Law creates a civil penalty for registering person's name with intent to sell it to them. In May 2006, Domain Name Wire reported that New York state senator Betty Little, R-Queensbury, was working on a bill to make cybersquatting on a person's name ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Archives for August 2007
Tucows Revenues Falls Short, Stock Tumbles
· Domain RegistrarsShares of domain name company Tucows are down over 15% in early trading after announcing earnings. Domain name company Tucows reported lower than expected revenue growth for the second quarter of 2007. Its shares (AMEX: TCX) are down $.20 to $1.01 USD ... Continue Reading5 Comments
$200,000 Sofa.com Domain Name Stolen by Employee
· Policy & Law$200k sale of Sofa.com in 2005 was unauthorized by employer. The Sheboygan Press is reporting that a Sheboygan man was charged with selling his employer's domain name for $200,000 and using corporate credit cards to finance international trips with a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Moniker Silent Auction Kicks Off
· Domain SalesAuction features over 2,000 domain names. Moniker's second Internext Expo domain name auction, geared toward adult webmasters, pulled in close to $700,000 in sales during the live auction. The silent auction has started and ends Thursday. Over 2,000 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Parking Empire offers a CPA program for Domainers
· ServicesLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick provides a domain name parking update. It had to happen. The developers of CPA Empire are now offering a CPA-based program just for domainers. Parking Empire is essentially a spin-off of CPA Empire. The company ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Why Is There No Transparency for Domain Parking Ads?
· Policy & Law, ServicesGoogle Adwords placement reports are purposely vague about ads on parked domain names, but why? I just finished reviewing a Google Adwords "placement" report. This new report was introduced a few months ago to let advertisers see which pages their ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Gibraltar.com To Sell for $360,000 or More
· Domain SalesThe domain name Gibraltar.com has received a $360,000 offer at domain name aftermarket Sedo. Gibraltar.com has received a bid for $360,000 at Sedo and the reserve has been met. This domain was auctioned in Sedo's first Great Domains auction, but like ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Are GoDaddy and Afilias The Right Combination to Run .us?
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy and Afilias have made a bid to run .us. Are they the right parties to run this important domain? Domain registrar and webhosting company GoDaddy and registry Afilias have formed a joint venture to make a bid to run the .us country code domain ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Modern Domainer Magazine Ships First Issue
· ServicesNew domain name magazine ships first issue. Modern Domainer, a new domain name magazine, will arrive in domainers' mailboxes soon. The cover story for the August issue of Modern Domainer is called "Untangling the Web of Domaining" and provides ... Continue Reading7 Comments