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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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Russian Hackers Steal 1.2 Billion Internet Passwords & 500 Million Email...
According to a blog post on Hold Security company blog, which conducted an 18-month investigation finding that a Russian hacking gang stoled 1. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Porn.com Stolen? UDRP Filed By Company That Paid $9.5 Million For It
A UDRP has been filed on the grandfather of adult generic domain names, Porn.com with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The company filing... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names
The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ?
It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
With the Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is Shutting Down
Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million.... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain...
This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner. Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
GCA.com Buyer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı
GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million,...
According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012
The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July
Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or more for the month of July. All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com at... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To...
Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Inside the BTC.com Sale With Mike Robertson of Domain Guardians
We are talking today with Mike Robertson of Fabulous.com fame and Co – Founder along with Jen Sale of Domain Guardians. Domain Guardians successfully brokered... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Rightside Names Board Of Directors
Rightside Group, Ltd., (NAME) today announced through a press release the members of its board of directors and executive management team following the... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Virtual Reality Could Be the Next Big Thing in Advertising
Cotton Delo published an article on Ad Age that looked at Virtual Reality and its role in advertising. Virtual Reality got a big boost with Facebook purchasing... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Gannett Co. (GCI), Owner of USA Today, Agrees to Pay $1.8 Billion for the 73%...
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
The 14 Year Old eMoney.com Saved In UDRP Panel Finds $300K Asking Price Ok
Electronic Transaction Systems Corporation just lost its attempt to grab the domain name eMoney.com which was registered back in January 2000. The domain owner... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain...
.Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
As The GAC Restricted New gTLD’s Launch Registrants Maybe Unaware They Are...
For the first time some of the new gTLD’s that fall within the “GAC Category 1 Advice”, which generally are strings that the GAC determined should not be open t... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
IronDome.com is out to Intercept Patent Disputes
To say that the term Iron Dome is in the news everyday would be an understatement, more like in the news every hour. Iron Dome of course is the the Israeli buil... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH
