Looking for some light bedtime reading? ICANN today released a report entitled "Domain Name Hijacking: Incidents, Threats, Risks, and Remedial Actions". It's a big topic, and ICANN made a long response to the tune of 48 pages. The reports main ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ICANN releases domain hijacking report
· Policy & Law
Communicate.com “frees” its domain
· ServicesI'm a believer in Communicate.com's business model. (OTC: CMNN.ob). The company owns premium domains, like karate.com and makeup.com, and creates businesses around these. Other domains in the company's portfolio are parked with advertisements. One ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Will Mark Cuban buy Register.com?
· Domain RegistrarsRegister.com once challenged NetSol.com for dominance in the domain name registration business. But it failed to adapt to changing competition, and now it is a laggard that until recently was out of compliance with SEC filing rules. It currently ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Net pricing timebomb?
· Policy & LawThere was a huge uproar when ICANN announced that Verisign would retain control of the .net registry a couple months ago. But there was good news--the new registry charge for .net domains would drop from $6.00 to $4.25. Some of this savings would likely ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DNForum’s paid parking service ready to leave beta?
· ServicesDNForum's new paid parking service, ParkingSite.com, should be out of beta testing my mid-July. This is according to Adam Dicker, who owns DNForum. I have high hopes for this service, given that Adam typically knocks projects out of the park. I'm a bit ... Continue Reading1 Comment
2-word .biz domain sells for $5k
· Domain SalesDNJournal just posted its weekly sales list. Sales were somewhat slower given the US holiday on July 4, but I'm especially excited by activity on secondary top level domains. Last week saw a two word .biz domain, WhitePages.biz, sell for $4,995 at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Rags to Riches: A domain name story
· UncategorizedDNJournal has just posted a new article, Chris Chena Takes Charge: How the Whiz Kid from Paraguay Is Building A Spanish Domain Empire. Editor Ron Jackson has written another great piece--this article is one of my favorites. Who's Chris Chena? He's a ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
US to retain key internet role
· Policy & LawThe U.S. government announced that it intends to continue playing a key role in the internet by not giving complete control over to ICANN. The U.S. government will continue to maintain the root master file that controls top level domains. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Pool.com to snag .EU domain names
· ServicesPool.com has just added a new feature for customers to order .EU domains. It will work much like Pool's existing dropping domains service. You can order any .EU domain you wish, and then when .EU domains are become available for registration Pool will ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo sells over 1,000 domains in May
· Domain SalesSedo, one of the biggest and best domain name aftermarkets, announced that its sold 1,020 domains in May for a total of $1.7M. The average price of domains sold was $1,661.18. Of course, the median sale is better information...but Sedo doesn't release ... Continue Reading2 Comments
