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Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .CO General Registration Just Hours Away, Sedo Pro Forum website goes live, public commentary closing soon on hot topics at ICANN, Rick Schwartz logs another big sale and Canada's Rick Silver takes center stage with .CA.
Rick "DomainKing" Schwartz has just posted a press release on his blog according to which he sold the domain name Punchbowl.com to Punchbowl Software, Inc , a developer of party and event planning website. The sales price of the domain has not been disclosed and the company states that it still working on a new
In 2008 Jothan Frakes held an impromptu survey for registry service providers for new gTLDs at the ICANN meeting in Paris. The results were then consolidated into a matrix and published on the Names At Work blog by his friend Antony van Couvering – unfortunately DNN could not locate the information on the site today.
Two days after the Estonian Registry operator, Eesti Internet, has gone live with their new registry system, they added another 1,329 new domains, effectively doubling the amount of active registrations. The new model of the registry for .EE domains is now based on selling domains through? accredited registrars instead of direct sales through the r...
While the US state of Kentucky is fighting online gambling by seizing domain names, the Canadian Province of British Columbia has decided to try to get a part of the online gambling cake and was apparently overwhelmed by its success.
The British Columbia Lotter Corporation had launched its controversial online gambling site, PlayNow.com, last Thurs...
Before tomorrow's General Availability Launch of the .CO ccTLD domain registrations, today is the final day to place pre-orders. The local Colombian based registrar Mi.Com.Co has launched a site offering the top 300 places in its registration queue. Prices start at $300 and are lowered the later the spot in the queue is. Currently the
Sedo has launched a new website for the "Sedo Pro World Tour" Events. The event takes place in five different cities across the world over the course of seven months. The tour starts off in the city of the US headquarter of the company, Boston and ends at the European headquarter in Cologne in February
Web hosting conference kicks off in Austin, Texas. The annual HostingCon conference kicked off in Austin this morning, with organizers expecting 1,500 or more attendees. I count over 115 vendors who will be showing their wares on Tuesday and Wednesday. A number of exhibitors are domain name companies who want to get hosting companies to
Company gives more details about its world tour program. Following up to our story a couple weeks ago, Sedo has launched its SedoPro World Tour web site. It includes specific dates for the first three events: Boston, USA (Kick Off Event) When: August 31st to September 1st Seoul, Korea When: 10th September to 11th September
Internet retailer snaps up one character .co domains for big bucks. On the eve of the .co general availability launch comes news that Overstock.com purchased the o.co domain name for a whopping $350,000. This must be the sale that Michael Berkens alluded to. From the press release: Many visionary companies see the new .CO domains
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Here are some recent .ca domain sale of note that I saw reported over the weekend.
osez.ca and cleanenergy.ca both sold at Sedo, while the baja.ca sale was reported in last week's DNJournal.com sales report.
osez.ca - $650
CleanEnergy.ca - $10,000
Baja.ca - $2,250
Also, if you follow the .ca market, you'll be interested to rea...
Candy.com had just celebrated its 1 year anniversary since their $3 Million dollar investment in the category killer domain name and the official launch of its e-commerce website in July of 2009. I have been tracking the websites "search engine ranking" since the start and it has been interesting to watch the powerful keyword domain
This is a little bit odd and I didn't research it that much either.. but I found it a bit interesting.
Andrew over at DomainNameWire.com reported the domain name sale of FreeMarket.com for $93,000 USD on July 14, 2010 (5 days ago)
Today, TechCrunch.com is reporting "Online marketplace for outsourcing Freelancer.com, formerly known as GetAFreela...
Keywords! On July 9, 2010 I wrote about how Johnson & Johnson was handling its product recalls via domains and expressed how important the matching keywords are in domain names and content to rank its sites for the most important and make sense keyword terms its customers know and likely will use. J&J did own
I've recently started using FreshDrop.net every day because of the valuable information it provides. I primarily use it to scan expired/expiring domain names that will be coming up for sale on Snapnames and NameJet (requires premium account), and I've done very well on domain names I found using FreshDrop that have been flipped or received
Relat...
