According to The Chicago Tribune, up-and-coming political start U.S. Sen. Barack Obama almost let his domain name expire. Obama's domain, www.barackobama.com, was about to be dropped when drop service Pool.com contacted Obama and offered to help him get ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama almost loses domain name
· Expired DomainsRegister.com financial issues continue
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com, one of the internet's largest domain name registrars, has missed its revised deadline to file its Annual Report 10-K. Register.com has found errors in its accounting systems and might need to restate earnings. Register.com is traded on the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Appeals court upholds Sex.com ruling
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawAs a reminder that domain name hijacking was alive and well even before ICANN's recent policy changes, a federal appeals court last week rejected Steven Cohen's appeal last week that he pay businessman Gary Kremen $65M for stealing the domain name sex.com ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name company posts record earnings
· UncategorizedDomain name company Communicate.com (OTC: CMNN.OB) posted record earnings for the most recent fiscal year. Communicate.com is a profitable, debt-free emerging growth eCommerce company that owns and operates some of the Internet's best domain names, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dotster enters fierce battle with GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsWhen Dotster launched its domain name registration service in 2000, it radically changed the domain registristration market by offering registration for around $15. I was one of the first to flock to Dotster (I think my receipt number was something like ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Will Yahoo’s “Adsense” launch in mid April?
· ServicesYahoo's Overture unit sent out its latest newsletter today, and it vaguely hints that Yahoo's "Adsense"-like program will launch in mid-April. According to this article, the terms and conditions for advertisers will change in mid-April. It says that ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy starts petition to keep WhoIs privacy
· Policy & LawGoDaddy, perhaps the most vocal opponent of the recent decision to nix proxy registrations of .us domain names, has created an information site and petition in favor of keeping private WhoIs registrations. You can visit the site at ... Continue Reading3 Comments
TiltPoker.com domain sells for $46,000
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsThe Pool drop service finally got back into action this week, snapping TiltPoker.com for $46k. Heaven help the person who neglected to renew this domain! Other top sales this week, according to DNJournal's sales list, include Medals.com at $22k and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.net domain name prices may drop
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Policy & LawIt looks like prices for .net domain registrations might drop under Verisign's proposed new deal with ICANN. The proposal calls for a registry charge of $4.25 per domain name per year, including a $.75 ICANN tax. Currently, the fee charged to registrars ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Telcordia: Keep .net domain at Verisign
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTelcordia released its official report on which registry it thinks should managed the .net extension going forward (see "Nuetral Party to Evaluatate .Net Applicants by March 28"). Telcordia recommended that Verisign retain management of the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment