RegisterFly collapse creates headache for eNom's buyer. The Dummit Law Firm of Winstom-Salem, North Carolina is leading a class action lawsuit against RegisterFly, ICANN, and eNom after the collapse of RegisterFly left about 75,000 domains in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
RegisterFly Lawsuit Ensnares Demand Media
· Policy & LawMedian Domain Selling Price: $600-$750
· Domain SalesInformation from Sedo, along with an Afternic sales analysis, reveals that the typical domain name purchase is under $1,000. It's always bothered me that domain name aftermarkets reveal "average" sale prices for domains. Averages do not represent ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN: Let’s Learn from RegisterFly
· Policy & LawICANN is reviewing policies in the wake of the RegisterFly fiasco. Many in the domain name community are blaming ICANN for not taking action sooner against disgraced (and disaccredited) domain registrar RegisterFly. The company imploded earlier this ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Oversee.net Plans Future DOMAINfest Conferences
· ServicesOversee.net's popular conference will hit Amsterdam in May, back to L.A. for 2008. Oversee.net, parent company of domain name parking company Domain Sponsor, has announced its next DOMAINfest conference will be in Amsterdam May 16-17, 2007. The agenda ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Video.us Sells for $75,000, Sets Record Domain Sales Price
· Domain SalesVideo.us has sold on domain aftermarket Afternic for $75,000. Video.us has set a record for publicly announced .us domain name sales at $75,000. The transaction was executed through Afternic and was completed today, according to the sales logs at ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Fewer Ads Result in More Revenue for Domain Name Owners
· UncategorizedWant to boost ad revenue on parked pages? Try using fewer ads. By way of legendary domain investor Frank Schilling's blog, I came across a story about Google showing fewer ads on its search results pages. Google is showing fewer ads on its search ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Pro Domain Names Hit Record Prices
· Domain SalesFour .pro domain names have sold at Afternic for over $10,000 each. Four .pro domain names have sold at Afternic for at least $11,000 each. All of the domains are related to video: Movie.pro ($22,000), Video.pro ($35,000), Stream.pro ($11,000) and ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.Info Hits 4 Million Registrations
· Domain Registrars4 millionth .info domain registration occurred last month; registry releases stats. .Info domain name registry Afilias announced that the 4 millionth .info domain was registered on February 1, 2007. .Info was one of the first so-called "new TLDs" to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Whois Taskforce: New Rules for Maintaining Whois Data
· Policy & LawThe "Whois Taskforce" delivered its final recommendations to ICANN. The "Whois Taskforce" delivered its final recommendations to ICANN for changing whois going forward. The taskforce did not receive a supermajority vote on any of its proposals, but ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain Sniffing: Fact or Fiction?
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawDoes "domain sniffing", in which a third party registers domains you've searched for, really happen? I've always been skeptical that domain sniffing happens on a wide scale. Here's what domain sniffing is about: you query a whois site or domain ... Continue Reading10 Comments