Create Your Account  |  Log in News headlines WHOIS Valuate Domainers Pair of 7-Figure Blockbusters Headline DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week's hit parade is led by a pair of domains that cracked the million dollar mark - only the 4th and 5th domains to reach the 7-figure level so far in 2009. Seven ccTLDs made the all extension leader board as the country codes continue to rock. DNJournal - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 14:0 Real Estate Domain Auction - Will it Flop or Fly? Also, Why ICANN May Become Even More Unaccountable A heavily advertised auction of geo-targeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Francisco - but will buyers show up? (There will be no online bidding). Meanwhile, the ICA warns ICANN could become "an unaccountable Internet regulator." We thought they already were but it could get even worse. DNJournal - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 18:57 Facebook URL Landrush This Friday Night Friendly URLs become available this Friday night/Saturday morning. This Saturday morning at 12:00 am EDT (Friday night for most of the United States), Facebook will let users create “friendly URLs” for their profiles. So instead of the current facebook.com/blahblahnumbersnumberblah, you will be able to get Facebook.com/y... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:32 Domaining.com Launches ClosingAuctions.com Popular domain news aggregator launches tool to find good domain name auctions. Domaining.com has launched an advanced tool for finding gems in closing domain name auctions. Called ClosingAuctions.com, the tool sorts domains according to closing time, bids, price, value and interest. The first three categories are self explanatory,... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:52 TRAFFIC Amsterdam Recap When I first heard about the TRAFFIC ccTLD conference in Amsterdam, it was shortly after Rick Latona worked out an agreement with Rick Schwartz to operate the show. My first thought was that I needed to be there, but my second thought was that I am not a ccTLD investor, so it wouldn’t be smart Related posts:Who Should Attend... Elliot Silver - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 13:30 Life After Peak Domaining, The Castello Brothers and and Caution.com I really stirred the pot with yesterdays post "Peak Domaining- Doomsday Scenario". No one is debating the value and need for great domain names. I was addressing the speculative sport that has created noise, chaos, a false sense of value and a cottage industry around what was supposed to be a matter of a business plan attaching a bra... The Frager factor - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 10:41 TechCrunch.com Covers The Auction Of Wealth.com: Is It Priced Too High? TechCrunch this morning covers the auction of Wealth.com to be held on June 25th, on Sedo.com. The reserve is set at $2,900,000. TechCrunch and myself agree that the reserve for this domain is too high. Wealth.com, although a very good name is not in the same catagory of toys.com or candy.com or even auction.com I think its a domain The Domains - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:59 Publisher Who Sued Google Adsense Loses Appeal Man who originally won small claim against Google loses appeal. Aaron Greenspan won a small claims court case against Google earlier this year. Google had canceled his Adsense account without providing a reason. The judge ruled that it can’t cancel accounts for any reason at all, and awarded Greenspan $761. Greenspan wrote an Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:57 Bowl.com: Another Great Use of a Generic Domain I had wrote yesterday about the generic domain name Soaps.com that would potentially hold several uses due to it’s generic nature. I think Soaps.com is a Perfect Fit for a Soap Opera site as it is now! Today comes another generic domain name Bowl.com that also could be used for a couple different things, but found DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 17:42 Copies.com Would Be Too Easy- So Xerox Goes With HelpIOS.com So you have Information Overload Syndrome? Odds are this isn't the only blog you're reading, so it probably feels right. So how is it possible that Xerox, trying to capitalize on the frustration, left me feeling so cheated with their new campaign?The hub of the campaign is at HelpIOS.com, which redirects to a page on Xerox. There's a... The Frager factor - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 14:24 Available Domain Names - June 10 The list of recently expired domains below dropped on June 10th and are now available for registration. Using the Google Adwords Tool, I found these domains to have the highest monthly Google search volume: HandheldTextScanner.com 6,600,  BusinessContactManager.net 4,400, JacksonvilleFloridaEmployment.com 4,400, OttawaCounty.net 4,40... Bill Eisenmann - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 15:33 Wealth.us maybe , wealth.us domain is the one that sedo should be auctioning off, in light of the fact wealth.us recieves more unique typinns then wealth.com (195) and wealth.us (239) . Mister US - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 13:17 Perfect Definition of a Premium Domain Name I personally think a lot of people use the term premium domain names a bit too. Some think a premium domain is any domain name that will sell on the domain aftermarket. Some think that a premium domain name is a premium domain name if it is registered, pre-owned and is being offered for sale eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:10 Why International domain names suck? (video) Today you will hear and see my