Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) took a proactive approach to domain registration for its Splenda product...or did it? Johnson & Johnson registered hundreds of domains related to its Splenda sugar substitute in 2005, as revealed by Sustainable is Good and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Johnson & Johnson’s Splenda Domain Name Strategy
· Policy & LawUB.com Top Sale at Silent Auction
· Domain SalesUB.com sold for $129,420 at Moniker's silent auction. The silent auction portion of Moniker's TRAFFIC auction has ended with $1,188,000 in sales. That brings the total auction value (live and silent) to over $5M. The top sale in the silent auction ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Invalid Whois? GoDaddy Charges $9.95
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawAdministrative fee "nothing new" according to GoDaddy. GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, charges a $9.95 administrative fee to contact customers after receiving a complaint of invalid whois information. According to Director of ... Continue Reading4 Comments
NameMedia Launches ActiveExchange Domain Sales Service
· Domain Sales, ServicesService expands reach of domain sales listings -- for a price. NameMedia, parent company of domain aftermarket Afternic, sales channel BuyDomains, and parking services ActiveAudience and GoldKey, just launched a new service called ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Microsoft Has Success Against Cybersquatters
· Policy & LawMicrosoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) scores judgements against cybersquatters. Microsoft is redoubling its efforts to go after cybersquatters (and specifically typosquatters) that have registered typos of its brand names, such as Microsoft and Xbox, according to ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy Makes Reporting Invalid Whois Easy
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawWant to report an invalid whois record? Just click the link. It's been a couple weeks since the story broke about the registration for FamilyAlbum.com being "deleted" by GoDaddy for an invalid whois e-mail address. Here's what we know: 1. GoDaddy ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Topix.com Sells for $1M
· Domain SalesTopix.net buys .com domain from Canadian firm. An article in today's Wall Street Journal confirms that the domain name Topix.com was purchased for $1M in January. The new owner is Topix.net, which receives 10M visitors per month. The company ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Sedo Announces Second Annual SedoPro Partner Forum
· ServicesDomain aftermarket and parking company's partner forum will be in New York this June. Sedo announced that its next SedoPro Partner Forum will be held in beautiful Mohonk Resort in New Paltz, New York directly before the TRAFFIC New York City conference ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Parking Pages on TrafficZ – will they help?
· ServicesLeonard Holmes of ParkQuick.com updates us on the latest in domain name parking. TrafficZ recently rolled out their new Website 2.0 templates. These templates look much more like a real website than anything I've seen so far. They also have two new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
February Was Tough Month for Domain Name Parking Companies
· ServicesTrafficClub, Afternic hit setbacks in domain name parking. I usually start each month by giving my results for domain parking for the previous month. This will be difficult for February's results. First, TrafficClub lost its DomainSponsor and ... Continue Reading2 Comments