Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers WSJ: Companies Are Protesting New Domain Extensions The Wall Street Journal is reporting several major companies are protesting the new gTLD extensions. Verizon Communications, Marriott International and New York Life Insurance are among the companies arguing that the new domain extensions could open the flood gates to Internet fraud and drastically increase their costs of doing busi... The Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 0:47 Two Recent Domain Acquisitions I am very happy to announce two new domain acquisitions on behalf of my company. The first and more important acquisition is Torah.com. This is going to be developed into a leading Judaism and Torah-studies website in the coming weeks and months. Torah.com is a very important (and expensive) domain name, and I am going Elliot Silver - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:9 10 US Laws Every Domainer Needs to Know Here’s a great article stickied @ Namepros’ “Legal Domain” section. Information Regarding: 1. Domain Sniffing 2. TradeMark Issues 3. What Legal Entity Should I Use? 4. What State to Legally Form Your Company In 5. Piercing the Corporate Veil 7. Donating Domain Names 8. Employees v. Independent Contractors 9. I... fka200 - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 13:30 Gregory Ricks Loses LTI.com; Doesn't Respond to Complaint Rewe Touristik Hotels & Investment GmbH picks up domain at arbitration. Here’s an interesting UDRP in which the respondent didn’t file his response on a three character domain. Domainer Gregory Ricks just lost the three character domain name LTI.com to a hotel company after failing to respond the the UDRP at World In... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:5 DN Journal Releases Latest Quarterly Analysis of Sales Trends in the Domain Aftermarket DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter breaks down 3Q-2008 domain sales to see what the numbers reveal about the health of the aftermarket. Plus, more info and photos from Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett's adventures at Harvard Business School. DNJournal - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:54 New Weekly Domain Sales Report From DNJournal.com The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another big wave of completed live auction sales from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference dominates this week's domain sales chart. Moniker swept the top three spots and four .me domains crashed the all extension leader board. DNJournal - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 0:35 Domain Sales of The Week! Wow… haven’t done one of these in a while. Well, DNJournal just released their domain sales of the week–for October 27, 2008 through November 2, 2008. Some interesting sales… Date.me for $70,000 over Illinois.org, Camera.net, Bret.com, and DogTrainers.com? Guess the end-user really wanted to develop the site! ... fka200 - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 3:24 Going viral on YouTube: Lost - by Justin Alt My good friend and former co-worker, Justin Alt is an accomplished video editor with a work portfolio that includes video editing for the Barack Obama presidential campaign. Having moved to New York after leaving behind the sunny Florida skies, Justin has found his true element in the heart of America’s melting pot, where creativity is rewarded ... Acro - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 23:57 Exdon.com - Buy and Sell Domains FREE We have been inundated with email requests to list domains and domain portfolios for sale at eBusinessDomains.com. We literally have several hundred emails to go through. We may only be able to reply to you if we decide to list your domains for sale. As we have a lot of work to cover regarding our many eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 19:20 NameJet Plans to Open Up Platform to 3rd-party Domain Sales As many in the domain industry have predicted, NameJet.com will soon be opening up thier platform to third party domain name sales. Recently, DNN and a few of our readers spotted domains on NameJet that were not expired domains.  These domains stood out because of their quality and sales prices and since the company is Domain Name News - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 12:33 Marchex, Inc. - Press - 2008 Press Release Marchex, Inc. - Press - 2008 Press Release Marchex Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results SEATTLE, WA - November 5, 2008 - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), a local search and advertising company, today reported its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2008. Third Quarter 2008 Consolidated Financial Results Revenue was... Inside Domaining - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:11 Domain Marketing the Obama way: Eight steps to Success This is by no means a political post. This is simply observing, learning and making a practical application of what works in one industry and its relevance in our domaining empires. I will not bore you with semantics, I will just lay down what I have learnt so far. 1. Be decisive even if it means  Sky Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 12:26 Domainer Comic Strip #13 Wednesday, time for your weekly domainer comic strip. Click on the comic strip to enlarge. Submit a suggestion for my next comic strip to win a GoDaddy gift card for $7.49. You