Tomorrow is a? big day for the .CO Registry, as they will be publicly launching in the afternoon at 2pm EST. People will begin finding out if the .CO domain names they ordered were secured by their domain registrars, and others will learn more information about auctions and domain availability.
I received an email from the
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As one of the original top level domains, the .ORG extension is one of the more recognizable domains out there. However, it's a common misconception that it's limited to non-profits, which is definitely not the case. .ORG is a versatile extension that can work for you in a number of different situations, whether you're a
Domain name Punchbowl.com sold by legendary “Domain King??? FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Purchase and acquisition transaction of Punchbowl.com between Punchbowl Software Inc. and “Domain King??? Rick Schwartz Framingham, Mass., July 19, 2010 – Punchbowl Software, Inc. today announced the acquisition of the web domain Punchbowl.com from legendary domainer ...
Google announced through its blog that is Nexus One phone has stopped production and Google will stop selling the Nexus One saying that the next shipment of the phones will be the last. "This week we received our last shipment of Nexus One phones. Once we sell these devices, the Nexus One will no longer
for Shane and others a repost from my Schwartz thread (you should read the whole thing threading back to the beginning).Rick Schwartz is mulling six-figure offers on 5 domains on this list and is about to announce an $800,000 sale that's not on this list at all.Equally loved as hated for his feather ruffling view of the world, Rick is universally ...
Use the comment section to add to this listFrank SchillingKevin HamLawrence NgSahar SaridLarry FisheriReitMarchexFabulousScott DayRoy MesserGarry ChernoffMichael MannNameMediaDemandMediaMike BerkinsKen LawsonRick SchwartzNational A1MatiusElequa - aka Future Media ArchitectsAnything.comCnet.comBoulevards New MediaBrian NullBrian BenkoAndrew Miller a...
Makes you think twice about this golden oldie from our archivesVia SevenMile: While Rick Schwartz is rallying for a run on Microsoft lately, two years ago to this day, Frank Schilling had his eyes set on Rupert, not knowing that Rupert had his eyes set on disowning Google. Read on.I Dream of RupertI had the weirdest dream last night.. weird for se...
For those who think registering BP domains takes advantage of tragedy and owners should donate all revenue generated back to the cause... think about ads like this that law firms pay dearly for and Google takes the money as well as every TV station in the world. They use the tm term "Wrigkley" in their ads. It's done all the time. Have a look
The remake of the 1986 movie, "Labyrinth" has a connection in the domain industry. Movie poster teaser below.
I have received a lot of emails from blog readers that missed my live show and are looking to access past episodes. I am happy to let you know that all past episodes are available directly from MorganLinton.tv or directly from my uStream Archives. To make it even easier I've also decided to post last
It always baffles me when I come-across a parked category-killer domain. Call me old fashioned but I like to see the web's category-defining property developed into useful websites. I think the Castello Brothers have set an excellent example by thinking of brands from the very beginning. To them each category-killer domain name meant owning a...
The recent ICANN Meeting held in Brussels was marked by heavy attendance and an even heavier issues agenda.
Every ICANN meeting includes a Public Forum in which attendees and other interested parties may direct questions and comments to ICANN’s Board of Directors. ICA Counsel Philip Corwin used his two minutes at the microphone (plus a few addition...
I was like a lot of people this weekend, putting my names in for dot co.? I'm not sure I'm completely sold on the extension but I do know a few things. The people behind the company are first rate.? They are marketing geniuses and that's half the domain game.? Secondly, plenty of people are
This is one of my favorite quotes from Fulton J. Sheen.? Although I've been buying domains for quite a while, I didn't consider myself a domainer until the last few years.? In that time, I've met some fantastic people.? Gentleman and ladies that are amazing business people, marketers, and skilled web professionals.? I've read blogs...
SnapNames Shopping & eCommerce Showcase Auction Ends July 20th, 2010 at 3:15pm EST. The auction contains a decent amount of? product domain names. I picked out what I thought were the best values and listed them below:
bronzingcreams.com – $201 – $500
cdromdrives.com – $1,001 – $2,500
handheldgps.com – $10,001 R...
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