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• RightofTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Is Opened for Submissions

  RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference. RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission fo... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Report: Vegas.com Bought LasVegas.com in 2005 For Up To $90 Million Dollars

  George Kirikos spotted an SEC document showing that Vegas.com purchased LasVegas.com in 2005, for what could be up to a $90 Million Dollars. “In June 2005 ,... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Former VP of ICANN Hired By Facebook For “New Domain Name System Strategy &...

  Denise Michel who was formerly with ICANN as VP of Strategic Initiatives and Advisor to the President, has been hired by Facebook to work on Facebook’s new... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com

  The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999

  Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• AK.com is Pending Sale

  

  Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s

  Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• .XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We...

  Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that . Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• New U.K. Surveillance Bill Includes Monitoring Users Online Habits

  BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goe... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Sex is Live

  ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com

  According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process

  According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Checklist for Naming A StartUp

  Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.7 Million Led by Material.com at $100,000

  Over the past week, 688 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Namejet.com Reports Over $1M In Domain Sales In October

  Namejet.com just published its domain name sales list for October 2015. As usual only domain sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report and only... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Club Sells $125K in Domains in October Led By VIP.Club At $40 & The.Club $19K

  The .Club registry published it’s October premium name sales report. Total premium name sales for October, including SnapNames sales and auctions, came to a... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• 10 Digit .Com’s Domain Hit NameJet.com

  

  The numbered .Com domain name frenzy continues as I see today 10 digit domain names in pre-release on NameJet.com with multiple backorders. The two domain... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Wins Another UDRP on 16 Year Old Torneo.com

  Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc represented as usually by John Berryhill, Ph.D, Esq., has won another UDRP this time on the domain name Torneo.com... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Domain KanyeForPresident.Com Goes Up For Sale

  The domain name that made international news, KanyeForPresident.com has gone up for sale on Flippa.com Back in August at the MTV Video awards Kanye West... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH

• French Regulators Want the Right to Be Forgotten to Include .com

  We have written before about Google and their battle with certain European countries on the “right to be forgotten”. Google has contended that results should... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2015 BUSINESS, TECH