If someone approached you on the street and offered to sell an iPod to you for $10, what would you think? You'd think it was hot merchandise (stolen). But what if you posted a wanted ad for an iPod that retails for $300 and someone offered one to you ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Hot Domains (Hot as in Stolen)
· Domain Sales, Policy & Law
Health and Food .us spending spree
· Domain SalesIt's always interesting to see a buyer snap up a number of themed domains at Afternic. Yesterday someone snapped up a bunch of .us domains with a similar theme: Betacarotene.us $275 Feverfew.us $275 Seratonin.us $275 Carbohydrate.us ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.XXX domain on hold “indefinitely”
· Policy & LawBret Fausett is reporting that .xxx has been taken off the agenda at the Vancouver ICANN meetings. This doesn't surprise me much. Conservatives dropped support after they realized that adding .xxx wouldn't mean all porn would be moved to the new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
RapidRefund.com sells for $52,945
· Domain SalesIt looks like the big domain name buyers ate a lot of turkey last week and spent time with their families rather than buying domain names. But DNJournal still had some good domain name sales to report. The highest reported sale over the past week was ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Sega risks losing domain name
· Expired DomainsSega, maker of popular video games like Sonic the Hedgehog, has let one of its game's domains expire, as pointed out at Joystiq. Shenmue.com expired on Nov 19. The domain was registered through NetSol, so if it isn't renewed it will drop through ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The problem with domain name exchanges
· Domain SalesI've bought--and sold--many domains on domain name exchanges like Sedo and Afternic. These transactions usually go well because of the exchanges' built in escrow services. I've been able to complete transactions--including the domain transfer--in as ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Lawsuit challenges Verisign Settlement
· Policy & LawDomain name industry experts have been voicing their opinions about ICANN's proposed legal settlement with Verisign, which gives Verisign control of the .com registry through 2012. With ICANN's Vancouver meeting starting in just two days, a group of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN may auction off single-letter domains
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawICANN is considering opening single letter domain names, such as e.com, for registration. ICANN stopped allowing registration of single letter domains in 1993. Only 6 single letter domains had been registered by then, including X.com which is now ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Yet another internet addressing system
· Policy & LawThe press gobbled up a news release over the holiday about a Dutch company creating an alternative to ICANN's domain name system. Been there, done that. Similar to New.net, this system takes advantage of unsuspecting consumers who pay money for domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Cohen gives up iTunes.co.uk fight
· Policy & LawBen Cohen and his CyberBritain company have given up the challenge for getting the iTunes.co.uk domain back from Apple. Apple won the domain from Cohen back in March. Cohen challenged Apple's victory in the UK court system. Apple may have won this ... Continue Reading1 Comment
