Katrina Blankenship has owned Katrina.com for 7 years. But it wasn't a big deal until the massive hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. She has converted the site from a person/small business site to a resource for hurricane victims. The sad part is that a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
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Registrar provides free .CN domain names
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawThe largest domain name registrar in China is giving free .cn domains to its current customers who already own .com or .net versions of domain names. Apparently, Chinese officials believe that owning a .cn domain name is patriotic. My guess is it makes ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Unsavvy politicians
· Policy & LawWhen will politicians learn? A college student in Nebraska registered the name of a local politician running for a district seat. The politician, Tony Ojeda, is mad. But the college student didn't even register the domain until 2 weeks after Ojeda ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dotster offers free domain WhoIs privacy
· Domain RegistrarsDotster just launched a new coupon code for FREE WhoIs privacy. The coupon is only valid from 12:01AM PST Sept 1 to 11:59PM PST Sept 4. Enter coupon code STOPSPAM at checkout for free WhoIs privacy on up to 100 domains per order. Click here to go ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name returns
· ServicesCommunicate.com (OTCBB: CMNN.ob) just released some comparable stock returns for its business versus other profitable internet companies. Communicate.com invests in valuable domains and turns them into functional sites, such as importers.com. Marchex ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Net pricing may be fixed
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawThe new agreement between ICANN and Verisign to manage the .net registry holds a big surprise: although the initial wholesale price of domains is lowered from $6.00 to $4.25, the price cap is completely removed in January 2007 (see .net pricing ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Afternic vs. Sedo for adding domains in bulk
· Domain Sales, ServicesI recently decided to add a list of about 300 domains to both Afternic and Sedo, the two leading domain sales sites. I've sold domains through both of the systems, and find that just listing domains there can spur interest. The usual process for ... Continue Reading3 Comments
eq.com sells for $100,000
· Domain SalesAccording to the "Recent Sales" section of Afternic.com, EQ.com has sold to $100,000 to user name mgleiss. This wasn't the first offer for the domain, but previous offers didn't amount to more than $21,000. Hopefully the escrow will go through. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dotster is expanding–literally!
· Domain RegistrarsDotster, one of the registrars that sparked early price wars for domain names, is moving into new offices because of its growth. According to a press release, Dotster now manages about 3 million domain names. That's about a third as much as leader ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Falwell critic wins back domain name rights
· Policy & LawBack in May I wrote about a court decision involving the domain Fallwell.com (see Falwell domain fight could have implications for free speech on internet). In May a court decided that Rev. Falwell should get the rights to the domain that the current ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
