The United States has taken heat of late for announcing that it intends to maintain "control" of the internet and naming systems. Many countries had hoped to loosen the U.S.'s control. So here's the question. Is it really that bad if the U.S. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Is U.S. control of the net all that bad?
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No resellers for .eu domains
· Domain Registrars, Services, UncategorizedAccording to this article, EurID has confirmed that resellers will not be allowed to sell .eu domain names. EurID is the registry for all .eu domains, which should be available for registration in 2006. Resellers have been blamed for a number of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lunch.com sells for $100,000
· Domain SalesLunch.com sold for $100,000 last week in a private transaction. Coupled with the website.com sale, it was a heck of a week for domain name sales! Other big domain sales last week include Skateboard.net for $29,250 (high for a .net!), ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Are hockey domains going to score?
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedThe National Hockey League is back. Does this mean opportunity for hockey-related domains? Not if your domain is twolinepass.com, since the two line pass offsides has been eliminated. Not if your domain is hockeytie.com, since ties have been ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Get ready for the great .info drop
· Expired DomainsIf you use a drop service to catch expiring domains, get ready for the list of available drops to balloon over the next few months! The .info list will be flooded with domains that people registered for FREE about this time last year. You may recall ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Website.com sells for $750,000
· Domain SalesSedo just released great news--they sold Website.com for $750k! Their press release is reprinted below: Cambridge, Mass. - July 20, 2005 - Sedo, the leading online marketplace for the buying and selling of domain names, today announced the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
PartnerCash.com sells for $110,000
· Domain SalesSelf-proclaimed "Domain King" Rick Schwartz sold PartnerCash.com last week for $110,000, according to DNJournal's latest sales report. Rick Schwartz is a love-him-or-hate-him figure in the domain name world, and was recently slammed in the domain name ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain-Sucks.com isn’t international
· Policy & LawA recent WIPO panel ruling shed some new light on adding "sucks" or another derogative term to a trademark. The case is Air France and the domain AirFranceSucks.com. There are a number of reasons Air France won this case. Some of the reasons are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Communicate.com to IPO its FrequentTraveller.com site
· Domain SalesCommunicate.com (OTCBB: CMNN.ob) has announced it will spinout its FreqentTraveller.com operations, with plans of raising $2.0M. Communicate.com owns 8M shares, putting its stake at about $4.0M. The total market cap for Communicate.com is just under ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Governments to get first dibs on .travel domain names
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawAccording to a press release today, .travel domain names will be first offered to governments to snap up country, state, and city domains. For example, the Brazilian government will be able to register Brazil.travel before other interested entities such ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