opinion on International domain names(IDNs). Feel free to comment on nam.es Nam.es - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:19 Update Your Nameservers When you buy a domain name there are a three things you should do. Record sale for tracking purposes (my spreadsheet) Update whois information - buyers can’t find you to make offers if it’s not Update your nameservers This article is about updating your nameservers, so why is it important? When you purchase a domain nam... ChefPatrick.com - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 13:50 WordPress Releases Version 2.8 (Barker) The super powerful content management system WordPress released it’s latest version today, 2.8. Fixes include 790 bugs (not sure where they were, but that’s what they said) and is reported faster with several improvements. DotWeekly is run with the powerful WordPress system. Here is the direct link to the WordPress.org 2.... DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 22:55 Domain Name Bits and Pieces ~ The Sedo.com themed "Career" auctions end in less then an hour. Several great domains are being offered but many have yet to meet reserve or even get a starting bid. The highest domain I had seen with reserve met was Careers.us currently at $4,499. It is looking like this theme auction may be a DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:24 Cerritos.US bought by the City of Cerritos,California It's not everyday you see a city government buy on the aftermark their city dot .US ,City of Cerritos ,Cerritos,California 90703 purchases Cerritos.US much better then their ci.cerritos.ca.us url. Where .US has been used so long as gvt sites .US brings instant credibilty and most .US gvt sites rank top in google under keyword city na... Mister US - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:0 Facebook Vanity UserName Release Details As mentioned previously Facebook is introducing Vanity URLs on Saturday . . .or what they are simply referring to as usernames.  Further details of the new usernames was posted on the Facebook blog today and there is a countdown to the Saturday, 12:01 AM EST release date as well. With over 200 million active users, the Domain Name News - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 1:28 SitePoint Set To Launch Flippa.com Enhanced Website Sales Marketplace Members of the popular SitePoint Forums marketplace received an announcement this morning about the upcoming launch of Flippa.com, a rebranded and enhanced SitePoint Marketplace. All 36,000 SitePoint members will be able to login with their existing username and password. An official…This article is from DotSauce.com Domain Nam... DotSauce Magazine - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:59 SitePoint Launches New Website Marketplace SitePoint’s website marketplace has outgrown its tab on SitePoint.com, so the company introduced Flippa.com as its new home. Aside from a catchy new name, the Flippa.com marketplace also comes with extra features including: Private Sales as an alternative to Auctions. Customizable categorization and powerful advanced search. A... Domain Name News - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 4:58 Domaining.com Launches ClosingAuctions.com Domaining.com announced a brand-new service this week – ClosingAuctions.com – a service that allows Domainers to view auctions closing at Sedo, Afternic, GoDaddy, etc. When the news hit I headed-over to the site to better understand how this new services works – I was happy to see that it contains some powerful sort... MorganLinton.com - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 20:20 Sedo.com Removes Underline From Hyperlinks I have stated several times that I wished Sedo.com would remove the underline from it’s domain listings as it hides letters! The following is gpljoq but with an underline gpljoq . Browsing at Sedo today, I noticed they have finally removed the underline from hypertexted domain listings. This makes Reading the domain much easie... DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 15:37 Holocaust Museum Shooters Website After today’s shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, the reports about the shooter started ringing out and people talking about the "Shooters Website". Well, the address of the site all the reporters are speaking of happens to be HolyWesternEmpire.org but according to the whois database of domain name owners... DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 19:57 Domain.com Launches Total Domain.com Spanish Experience Domain.com launches Spanish language services to provide tools for one of the fastest growing online markets Vancouver, Wash. – June 9, 2009 – Recognizing the importance of giving Latin American, Hispanic, and Spanish-speaking small businesses the tools they need to reach the burgeoning global online market, Domain.com, a... DotWeekly - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:3 3rd Day Of .Me Auction Results On NameJet.com Today the auctions closed for 3 more .me registry owned domains, representing in my opinion the weakest of the group, with live.me selling for $3,501, kick.me at $3K, and network.me closing out at $2K. The next couple of days has some good .me finishing up at auction, including teach.me, invite.me, remind.me and face.me We will keep ... The Domains - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 15:37 eBD.me Launched - Branding A .Me Domain A few weeks ago a blogged about the birth eBD.me. We had only acquired the domain name then. It was only after acquiring the domain name EBD.me that I found out that “EBD” is widely used as an abbreviation for Emotional and Behavioural Disorder, sickness that is quite widespread in a few countries. I have also since eBusinessDomains - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:49 ICANN to U.S. Government: End Joint Project Agreement ICANN Chairman of the Board asks government to conclude JPA upon expiration this year. Peter Thrush, Chairman of ICANN’s Board of Directors, has sent an eleven page letter (pdf) to National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asking to end the Joint Project Agreement when it expires later this year. The le... