Domains

SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 25th This is a big weekend for us retailers. Especially us stuff for the home guys. People will be spending hundreds of dollars on their yard and I’ll be taking it all in. Tired, sunburn, and ready for Vegas. That’s what I’ll be on Tuesday. Enjoy the day. “The only place where success comes before work is in ...
DomainShane.com - 2 hours ago

FairSearch Tells ICANN They Still Don’t Like Google Application For .Search In a letter sent by FairSearch.org (FairSearch) to ICANN they urge ICANN to reject the new gTLD application for .Search filed by Google even after Google changes their application to make it an opened extension. “I write to apprise ICANN that Google’s recent attempt to amend its .search Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) appli...
The Domains - 14 hours ago

Charity Auction Raises Over $5,600 I want to once again thank all of those who bid on domain names and services in the Domain Boardroom and Escrow.com sponsored auction that will benefit the American Red Cross. I especially want to thank the people who offered up their domain names and services. The auction raised a total of $5,655 in bids. [...]The post Charity Aucti...
Elliot Blog - 15 hours ago

Report: Paid Search On Travel Continues To Decline & Its Google’s Fault According to a blog post on adgooroo.com, in the first four months of 2013. “Paid search spend in the Travel category on U.S. AdWords is down in 2013. At $238 million for the months of January through April, it’s actually down 19% from 2012’s $295 million during the same period, which was down 17% from 2011. ...
The Domains - 17 hours ago

Aftermarket.com to combine parking and selling Thought Convergence’s domain marketplace will integrate domain parking and the company has switched ad feed providers. Aftermarket.com, the domain name sales platform by Thought Convergence, is getting ready to launch a combined parking and selling platform. In a blog post today, the company said it will start offering a parkin...
Domain News Wire - 18 hours ago

John Berryhill Says UDRP Panel Got It Right On Ron Paul’s Domains John Berryhill, Esq, PHD says that the UDRP panel in the Ron Paul Domain name case got its right. The decision has garnered a lot of Strong opinions, but Mr. Berryhill who has won more reverse domain name hijacking cases representing domain holders says the panel got it right and says that the UDRP panel that awarded HillaryClinton.c...
The Domains - 18 hours ago

Bloomberg Reports Google Facing New FCC Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads According to Bloomberg.com, Google is facing a new Antitrust Probe Over Display Ads by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission According to the story the FCC is looking into “into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition” The story goes on to say that the...
The Domains - 19 hours ago

91 New gTLD Pass IE: .NYC, .Microsoft, .GOP; .Kiwi, .Monster, .Berlin, .Youtube a Total of 91 new gTLD applications passed ICANN Initial Evaluation including 8 applications which were previously passed over. This is the most new gTLD applications to pass IE in a single week and ICANN is now processing 100 new gTLD applications up from 50 per week as they promised would happen in June. 139 FISHING ...
The Domains - 19 hours ago

Demand Media commits five TLDs to private auctions, but three are dead on arrival Demand Media throws five domains into private auction ring, but three are against competitors who won’t participate. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has committed five of its applied-for top level domains to the first private domain auctions to be handled by Peter Cramton. The five domains are .fishing, .green, .mom, .rip, a...
Domain News Wire - 20 hours ago

8 things not to do while at TRAFFIC Las Vegas So you bought your TRAFFIC ticket for Las Vegas, hopefully as an ‘early bird.’ Your hotel room is booked, and your flight ticket is neatly tucked inside your passport or other form of id. Domain conferences, such as TRAFFIC, offer the opportunity to many newcomers and veterans alike, to intermix, exchange ideas and engage...
DomainGang.com - 20 hours ago

John Berryhill Says UDRP Panel Got It Right Ron Paul’s Domains John Berryhill, Esq, PHD says that the UDRP panel in the Ron Paul Domain name case got its right. The decision has garnered a lot of Strong opinions, but Mr. Berryhill who has won more reverse domain name hijacking cases representing domain holders says the panel got it right and says that the UDRP panel that awarded HillaryClinton.c...
The Domains - 20 hours ago

17 end user domain name sales from Sedo last week Some expensive spring chickens and a cruise company were among last week’s end user domain name buyers at Sedo. Here’s a selection of end user domain sales from Sedo last week: A UK company called Spring Chicken Direct Limited bought SpringChicken.co.uk for a whopping 12,000 GBP. Online game company Greentube Internet Ent...
Domain News Wire - 20 hours ago

