http://domainnamewire.com News and Views for the Domain Name Industry Tue, 13 May 2008 17:08:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Car company isn't using its .mobi domain name. Luxury car manufacturer Acura owns Acura.mobi, but it isn't using it for its new mobile web site. Instead, an announcement in the company's most recent email newsletter directs mobile phone users to go to Acura.com. Unfortunately, typing acura.com on my Treo didn't bring ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/13/acura-chooses-com-for-mobile-web-site/ Website Magazine knows web sites. Not domains. Website Magazine is a great free resource for domainers looking to develop their domains. But don't turn to the publication for good advice on domain names. In the May edition, the magazine profiles "Website Magazine's Ranking of Domain Registrars" based on traffic to ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/13/website-magazine-ranks-domain-registrars/ Domain name conference lands at Disney World next week. The domain industry descends on Disney World next week as the popular T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference arrives May 20. This should be an exciting show, in part because many of the industry's top companies (Moniker, Parked.com, etc) have offices in Florida. ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/12/traffic-does-disney/ Domain parking and sales company announces location of next SedoPro event. Sedo has announced the location of its next SedoPro Partner Forum. This year's event will take place in Côte d’Azur in the South of France October 26-28. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on Cap Ferrat only a few miles ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/12/sedo-announces-2008-sedopro-partner-forum/ Is it worth trying to sell domain names on eBay? An experiment with Headcase.com. Everyone knows that eBay's domain name auctions are full of junk. I personally don't spend any time looking for domains there. But recently there have been some high profile domain auctions on the site. ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/09/update-selling-domain-names-on-ebay/ Registry for .mobi buys big-screen-to-mobile technology. .mobi registry dotMobi has purchased the intellectual property of Mowser, a defunct startup. Mowser essentially converts regular web pages into mobile friendly web pages. James Pearce, dotMobi Vice President of Technology, said, "When Mowser's founders decided to make the assets available, dotMobi was first in ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/09/dotmobi-buys-mowser-from-guy-who-doesnt-believe-in-mobile-web/ Public Interest Registry to raise wholesale prices of .org domain names. Public Interest Registry, the registry for .org domain names, has notified ICANN that it is increasing wholesale prices 10%. The annual wholesale price for .org domain name registrations will be $6.75, slightly below the $6.86 rate that .com domains ... http://domainnamewire.com/2008/05/09/org-domain-name-prices-to-jump-10/