TrivialPursuits.net Article In a recent WIPO decision, the owners of TrivialPursuits.net won a case brought against him by the Trivial Pursuit board game company. I can understand going after this guy if he owned TrivialPursuits.COM, but what's the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
TrivialPursuits.net; a trivial domain decision
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Anatomy of a domain name appraisal scam
· Policy & Law, Services[Update March 23, 2009: a similar scam has surfaced.] One of the oldest and most popular scams against domain name owners is the domain appraisal scam. It works like this: someone emails you interested in buying a domain. When you reply, they require ... Continue Reading39 Comments
Register.com receives buyout offer
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com, once the leading competitor against Network Solutions, received a buyout offer from one of its larger shareholders. Register.com has been in huge financial trouble of late, postponing necessary filings with the SEC as a public company. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign to retain .net
· Policy & LawICANN Board Designates VeriSign to Retain Control of .NET Registry (press release) Marina del Rey, CA - - ICANN's Board has named VeriSign, Inc. as the designated .NET successor registry. ICANN has also approved entering into a new agreement with ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NetPoker.com sells for $80,000
· Domain SalesIt was another good week for domain name sales, and the second week in a row that a poker-related domain led the charts. Poker.com sold for $80,000 in a private transaction. Other notable sales were FreeCellPhone.com at $61,000+ and TextMessage.com at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy domain name auction — hiccup!
· Expired DomainsOK, apparently the e-mail I received from GoDaddy stating that the domain I bid and paid for a month ago is now mine was a little premature... After not finding the domain in my account, I e-mailed GoDaddy's customer service. They first sent a generic ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain registrations continue to increase
· Domain RegistrarsAccording to Verisign, operator of the .net and .com registries, the total number of domains registered reached 76.9M names as of Q1 2005. Other statistics released by Verisign: -22% year-over-year growth in active domain registrations -6.7M new ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.Org domain name sells for $20,000
· Domain SalesA transaction at Afternic for the domain America.org shows that it sold today, 6/6, for $20,000. If this sale is completed, it will be one of the highest .org domain sales I've seen in a while. I'll keep you posted! ... Continue Reading1 Comment
The Politics of .xxx
· Policy & LawCNET has a great article about the politics behind the .xxx domain name extension. The big issue is whether politicians will try to make .xxx mandatory for adult web sites. I don't think this will ever happen, and I hope it doesn't. Look, I'm not a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy’s expiring domains (my experience)
· Domain Registrars, Expired DomainsA month ago, I posted about bidding on and winning a domain in GoDaddy's "The Domain Name Aftermarket". Yesterday I finally received notice from GoDaddy that the name is mine. Or is it? I can't find it anywhere in my GoDaddy account. I e-mailed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
