http://www.domaining.com News and views about the domaining industry. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +0300 en http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775622&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:28 +0300 DomainBELL.com http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775622&t=2  DropGRABS.com:  Drops - Hand Selected More than 180+ items – Available – ALL in .COM Grab for Reg Fee - Friday - Feb. 3, 2012 * * * Blessing From On High * * * BlessingFromOnHigh.com * Animated-Cartoon BlueRibbonBrida l BlueFrogProduction BoonevilleArtBarn BlueDiamondPolish Ani matedInvestor Alterior-Motives BeautifulWaik...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775612&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:43:33 +0300 Michael H. Berkens http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775612&t=2  The Domains: HuntingMoon.com announced that they have successfully brokered the sale of the website Pornstar.com for $1.5 Million dollars. This sale follows HuntingMoon sale of Eric Borgos’ adult domain portfolio for $1.3 Million. Lets point out right away that PornStar.com is an operating site not just a domain and the sale included all co...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775592&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:44:58 +0300 Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775592&t=2  DomainGang.com: A new marketing campaign for .XXX domains by the ICM Registry has been unveiled in the UK. According to the campaign’s creators, M&C Saatchi London: have created a new tongue-in-cheek campaign to promote .XXX – the high level adult domain. Targeting adults the ads are due to go live on video screens in bars]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775584&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:42:43 +0300 Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775584&t=2  DomainGang.com: With more than 125 years of experience in skin care and one of the world’s most modern research centers, NIVEA is a powerhouse on the Internet as well. Acquiring 10% of Sedo sounds unreal, by all means. NIVEA, a sponsor of Domainfest, provided moisturizing cream to the domainers that shaved their heads for a good]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775580&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:39 +0300 Michael H. Berkens http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775580&t=2  The Domains: Buydomains.com, just beat back a UDRP on the domain name solanum.com Here are the relevant facts and finding from the three member panel: “The Complainant is a Mexican individual who founded a business named Solanum Laboratories in Mexico in 2003.” “The Complainant is the owner of a variety of Mexican registered tra...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775565&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:20:38 +0300 Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775565&t=2  DomainGang.com: According to an ancient Greek quote by Hippocrates, life is short and art is long, or “Ars longa, vita brevis” in its Latin version. Art comes in many formats, one of which is painting. One painting, in particular more than reaffirms the fact that investing in art can be extremely rewarding. Just recently, a painting]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775564&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:17 +0300 Elliot Silver http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775564&t=2  Elliot Silver: I was going to write this long comment/rant in response to a couple of the comments left in the Moniker sale post, but I believe it merits its own post. I can only imagine the domain registrar business would suck if the primary target audience is domain investors. As a domain registrar catering to the]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775548&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:33:52 +0300 Lucius "Gunz" Fabrice http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775548&t=2  DomainGang.com: Among the domains announced to have sold at Domainfest was QR.com – a two letter dot com of extreme appeal to the industry of QR codes that has infiltrated our lives, all while bar codes are dying a fast technological death. QR.com was listed as sold at $325,000 – a seriously awesome price – thus]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775543&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:20:29 +0300 Sai Pola http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775543&t=2  InGurus.com:           Now that there is a broad consensus emerging on how QR Codes can help make interactivity between online and offline world better, the only missing links lingering in many stakeholders minds are where to invest, how to identify opportunities, when and what to profit from and offer to end users/custom...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775533&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:15:04 +0300 AndrewHazen http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775533&t=2  DomainWealth.com: Yesterday was the final day of DomainFest when the big domain auction is held…To date, the reported sales was $393,450 for 23 sold domains out of 61 domains. The Top 10 Domain Name Sales were: Place     Domain          Price 1     Empire.com      $135,000.00 2     Qe.com          $89,000.00 3]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775532&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:13:21 +0300 Frank Michlick http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775532&t=2  Domain Name News: As first reported by DNN, Keydrive bough Monikter and Snapnames from Oversee.net. The official Press Release was published today and can be found after the jump. KeyDrive S.A. Acquires Moniker and SnapNames from Oversee.net Luxembourg and Los Angeles, Calif. (February 1, 2012). KeyDrive S.A., an internet solutions holding company wit...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775530&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:57:28 +0300 Michael H. Berkens http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775530&t=2  The Domains: Sedo.com has been including domain names it acts only as escrow agent for in its weekly and annual reports of domain sales. This information came to light this week when Sedo inadvertently reported a sale that was supposed to be confidential and Francois from Domaining left a comment on TheDomains.com telling us that not only should ...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775526&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:41:11 +0300 Elliot Silver http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775526&t=2  Elliot Silver: By this point, I would bet you’ve heard of Lana Del Rey. Lana has a new album called Born to Die, and here’s the video of her singing her hit song Video Games last night on the Late Show with David Letterman. I know it’s not domain name related, but there are a lot of]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775519&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:04:41 +0300 Jamie Zoch http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775519&t=2  DotWeekly: Time Warner Cable® is getting ready for the big game on Sunday, by getting the matching domain name to the marketing message they will be having during the Superbowl ads. Enjoy Better! But will Dish Network get "free" business from the Superbowl ad Time Warner is going to run? Well, first….TWC obtained EnjoyBetter....]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775515&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:34:00 +0300 HybridDomainer.com http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775515&t=2  HybridDomainer.com: Over the last few weeks I had some interesting conversations. They were with friends who flip domains, they have no real development plans, no little to nothing about SEO or branding. One of the funny things was these were separate,unrelated conversations and all three expressed their disapproval of certain blogs or bloggers in the d...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775514&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:28:10 +0300 Rick Schwartz http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775514&t=2  Rick Schwartz: Morning Folks!! Mission Accomplished. I had time to think, reflect and verify. Mission Accomplished. So what I have tried to do is re-adjust and re-evaluate to a world where Domain Names are no longer an unknown. Quite the opposite. The entire world now knows that it all starts with a domain name. Every business, every idea, every ch...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775513&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:07:32 +0300 admin http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775513&t=2  DnExpert: The following 120 domain names are expired and available to register at the time of writing this. As usual, all names are linked to the Godaddy, Moniker and Network Solutions buy screens for quick access as the names are usually gone quickly. youthpicks.com Godaddy Moniker NetSol prosperitypyramids.com Godaddy Moniker NetSol pastelst...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775511&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:29:39 +0300 Kevin Murphy http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775511&t=2  DomainIncite.com: ICANN’s Address Supporting Organization has kicked off an election for one of its two official representatives on the ICANN board of directors. Director Ray Plzak sees his three-year term come to an end in June. He’s standing for reelection, but has competition from three other candidates. The ASO represents the oft-overl...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775501&t=2 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:10:20 +0300 Kevin Murphy http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775501&t=2  DomainIncite.com: Verisign today reiterated that the recently revealed 2010 security breaches on its corporate network did not affect its production domain name system services. In a statement, Verisign said: After a thorough analysis of the attacks, Verisign stated in 2011, and reaffirms, that we do not believe that the operational integrity of the D...]]> http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775490&t=2 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:52:58 +0300 HybridDomainer.com http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=3775490&t=2  HybridDomainer.com: AskTheHandyman.com leads the way at Go Daddy Auctions for 2/2/12 AskTheHandyman.com closed at $1575. The 16 year old domain 5 bidders make 64 bids. wascochs.org $225 $12  11     Closed on 02/02/2012 loganrichardson.com $325 $12  22     Closed on 02/02/2012 brahmsband.com $655 $12  35     Closed on 02/02/2012 holtman.com $455 $10  26 ...]]>