DNJournal posted domain name sales for the past two weeks...and the domain name market shows no signs of cooling off. There were 3 reported 6-figure sales over the past two weeks: -Chris Chena (see previous news about Chris Chena) picked up ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name sales continue to explode
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The GoDaddy Blog: Over the top?
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons has always been outspoken. But I have to question the purpose of his "personal" blog, which is closely tied to the company. You can click to the blog from the very top of the GoDaddy home page, so it is certainly endorsed by ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Spamhaus slams Yahoo for domains registered
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawSpamhaus has slammed Yahoo for allowing the registration and/or hosting of thousands of domain names that can be used in phishing attacks. These domains have words in them like "bank", "ebay", and "PayPal". Obviously, not all of these are used for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
New Trafficz Templates, More on D.O.S. Attacks
· UncategorizedTrafficz has created some of the most attractive generic templates for parking pages. EbbFlow.com is one example. Their payouts are improving too, but they are not as high as industry leaders Domain Sponsor and Gold Key. Most of the parking ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Katrina.com
· Policy & Law, UncategorizedKatrina 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
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
