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Big Day for Morgan Linton and Patrick Ruddell

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:34 PM

DomainGang : Today's a big day for two domainer personalities and for reasons that are quite similar. In an announcement, investor and developer, Morgan Linton, disclosed that he and fiance Daina will be tying the knot pretty soon! 'Off to meet with a wedding planner! We've narrowed it down to three and are going to pick our

Sedos Premium .Me Auction My Picks

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:06 PM

Domaining Tips : The premium .me auction organized by Sedo and by the .me registry will end in less than 5 days, so I thought I'd share my picks. To take a look at the entire list, click HERE. Alright then, here are my picks:SINGLES.ME and FRIENDS.MEExcellent dating domains. OK, Friends.me is not a dating domain per se

Time To Blog Less And Do More

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:33 PM

Domain Shane : This past week was a game changer. The positivity and the business relationships built at … FULL ARTICLE

Did Hank Alvarez sell out to new SnapNames owners?

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:44 AM

DomainGang : We haven't heard from Hank Alvarez for a while – the notorious shill bidder that created the 'halvarez' scandal as a former VP at SnapNames. Hank Alvarez – or 'Hanky' as he's often known – declared his repentance on multiple occasions, stating that he's a changed man and an honest domain auction entrepreneur. Something is

SmorePages.com Upgrades Domain To Smore.com For $27K

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:07 AM

Dot Weekly : SmorePages.com is likely a website you have not heard of but they just did a domain name upgrade and dropped the "pages" from their domain name and have converted to simply Smore.com . Smore Pages purchased the domain name Smore.com at Sedo.com for $21,000 EUR, which converts to about $27K USD. I checked out Smore

Super Bowl Sunday Updates GO PATS!

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:01 AM

Eilliot's Blog : I think my favorite day of the year is Super Bowl Sunday, especially when my New England Patriots are playing. I don't ever miss a Pats game, even when I'm on vacation. Anyways, here's a brief Super Bowl Sunday update. I don't know about you, but it's been strange seeing some Super Bowl commercials

Box.com Acquires Box.org, Completes Sweep

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:45 AM

Dot Weekly : I had broke the story that Box.com had been acquired in late September 2011 and the domain name was purchased by the rapidly growing company Box.net. Fast forward to December 22, 2011 and I had announced that Box.net was officially changing its "name" to simply "Box" but also changing its main domain name from Box.net

The Weekends Big List of Domains At Auction and Dropping on the Net

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:48 AM

Domain Shane : Great week this week. Fantastic for Shane the businessman and domainer, bad for Domain Shane. … FULL ARTICLE

Reflections On DOMAINfest Global 2012

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:55 PM

Domainvestors.tv : Wow – this week flew by! I went to sleep at around 6AM so today has been a bit of a blur, now I finally have a break in the action, and a minute to reflect on DOMAINfest 2012. The conference was absolutely incredible this year, and as always I am very interested in understanding

Domainfest Santa Monica 2012 sales in a nutshell

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:43 PM

DomainGang : Words With Friends is down tonight so what a better way to end Friday than with a fun medley of all the domains that were sold at Domainfest 2012 in Santa Monica? Enjoy Marriages.com don't last much, my friend Paul says. He sent out WeddingCards.net but the last moment, his fiancee Margo.com walked away. He

Closing Day Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:50 PM

DNJournal : DOMAINfest Global 2012 is now history. The 6th annual show concluded in Santa Monica with a farewell breakfast this morning that followed last night's grand finale at the House of Blues. We have closing day photos and highlights that pick up where we left off near the end of Day 2.

Getting ready for GAME DAY!!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:15 PM

Name.com : It's Friday afternoon and blizzarding outside but our office is buzzing with energy and excitement. We're preparing for game day of course! Most of you saw our GoDaddy Superbowl Spoof last year (if not, check it out!) but this year … Continue reading →

HuntingMoon.com Brokers The Sale Of Pornstar.com For $1.5 Million

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:43 PM

The Domains : HuntingMoon.com announced that they have successfully brokered the sale of the website Pornstar.com for $1.5 Million dollars.This sale follows HuntingMoon sale of Eric Borgos' adult domain portfolio for $1.3 Million.Lets point out right away that PornStar.com is an operating site not just a domain and the sale included all content, affiliates and m

More .XXX please Were British!

