Sedo is reporting that Blue.com has sold for $500,000. Apparently the color blue is better than the color brown. Just six weeks after Brown.com sold for $300,000, Blue.com has sold for $500,000 according to Sedo. In a sign of the rising domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Blue.com sells for $500,000
· Domain SalesSoftsquatting the American Idols
· Policy & LawHere's an interesting term: "Softsquatting", as mentioned in a recent Wired article. Look at how many American Idol finalists have been either Softsquatted or Cybersquatted! The term refers to people that register the domain names of up-and-coming ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Interview with “Father of the Internet”
· Policy & LawI came across an interesting interview with Tim Berners-Lee, one of the founders of the Internet. What would Berners-Lee change about the internet addressing system if he could start from scratch? Looks like the biggest thing is to drop a slash ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New Wall Street Journal article
· UncategorizedThere's a new article about domain names in this weekend's The Wall Street Journal Sunday. The Sunday edition of The Wall Street Journal is syndicated in a number of city newspapers, so it probably has more reach than the regular edition. The article ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
More ICANN at Domain Roundtable
· ServicesCEO and President of ICANN to keynote Domain Roundtable conference. In addition to Vint Cerf, Domain Roundtable has rounded up another ICANN representative for next month's conference. ICANN CEO and President Dr. Paul Twomey will deliver a keynote on ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Poker domains closing soon at Afternic
· Domain SalesThree poker domains are closing soon at Afternic, along with a few other quality domains. Both Poker.sh and Poker.vc will close in about a week and have bids of $1,500 so far. .Sh is the country code domain for Saint Helena. .Vc is the country code ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Domain scams increasing
· Policy & LawIt appears that the number of domain name scam e-mails is increasing. Over the past few days I've received a number of emails from people that received solicitations to sell their domains but the buyers turned out to be scammers. With the large number ... Continue Reading2 Comments
RegisterFly $4 domain coupon code
· Domain RegistrarsDomain Registrar RegisterFly is offering $4 domain transfers and other discounts. RegisterFly says it became the 8th fastest growing registrar last week and is offering the transfer special to celebrate. You must enter coupon code "FLY6PROMO" to get ... Continue Reading3 Comments
New Dotster Happy Hour
· Domain RegistrarsDotster is having another happy hour-- this time for hosting. Dotster is having another happy hour this Wednesday at 4PM EST. Instead of selling cheap domains, this happy hour will offer the first 1,000 people a coupon for $1 per month webhosting. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
9trillion.com
· UncategorizedThe US government increased the debt ceiling to $9,000,000,000,000.00 last week. Feedback is instant on the internet today. So I registered 9Trillion.com to give my opinion about this sad event in American history. And as any good domainer would, I ... Continue Reading3 Comments