Domain offers that come with disclaimers are invalid It’s a very simple argument, really: don’t make an offer on a domain, that is tied to some silly disclaimer. Most lawyers will tell you that an offer on paper - real or virtual – is a binding offer. Want to invalidate such an offer? Accompany it with some made-up mumbo-jumbo that seeks various conditions [...]...
Acrot.net - 20 hours ago

Domain noobs: Here’s what domains you should avoid registering! It’s understandable: many newcomers to the wonderful world of domaining are eager to register variations of brands, mottos and slogans that are popular or en vogue. Only thing is, these are most often trademarked property of famous corporations. A striking example is this post at top domain forum, DNForum, where an apparent new...
DomainGang.com - 20 hours ago

Digimedia Launches Thankful.com To Share Expressions of Gratitude From Oklahoma Jay Chapman, President of Digimedia, a Oklahoma-based domain investment and development company, announced that the company launched Thankful.com this morning. Thankful.com is an aggregation of Twitter and Instagram messages from people expressing their gratitude for the support in the wake of the devastating tornados that struck Moo...
Elliot Blog - 20 hours ago

.Co In The News Again As Fastcompany.com Covers Quarterly.Co .Co domain names are in the news again today as FastCompany.com, has just covered Quarterly.Co which was founded by former GOOD editor Zach Frechette which already has over 8,000 Subscribers. “The startup is a way for admirably cool people like Pharrell or Joshua Foer to share the things they love.” Says FastCompany. Th...
The Domains - 20 hours ago

PortMedia Domains Represented By Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP For Arrigo.com Arrigo Enterprises, Inc. lost it bid to grab the domain name Arrigo.com away from PortMedia Domains who was represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The term Arrigo is a common Italian surname. The domain name was owned by the domain holder for 12 years and the Complainants trademark was first registered in 2012. The panel h...
The Domains - 22 hours ago

Afternic’s big announcement and 22 end user sales Afternic signs a big distribution agreement. Before jumping into this week’s list of Afternic end user sales, Afternic made a big announcement today. It inked a deal with Directi to sell its premium domains through Directi’s registrars. This means Afternic has deals with 9 of the top 10 domain registrars. OK, on to the sa...
Domain News Wire - 23 hours ago

Guardian Newspaper Acquires TheGuardian.com from Guardian Life According to an article on Media Week this morning, “The Guardian is set to change its numerous domain names including guardian.co.uk to theguardian.com as part of a shift to a global digital newsbrand and ongoing expansion in the US and Asia-Pacific.” This is a wise move for the company, and I am sure the acquisition of...
Elliot Blog - 23 hours ago

Actress and Author Joan Collins Loses UDRP Bid For JoanCollins.com For a second day a UDRP panel has denied the claim of a famous person to their matching .com domain name Back in February we told you that Joan Collins had filed a UDRP to gain control over JoanCollins.com Although the ruling has not been published as of yet today, the decision is in and its a loss for Ms. Collins. As we noted back i...
The Domains - 23 hours ago

Merlin Kauffman Sells TestTube.com To Discovery Communications For New Network Merlin Kauffman recently sold the domain name TestTube.com for an undisclosed price to the Discovery Communications who is using the domain name to launching a new online science network targeting young men, called TestTube.com. The domain name is owned by "Revision3 - A Discovery Communications Company" and looks like it transferre...
The Domains - 23 hours ago

Guardian Newspaper Acquires TheGuardian.com According to an article on Media Week this morning, “The Guardian is set to change its numerous domain names including guardian.co.uk to theguardian.com as part of a shift to a global digital newsbrand and ongoing expansion in the US and Asia-Pacific.” This is a wise move for the company, and I am sure the acquisition of...
Elliot Blog - 24 hours ago

PortMedia Domains Represented By Ari Goldberger Beats Back UDRP For Arrigo Arrigo Enterprises, Inc. lost it bid to grab the domain name Arrigo.com away from PortMedia Domains who was represented by Ari Goldberger of ESQwire.com. The term Arrigo is a common Italian surname. The domain name was owned by the domain holder for 12 years and the Complainants trademark was first registered in 2012. The panel h...
The Domains - 24 hours ago

SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th Starting to get excited about TRAFFIC next week merely for the fact I can use a break. It’s also been a while since I’ve been to Vegas. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone and to making a little money with Cyger at the craps tables. Gotta make it through the busy sales weekend known as memorial day. Here a...
DomainShane.com - 1 day ago

Applicants file 722 responses to GAC advice Applicants flood ICANN with responses to GAC advice on new top level domains. ICANN has published applicant responses to the Governmental Advisory Committees “Advice” on new top level domains. 722 responses were filed in total. Many applicants submitted the same comment on each TLD they believed was affected by the advice...
Domain News Wire - 1 day ago

Breaking: Ron Paul found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking Former congressman guilty of reverse domain name hijacking, says WIPO panel. Earlier today I wrote about how Ron Paul lost both of his domain disputes brought before the World Intellectual Property Organization. The disputes were filed against RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org and were both heard by the same arbitration panel under the Uni...
Domain News Wire - 2 days ago

Afternic & Directi Partner Up Afternic, announced their partnership with Directi, the largest domain registrar in Asia and seventh-largest registrar in the world. Directi will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner, incorporating Afternic’s vast inventory of premium domains for sale through their BigRock brand. This exclusive relationship brin...
The Domains - 2 days ago

Domain Boardroom & Escrow.com Charity Auction Update! I want to give a big thank you to those of you who placed bids on the auction to benefit the American Red Cross and another thank you to those who offered up domain names and services. I also want to thank the people who wrote blog posts about the auction as well as those [...]The post Domain Boardroom & Escrow.com Charity Aucti...
Elliot Blog - 2 days ago

H2.Co Launched By Linkedin Co-Founder & Ex-Google, Verisign, Apple Executives Another .Co is in the news today as H2.co announced its holding its inaugural meeting at LinkedIn’s global headquarters in Silicon Valley in October 2013. Talk about name dropping. Lets start with Reid Hoffman who is a Partner at Greylock and Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at LinkedIn Then we move over to Nayan Patel and Jef...
The Domains - 2 days ago

.Home and .Corp are not the only invalid TLDs that currently get queried They’re not as big, but several applied-for TLD strings get invalid queries. ICANN is investigating internal names used by corporations and how they might conflict with applied-for top level domains. .Home and .Corp are frequently among the top 10 queried invalid top level domains, but they aren’t the only ones. ICANN hos...
Domain News Wire - 2 days ago

Mike Berkens moves Move.me Domain investor and blogger extraordinaire, Mike Berkens, has apparently just sold the domain name Move.me. Registered to WorldWide Media, Mike’s umbrella corporation that manages domain assets, Move.me just entered escrow at Sedo. It looks like yet another multi-thousand dollar sale, as Mike’s known for sizable domain sa...
DomainGang.com - 2 days ago

Ron Paul loses disputes over RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org domain names Former politician denied relief in dispute over two Ron Paul domain names. Ron Paul has lost two separate domain name disputes filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization. The two cases covered RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org, and were part of a public spat between the domain owners, who say they are Ron Paul supporters, and ...
Domain News Wire - 2 days ago

Christian group upset by GoDaddy’s “Satanic numbers” The Church of Good Shepherd Martyrs, is a large non-denominational house of faith, located in mostly-Mormon Salt Lake City, Utah. Not quite a megachurch, and yet counting several thousand members, the Church of Good Shepherd Martyrs delivers its religious messages both directly and via its web site. Registered at GoDaddy, TheChurchOf...
DomainGang.com - 2 days ago

Ron Paul Loses Both UDRP’s On Ronpaul.com and Ronpaul.org In two UDRP decisions that are expected to be published later today, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) denied Congressman’s Ron Paul, bid to obtain the domain names RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org The Congressman filed two UDRP’s one for both of the domain name RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org against Whois Priva...
The Domains - 2 days ago

Bargain.com domain name sells for $150,000 After many times on the auction block, Bargain.com finally sells. Bargain.com sold for $150,000 during the Hilco Streambank auction yesterday. There was only one bidder for the domain. Bargain.com had been offered for sale previously through both Sedo and Moniker, but with a much higher asking price. The last time it was offered at a...
Domain News Wire - 2 days ago

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