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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1 Million Led by Filament.com
Sedo total transactions totaled $1 Million this week. In all 508 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS 50% of total sales were the resul... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Paypal Tells Sellers to Provide Compelling Evidence to Fight Buyer Dispute
Paypal is getting ready to be set free from Ebay and be a public entity again. This will be the second IPO for the company. Back in 2002 the company went... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
.LGBT Pride Program Launched: $20 Per Domain Registration Will Be Contributed...
The .LGBT domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
By A 2-1 Vote Plumbing Site RooterRooter.com Is Saved From Roto-Rooter in UDRP
Roto-Rooter Corporation just lost its bid to grain control of the domain name RooterRooter.com by a 2-1 vote of a three member UDRP panel. Panelists Richard Hil... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Cisco Is Buying OpenDNS
According to a post on its company blog, Cisco NASDAQ: CSCO is buying OpenDNS. Terms were not announced: I am pleased to announce our intent to acquire... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
UPDATED: Cisco Is Buying OpenDNS For $635 Million
According to a post on its company blog, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is buying OpenDNS. According to VentureBeat.com, the deal is valued at $635 Million. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Barclays Has a Home at Home.Barclays – Dot Com Redirects but Not the .Co.uk
Barclays has found a home now at Home.Barclays, back in May they said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed To Gain Control of The 15 Year Old Domain Name SharkTank.com
A UDRP has been filed to gain control of the domain name SharkTank.com The domain, SharkTank.com is registered to a Jeff Thomas of North Carolina. According to... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Projects.com Drops To SnapNames & Is Over $20K Only 1 Hour Into The Auction
The domain name Projects.com just dropped and went to Snapnames.com closed auction about an hour ago and already has already topped $20,000. The domain name... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
TldOperator.Help to Host Two Webinars on June 30
There will be two webinars tomorrow that will look to help new gtld applicants and registries to find ways to spread the word on the new gtlds. Registering for... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Movers: Hum.com, Orlando.com and More Domains
Here are domain names that have been registered or bought by large companies recently that often reveal new brands, products or services. This is Domain Movers! Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Click Fraud Malware Can Lead To Bigger Problems
Ashley Carman published an article today on SCMagazine.com that deals with click fraud malware and how it can lead to bigger problems. In her article she... Read more
Posted on 29 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
125.com Becomes Largest Reported Sale on 4.cn – $292,136
4.CN had a big one Saturday, 125.com close today at $292,136, there were 321 bids. The top 10 sales posted on 4.cn : Top Sales Domain NameClosing Price Xe.com... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Over 242 Million Internet Users Visited Google Properties in May
In a post on 24/7 Wall Street they broke down visitors to Google, Facebook,Yahoo, etc… for the month of May. Google owned sites had 242.4 million visits in May. Read more
Posted on 28 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
8 Naming Mistakes Investors Hate to See
There are so many diffferent opinions out there on naming, and more than one reason why certain companies choose the name they do. Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
FTC Rules Network Solutions Misled Consumers on 30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Network Solutions got slapped by the FTC for not providing clear terms with their 30 day money back guarantee. Network Solutions did not make it clear that... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Alarm.com Went Public Today & is Up Over 20%
Alarm.com went public today in a IPO at $14 a share which gives the company a market valuation of about $627.9 million. However shares are currently trading at... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free Domains: 35%...
In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN March 2016 Meeting To Be In Morocco, October 2016 In Puerto Rico
The ICANN Board selected locations to hold its meetings for March 2016 and October 2016 before heading out of the ICANN Buenos Airs meeting. Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
No Luck of The .Irish; Has Less Than 500 Registrations After 1st Day Of...
There was no luck for the Irish for the launch of the new gTLD .Irish Including those domain names registered in the Sunrise period for trademark holders, the... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
