Moniker customers can now list domains on Sedo’s distributed listing service.

Moniker customers can now list their domain names for sale on the SedoMLS system, the two companies announced this morning.

This is a big win for Sedo. Not only is it the biggest U.S. registrar to sign up for SedoMLS to date, but it’s also a key registrar in terms of inventory. Moniker has long been a domainer-centric domain registrar.

Moniker is also integrated with Afternic’s premium listing service, which means that its customers can now list on both platforms, greatly increasing their chances to sell domains.

I just logged in to my Moniker account and saw that the integration is live.

Fixed price Afternic listings to be featured on Go Daddy registration path.

Customers who sell domain names through Afternic are about to get a lot more exposure.

Afternic has struck a deal with Go Daddy to start showing its fixed price listings in the Go Daddy registration path. The listings will show up whenever someone searches for the exact domain name that is offered for sale.

The integration, which will go live later tonight or on Monday, will provide added exposure to domains sold through Afternic’s Expanded or Premium level that have a fixed price.

Go Daddy customers who wish to purchase the domains will be sent to GoDaddy Auctions to complete the purchase. The deal does not provide for instant transfer; domains sold will go through Afternic’s escrow process.

The exposure is similar to domains already listed with GoDaddy auctions, but domain owners will be able to just list on Afternic and manage all of their domains from one interface rather than listing through two systems and still get the exposure.

Afternic’s minimum commission is 15%. Customers who park their domain names with Afternic receive a 5% rebate on the commission.

The only TRAFFIC of the year is upon us.

This year TRAFFIC will host just one conference, which kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale.

Last year there was a TRAFFIC conference just about every other month. Combined with other domain conferences it was simply too much. Having just one TRAFFIC this year means a greater concentration of domainers and a bigger focus on business.

Here are five questions to be answered next week in Fort Lauderdale.

1. How will the auction perform? This auction will be different from most other recent live domain auctions for a couple reasons. First, there will be no online bidding. This should make the technical aspects of the auction go much smoother. Seriously, when’s the last time that a live auction with online bidding went smoothly? Second, domain owners could pay to get their domains in the auction.

The auction list keeps getting bigger — 120 domains at last count. This is a little long for my tastes, but a well run auction will go quickly. I think the numbers will be bolstered by a handful of registry owned .xxx domains.

2. Will the venue top last year’s? The Ritz Carleton will surely be nice, but I also liked last year’s hotel in South Beach. It appears the Ritz is actually across the street from the beach rather than right on it like last year’s (although there’s a bridge to the beach). Still, Rick and Howard have signed up to host TRAFFIC at the Ritz again next year, so it must be a sweet venue.

3. Will the event have class? Last year’s TRAFFIC in Florida had some moments we’d all soon like to forget, such as one of the show promoters yelling at a representative of one of the domain industry’s biggest revenue sources at a party. Hopefully we won’t see that this year. Also, let’s remember that the domain industry isn’t the adult industry. .xxx is the big sponsor. That makes sense. But I hope the entire conference takes into consideration that this industry has both men and woman, and not all like the adult entertainment industry.

4. Any big news? I’m hearing whispers of some fairly big company and product announcements in conjunction with next year’s show. We’ll see.

5. What will attendance be?Since this is the only TRAFFIC this year I’m guessing the total number comes in around 250-300.

If so, you might be in trouble.

If you have “Got Milk” domains, the milk man is a’coming.

The California Milk Processor Board, which has a trademark on the slogan, just filed UDRP cases against the owners of GotMilk.me and GotMilk.biz.

I’ve written before about the group’s frequent use of UDRP to get domain names including the “Got Milk” slogan. It recently won the domain GotMilkBand.com from a punk rock band that didn’t understand trademarks when it named itself.

All told the organization has filed claims on 22 domains, mostly within the past year. It won cases against the owners of domains such as GotHempMilk.com, YouGotMilkMoney.com, and MomGotMilk.com

The California Milk Processor Board currently has five cases pending at World Intellectual Property Forum.

ICANN releases audited financial statements for FY11.

Today ICANN posted its audited financial statements (pdf) for Financial Year 2011 (which ended in June). Here are some highlights:

Total assets grew to $100 million from $83 million the year prior. When accounting for liabilities ICANN has $80 million in “unrestricted net assets”.

ICANN has $29 million in cash.

It also had close to $52 million in investments (equities and fixed income) as of the end of June, but you can bet that’s taken a hit since then. It had a $6 million gain for the year.

Revenue increased from $66 million to $69 million.

Expenses nudged up about $1 million to $60 million. Personnel, travel and meetings were all up while expenses for professional services were down.