can also get your domain names with GoDaddy for $7.49 by using this link. On another note, make sure to sign up on the top left of ChefPatrick.com - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 13:56 The Poor Man's Registrant Lookup by Peter Askew Here’s a free way to get a sneak peak at a domain owner’s portfolio. [Editor's note: Peter Askew writes Domainer's Gazette. He's a relative newcomer to the domain industry but has found success. I'm a fan of his blog and writing style, so when he recently approached me about occasionally writing for Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:42 Lets.com Back Up For Auction on NameJet.com Lets.com which “sold” on NameJet.com on October 21st, is back on the auction block due to a non-paying bidder at NameJet.com The high current bid is $25,700 with 1 days and 21 hours to go. The auction is now a public auction, so its is NOT limited to just those 151 bidders who backordered it. The Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 17:56 Historic Premium Domain Deals We are now in the process of pricing ALL of our domains listed at eBusinessDomains.com. This will make it much easier for us to offer deals to our subscribers, by offering discounts as percentage of retail/ballpark prices. President Obama Discounts As I promised in a recent blog post, I will be giving a special deal on our domains eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:17 Afternic Expiring Auction Picks 11/5/08 Domain Auction Begins* BlueRoyal.com 8-Nov CrazySkulls.com 8-Nov EcoChique.com 8-Nov HomeEnergyClinic.com 8-Nov K9Professionals.com 8-Nov SportsCalculator.com 8-Nov ThunderRoadRanch.com 8-Nov NocturnalJobs.com 8-Nov NocturnalServices.com 8-Nov VideoMax.biz 9-Nov PasturesGolfClub.com 9-Nov BabyInc.net 9-Nov ... Afternic DLS - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:53 Dark Blue Sea Sept 2008 Quarterly Update smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald Date Nov. 5- Dark Blue Sea Ltd (ASX listing code DBS) today released an update on its quarterly performance for the three months to 30 September, 2008. (Click Headline for Report) Inside Domaining - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:27 Tucows Sells It Equity Interest in Afilias Tucows today announced it has sold all of its 7.38% equity interest in Afilias, a global provider of registry services, back to the company. The purchase price of $7.4 million is payable to Tucows in three cash installments: $3.2 million today; $2.1 million in June 2009; and $2.1 million in December 2009.”This sale is another s... The Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:50 NameDrive Offers 20% Domain Parking Bonus in November Domain parking company offers bonuses in November. Domain name parking company NameDrive has announced bonus payouts for November parking revenue. Various bonuses apply to both existing and new customers: - Clients earning more than $20 with NameDrive in November gets an extra 10% parking payout as a bonus. The minimum bonus will be... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 16:4 CADNA Adds New Members: Continues Push To Criminalize Cybersquatting In a Press release, the Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) announces today the addition of Hewlett-Packard and InterContinental Hotels to it membership. “”"”"CADNA has been working diligently to further international and national policies that combat the practice of cybersquatting, and has gained a reputati... The Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:26 What Marketers Can Learn From Obama's Campaign Change -- and Positioning -- You Can Believe in By Al Ries Published: November 05, 2008 AdAge Digital Nov. 4, 2008, will go down in history as the biggest day ever in the history of marketing. Take a relatively unknown man. Younger than all of his opponents. Black. With a bad-sounding name. Consider his first opponent: the best-... The Frager factor - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 8:41 Wall Street Journal Covers New Top Level Domains Wall Street Journal writes about trademark issues for major corporations. Today in The Wall Street Journal, Emily Steel writes about the forthcoming top level domain explosion. It’s a well written article discussing the challenges to brand owners that may have to protect their brands across hundreds of top level domain names. H... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 9:50 Tucows Sells Stake in Afilias for $7.4 Million Tucows (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) has sold its 7.38% stake in Afilias, a domain name registry, back to the company for $7.4 million. The $7.4 million will be paid to Tucows in three cash installments over the next 13 months: $3.2 million today, $2.1 million in June 2009, and $2.1 million in December 2009. The sale puts Afilias’ Domain Name News - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 20:54 49 Expired Domains I posted a list of 49 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free - you can register here to have access to all past and future free lists. If you want to... DnExpert - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:12 Tucows Sells Afilias Stake for $7.4 Million Registrar continues to divest of non-core assets. Domain registrar Tucows has sold its stake in domain name registry Afilias for $7.4 million. Tucows owned 7.38% of Afilias, which pegs a valuation on the registry of about $100 million. However, the payments to Tucows will