Juan Diego Calle, CEO of .CO talks strategy with EuroDNS EuroDns has completed an Interview with Juan Diego Calle CEO of .CO and certainly worth a read, I didn’t realise .CO now has over 1.5 Million .CO domain names registered. We have seen some high priced .CO domain names sell since its launch just over three years ago to the public but not all sales […]The post Juan Diego Ca...
RobbiesBlog.com - 17 hr 6 min ago
Inside the Buyer’s Mind on the $250,000 Acquisition of StockPhoto.com Flippa had a nice guest blog post recently from the buyer of StockPhoto.com, which sold last year on Flippa for $250,000. It’s always interesting to understand the mindset of a buyer, especially one with the cojones to click the “Buy It Now for $250,000″ button when bidding was only at
AccidentalDomainer.com - 17 hr 16 min ago
Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com IG Group’s .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group’s application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the company that recently spent $4.7 million for the domain name IG.com. Both IG Group and...
Domain Name Wire - 17 hr 18 min ago
EnCirca signs the .UNO Registry-Registrar Agreement Dot Latin LLC announced today that EnCirca has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension specifically designed to serve the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web extension dedicated to Spanish-speaking businesses, consumers and individuals online.
Encirca.com - 17 hr 24 min ago
Infographic: The truth about the gTLD Domain Registration process, revealed! If you’re currently stumped about the domain registration process as it applies to gTLD domains, you are not alone. After scratching our head for days, not sure when we can finally register domains in the myriads of new extensions, we finally had an epiphany. Thanks to inspiration provided by Name.com, we created the following ...
GODADDY OFFERS 14 NEW DOMAIN NAME EXTENSIONS FOR PRE-REGISTRATION ESTATE, .PHOTOGRAPHY & Others Launch for Pre-registration — Giving Customers More Options SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Dec. 11, 2013) – GoDaddy, the world’s largest domain name registrar, is offering 14 new domain name extensions for pre-registration as part of the new program to … Continue reading →
TNTNames.com - 18 hr 16 min ago
16 end user domain name sales including radar dector company Escort Radar detector company is among those who bought domain names at GoDaddy last week. GoDaddy/Afternic sold $1.76M worth of aftermarket domain names last week. Here are 16 that were sold to end users. SurvivalCollege.com $1,000 – Survival College, LLC in San Antonio. Looks like the company is getting ready to launch. FlashbackMia...
Domain Name Wire - 18 hr 27 min ago
dotShabaka Chooses Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Aucitons The newest of the new gTLDs, ‘شبكة.’ (translates to .web in English) announced today that they have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Land Rush auction
More recently Pool.com’s auction platform has helped support .sx (the country code of St. Maarten) and CoInternet’s re-launch of .co, which, according to Mr. Schreier, allows bus...
The Domains - 18 hr 34 min ago
Drug giant Sanofi loses domain dispute thanks to diligent arbitration panelist Despite no response from domain name owner, panelist considers all of the facts. I often call out UDRP panelists who “phone in” their decisions without considering the other site of the story. So today I’m happy to write about a case brought by pharmaceutical company Sanofi against the owner of Sinofn.com. Panelist ...
GoDaddy HQ suffer crucial hit by Arizona meteorite A large meteorite, weighing 800lbs or more, exploded on the ground in Scottsdale, Arizona, yesterday – very close to the GoDaddy headquarters. Dozens of GoDaddy employees left their cubicles, in an apparent attempt to capture photos of the incident, or as an excuse to have a smoke break. Chaos ensued. “We were never in da...
DomainGang.com - 19 hr 3 min ago
Braden Pollock to Moderate NamesCon Panels I want to pass along some NamesCon news to you this morning. Braden Pollock will be the moderator for several NamesCon panels next month in Las Vegas. Braden knows this business better than most, and I have heard that he has done a great job of panel moderation at other industry events. According to Braden, “NamesCon is really ...
DomainInvesting.com - 19 hr 5 min ago
Do Brands Need To Own Their Matching Twitter + Facebook Handles? I feel like I’ve been having this conversation just about every week now so I thought it would be a good time to share my thoughts. Go back in time five years and I’d tell you that having a Twitter and Facebook handle that exactly matches your brand name didn’t matter. Now I’m seeing a […]
MorganLinton.com - 19 hr 22 min ago
My GoDaddy Domain Name Aftermarket List 12-11-2013 Today is my Friday and I am looking forward to enjoying the weekend. It’s been an interesting week here at work, one which really has me thinking about the start-up
JasonThompson - 19 hr 57 min ago
TMCH extends Trademark Claims indefinitely, kinda The Trademark Clearinghouse is to give the intellectual property lobby something that it’s been crying out for for years — an indefinite extension of parts of the Trademark Claims service. And it’s going to be free. Trademark Claims is a mandatory service for all new gTLD operators, sending pre-registration warnings...
DomainIncite.com - 20 hr 12 min ago
Premium Names in New gTLDS? Consider .Pro Pre-registrations of new TLDs for over $10,000? EnCirca thinks you should consider .Pro domains too, like proxy.pro and reit.pro. Which do you think will cost the least and has the most potential? Check out some premium gems in an overlooked TLD.
Encirca.com - 20 hr 20 min ago
What are some common mistakes to avoid when spending significant money on a domain name? Joe Algna: If you are spending a significant sum of money on a domain name I’d suggest the following: 1. Use Escrow.com, or a trusted intermediary to make sure that the seller completes all acts necessary to effect the transfer. Unless you know the seller very well or have done business with him/her before, you […]
DomainNameAdvice.com - 21 hr 12 min ago
SnapNames Launches .CO.UK and .CN Domain Backorders and Auctions SnapNames announced today that .CO.UK and .CN domain names are now available for drop-catching through its online marketplace. .CO.UK and .CN are the world’s third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions. Here is the press release: SnapNames®, … Continue reading →
