An auction for Remit.com will end Monday. Remit.com has received an $81,000 bid on Sedo and an auction for the domain will end on Monday. This will be one of the biggest sales since Sedo added the auction format. The biggest Sedo auction sale to date ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Remit.com snags $81,000 bid on Sedo
· Domain SalesDOMAINfest Global – by Domainers or by DomainSponsor?
· ServicesThere's a new domain conference scheduled for early February in Los Angeles. DOMAINfest Global is using the slogan "The conference for domainers. By domainers." The cost is $395 before January 1, $795 after January 1. DomainSponsor members may receive a ... Continue Reading6 Comments
TrafficClub Domain Parking RPM tops $100
· ServicesTrafficClub, the domain parking aggregation service from Moniker, delivered an RPM over $100 in November. My results from TrafficClub in November were astonishing -- an RPM (revenue per thousand views) of $123.72! This is by far the highest RPM I've ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ICANN Denies .Travel DNS Wildcard Request
· Policy & LawThe Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has denied Tralliance Inc.'s request for a DNS wildcard for the .travel domain. Tralliance is the registry in charge of the .travel domain, a rarely used top level domain name. The ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN Seeks Comments on Whois Task Force Report
· Policy & LawThe Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is seeking public comments about the latest report from its Whois task force. The public is invited to comment on the Preliminary Task Force Report on Whois Services, which discusses a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Registrations hit 112 million
· Domain RegistrarsVerisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) is reporting that over 112M domains have been registered as of the end of Q3 2006. A record number of domain names are now registered, at 112 million, which is 30% higher than just one year ago and 6% higher than the previous ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Marchex may have $24M in trademark domains
· Policy & LawDomain name giant Marchex may be holding up to $24M in trademark-infringing domains. David Kesmodel's expose on domain company Marchex (NASD: MCHX) continues to dig up dirt. After discovering that the company was monetizing a number of trademark typos ... Continue Reading4 Comments
NameMedia (BuyDomains, ActiveAudience) buys Afternic Domain Name Marketplace
· Domain Sales, ServicesNameMedia, owners of BuyDomains, have purchased Afternic. NameMedia announced today that it is buying Afternic. This probably explains the recent Afternic push to eliminate adult domains from their system. NameMedia is a privately-held, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
GoDaddy Goes on Patent Filing Binge
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawGoDaddy, the world's largest domain registrar, has filed almost 50 patent applications in recent years. Yesterday I wrote about GoDaddy receiving a patent that covers many aspects of domain whois privacy. After digging a little further I discovered ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Do we need Title Insurance for Domain Names?
· ServicesTitle insurance would provide peace of mind when making a large domain purchase. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I read an article in Forbes (November 13, page 148) about real estate title insurance. The article was about how real estate title insurance ... Continue Reading5 Comments