Register.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
Register.com receives buyout offer
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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
The coming fallout at New.net
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawWith .travel and .xxx domains on the horizon, trouble abounds thanks to New.net. You may have heard of Net.net, which already sells domains with extensions like .travel, .xxx, and .law. These aren't "real" domain names, as they go through an alternative ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Poker.com misspelling sells for $155,000
· Domain SalesHigh dollar domain sales are becoming a weekly occurrence, and last week was no different. Porker.com sold for $155k at Sedo. Although the domain has many connotations, the assumption is the buyer paid the high price to get poker traffic. This week ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
