Auction giant eBay sent out an email to its members, seeking their support against the so-called Internet Tax Bill. As an online shopper, you may be negatively affected by sales tax legislation currently being considered in the U.S. Congress. I want to let you know about the bill and give you a quick, easy way

A few cases either filed or decided today in UDRP world, DomainTools.com filed a UDRP on 10 typo domain names The UDRP from Domaintools.com is on the following domain names: doaintools.com doimaintools.com domailtools.com domaintoolls.com domaintoos.com domainttols.com domaiontools.com domaitools.com domanitools.com domsintools.com A one member UD...

This month's inventory is pretty decent in my opinion. The auctions will end in about 1 day and 20 hours, click HERE to take a look at all of the listings. Here are some of the domains that are being auctioned this month: 345.com features.com mph.com ghr.com kjq.com upv.com chz.com sbq.com dog.co.uk consulting.de cloud.at woman.net UT.TV Georgia.t...

This spring contained, as usual, the spring “conference season”. And, DomainTools attended a variety of them. The back-to-back-to-back conferences we exhibited at were FS-ISAC, IACC and INTA. Each of the three conferences had sessions covering the pervasiveness of cybercrime generally, but each also focused in on areas specifically pertaining t...

XBoxOne.com, the matching domain for Microsoft's new video game system, was originally registered more than 10 years ago. Microsoft today unveiled its new XBox video game system called XBox One. Microsoft does not own the domain name XBoxOne.com, which currently resolves to a GoDaddy "coming soon" page. The domain name was registered in 2002 by...

If you comment on a post, it might affect the outcome of a patent application. Whenever I post about a recently granted patent, comments inevitably turn to "that invention is nothing new" or "that's a junk patent". I'm sure that at some point today there will be comments to that effect on my post about

Paul Nicks' inventions related to name spinning and appraisals get patent protection. The United States Patent and Trademark Office today issued two patents to GoDaddy related to name spinning and appraisal. U.S. Patent number 8,447,701 is titled "Appraising domain names using comparative data" and 8,447,702 (pdf) is "Domain appraisal algorithm". T...

YAHOO! has concluded that TUMBLR, the social blogging service, is worth more than $1 billion. That's what their betting on the service. Whether it's worth that amount will depend upon whether or not the combined company can turn its millions of users into an interlocking set of services that no competitor can hope to replicate.

Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that makes it easy to post and share content with your friends. Today Yahoo announced that they have acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in stock and cash. Tumblr users have expressed concern about whether Yahoo … Continue reading →

Directi, fresh from relaunching .pw, will shortly start selling third-level domain names under .in.net, mimicking the pseudo-TLD business model most often associated with CentralNic. The sub-domains will be targeted at the Indian market, with prices expected to be in the sub-$10 range. Directi is set to launch June 17 with a 42 day "landrush &...

Article on Forbes.com about domain names and startups is worth bookmarking to refer potential domain buyers to as a reference. David Teten, a partner with ff Venture Capital, has published the second part of a story on Forbes.com about startups and domain names. It's a good primer on how companies can get creative when acquiring

Morning Folks!! The following is the Final Auction List for TRAFFIC Next Week. There will be NO online bidding. But we tried. I explained the reasons on the comment section of this post by Elliot. Below is a note DIRECT from the Bellagio that illustrates my concerns. Even for the most expensive hotel ever built. Now for folks that do not believe th...

Today TRAFFIC organizers announced the addition of two one-day pass options for the TRAFFIC Vegas show coming up next week. Their decision to offer these passes was based on requests from potential attendees who wouldn't be able to make it for the entire show. I am definitely a fan of getting as many people to

Company suggests ICANN is only posting letters that "will advance its positions". Verisign has sent a letter to ICANN questioning why it isn't publishing certain correspondence on the ICANN.org web site. ICANN has a section on its web site where it publishes many letters it receives and sends. But Verisign says ICANN hasn't published three...

This is the first GoDaddy coupon code I have seen to offer three domain names discounted to just $0.99! The discount applies to both new registrations and transfers. I've tested and it works for me. I happened to come across this while noticing a banner for the GoDaddy promotion. The savings are significant, so I ... Continue Reading

The domain name TextAlerts.com was on sale at BuyDomains.com just a week ago with a buy it now price of $250. There were no takers. Instead the domain name which was owned by Domainbox Limited of the UK, when it was listed at Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com,  expired, dropped and went into a SnapNames.com auction where it sold on Friday for $3,505!!! I...

Lots of ground to cover in the Lowdown at DNJournal today - most centering on the launch of new businesses. Email.biz, Directi's .IN.NET and Michael Cyger's SEOBlog.com all joined the growing ranks of new online enterprises. Elsewhere, Traffic Las Vegas offers 1-day passes.

So you're venturing into the unknown, yet wonderful world of domaining! Congratulations; the world is your oyster. The road is wide but paved with strange temptations. Like a modern Odysseas on the way to Ithaca, you're presented with melodic, new TLDs, "premium" domains and other such attractive elements. Fresh domainer, beware! What is the single...

In the event that you were planning to be a bidder on the Hilco Streambank auction for the domain names and intellectual property package related to 1800mywebsite.com, I want to let you know that the auction has been canceled. Included in this auction were the 1800mywebsite.com and 1?800?mywebsite.com domain names as well as matching vanity The pos...

A mobile friendly website for restaurants that doesn't have any of my pet peeves. On Friday I received a press release from GoDaddy about how its website builder had new functionality and specific templates for restaurants. It was Friday afternoon and I generally don't care much about small business website builders. The combination of these...

Subdomains are great, but beware the typos. Have you ever come across a Google information page that's a subdomain of WithGoogle.com? If you just go to Withgoogle.com you'll be forwarded to Google.com. But type in certain third level domains, often referred to as subdomains, of WithGoogle.com and you'll find specialized product pages. brasilfreewif...

Search engine optimization continues to be one of the most discussed topics online for web developers and publishers. Every second there is an average of 3.5 searches about the topic on Google, and there are over 3,000 books about SEO on Amazon. SEO is a booming business, and many millions of dollars are spent by The post Michael Cyger Launches SEO...

Worldwide, there are about 150 million new businesses being started up each year.With some startups being funded to grow as quickly as possible, many are interested in purchasing killer domain names so they can create a memorable brand. Noted venture capitalist Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures suggests to start-ups he invests in that they alloc...

Did would-be new gTLD registry services provider GMO Registry fail its ICANN technical evaluations? The Japanese company has made a deal that will see CentralNic take over the back-end operations for all 27 of the applications it was signed up to service, it has emerged. In a letter, provided by GMO to ICANN last week Related posts: Another 44 ne...

Portland-based developer Fly9 launched last week, offering new gTLD registries a broad range of software designed to make it easier to sell domain names. The company, founded by SnapNames and Afilias alum Ravi Surya, hopes its platform will help new gTLD operators tap into registrars' customer bases in a soon-to-be-flooded market. "The problem with...