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:44 PM

DomainGang : A new marketing campaign for .XXX domains by the ICM Registry has been unveiled in the UK. According to the campaign's creators, M&C Saatchi London: have created a new tongueincheek campaign to promote .XXX the high level adult domain. Targeting adults the ads are due to go live on video screens in bars

German company NIVEA buys 10% of Sedo Expands SedoMLS into facial moisturizers

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:42 AM

DomainGang : With more than 125 years of experience in skin care and one of the world's most modern research centers, NIVEA is a powerhouse on the Internet as well. Acquiring 10% of Sedo sounds unreal, by all means. NIVEA, a sponsor of Domainfest, provided moisturizing cream to the domainers that shaved their heads for a good

BuyDomains.com Beats Back UDRP on Solanum.com

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:08 AM

The Domains : Buydomains.com, just beat back a UDRP on the domain name solanum.comHere are the relevant facts and finding from the three member panel:'The Complainant is a Mexican individual who founded a business named Solanum Laboratories in Mexico in 2003.''The Complainant is the owner of a variety of Mexican registered trademarks for the word mark SOLANUM, t

ICANN loses the US media over new gTLD program

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:43 AM

.nxt : It's official: ICANN has lost the US media over its flagship new gTLD program, with USA Today joining the New York Times and the Washington Post in publishing a damning editorial.The second largest newspaper in the United States warned earlier this week that the program to create potentially thousands of new gTLDs will be confusing, expensive and a

Domain owners time to cash in on a sale of $250 million dollars

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20 AM

DomainGang : According to an ancient Greek quote by Hippocrates, life is short and art is long, or 'Ars longa, vita brevis' in its Latin version. Art comes in many formats, one of which is painting. One painting, in particular more than reaffirms the fact that investing in art can be extremely rewarding. Just recently, a painting

I Wouldnt Want To Be in The Domain Registrar Business Serving Domain Investors

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:02 AM

Eilliot's Blog : I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moniker sale post, but I believe it merits its own post. I can only imagine the domain registrar business would suck if the primary target audience is domain investors. As a domain registrar catering to the

DNForum, QR.com and bidding drama

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:33 AM

DomainGang : Among the domains announced to have sold at Domainfest was QR.com – a two letter dot com of extreme appeal to the industry of QR codes that has infiltrated our lives, all while bar codes are dying a fast technological death. QR.com was listed as sold at $325,000 – a seriously awesome price – thus

Today We Call Out Sedo For Including Escrow Only Transactions In Its Sales Figures

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:57 AM

The Domains : Sedo.com has been including domain names it acts only as escrow agent for in its weekly and annual reports of domain sales.This information came to light this week when Sedo inadvertently reported a sale that was supposed to be confidential andFrancois from Domaining left a comment on TheDomains.com telling us that not only should have the sale bee

Video: Lana Del Rey on Letterman

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:41 AM

Eilliot's Blog : By this point, I would bet you've heard of Lana Del Rey. Lana has a new album called Born to Die, and here's the video of her singing her hit song Video Games last night on the Late Show with David Letterman. I know it's not domain name related, but there are a lot of

EnjoyBetter.com Time Warner Cable Superbowl Ad Blunder

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:04 AM

Dot Weekly : Time Warner Cable® is getting ready for the big game on Sunday, by getting the matching domain name to the marketing message they will be having during the Superbowl ads. Enjoy Better! But will Dish Network get "free" business from the Superbowl ad Time Warner is going to run? Well, first….TWC obtained EnjoyBetter.com from Sonnev

Defining a New Mission, New Path for a New Era vs. 'A Kodak Moment'

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:28 AM

Rick Schwartz : Morning Folks!! Mission Accomplished. I had time to think, reflect and verify. Mission Accomplished. So what I have tried to do is readjust and reevaluate to a world where Domain Names are no longer an unknown. Quite the opposite. The entire world now knows that it all starts with a domain name. Every business, every idea, every child born. That's

Godaddy Domain Auction My Selection Of PageRank Domains 81

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:10 AM

DNXpert : The following 28 domain names are available to bid on at the Godaddy auctions at the time of writing this. All names are linked to the Godaddy auction bid screen for quick access. I have tried to confirm all PRs to make sure they are not fake but you still have to do your own

