Live Current Media sale of Leisure.com may be in the works. The whois information for Leisure.com has changed, signaling a possible sale by Live Current Media (livc.ob). The whois record for the domain name on December 22 showed Live Current Media; on ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Archives for December 2009
2009 Domain Dunce Award: Parava
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name registrar shuts down, exposing a host of unknown problems. It wasn't quite RegisterFly, but the fall of domain name registrar Parava this year was a stark reminder that the domain registration business remains poorly regulated with lax ... Continue Reading6 Comments
A Belated 2008 Domain Dunce: John Berryhill
· UncategorizedBetter late than never, here's a 2008 Domain Dunce Award. What do you mean today is Wednesday?This week I've run a series of posts with Domain Dunce Awards for 2009. But there was one I missed last year that is worth giving a retroactive award for. ... Continue Reading11 Comments
TRAFFIC Networking Campaign Nets 250 Requests
· Services"Who do you want to meet" campaign successful. As you heard on DNW Radio, networking is the biggest reason people go to domain name conferences. With that knowledge, Rick Latona's team came up with an ingenious advertising campaign for TRAFFIC Las ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2009 Domain Dunce Award: .CM Launch
· UncategorizedA controversial "relaunch" goes awry. .CM, the country code top level domain name for The Republic of Cameroon, has a storied history amongst domainers. Kevin Ham struck a deal to wildcard the domain name, sending lots of typo traffic of .com domain ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Kiev.com Sells for $88,000
· Domain SalesUkranian geo domain tops sales chart. Kiev.com, a domain for the capital of Ukraine, has sold for $88,000 at Sedo. The domain represents the top completed sale at the sales venue over the past two weeks. Russia.eu (European Union country code domain) ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Top 10 Domain Name Wire Stories of 2009
· UncategorizedA look back at the year in domain news. As 2009 draws to a close, here's a look at the top 10 stories on Domain Name Wire this year, as measured by traffic. Of course, traffic doesn't equal importance... 10. Toys.com, Birthdays.com, Hobbies.com ... Continue Reading2 Comments
iGuide for Apple Tablet? Not Likely.
· UncategorizedDomain records show Apple connection to iGuide.com unlikely. If you're one of the many Apple bloggers out there, your holiday season has been filled with speculation about Apple's upcoming tablet. The consensus is that will be called iSlate, since ... Continue Reading1 Comment
2009 Domain Dunce Award: SnapNames Due Diligence
· Expired DomainsDue diligence in expired domain company acquisition missed a couple big problems. Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence is thankless work. You have to learn everything about a company, including things about it that its current owners don't know, in ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Altria Gearing Up to Sell Marijuana?
· Policy & LawCompany files case against owner of marijuana domain names. Altria Group, the parent company of tobacco company Philip Morris USA, has filed an arbitration proceeding to get the domain names AltriaMarijuana.com and AltriaCannabis.com. Is the ... Continue Reading19 Comments