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Epik releases list of domains for next week's auction. Epik has released the list of domains and developed web sites to be auctioned at its Developer Conference next week in Seattle. The list is impressive, including: Downline.com – fantastic MLM domain, which is a big business Poster.com – like the plural better, but still good...
Wholesale cost for .org domain registrations increases next year. The wholesale price for registering a .org domain name will increase in April 2011. In a short letter to ICANN dated yesterday, .org registry Public Interest Registry said it will increase the annual price to $7.21 beginning April 1. This does not include ICANN fees. As
Application filed for .bank domain name. The same company that filed a service mark application for .Secure is at it again, this time filing an application for .Bank. Wisconsin-based Asif LLC filed application 85,120,345 on August 31 to cover "Domain name registration services". In the U.S. you cannot trademark a top level domain name, although...
Owning a generic .com doesn't give you a monopoly on other top level domains. The owner of the descriptive and generic domain name IntlMovers.COM has failed to win the domain name IntlMovers.ORG from its owner in a UDRP case. Although IntlMovers.com existed before IntlMovers.org, and they offer similar services, panelist Tony Willoughby pointed out...
Online education domain name auction ending shortly. Separate auctions at Sedo for OnlineCollegeDegrees.com and OnlineCollegeDegrees.net will conclude overnight tonight and sell for at least $28,000 combined. The auction for the .com is currently at $18,000 and the auction for .net is $10,000. The .net domain name is an active web site with page ra...
Cast your ballots now for TRAFFIC awards. Every year the organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain name conference ask for nominations (and then a vote) to pick the best companies and people in the domain name industry. This year's voting is due by Wednesday at 8 pm EDT. To participate, just make your selections from below
Are you cool? Then plan to visit Austin this November. I've long talked about holding a domainer dinner in Austin. As I talked to others in the industry about it one common request kept coming up: hold it in conjunction with a University of Texas football game. So that's what we're doing November 12-13. Details
Another domain name parking service added to stats sharing system. This past year has been a big one for domain name parking service SmartName. It has combined all of its parking brands into one as well as rolled out (or enhanced) both SmartName Shops and a content parking solution. Apparently a lot of people are
Epik pushes the envelop at next week's Domain Swap. Domain lifecycle platform Epik likes to try new and innovative things. Next week's Domain Swap event at Epik DevCon in Seattle is another example. The Domain Swap brings in much needed liquidity and a common currency to domain trading, something that has been absent from similar
Drug company loses dispute, but panelists disagree over key point. A recent UDRP brought by drug giant Sanofi-aventis is interesting on a couple counts. First, the company lost the case over the domain name ferrlecit.com. The respondent is a former licensee of Sanofi-aventis. It registered the domain name while it was a licensee. So it
Foundation backed by George Soros loses arbitration for domain name. Open Society Institute, a think tank and foundation founded by billionaire George Soros, has lost a domain name dispute over the domain OpenSociety.org. The majority of the three person National Arbitration Forum found that the domain name wasn't registered and used in bad faith. ...
Let's increase the security on webmail. Last week Google launched its new Gmail Priority Inbox feature to great fanfare. It's a fantastic feature for people suffering from email overload. I have another suggestion for Gmail. Usage of web-based email services has exploded to the point that many people and companies keep critical information in their...
X.co officially launches. A couple months ago I wrote about how GoDaddy had snagged x.co with plans to use it as a URL shortener. Late last week I noticed that @Godaddy was using x.co in its tweets; and now the service is officially open to all. x.co has a lot of the features you'll find
Revenue slides but bottom line improves in first half of year. Revenue at domain name brokerage and parking company Sedo for the first half of 2010 was down compared to the same period last year, but earnings were up. Sedo Holding reported (pdf) revenue of 21.9M EUR for its Sedo division in H1 2010, compared
Nearly a century of royalty payments bought out. Bingo.com, Ltd has bought out its remaining royalty payments on the domain name Bingo.com for $900,000 in equity. The company had a deal with the prevous owner of the domain (Bingo, Inc) to pay it 4% of gross revenue through 2098. An independent valuation pegged the present
Jobs domain pro merges one of his companies with Recruiter.com. Jason Davis has struck another large sdomain name deal by merging his RecruitingBlogs.com with Recruiter.com. Although technically a merger, Recruiter.com's domain name was its main contribution to the puzzle. Recruiter.com owner Ashley Saddul will join the merged entity as CTO and fou...
$15B company loses UDRP case. Juniper Networks has lost a domain name arbitration case to get the domain juniper.tv. Despite having a market cap of nearly $15 billion, the arbitrator noted that it's entirely plausible that the registrant of the domain name hadn't heard of the company because it's a business-to-business company. Also working against...
Here's why NameMedia sells more of its own domains than clients' domains. Every once in a while I feel like going on a rant. So here goes. There's been a lot of talk on both my blog and others about NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains and AfternicDLS. NameMedia owns its own portfolio of domains which it
If an auction occurs, expect to put your money where your mouth is. We might never see an auction for Sex.com. But if we do, expect to put up a significant deposit if you wish to bid. Court documents show that the bankruptcy sales procedure for Sex.com will include three phases. In the first phase
Survey seeks opinions on new top level domain names. World Trademark Review is currently running a survey to understand attitudes and plans around the launch of new top level domain names. The survey is targeted to three groups: In-house trademark lawyers, private practice trademark lawyers, and marketing, web, and communications professionals. Eac...
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