Sedo has purchased GreatDomains; will use it as premium domain auction marketplace. Sedo announced today that it has purchased GreatDomains from VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN). At today's SedoPro Partner Forum, Sedo detailed its plans for GreatDomains. It ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Sedo Buys GreatDomains, Adding New Features
· ServicesDomain Name Industry Threatened
· Policy & LawPhil Corwin, representing Internet Commerce Association, discusses threats to domain name owners. Phil Corwin, representing Internet Commerce Association (ICA), addressed more than 50 domain name owners today at the SedoPro conference in New Paltz, New ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Wedding.net Snags $75,000 Bid
· Domain Sales$75,000 bid at Afternic triggers reserve for .net domain name. Wedding.net has received a $75,000 offer at Afternic, which has triggered the reserve and sent the domain to auction (see graphic below). The seller has a "buy now" price of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
SedoPro Partner Forum Kicks Off in New York
· ServicesMore than 50 of Sedo's biggest customers join together for event at New York resort. More than 50 customers of domain aftermarket and domain name parking company Sedo joined together in New York yesterday afternoon to kick of the second annual SedoPro ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NameDrive Opens Park & Sell to All Members
· ServicesDomain name parking service continues to innovate; adds buying and selling options. NameDrive has always been more than a domain parking service. It offers a number of ways for domain owners to monetize, develop, and sell their domains. When the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Name Conference Coverage Next Week
· UncategorizedDomain Name Wire will cover both domain conferences next week. I'll be attending both the SedoPro Partner Forum and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. next week in New York and will provide continuous coverage on Domain Name Wire. The SedoPro Partner Forum kicks off ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Proposal Suggests Changes to Domain Name UDRP
· Policy & LawCzech Arbitration Court wants to provide arbitration services; proposes radical changes. Ask any large company or small time domainer and each will tell you that the UDRP domain name dispute process is flawed. But UDRP doesn't have much reason to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain Name News Bytes – June 11, 2007
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Expired Domains, ServicesThere's so much going on with domains right now...here's a summary of news that has slipped through the cracks. Yet Another article from the mainstream press titled "Masters of their Domains". Seriously, someone should have trademarked that term. ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Flicker.com Receives $600k Offer
· Domain SalesNot-so-typo domain of popular Flickr.com service accepting offers. I've never understood why these Web 2.0 companies have such horrible domain names. It's hard enough getting people to remember your web address. So why drop vowels out of your domain? ... Continue Reading20 Comments
128M Domain Names Registered, VeriSign Release Domain Parking Report
· Domain RegistrarsTwo new reports from VeriSign shed light on the domain name industry. VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .net and .com domain names, released two new reports this month. The first is its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf). Here are ... Continue Reading2 Comments