The Wall Street Journal published a new article about domain names today. In section B page 1 of today's Wall Street Journal is an article titled "Drop Catchers Buy and Sell Web Names Others Let Slip". I have yet to find a free online version of this ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Wall Street Journal article on Drop Catching
· Expired DomainsSurvey: Do not hand control of internet to international body
· Policy & LawOnly 38% of respondents to our survey approve of transferring control of the internet and domain name system to an international body. [Editors note: this is the ninth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domain mid-market continues to thrive
· Domain SalesSales of domains in the $2k-$10k range continue to explode. It's an area of the domain name aftermarket that I refer to as the mid-market: domains that sell for a couple grand but don't quite hit 5-figures. Although you read about all of the big 5 and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lettuce.com escapes my bid
· Domain SalesLettuce.com sold for $4,002 on TDNAM, much to my disappointment. An auction for Lettuce.com ended Thursday at $4,002 on GoDaddy's TDNAM. Why does this disappoint me? Because I wanted to win the auction! Thursday evening I was perusing TDNAM and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain Roundtable discount code and information
· ServicesOne of the domain industry's most important conferences, Domain Roundtable, is just a couple months away. The Domain Roundtable conference is organized by Name Intelligence, known for running the Whois.sc service. Details Dates: April 19-21, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
New Wall Street Journal article to cover domain drop catching
· ServicesThe Wall Street Journal is writing a new article about the domain name industry - this one about expired domain drop catching. According to a post at DNForum by someone who said he was interviewed for the story, The Wall Street Journal is writing ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Survey: Domain Name Owners reject ICANN/VeriSign Settlement
· Policy & LawSurvey shows only 25% of domain owners support agreement. [Editors note: this is the eighth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.] Opposition to the proposed ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Afternic sells 2 letter .net
· Domain SalesLV.net has sold on Afternic for $10,000. Afternic recently completed the sale of LV.net for $10,000. Sales of two letter domains are extremely rare given the small number of two letter combinations and restrictions for availability when there are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo bolstering US presence
· ServicesSedo is sending its founder to its U.S. office to help the company attack the North American market. Sedo founder and CEO Tim Schumacher is relocating from Europe to Boston to help the company increase its presence in North America. Sedo established ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
$1 Domains at Dotster!
· Domain RegistrarsDotster is hosting a "domain name happy hour" at 4PM EST today. During this happy hour domains will only cost $1 each. But it is unclear what the limits are for this special offer. Visit Dotster at 4PM EST today to get in on the action! Update ... Continue Reading2 Comments