Dan.com, Mike Mann and more newsmakers. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, as ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy is acquiring Dan.com - GoDaddy announced it is acquiring domain sales platform Dan.com. This combo could have ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Mike Mann sues to overturn UDRP decision
· Policy & LawDomainMarket asks court to intervene after questionable UDRP. Mike Mann's company DomainMarket, LLC has filed a lawsuit (pdf) after losing a UDRP for the domain name segurosmundial.com. Compañía Mundial de Seguros S.A., a Colombian insurance ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Mike Mann defends harima.com in UDRP
· Policy & LawChemicals company fails to get .com version of its domain through UDRP...and the price just went up. Domain investor Mike Mann's company DomainMarket.com has successfully defended the domain name harima.com in a UDRP. Harima Chemicals Group, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Make sure your contact info is updated when you sell a domain
· Policy & LawIf you don't, you could be on the receiving end of a UDRP. Mike Mann just lost a UDRP. That's what the record will show, anyway. But he actually sold the domain in the UDRP, WashingtonJournal.com, for $75,000 earlier this year. The new owner didn't ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Mike Mann gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
· Policy & LawOperator of Dollar City stores tries to argue "retroactive bad faith." Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended against a UDRP on his domain name DollarCity.com, and the panel found complainant Centroamerica Comercial guilty of reverse ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Mike Mann overturns UDRP decision in court
· Policy & LawDomain investor will keep SoundStop.com domain name. Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended his domain name SoundStop.com in court after a UDRP panel ordered that he transfer it. Blue Ridge Fiberboard, Inc filed a UDRP against the ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Berkens and Mike Mann cash in selling to end users
· Domain SalesMichael Berkens and Mike Mann both land on the end user sales chart this week. Michael Berkens can't quit domain name investing cold turkey. He bought YouCoin.com on DropCatch.com in December for $1,050. This past week he sold it for a whopping ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire
· UncategorizedDomains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Mike Mann and (more) economics of domain name portfolios
· Domain SalesWashington Post article provides more data on about domain name portfolios. The Washington Post wrote about domain name investor Mike Mann yesterday, and the article sheds more light on the economics or large domain name portfolios. Really, it applies ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Google buys AfricaConnected.com domain name from Mike Mann
· Domain SalesSearch giant acquires domain name from domain investor. Google has acquired the domain name AfricaConnected.com, likely for its efforts to bring internet access to more people in Africa. It looks like Google acquired the domain name with the help ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment