Tag Archives: skenzo

Tue 18th August 2009
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Ad.com Sale Falls Through, Lawsuit Filed - Seller files suit after $1.4M deal falls through. Ad.com owner Marcos Guillen has filed a lawsuit against Directi and Skenzo for backing out of its auction purchase of Ad.com. The sale caught mainstream attention when Skenzo bought the domain at Moniker’s TRAFFIC auction in Silicon Valley this past April for $1.4M. But immediately after the sale, issues started popping up. The exact circumstances leading to the failed purchase are not clear, although they are apparently ... read more ...
 
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Oversee.net Sues Skenzo, Oversee and Guillen Explain Their Sides - I don’t see this as a trademark issue. AOL’s claim of a trademark in a domain name I have owned since 1997, and I’ve been using it before for pay links and advertising, years before AOL claims of first use: example 1 example 2 AOL filed their trademark application after I agreed to list the domain name with Moniker for auction in September 2008. The ad.com auction was announced by Moniker on September 5, 2008… Then, AOL rushed to file their trademark application on September 24, 2008, ... read more ...
Mon 9th February 2009
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Fabulous Follows a 80/20 Rule - Parking company moves to invite only model. Domain parking company and domain registrar Fabulous is no longer accepting web applications for its domain name parking services and wholesale registration accounts. It will only accept referrals going forward. In fact, the sign-up button at Fabulous.com has been removed. (Fabulous customers who wish to transfer domains to buyers can send them a link to open a retail account). You’re going to start seeing more of this ... read more ...
Mon 22nd September 2008
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LogicBoxes Helps Domainers Set Up Domain Registrars - Long-running program being marketed to individual domainers. LogicBoxes has been providing consulting services to help companies set up their own domain registrar for years. But this week the company unveiled a new push to help individual domainers set up their own registry. Owning your own registrar gives your more security (remember RegisterFly?) and the lowest price since you don’t have to pay a registrar’s markup. Many large domainers, including Frank Schilling, ... read more ...
Fri 18th April 2008
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Survey: Sedo Top Domain Name Parking Service - For the second year in a row, Sedo tops the Domain Name Wire survey. Sedo is the top choice for parking domain names, according to a survey of 841 domain name industry participants. 48% of those surveyed picked Sedo as the best domain name parking program. Last year Sedo was the winner as well but only garnered 32% of the vote. In the 2006 survey Sedo only pulled in 19%. With domain parking in upheavel, Sedo has escaped relatively unscathed. Sedo provides ads ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2008
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Ask.com Advertising Feed In Limbo - Even “reduced” Ask.com feed may disappear. A number of domain parking companies were delivered a blow as of the first of this month when Ask.com discontinued syndicating its Google advertising feed. These parking companies were left with two options: take Ask.com’s own advertising feed (which has low click prices) or switch to another ad provider. Not coincidentally, Skenzo jumped to Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) this month. But a number of parking companies still use ... read more ...
Fri 29th February 2008
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Leap Day News: DomainSponsor, Ask.com, Skenzo - War for parked domains escalates. Happy Leap Day! Here’s some domain name news you can use… Adam Strong wonders “If I register domains today does that mean I don’t have a renewal date for next year ? Do I get 4 years for the price of 1.” Good question, Adam… …Domain parking service DomainSponsor announced a promotion for March. New clients will automatically receive a 20% bonus on their March payouts for all domains transferred to DomainSponsor. ... read more ...