A domain parking scam to avoid at all costs. Over the past year several Domain Name Wire readers have forwarded emails to me from someone promising to boost revenues to parked domains that didn't receive any traffic. I received one such email on ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Archives for 2010
ICANN to Neustar: Yes, You Can Own a Registrar
· Policy & LawRegistry-Registrar separation will create interesting circumstances for established registries. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz sent a letter to Neustar Vice President Jeff Neuman last week (pdf) regarding registry-registrar separation. ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Repossessed TZ.com Domain Name Snags $80,000 Bid at Sedo
· Domain SalesTwo letter .com domain name held by Domain Capital will sell this week. The domain name TZ.com is on auction at Sedo after receiving an $80,000 offer. TZ.com was previously financed with Domain Capital, a domain name financing company, but the buyer ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Squawk Box Squawks About Bank of America Domain Names
· Policy & LawPlenty of attention to recent Bank of America domain name registrations. Over the past few days the mainstream media has picked up on a story I first wrote about regarding Bank of America. The company defensively registered over 300 domain names ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Comparing Instant Transfer, Reg Path Domain Sales Services
· Domain SalesNew sales channels are opening up for domainers thanks to efforts by Afternic, GoDaddy, and Sedo. Over the past week Afternic turned up two new partners in its Afternic DLS Premium program and Sedo extended the beta of its SedoMLS program to large ... Continue Reading18 Comments
Top 10 Most Searched Domainers of 2010
· Uncategorized10 names in domains that got lots of search action this year. It's that time of year when you start seeing "top 10 of the year" lists, so let's get things started. This list is the top 10 people associated with the domain name industry (not ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Network Solutions and Register.com Slot .Co Second
· Domain RegistrarsBig registrars pushing .co as next best thing to .com. Last month Go Daddy created quite a buzz by briefly changed its default domain name search parameter to .co. Although Go Daddy and its competitors continue to offer .com first, two large retail ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Resin.com: Another UDRP That Shouldn’t Have Been Filed
· Policy & LawCompany files claim for domain name registered 12 years before it started using the "trademark". Here's another case of a domain name owner having to respond to an egregious UDRP complaint. Paper Denim & Cloth, LLC filed a complaint against ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Minnesota Company Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
· Policy & Law3DCafe, Inc. found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel has called out 3DCafe, Inc. for attempted reverse domain name hijacking in a case over 3DCafe.com. The complainant argued that it had rights ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Surprise: Domain Registrant Not Responsible for Registrars’ Parked Page
· Policy & LawUDRP panelist uses some common sense. UDRP complainants frequently point to the content of registrar holding pages as evidence that a domain name registrant registered the domain name in bad faith. It's a convenient argument that takes advantage of ... Continue Reading4 Comments