Trademark Clearinghouse and preparing for the first deployment of new gTLDs. There is no cause for alarm yet, however, and ample time to formulate a thoughtful, cost-effective strategy. We can help.
Updated Information
It is important to have the most ... read more ...
MiTek USA, Inc Withdraws All 4 Of Its New gTLD Applications Making it 43 Withdrawn Apps - MiTek USA, Inc. has withdrawn all four of its new gTLD applications.
The withdrawn is now reflected in ICANN’s website.
The four new gTLD’s applications were for .MII, .Connectors, .MITEK and .SAPPHIRE.
.Mii faced rejection as being too close to .Mil, the domain name extension for the US military.
MiTek was the only applicant for any of the 4 withdrawn new gTLD’s
The four withdrawn applications by MiTek make it a total of 43 new gTLD applications to be withdrawn out of 1,930 submitted applications.
Google+Michael ... read more ...
ICANN announces 263 new TLD objections on final list -
263 total objections filed against new top level domain applications.
As per the requirements of the applicant guidebook, ICANN has published a list of all new top level domain objections accepted for consideration.
Below is a summary. You can learn more about how these objections will proceed here.
String Confusion
67 objections based on string confusion were filed.
The top objector was Commercial Connect LLC, which has applied for .shop. It has objected to 9 IDNs ... read more ...
Bidding on MD.org tops $500,000 during NameJet -
Two letter .org domain goes sky high.
[Update: ‘winters’ one the auction for $555,650]
Two bidders are determined not to walk away from a NameJet auction for MD.org without their prize.
Bidding for the domain, which will end within a few minutes of either bidder giving up, topped $500,000 at 12:31 PM PDT.
Bidders ‘winters’ and ‘freedotcom’ are the only two participating since a $35,000 bid by ‘time25′ at 11:15 am.
As for why the domain is worth so ... read more ...
Demand Media passes a new TLD Initial Evaluation -
Company passes initial evaluation despite rule about UDRP losses.
Demand Media’s new top level domain company, United TLD Holdco, has passed the initial evaluation stage on one of its TLD applications.
The company passed the initial evaluation for Fish.com .fishing today.
Demand Media was the biggest question mark amongst big-name TLD applicants with regards to if it would pass initial evaluation.
Part of the initial evaluation is the background check, and passing ... read more ...
After losing UDRP, association pays NameMedia $34,910 for TribalWars.com -
I bet legal fees were included in this sales price.
The top sale on this week’s Afternic domain sales report is TribalWars.com at $34,910, and it’s an interesting one.
The buyer, Innogames, has an MMORPG called TribalWars. In 2011 Innogames filed a UDRP against NameMedia (technically against BuyDomains) for the domain.
It lost.
Now, two years later, Innogames has finally realized that if it wants a good domain is simply needs to pay for it.
Innogames has gone ... read more ...
Ticket Broker loses French Open domains -
French Tennis organization awarded 13 domain names used by ticket broker.
A UDRP panel has ordered ticket broker Ticketfinders International LLC to transfer 13 domain names to Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT).
FFT is the governing body for tennis within France. It also holds trademarks for the French Open, which is also called the Roland Garros tennis tournament and is played at Roland Garros Stadium.
Ticketfinders didn’t formally respond to the complaint, ... read more ...
26 finish user domain sales -
Here are 26 sales to end users on the Afternic platform last week.
Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales report, take a look at the details behind Afternic’s biggest reported sale of the week. It sold TribalWars.com for $34,910 to the company that tried to take it with a UDRP a couple years ago.
Here are other end user sales from Afternic:
Quicken Loans bought QuickenRealty.com for $1,277. It recently bought RocketLoan.com for $4,500, too.
Prosight Specialty ... read more ...
What domain JetBlue bought and a $120,000 finish user domain sale -
JetBlue pays little for a domain, but another end user pays dearly.
Sedo’s headline $120,000 sale of ConnectNow.com last week was (of course) to an end user. JetBlue also bought a domain through the service.
Here’s a list of end user sales on Sedo last week.
American Association of Young People bought yet another domain, Young-People.com, for $1,250.
Cargill acquired the domain Cargill.kr for 1,200 EUR.
Payment processing company First Data Corporation recently ... read more ...
Thu 11th April 2013
The story behind .Vegas – Domain Name Wire – Bayoubuzz.com - The story of how Dot Vegas, Inc. won the battle for .vegas and how it plans to bring the TLD to market. I recently met Dustin Trevino, CFO of Dot Vegas, Inc., and learned more about the company’s plans for the .Vegas top level domain. In this interview, the company explains the effort it undertook to get city approval for the .vegas top level domain, and reveals that it quietly obtained the blessing of Nevada’s then-governor for its bid.DNW: When did you start working on the idea for a .vegas ... read more ...
The story behind .Vegas – Domain Name Wire - The story of how Dot Vegas, Inc. won the battle for .vegas and how it plans to bring the TLD to market. I recently met Dustin Trevino, CFO of Dot Vegas, Inc., and learned more about the company’s plans for the .Vegas top level domain. In this interview, the company explains the effort it undertook to get city approval for the .vegas top level domain, and reveals that it quietly obtained the blessing of Nevada’s then-governor for its bid.DNW: When did you start working on the idea for a .vegas ... read more ...
Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Loses 21 Facebook Domains In One UDRP - Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings of Potomac, Maryland just lost a UDRP to Facebook, Inc on 21 domain names which it didn’t even respond to
The domain at issue were:
aboutfacebook.com
facebookbabes.com
facebookcheats.com
facebookclub.com
facebookdevelopment.com
facebookfest.com
facebookintegration.com
facebookjournal.com
facebookking.com
facebookland.com
facebooksafety.com
facebookstudio.com
facebookstuff.com
freefacebookapps.com
friendsonfacebook.com
fundraisingwithfacebook.com
joinusonfacebook.com
killfacebook.com
moneyfromfacebook.com
moneywithfacebook.com
newfacebookapplication.com
“The ... read more ...
About 252 million domain names added in 2012: report – Computer Business … - CBR Staff Writer Published 11 April 2013 Global registered domain names rose 11.8% year-over-year to 26.6 millionThe total number of domain names added to the internet across all top-level domains (TLDs) have reached more than 252 million during 2012, according to a new report.VeriSign's Domain Name Industry Brief report revealed that about six million domain names had been added to the Internet during the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), reporting a 2.5% rise over the 3Q12 and eighth straight quarter ... read more ...
Google dice che usera’ i gTLD con giudizio - Roma - Una lettera aperta ai vertici dell'Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), nel delicato processo di assegnazione dei nuovi domini generici di primo livello (gTLD) alle super-potenze private del Web. Bombardata dai suoi concorrenti, Google ha assicurato al registrar statunitense che la sua gestione dei domini .search, .blog e .cloud sarà all'insegna della flessibilità e dell'apertura alle comunità di utenti e sviluppatori.Nello specifico, l'azienda di Mountain View vorrebbe ... read more ...