With the likelihood that New Orleans won't be able to support pro sports teams a year from now, more permanent plans are being made for the city's two professional sports teams: Saints football and Hornets basketball. But if you want to snag a domain for ... Continue Reading1 Comment
San Antonio Saints? Oklahoma Hornets? Domainers think so.
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BRANDomains.com selling off large portfolio
· Domain SalesI usually ignore press releases about domains for sale, but BRANDomains is selling a number of good domains for only $600. You can see all 163 domains for sale at BRANDomains.com. Among the domains that caught my ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign to retain .com registry through 2012
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawIn a late-breaking announcement today, Verisign and ICANN agreed to settle a longstanding lawsuit that originated with Verisign's introduction of the SiteFinder service in 2003. This service basically set up a parking page on all domains that weren't ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Review: Whois Source Whois.sc
· ServicesSerious domain name owners know there's one Whois service that tops the rest: WhoIs.sc. Whois.sc offers four main services from its home page: Name Spinner- enter a keyword to get 20+ suggestions for domains containing the keyword. It shows all major ... Continue Reading1 Comment
BirdFlu.com buyer bought ahead of the curve
· Domain SalesI didn't know what bird flu was when I heard about the sale of BirdFlu.com for $19,875 at Afternic back in March of this year. Now you can't go a day of watching TV without hearing hysteria about it. The buyer of the domain bought it before bird flu ... Continue Reading1 Comment
HurricaneWilma.com listed on eBay
· Domain SalesIt didn't take long. You can now bid on the HurricaneWilma.com domain name on eBay. As Wilma attacks Mexico and heads toward Florida, one Ohio resident is trying to profit. As of now the domain is at $177.50 with 12 bids, but the reserve is not met. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy launches domain name appraisal service
· ServicesThe world's biggest registrarGoDaddy has launched a domain name appraisal service. The company offers two services: 1. Express - receive your appraisal within 2 hours. This appraisal is based on top-level domain (TLD), length, number of words, number ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Losing a cybersquatting case could result in a big fine
· Policy & LawHere's an interesting case from across the pond in the United Kingdom. A story on Out-Law.com describes the struggle over the citigroup.co.uk domain name and Jim Davies, who registered the domain in 1998 the same day the merger between Travelers Group ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy should drop ICANN tax
· Domain RegistrarsSeveral months ago GoDaddy started adding a $.25 ICANN "tax" to most domain name registrations. It is time for GoDaddy to drop this nonsense and add the fee to its advertised price; and ICANN should require all registrars to advertise its prices ... Continue Reading1 Comment
TrafficClub adding new Pay-Per-Click feeds
· ServicesTrafficClub has announced it is changing its pay-per-click feeds. SBX for adult traffic is being removed and another adult feed will take its place. TrafficClub is also hinting that it's adding a couple other feeds. The more the better! For my ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