ICANN board seat up for reelection

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:29 AM

DomainIncite.com : ICANN's Address Supporting Organization has kicked off an election for one of its two official representatives on the ICANN board of directors. Director Ray Plzak sees his threeyear term come to an end in June. He's standing for reelection, but has competition from three other candidates. The ASO represents the oftoverlooked IP address side of Rela

Verisign: our DNS was not hacked

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:10 AM

DomainIncite.com : Verisign today reiterated that the recently revealed 2010 security breaches on its corporate network did not affect its production domain name system services. In a statement, Verisign said: After a thorough analysis of the attacks, Verisign stated in 2011, and reaffirms, that we do not believe that the operational integrity of the Domain Name Syst

Domainfest Global Domain Name Auction Nets $717,000

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45 PM

The Domains : The live domain name auction from Domainfest Global just ended resulting in $717,450 in sales.QR.com led the way selling for $325,000.Empire.com sold for $135,000 and another two letter .com QE.com sold for $85,00Marriages.com sold before the auction started for $36,000Catfood.com sold for $62,000 after selling just a little more than 2 years ago a

Lana Del Rey on the cover of Vogue magazine

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:38 PM

DomainGang : Singer Lana Del Rey, talented daughter of domain investor Robert Grant has taken her successful career to a new level. Lana appears on the cover of the British edition of Vogue magazine; the March issue, in particular. Titled 'The Fascinating Lana Del Rey', the issue strategically places the words 'Oh so pretty!' at the bottom

DOMAINfest 2012 Day Three Live Auction

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:06 PM

Domainvestors.tv : 2011 was plagued with some fairly disappointing auctions so I was pretty excited to see how we kickedoff 2012. There were some absolutely phenomenal names in the auction but as we've seen in the past, the key is pricing. Also, plenty of the highestvalue sales happen after the auction so it will be interesting to

Occupy.com domain name sells

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:01 PM

Domain Name Wire : Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It's not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois. But the buyer definitely wants to capitalize on the movement. It started a logo design contest on

ICE Seizes Hundreds More Domains (Full List)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:09 PM

Dot Weekly : ICE has seized hundreds more domain names prior to the 2012 Super Bowl. 307 "websites" were seized in this latest round, with 16 sites being "streaming" sites. The remaining sites were selling counterfeit merchandise. You can read more about the details of the bust on NetworkWorld.com but I will focus on the domain names! First

Feds Seize 307 Sports Related Domain Names Just Before Super Bowl Weekend

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:27 PM

Domain Shane : Wired is reporting that Feds have seized 307 sports related domain names just days before … FULL ARTICLE

Hawaii Proposes Bill To Force State To Apply For New gTLDs; 1 Of Which Isnt Even Allowed

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:53 PM

The Domains : A bill just proposed in the Hawaii state legislature seeks to require the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to make application for the new gTLD's of .hawaii, .hi, and .aloha.One of the TLD the legislature is requiring the state to apply for .Hi isn't even available to be applied for under the Guidebook so if they mak

Available Domain Names List Feb2

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:47 PM

Bill Eisenmann : Another day, another drop. Here are your fresh available domain names that expired on February 2nd. This one can't compete with yesterday's list in terms of volume but there are some nice finds in here if you take the time to analyze it. Don't take too long though, or it will be gone.Tomorrow's list is

DOMAINfest 2012: Keynote By Biz Stone

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:10 PM

Domainvestors.tv : Wednesday night was a blast beginning at the Petersen Auto Museum and ending at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. Surprisingly we still managed to get more than six hours of sleep which is a rarity at conferences but leaves us with lots of energy for the last party of DOMAINfest taking place tonight at

How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:47 PM

Domain Name Wire : Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter cofounder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his cofounders wanted a name that showed 'urgency'. They came up with Jitter, but thought that sounded negative. One of his partners

Tucows launches Ting mobile phone service

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:28 PM

Domain Name Wire : Tucows branches out, enters mobile phone business. Tucows, which owns one of the world's largest domain registrars, officially launched mobile phone service Ting today. In a press release, Tucows CEO Elliot Noss said: 'What people are forced to put up with from mobile service providers just doesn't make sense. It's too complicated, too opaque, too