be spread across the next 13 months with $3.2 million Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 12:51 Google Pulls out of Yahoo Ad Deal Google is officially pulling out of its planned advertising partnership with Yahoo, in the face of a looming antitrust challenge by the government. In a blog post, Google said: “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it’s clear that government regulators and some a... The Domains - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:46 Politics and Domaining: Are the Sales Only on the Streets? I know that politics is the hot topic on the streets, especially after the election last night and all the campaigning that’s been going on. As I was watching the nightly news tonight they said that vendors were selling Obama apparel like crazy. I have spent a few hours researching how political domains were doing DNUnderground - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 23:19 uWink (.com) Via SpringWise: At the prototype uWink restaurant in Woodland Hills, California, customers use tabletop touch-screen terminals with a proprietary user interface to self-order and self-pay for food, drink and digital media, including selections from a library of more than 70 single- and multiplayer games The Frager factor - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:45 Sedo to Host First Ever Numeric Domain Auction Sedo has announced plans to host the inaugural numeric domain auction from November 27 at 1pm until December 4 at 1pm EST. The numeric-themed auction will be hosted online at Sedo.com and will feature premier numeric domains including 88.com, 40.com, 13.net, and 70.com. There will also be less generic domain names including popular z... Domain Name News - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 0:31 Mega Domaining Essentials Contest Update As you might already know we are running a mega domaining essentials contest this month (November 2008) with $4,800 worth of cash and prizes to be given away in a random draw. If you haven’t done so already follow the above link and check out the prizes. While you are at it, make sure you post your forum username - that’s... DnExpert - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 19:15 More .Asia in the aftermarket I may make this a habit A few more .Asia spotted in this weeks aftermarket report. Accountancy.Asia going for $2962 US TopShopping.Asia made $2000 US Must have been a pleasant week for Bangkok based idevelop.TV flipping two .TV names clearing over 10K Tours.TV for $8500US and NA.TV reaching $2750. Good to see a local in on the game.... AsiaSeoGuru.com - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:35 More .Asia in the aftermarket I may make this a habit A few more .Asia spotted in this weeks aftermarket report. Accountancy.Asia going for $2962 US TopShopping.Asia made $2000 US Must have been a pleasant week for Bangkok based idevelop.TV flipping two .TV names clearing over 10K Tours.TV for $8500US and NA.TV reaching $2750. Good to see a local in on the game.... AsiaSeoGuru.com - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:35 Search Marketing Fact Pack 2008 - Advertising Age - DataCenter: Search Fact Pack 08 Search Marketing Fact Pack 2008 - Advertising Age - DataCenter: Search Fact Pack 08 Inside Domaining - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:44 DotHamburg Joins Growing List Of Possible New gTlds The city of Hamburg has joined the list of possible new gTlds with .hamburg that will be applied for once ICANN invites applications for new gTlds. The association dotHAMBURG is the initiative for a top-level domain .hamburg, providing a worldwide local namespace for the city and population of Hamburg. Nowadays more than 50% of all i... DnExpert - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 10:39 Afternic Expiring Auction Picks 11/5/08 Domain Auction Begins* BlueRoyal.com 8-Nov CrazySkulls.com 8-Nov EcoChique.com 8-Nov HomeEnergyClinic.com 8-Nov K9Professionals.com 8-Nov SportsCalculator.com 8-Nov ThunderRoadRanch.com 8-Nov NocturnalJobs.com 8-Nov NocturnalServices.com 8-Nov VideoMax.biz 9-Nov PasturesGolfClub.com 9-Nov BabyInc.net 9-No... Afternic DLS - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 11:53 DN Journal Releases Latest Quarterly Analysis of Sales Trends in the Domain Aftermarket DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter breaks down 3Q-2008 domain sales to see what the numbers reveal about the health of the aftermarket. Plus, more info and photos from Kevin Ham and Chris Hartnett's adventures at Harvard Business School. DNJournal - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 18:54 DNXpert.com Domaining Contest! “It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of the DNXpert Mega Domaining Essentials contest. Prepare to be blown away by the sheer quality of prizes on offer! The Prizes Note: the prizes are lined up in no particular order. We consider all prizes sponsored for this contest to be of a high quality. The following YGrab - Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 12:27 New Weekly Domain Sales Report From DNJournal.com The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another big wave of completed live auction sales from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference dominates this week's domain sales chart. Moniker swept the top three spots and four .me domains crashed the all extension leader board. 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