The live Domainfest Global domain name auction will be held on February 2nd at noon EST.

Online bidding will be available on SnapNames.com

As we usually do we are opening up the poll to see which of the domains with a reserve of $100K or more you think will sell.

In all there are 21 domain names priced $100K or higher.

We will give you three picks but you must make them all at the same time before hitting submit on the poll on the right.

For bragging rights you can also make your picks in the comments.

You as always have the choice of  “None of the domains will sell”

Here are your choices:

The domain name YouBuy.com just sold for $35,000 on Sedo

The seller appears to be a a company out of China, Guangzhou You Yang Network Technology Co.,Ltd

The buyer is unclear at this time, but I think this is a highly brandable domain and think it was a good buy at $35K

Congrats to all

We just got our list of “Top Deleting Domains For Friday January 27th” from Pool.com and as you can see 26 out of the 30 domain names listed are typo’s of Facebook.com

I know these lists are auto generated based on the number of back orders placed for a certain day but come on guys, can’t someone just eyeball it over at Pool.com before sending it out to everyone in the mailing list?

And before we lay too much blame at Pool.com lets not forget they wouldn’t be on the list if no one back ordered them.

The fact is that there people still trying to get a hold of these typo domains.

And not only at Pool.com but also at NameJet.com (see below)

No Bueno

TOP DELETING DOMAINS FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

You can also check out NameJet.com list of “Top 50 pending delete domains” for tomorrow where there are 33 Facebook typo domain names listed

afecbook.com    facesbook.com
airphil.com    facevbook.com
catpartsplus.com    fadcebook.com
extendedstays.com    faebok.com
facebbo.com    faecebook.com
facebbok.com    fasebook.com
facebeook.com    favcebook.com
facebhook.com    fcacebook.com
facebiik.com    feacbook.com
facebiook.com    feacebook.com
faceblook.com    fecbook.com
facebnook.com    frev.com
faceboog.com    grandfather-clock-repair.com
facebpook.com    happycatadoptions.com
facebppk.com    ice2008rio.com
facebvook.com    idealalign.com
facecook.com    keithurbantickets.com
facedbook.com    martinmanser.com
facedook.com    necklacependants.com
facefook.com    newjerseylimousineservice.com
facegook.com    nimbuz.com
faceobook.com    nwenergysummit2009.com
faceoo.com    sbtonline.com
faceoobk.com    sharpplus.com
faceook.com    snoogmobile.com

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN,  announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 and year ended Dec. 31, 2011 after the market closed today

Verisign Registry Services ended the quarter (December 31) with approximately 113.8 million active domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net, representing an 8% increase year-over-year.

In the fourth quarter, Verisign added 7.9 million new domain name registrations, representing a 4% increase year-over-year.

VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $204 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, up 3% from the prior quarter and up 14% from the same quarter in 2010.

Verisign reported net income of $54 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.34 for the fourth quarter of 2011.

This compared to a net loss of $(41) million and a loss per share of $(0.23) in the same quarter in 2010.

For the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, Verisign reported revenue of $772 million, up 13% from $681 million in 2010.  Verisign reported net income of $143 million and diluted EPS of $0.86.

Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2011 with Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities and Restricted Cash of $1.35 billion, an increase of $111 million from the prior quarter and a decrease of $714 million from the same quarter in 2010.

DomainHoldings.com has just brokered the sale of the domain Airline.com for $125,000. The seller appears to be Airline Information Research Inc, a North Carolina based company who also owns and operates AirlineInfo.com. The new owner is listed as Intercontinental Domain Inc. We would like to congratulate all parties involved in this sale.