Friday, May 17, 2013

ICANN headcount exploding 50% this fiscal year Non-profit plans to continue hiring in all departments. ICANN expects to end FY 2013 this June with nearly 50% more employees than it began the year with. That’s according to the non-profit’s FY 2014 draft operating plan, which shows an expected 233 employees by the end of June. It ended June 2012 with 158 employees. Domain Name Wire - 22 hr 38 min ago

Donuts puts 63 new gTLDs to private auction, but at least 17 are dead on arrival Donuts has committed 63 of its 307 new gTLD applications to a private auction next month, but at least 17 of them are doomed already because rival Uniregistry won’t take part. Donuts, which does not want to enter into joint ventures with competing gTLD applicants, has decided to use a private auction managed by Cramton Relate... DomainIncite.com - 22 hr 54 min ago

Internet Puffery and Running a Lean Business These are two topics which are on my brain this morning… so I wanted to share a few thoughts with you.  These two topics are somewhat intertwined, so they’re being published together. 1. Internet puffery is running wild.  Puffery is … Continue reading →Related Posts:Marketing Benefits of Domain Names : The Dis... Symbolics.com - 23 hr 1 min ago

Donuts Agrees To Private Auctions For 63 New gTLD’s: Will Anyone Come To Play? According to a Press Release just out Donuts Inc., has committed to participate in the first online applicant auction for 63 of the 307 total gTLDs for which it has applied. The announcement is made in advance of next week’s commitment date for participation in the auction, which will be held on June 3 and is the first of a planned s... The Domains - 23 hr 3 min ago

ICANN expects 646 new TLD applications to be withdrawn ICANN forecasts 646 applications will be withdrawn, mostly after the initial evaluation period. 66 applications for new top level domain names have been withdrawn as of today. For budgeting purposes, ICANN projects that number will explode to 646 before everything is said and done. The number was disclosed in ICANN’s proposed o... Domain Name Wire - 23 hr 6 min ago

Donuts offers to participate in private auctions for 63 new TLDs Largest new TLD applicant commits to resolve up to 63 new TLD contention sets through private auctions. Donuts, the company that applied for the most top level domain names, announced today that it will commit to private auctions for 63 of the 307 strings that it applied for. Private auctions allow new TLD applicants to Domain Name Wire - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 9:0

Friday’s Best of Godaddy Domain Auctions 3-17-13 I lost today's post before I had a chance to save it. Lost with it were the handful of domains that I usually point out in the top section. There are a few nice selections though, most with out any bids at all. Have a great weekend! 89 domain auctions are listed below. The Godaddy auctions Bill Eisenmann - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 8:52

‘Whistleblower’ claims cronyism and fear at ICANN An anonymous individual claiming to be an ICANN staffer has warned the organization’s board of directors about senior-level cronyism and a “climate of fear” among employees. However, DI’s private conversations with other ICANN staffers suggest that the concerns may not be widely shared, at least not to the sam... DomainIncite.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 8:26

Donuts hires the face of the new gTLD program Portfolio gTLD applicant Donuts has hired Michele Jourdan, who until last week was head of new gTLD communications at ICANN. She has joined the company as director of sales and marketing, according to her LinkedIn profile. Applicants and others following the program closely will remember her from the regular update videos published b... DomainIncite.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 7:50

Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. GUILTY, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) Morning Folks!! As reported by TheDomains.com last Friday...... Office of Medical & Scientific Justice, Inc. represented by Matthew H. Swyers of The Trademark Company, LLC, Virginia, USA. was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempted theft of the domain names hivinnocencegrouptruth.com and hivinnocencepro... Rick Schwartz - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 7:41

Tech Mysteries — Drops - Available for Reg Fee - .COM - 135+ Items — Keyword Sampling: Hybrid - G... Drops - Hand Selected More than 135+ items – Available – Grab for Reg Fee - Friday - May 17, 2013 * * * 1st 20 * * * 1st20.com * 01-22 41252 5dExpo 420Edu DropGRABS.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 7:5

SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 17th Aaron of AccidentalDomainer and I are going to try and get together again today to see how we can conquer this domain name business thing.  I figure if we get 15 minutes together we should both be millionaires in the next few months. I could be wrong.  No matter what, he’ll leave with some nice flowers for his Mom.    Here are ... DomainShane.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 6:32

Mosquitno abuzz with failure to sting .com in UDRP Mosquitno is a family-run business based in Kansas City, Missouri, that formed in 2009. That same year they rolled out a range of “all-natural mosquito repellent bracelets” and applied for a trademark in 2010, which was granted in 2012. They also failed to secure Mosquitno.com as it had been registered in 2005, four years... DomainGang.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 3:45

Domain Name News: May 17 Week in Review The Week of Domaining In Review: May 17, 2013. The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you. Straat Withdraws Application for .book..., GoDaddy.com Bowl Drops .com for..., Ombudsman Probing “Late” New gTLD..., Healthcare Dot, Fiji Moves It Offical Tourism..., UDRP Filed On The Domain..., Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 9%..., T... DomainSherpa.com - Friday, May 17, 2013 - 3:5

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Daily Sales Recap 5-16-13 mpact.com sells for $11,400 on Sedo By: Raymond Hackney Daily Sales Recap May 16, 2013 Sedo Auctions netgamers.com    130 USD    divepark.com    160 USD    swimming-pools.at    850 EUR    esteworld.com    5,000 USD Sedo Sales mpact.com (11,400 USD)aquafilters.com (2,250 USD)easycoin.com (2,100 EUR)musical.eu (1,800 EUR)essentials.co.uk (10,000 GBP) Flippa Domain Sales ... HybridDomainer.com - Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 22:53