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It seems that almost everyone in the domain space is suddenly banging on about developing domains instead of parking them.
That's a bit of a turnaround, as for years (and I mean years), I felt like a complete outsider in the domain game, as I never really got to grips with parking and could never understand
I have it on good authority that a petition was filed in Bankruptcy court late this afternoon to stay the foreclosure proceedings on the Sex.com domain. The auction is currently
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The following was just released.
Involuntary Chapter 11 Petition Filed Against Escom, LLC – Owner of the Sex.com Domain Name
Woodland Hills, California – Creditors of Escom, LLC ("Escom") today filed an
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The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the five biggest sales of 2010 took the top spot on our leader board and we also saw the year's biggest .info sale to date. The ccTLDs also rocked again with five charted domains including one that hit #3 on the all extension Top 20 list.
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Industry veteran Victor Pitts, who recently left his position as a Vice President at Moniker.com, has accepted a new executive position with Cincinnati, Ohio based registrar DomainIt.com. Also, a legal move has resulted in cancellation of the Sex.com auction that was scheduled tomorrow.
I wrote a post last week giving props to the FormSpring.me website. I regret giving them the attention I did. Over the past week, I have been monitoring some of my close friends' FormSpring.me profiles. I have also spoken with people who have profiles on FormSpring.me. What I've found is that FormSpring.me provokes cyber-bullying, a...
A universal question in many ways, it is a question that has been asked many a times over the years – how much is "the bible" worth?
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According to Sedo and Mike Mann (as reported by Elliot Silver) the auction for Sex.com that is scheduled for tomorrow, may not take place after all. Both sources say that an Involuntary Chapter 11 was filed against Escom, LLC the company that owns the domain.
Involuntary Chapter 11 Petition Filed Against Escom, LLC – Owner of
The second Domain Madness Domain Auction has begun and runs until March 23rd with a live stream broadcast from The Palms in Las Vegas. The auction, which is organized by Domain Consultant, appears to be using a customized auction system this year, whereas last year's auction was held using Though Convergence's Aftermarket.com platform.? Domain Cons...
I'm still trying to understand .brand.
I've never understood the lure of a brand owning .brand. Yesterday Canon announced that it will launch .canon when new top level domain names are allowed. Why? I'd really like to understand everyone's opinion on this, but let me first clear the air of common claims I
Reviewing the numbers behind DomainMonster's claim.
Yesterday domain name registrar DomainMonster.com sent out a press release "UK Company Confirmed as World's Largest New Domain Name Supplier". According to the release,
Measured by the largest number of domains registered in the first month of public door opening at a domain registry, the closes...
Companies claim Sex.com owner in debt over $10 million.
Three creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Sex.com owner Escom, LLC today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California.
The petition, obtained by Domain Name Wire (pdf), lists three creditors, all of which appear to have investor and BuyDomains founder Mike Ma...
PETA has announced their desire to acquire sex.com. Executive Vice President has written this letter to Dom Partners LLC stating:
"Visitors to the newly revamped Sex.com site could watch our sexy Super Bowl ads like "Veggie Love" (about how a vegan diet can enhance your time between the sheets) or watch Alicia Silverstone's naked testimonial?living...
The 4th DomainDiscussions.com contest puts the following challenge on the table: the person who is able to find the sale with the highest price paid for each exact match search will win $50 as well as a vector logo worth $95.
Example: if 123abc.com was sold for $5,000 and "123 abc" had 2.5k exact match US
I know people often look for a cheap escrow service when selling domain names that are not that high in value. Paypal is not always the safest and it is always best to use a domain escrow service for both the buyer and seller security of the transaction. Here is a break down of the
I have wrote about this before but when I strongly believe in something, I like to express it several times to my readers! Building a sales page for you domain name can increase the value of your domain name and increase your chances of selling it! Here is why and some examples of what I
Domain investor launches March Madness bracket selection challenge with $1,000 on the line.
Brackets.com is giving away $1,000 in cash prizes during the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, which begins on Thursday, March 17th. You can print out an official bracket and enter to win $250 – with no entry fee.? The person who has the
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I just received an email from Kevin Leto regarding the Sex.com domain name, which had been scheduled to be auctioned tomorrow morning in New York City. According to the email Kevin sent to me, legal action has been filed, and the domain auction will not take place as previously scheduled as a result. Kevin followed
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More Details Leak Out About Google’s Plans For The Set-Top Box | paidContentGoogle teaming up with Sony (NYSE: SNE), Intel; (NSDQ: INTC) and Logitech to test technology for 'Google TV' (click headline to read more) Source: PaidContent.org "You gotta believe in 'Live Internet TV'!" - Inside DomainingLI.tv is available for purchase: Class A Internet ...
The SnapNames.com showcase auction for March ended yesterday with a total of 30 domains selling for a total of $41,895
The highest sale was on the domain PlayFree.com which sold for a whopping $26,300.
I sure didn't see that one coming, the domain does have an Alexa ranking of $15M and gets between 100 and 1,000 visitors
A couple of interesting developement on the issue of what registrars should require from registrants in the way of verification of? identification to own a domain name.
First today the authority charged with running the .Ru ccTLD, the Coordination Center for TLD RU,? annoucend that effective April 1, 2010 all registrants of .RU domain names, must...
As DomainNameWire.com reported tonight the auction of Sex.com has been postponed due to the filing of bankruptcy by the debtor Escom, LLC.
At the root of the issue is going to be the amount owned by the debtor vs. the current value of the asset.
It's already public knowledge that payments to Domain Capital are at least
Welcome to Cybersquatting Law Radio brought to you by Traverse Cybersquatting Law, internet lawyers specializing in domain name dispute resolutions and all other domaining issues. Play: The Do's and Dont's of Passive Domain Holding (click title to listen) With: John...
Last night on March 16th the South Florida Domainers came out in force again and had another great event. We had around 50 attendees at a local sushi?restaurant.?Many veterans in the industry including Rick Schwartz, Michael Berkens, Howard Neu, Scott Ross,?and Chef Patrick?were there and?it was great to get to talk to some of them
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I flew to Toronto yesterday morning on what I thought would be a normal run of the mill flight…however things turned-out to be a bit different than I expected.
First my flight was delayed 2.5 hours (no surprise with American Airlines!) due to the fact that the plane was missing a part. The part had to
Namepros.com one of the top domain name forum has been down for a few hours i guess. It was down for the past 10hrs or so and i keep checking every now and then.
Frustration because Namepros is down and more frustration because i couldn't find any info on why it is down.
1. First
Didn't post much yesterday as I had one of those days.? Great for the pocketbook bad for the blog, the story of a lot of good blogs that barely post anymore.? A path I'm determined not to follow.? I won't post to post but I can't imagine a day I don't have something to say
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I've heard it more than once in my life and I've heard from a few people lately.? "As long as I'm making money I don't care".? Really? Well you should.
I'm not here to write about morals and being a family man or the importance of friends.? I've struggled with all of those at some point
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So who is responsible for my domain name's traffic?? What domain am I talking about?? I am talking about curlers.org and yesterday I noticed a huge spike in traffic.? It didn't dawn on me at the time that this could be due to one of the search engines listing me high in the search results
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Can anyone think of any new TLDs besides .tel and .asia launched for general availability in 2008-2009?
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