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:39 Check NameMedia Parking Stats on iPhone App Apps let you check stats on all three NameMedia platforms. On Monday Cortnee Gunn, a NameMedia domain parking account manager based in Austin, stopped by my office to show me the company’s latest parking innovations. If it seemed that NameMedia and its parking companies — GoldKey, ActiveAudience, and Smartname — f... Domain Name Wire - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 15:47 0% Commission extended through June! The eagle-eyed of you will have noticed that our Homepage is proudly proclaiming that our 0% commission on domain sales on NDX Market are is being extended through June. We have been selling an average of 1 domain per day for the first 30 days of NDX Market, so it’s a great chance to try out NameDrive - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 11:59 US Court of Appeals Reverses Verisign Motion - Lobbyists & Bloggers Paid To Attack? An appeal from the US District Court was recently lodged in California. The Plaintiff is the Coalition for ICANN Transparency with the Defendant, Verisign, Inc. Here is a small extract that I found interesting: “CFIT alleged that in order to get ICANN to agree to the terms VeriSign desired, VeriSign paid lobbyists to support it... Domainer Income - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 7:58 Rumor Of The Day: Who Will Be ICANN New CEO? According to the Internet Governance Project blog, Rod Beckstrom, the former director of the US Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity Center, may be the new CEO of ICANN. The blog also says  that David Eisner, the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service under G.W. Bush and former VP at AOL, is in the... The Domains - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 12:46 The Next Google As I was shaking my head trying to figure out what the average Joe would make of the Bing commercials that were taking over the Jon Stewart show, I came across this great post from Seth Godin:The next GoogleMicrosoft, home of the Zune, has just announced that they're going to launch Bing, a rebranding and reformatting of their search... The Frager factor - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 0:28 MyID.ca .ca Auction Underway MyID.ca General dot ca Auction is currently underway with 200 .ca domains up for grabs. Some listed domains include: BU.ca Diplome.ca HospitalityJobs.ca LocalJob.ca kkk.ca k7.ca BusinessAttorneys.ca TrademarkAttorney.ca BiteMe.ca MySite.ca Luck.ca FlyingSchool.ca DivingSchool.ca Shaun.ca Rebecca.ca Lynn.ca MuscleBuiding.ca LebaneseFo... MyID - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 20:35 .ca Job Domains on Auction Today The following 36 job, career, and employment domains are on auction today: 1. ArchitectJob ( $1001 - $1750 ) 2. ArtJobs ( $1001 - $1750 ) 3. BankingManager ( $51 - $100 ) 4. CanadianMaids ( $251 - $500 ) 5. CareerADS.ca ( $101 - $250 ) 6. ChiefFinancialOfficer ( $51 - $100 ) 7. CommunityJob ( $501 - MyID - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 10:0 Updates for 2009-06-10 RT @domainnamewire Domaining.com Launches ClosingAuctions.com: - No longer miss great auction deals. # Holy cow our DM box is full of internet marketing/work at home stuff . #twitterfail # RT @adamstrong: Please be Domain Name News (DNN.com) fan on facebook : Thanks! RT’s appreciated # RT @CircleID Rumor: Rod Beckstrom Next IC... Domain Name News - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 23:59 2-3-letter .ca Domains on auction Today MyID.ca general auction starts today with a great mix of domains and reserves. Among the domains listed are the following 2 and 3 letter domains: BU.ca j3.ca k7.ca kkk.ca new.ca Tiz.ca x8.ca x9.ca The full list is at: http://auction.myid.ca/ MyID - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 8:0 Copies.com Would Be Too Easy- So Xerox Goes With HelpIOS.com So you have Information Overload Syndrome? Odds are this isn't the only blog you're reading, so it probably feels right. So how is it possible that Xerox, trying to capitalize on the frustration, left me feeling so cheated with their new campaign?The hub of the campaign is at HelpIOS.com, which redirects to a page on Xerox. There's a... The Frager factor - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 14:27 The Next Google As I was shaking my head trying to figure out what the average Joe would make of the Bing commercials that were taking over the Jon Stewart show, I came across this great post from Seth Godin:The next GoogleMicrosoft, home of the Zune, has just announced that they're going to launch Bing, a rebranding and reformatting of their search... The Frager factor - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 0:32 Domaining.com - RSS - Affiliate Program - Advertising - Follow us on Twitter or Facebook or Blog - Contact Us  Domainers.org - A  |  B  |  C  |  D  |  E  |  F  |  G  |  H  |  I  |  J  |  K  |  L  |  M  |  N  |  O  |  P  |  Q  |  R  |  S  |  T  |  U  |  V  |  W  |  X  |  Y  |  Z THANKS to DomainTools Whois for helping us promote the domain industry and Estibot.com for domain valuation technology.