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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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Manwin Operator of YouPorn.com Renames Itself To MindGeek & Buys MindGeeks On...
According to xBiz.com, Manwin which operates some of the most visited adult websites in the world including YouPorn.com, RedTube.com, Pornhub.com and... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
With An Asking Price Of $495,000, Looks Like Kosher.com Just Sold
It appears the domain name Kosher.com sold in the last few days. The domain was offered to me in an email earlier this year for $495,000 “”If you would like to... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Host Europe Group Acquisition Domain Name Registrar Domainfactory.com
Host Europe Group announced the successful acquisition of the domain name registrar, Domainfactory, for an undisclosed amount. Domainfactory currently manages... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Club Selects Sedo For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions & Broker Premium Domains
.Club Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.Club” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), have announced today that it has selected Sedo... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
SEOP.com Claims Its Sold Bestseos.com For $530,000
According to a %0A">%0A"> <p>" target="_blank"press release out this morning, SEOP.com, a Digital Marketing and SEO agency headquartered in Irvine,... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
FindYourDomain.com Brokers Sale Of Shen.com For $125,000
FindYourDomain.com has brokered the sale of the domain name Shen.com for $125,000 to a Chinese buyer. Shen means “God” or “Spirit” in Chinese. According to... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Over 35 Two Letter .Co.Uk Hit The Auction Block at NameJet
Although its not a market I invest in, I found it interesting that over 35 two letter .co.uk domain names have hit the auction blog over at Namejet.com .co. Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Vertical Axis Gets Hit With UDRP On ParkRoyal.com (Again) Now Based on 8 Year Ol...
The domain name ParkRoyal.com owned by Vertical Axis, Inc. has just been hit with a UDRP for the second time. The complaint was filed by, Grupo Costamex, S.A. d... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Community Objections to .Islam and .Halal Denied By ICC
Two separate ICC panels have denied the objections to the new gTLD’s .Islam and .Halal finding that although there “opposition to Respondent’s application to... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
NewDomains.org Conference Kicks Off On Sunday In Munich
The NewDomains.org Conference being held for the second year in Munich, jammed packed of seminars, speakers and social networking events. Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
We Said It Over A Year Ago, The BC Tells ICANN Allowing Singular & Plural New...
In a letter sent to ICANN, the Chair, ICANN Business Constituency (BC) told ICANN what we at TheDomains.com said over a year ago, that allowing new gTLD’s of... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Losing Private New gTLD Auctions For .Lawyer & .Website Net Top Level Domain...
Top Level Domain Holdings (LON:TLDH) said by losing the private auctions for .website and .lawyer, which concluded on Oct. 23, it will add £2.97m ($4.81m) to... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Disturbing; 12 Year Old Canary.com Lost in UDRP
Complainant Canary LLC just was awarded the domain name canary.com by a one member National Arbitration Forum Panel Canary is in the dictionary and is a type... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Reports: 125.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains Registered Up 5% From Last Year
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2013 reporting revenue of $244 million up 9% from the same... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
1and1.com New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations Pass 3.5 Million & Top 30 New gTLD List...
1and1.com new gTLD pre-registrations just topped the 3.5 million mark and for the first time the domain name registrar is showing the top 30 new gTLD’s with... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Snapnames/Dotster Domain Auction Ends In Two Hours
The Dotster domain name auction ends on Snapnames.com in just about two hours at 3:15PM EST and as of publication out of the 155 domain names up for auction onl... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Funny: Company Sends Out PR Announcing It Renewed Its Domain For 5 Years As a...
I saw this press release today and thought it was pretty funny: “Hmeet.com has renewed its domain name to 2018 as a bold move to let members know that the... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Report: Demand Media Lays Off All 15 Members Of R & D Unit
Variety.com, is reporting that just days after Richard Rosenblatt resigned from Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) as its CEO and Chairman of the Board, all 15 members o... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
MutualFunds.com; NL.com; QR.com All Hit Heritage’s Inaugural Domain Name Auction
The world’s third largest auction house Heritage Auctions is holding its inaugural Domain Name & Intellectual Property Auctionun on November 21st in New... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google: Improving Ad Rank to Show More Relevant Ad Extensions & Formats
Google posted on its blog post, “we’re announcing improvements in the AdWords auction that let us more consistently show more relevant ad extensions and... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 BUSINESS, TECH