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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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Godaddy Ends Sponsorship Deal With Danica Patrick No. 10 Team After 2015 Season
According to sbnation.com, GoDaddy will no longer sponsor Danica Patrick, No. 10 team following the 2015 season, however she will remain a Godaddy spokeswoman. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying...
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being... Read more
Posted on 29 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 Million Led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
DOMAINfest Is Back; Returns To Europe in June
Introducing DOMAINfest 2015 Sofia! The teams at NamesCon and DomainForum are happy to announce DomainForum and DOMAINfest Sofia, which will be held June 1-3,... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
79% Of The Attendees Of The Collision Startup Conference Using “Risky” Domains
Startup Domain Name Analysis (detail from infographic) (PRNewsFoto/Name Ninja) Bill Sweetman President of NameNinja.com, sent out a press release today saying... Read more
Posted on 28 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Dave Evanson Sells Pax.com for $200,000
Pax.com just sold for $200,000 – Registered since 1997 and under privacy for years, Kim Site-Development Enterprises out of Beverly Hills owned the name close t... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Pax.com Sells on Sedo.com For $200,000
The three letter .com market has been on fire this year and today the domain name Pax.com sold for $200,000 on Sedo. The domain name has been under privacy at... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Even at Grassroots Level Trademark Disputes Can Get Ugly
Trademark disputes and bad blood just don’t happen on the big corporate stage. It happens at the grassroots level where people tend to romanticize that... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Movers: Game.com, Meetings.com, Say.com and More
In this series of Domain Movers I once again have detected many great domain names on the move with most being acquired by large companies. Game.com,... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Escrow.com Purchased for $7.5million
Freelancer.com announces the acquisition of Escrow.com and completion of capital raising Some big news for a Sunday night, Escrow.com getting acquired by... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Majority of Our Poll Respondents See New Gtld Registrations Ending 2015 on a Sou...
We started a poll two months ago that asked, “How Many New gTLD Registrations Will There Be By The End of 2015?” Currently there are over 5 million new gtld... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
German Court Rules in Favor of AdBlock Plus
A German Court has determined AdBlock Plus is not illegal. AdBlock Plus – which is owned by the Cologne-based firm Eyeo – faces three separate but related... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Associations Not Allowed to Display Listings Under .realtor Domain
There is a rift between Move Inc. and the National Association of Realtors, Inman.com reports that associations will not be able to display or even link to... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
52.com Sells for $1.775 Million
According to a post on Namepros by member Vicho, The Second Beijing Domain Auction was successfully held in Beijing, China on April 24, 2015. The auction... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Activist Buys Up Domain Names of Politicians Who Voted for Indiana’s Anti-Gay Law
PinkNews.com reported that an activist Konrad Juengling bought up domains related to politicians who voted for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
How the Blockchain Could Change the Domain Business
Mike Ward wrote a very interesting piece on Coin Telegraph with regards to the Blockchain and domain names. Ward takes a look at how the DNS can run on a... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Web.com Awarded Netsol.Domains in UDRP
A one member panel ruled in favor of Web.com with regards to the domain name Netsol.domains. The registrant was based out of Spain and it seems tried to sell th... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Walmart Files UDRP on New gTLD Domain Walmart.LGBT
Walmart has filed a UDRP on the new gTLD domain Walmart.lgbt. The new domain extension .LGBT, for those that may not know, “is the first internet address create... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google Reports: Paid Clicks up 13% but Cost Per Click Down 7%: Revenue up 12%
Google reported its earnings for the 1st Quarter of 2015 after the market closed today. Google reported revenue in the three months ended in March 31st, rose... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4%; .Com/.Net Increase 3.1%: Has $1.9 Billion In Th...
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2015 after the market closed. Verisign Registry Services added 1.51 million... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