New gTLD applications briefly vanish after glitch

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:03 PM

DomainIncite.com : A software glitch in ICANN's TLD Application System was apparently to blame for a number of 'disappearing' new generic toplevel domain applications today. At about 4pm UTC today, two Neustar executives tweeted that some applications, among them the company's own .neustar dotbrand application, had vanished from their TAS accounts. TAS is the webbase

Beckstrom Tells USA TODAY On New gTLDs: Were improving Internet Domain Space

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:01 AM

The Domains : In an OpEd piece published by USA Today, the CEO of ICANN Rod Beckstrom says of the new gTLD program that 'It will create space on the Internet that is more secure than what exists today.''Applicants will undergo criminal background checks, financial evaluations and challenging technical assessments. More than 300 pages of rules govern the applicat

.sas could be the first contested dotbrand gTLD

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:56 AM

DomainIncite.com : Scandinavian Airlines System Group is to apply to ICANN for a generic toplevel domain, .sas, in what could turn out to be the first example of a contested dotbrand. The company has agreed to explain its thinking during The Top Level, a conference happening in London later this month. The agenda for the meeting states Related posts:Exclusive: StarHu

.com passed 100 million mark in October

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:40 AM

DomainIncite.com : Verisign's .com registry passed the 100 million domains under management milestone in October, the company's monthly ICANN registry report revealed today. The exact number of domains under management in .com on October 31 was 100,540,971, having increased by a net 690,243 registrations over the course of the month. That's a pretty big deal, but for

After the Sale, Are You More or Less Likely to Use Moniker?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:19 AM

Eilliot's Blog : I'm sure you've already read the news that Moniker and Snapnameswereacquired by KeyDrive in a private transaction. I am very surprised that neither Oversee.net nor Key Drive sent an email to Moniker / Snapnames clients, and I don't see anything that would indicate that either company issued a press release to announce the news yet.

JustDropped.com Releases App For iPhone

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:34 AM

The Domains : According to an email we just received the popular daily newsletter, JustDropped.com just released an App for the iPhoneThe newsletter has over 65,000 subscribers and I have been using it for years as well.Here is the screenshot of the App available in iTunes now buy clicking here…

Sedo.com Sells GEB.com For 40,000 Euros

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:24 AM

The Domains : The domain name GEB.com just sold on Sedo for 40,000 Euro's or around $50K.The seller appears to be a Gerard Brady.The domain is currently at Escrow.com awaiting transfer…

Frank Schilling, Moniker and SnapNames are now connected

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:19 AM

DomainGang : News of the sale of Moniker and SnapNames by Oversee to Luxemburgbased KeyDrive made a splash yesterday. The formation of KeyDrive occurred when KeySystems and NameDrive merged last year, creating a physical as much as a brand merger. Very creative. Except, KeyDrive only owns the .LU ccTLD and not the .COM On the other hand,

Reports Say ICANNs New gTLD TAS System Is Missing Applications

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:14 AM

The Domains : According to tweets from a couple of people at NeuStar, the ICANN TAS system is having problems today.Jeff Neuman of NeuStart Tweeted today:'Check your applications in TAS. Reports of missing applications Our application 4 .Neustar is 1 of them'''TAS also lost our 'unique' ID which we got upon paying initial 5k. We need ID to pay remainder, fill ou

Godaddy & .Co Stars In The CBS TV Show Super Bowls Greatest Commercials

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:43 AM

The Domains : Last night CBS aired a one hour TV show 'Super Bowls Greatest Commercials' and Godaddy and .Co starred, taking up the 1st five minute the show.The show was cohosted by Godaddy's Spokesman Jillian Michaels who appeared in Godaddy gear.Also appearing on the show were Bob Parson's, and three Godaddy commercials including last year's .Co commercial fea

Startup America obtains s.co and offers free .co domains to entrepreneurs

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:33 AM

DomainIncite.com : Startup America, an initiative to encourage entrepreneurship in the US, has rebranded itself S.co and will offer a free oneyear .co domain registration to registered members. For .CO Internet, the .co registry, this is a pretty sweet marketing coup. The Startup America Partnership is a private initiative created a year ago in response to White Rela

Startup America Partnership Using S.CO

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:59 AM

Eilliot's Blog : Startup America is a privately funded, highly touted organization with three goals: 'Provide valuable resources and connections to help young companies grow. Support regional startup ecosystems throughout the country. Recognize startups as the drivers of our economy and their founders as American heroes.' The organization, chaired and cofounded by