Domain name aftermarket has big week including two six figure domain sales. Domain name aftermarket Sedo is reporting the sale of Tell.com for $400,000 as part of a big week of domain sales. The company rang up 110,000 EUR for Auto.es as ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Archives for June 2008
GoDaddy Bans Employees from Bidding on TDNAM
· UncategorizedDomain registrar changes policy on employee bidding. GoDaddy has changed its policy on employees bidding in TDNAM domain name auctions after a firestorm erupted last week (and over the weekend). Domain Name Wire's original story, which was based on ... Continue Reading20 Comments
ICANN Fee Rule Change Won’t End Domain Tasting, Frontrunning
· Policy & LawICANN's recent rule change will have mixed results. ICANN recently moved a step further to changing how it handles refunds for domain names in conjunction with the registry. Currently, ICANN charges a 20 cent fee per domain name registered. However, ... Continue Reading9 Comments
.UK Registry Nominet Gets Nominet.com
· Policy & LawRegistry for United Kingdom domain names gets .com version of its name through UDRP. Nominet, the registry responsible for managing the .uk country code domain name, has won the domain name Nominet.com through arbitration at World Intellectual Property ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Don’t Panic. Now is the Time to Invest.
· UncategorizedMuch like in the stock market, the time to buy in the domain market is when domains are "on sale." Fear. Worry. Panic. Those are common words to describe the U.S. stock market these days. And it's becoming the word of the day in the domain name ... Continue Reading8 Comments
What Does ICANN’s ‘Yes’ Vote Mean to You? Not Much.
· Policy & LawICANN's decision to liberalize the process for adding new TLDs won't have much of an affect on you, unless you manage trademarks. Today ICANN voted to liberalize the process and acceptance of new top level domains (similar to .info and .asia). What ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Arbitration Panel Punts on All.com
· Policy & LawAll.com domain dispute denied by WIPO panel; forgery claims too much to handle. A three member WIPO panel has denied a complaint for the domain name All.com, saying the case is outside of UDRP's scope. The case involves an alleged sale of the domain ... Continue Reading6 Comments
GoDaddy Group Registers 30 Millionth Domain Name
· Domain RegistrarsRulesofSaving.com, registered by a Connecticut man yesterday, pushes company over milestone. A tip of the hat to GoDaddy Group, which runs GoDaddy.com, Wild West Domains, and Blue Razor, for crossing the 30 million domains registered mark. This number ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Overcoming RSS (Repetitive Statistics Syndrome)
· UncategorizedA look at a common affliction among domainers. Thousands of people suffer daily from Repetitive Statistics Syndrome (RSS). RSS is an obsessive compulsive disorder that involves checking revenue statistics from programs such as Google Adsense and ... Continue Reading8 Comments
BerryHill Gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Charge Against Italian Company
· Policy & LawLawyer defends Gregory Ricks on Decal.com, wins RDNH charge. Domain name lawyer John Berryhill has successfully defended famed domainer Gregory Rick's Decal.com domain name, as well as getting a charge of reverse domain name hijacking against Italian ... Continue Reading16 Comments