MannQuotes – Chapter VIII: The Magnificent Mike Mann It’s been a full year since the last chapter of ‘MannQuotes‘ – tidbits of conventional wisdom from domain entrepreneur, Mike Mann. Mike’s recent sale of MakeSomeNoise.com for $40,000 dollars, a domain he paid less than $1,000 on, shows that Mike possesses a magnificent instinct. When three-word domains p...
DomainGang.com - 10 hr 16 min ago
This Is What The Internet Was Missing: A Nigerian Registrar Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the accreditation of Nigeria’s registrar, Upperlink, which makes the company the first Nigerian and the eighth accredited registrar in Africa. I am not so sure this is what the internet and … Continue reading →
OnlineDomain.com - 10 hr 50 min ago
Larry Strickling speech to American Enterprise Institute Speech lays out what’s ahead and why some people are overreacting. Lawrence Strickling, Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), gave a speech to American Enterprise Institute yesterday about the transition of internet functions away from NTIA. The transition of the IANA functions ...
Domain Name Wire - 11 hr 2 min ago
Company Domain Purchases From Bosch, Eli Lilly & More DotWeekly.com - DotWeekly Internet Ventures
Here is another round of large company domain purchases from the series DotWeekly Discoveries. The following domain names were either recently registered or purchased in the domain name aftermarket or directly from the past owner of the domain name. Big list today with several interesting s...
DotWeekly - 11 hr 9 min ago
Get .associates, .consulting, .media and more now. General Availability – open to everyone, first come, first served: .associates $30 .consulting $30 .kaufen (“to buy” in German) $30 .lease $50 .media $30 .pictures $10 EAP – Available at special pricing before general availability .reisen (“to travel” in German) .town .toys .university Find out mor...
Encirca.com - 11 hr 21 min ago
5 Domains That Have Hit Reserve and Will Sell At HA.com The Heritage Auction domain name live auction is tomorrow at 2PM EST with live online bidding. The Ha.com, prebidding system is open until 10pm tonight. The auction features some great domains including Bitcoins.com and Bitcoin.club and you can read more about the auction here As of publication 5 domain names have hit reserve and wil...
The Domains - 11 hr 47 min ago
Domain Name Loans via Lend.me Back in 2003 I started my own domain name lending site at GetFunding.com (I no longer own that domain, but you can see this screenshot of how my site looked at looked). Now there are a bunch of sites like that, such at DomainCapital.com, Intelend.com, and DigiPawn.com, but at the time I was one of the first. I figured since I was buy...
DomainInvesting.com - 11 hr 55 min ago
MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMap data to provide access to highly detailed offline maps of, virtually, every country...
The Domains - 12 hr 7 min ago
gTLD’s: Now It Gets Interesting: .Pics, .Pictures, Photo, .Photos Tomorrow the new gTLD .Pictures launches into general availability status meaning it can be registered on a first come first served basis. We have been chatting about plural and singular new gTLD’s for a while as well as vertical competition but with the launch of this new domain name extension we can actually start to […...
The Domains - 12 hr 40 min ago
Dealhunter A/S of Denmark Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On DealHunter.com A three member UDRP panel has found Dealhunter A/S of Frederiksberg, Denmark, represented by Aumento, Denmark guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DealHunter.com The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com The domain name was registered in 1998. The Complainant w...
ICANN looking for chief registrant advocate (but there’s a catch) ICANN is looking for a Registrant Services Director — somebody to advocate for the rights of registrants within the organization. It’s a paid staff position, reporting directly to Global Domains Division president and ICANN number two Akram Atallah, not a part of the volunteer community. The catch is that the newly creati...
DomainIncite.com - 13 hr 55 min ago
No Sign of gTLD’s in NYC, but Younger Generations are Open to Change I’ve spent this last week in New York working with my co-founder on our company, and also visiting some friends from home and school. I’ve been all over the city working, walking and eating, but have not seen any sign of the thousands of new gTLD’s that are hitting the market in America’s biggest city. […...
Brian Diener - 14 hr 9 min ago
An interesting dates question in a UDRP What if you registered a domain long ago, let it expire, and then registered it again? The date you first registered a domain name is a critical factor in a UDRP. Generally speaking, if your registration predates the complainant’s rights in a term, then the complainant can’t win a UDRP. That’s because it’s imp...
Just Added: One New TLD Delegation One new TLD has been delegated into the internet’s Root Zone file. Calzone allows you to subscribe to any TLD phase, category, or script. If you subscribe to Calzone, you will receive tailored alerts in your mailbox. Free subscriptions also include calendar updates automatically sent to your personal calendar on your computer, sma...
Calzone.org - 15 hr 3 min ago
Adam Dicker Shares DNForum Promo Video Yesterday afternoon, DNForum owner Adam Dicker shared a new video that that was created to help promote DNForum. The goal of the video is to encourage people to sign up for an account and interact with other domain investors on the forum. I bought and sold domain names for a few years before learning about and signing up for DNForum....
DomainInvesting.com - 15 hr 19 min ago
ccTLD anger over IANA group “capture” Operators of dozens of ccTLDs are said to be furious that they don’t have representation on the group coordinating the transition of the IANA functions from US oversight. The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) has been “captured” by members of ICANN’s country-code Names Supporting Organizatio...
DomainIncite.com - 16 hr 8 min ago
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 23rd I feel like I’m starting to get a crush on the two girls in the Uniregistry ad on all the domain blogs. I especially like the girl on the left with her long brown hair and inquisitive look. I actually am starting to reload the page just to see her again before the content loads.
DomainShane.com - 16 hr 48 min ago
New TV Ad For .London New Top Level Domain Name The .London registry released a new TV ad for the new top level domain name. Until 31st July 2014, Londoners get priority for Dot London domain names. This means that if you are a London-based business, organisation, neighbourhood association or … Continue reading →
