According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base passed 128 Million for the 1st time in September 2016. The number of .Com domain passed 127 Million in May of 2016; 126 Million domain names in March 2016. So growth of … [Read more...]
Three time Tour De France champ now going after cybersquatters
Over the years you run into people who don't care much about trademark infringement. They register names that infringe on someone else's intellectual property. The thought was that if they got a UDRP they would just let the complainant take the domain name, no big whoop. But I would always say to these people, the complainant doesn't have to go the UDRP route, they can go for damages under … [Read more...]
Domainers don’t agree on much
Sometimes comments uncover more than just the initial topic. A perfect example is the weekend banter with regards to Kevin Murphy's comment about the sale of Hatred.com. Give this domainer a big hand for ripping off Milo Yiannopoulos to the tune of $138,000 https://t.co/WxevaYaNXv #domains — Kevin Murphy (@DomainIncite) June 24, 2017 After that there were some back and forth replies on … [Read more...]
Do you do any affiliate marketing?
I had a reader ask me a question that I don't think I know the answer to anymore. They asked me if a lot of domain investors also partake in affiliate marketing? Years ago I knew quite a few people that were using affiliate programs with some of their domain names. Today I really haven't had much discussion, it seems some of the people I knew into affiliate marketing, haven't communicated … [Read more...]
Domain Investors Need To Learn Some Trademark Law
By now everyone knows that Rick Schwartz prevailed in the UDRP filed on Queen.com. There was also a finding of RDNH. Last year Mr. Schwartz was dealing with enforcing his trademark for "Domain King." While he lost his dispute for DomainKing.biz some of the comments on our two posts about Rick enforcing his trademark for "Domain King" left me scratching my head. Frankly I was pretty shocked … [Read more...]
Hy.org – a very nice tribute by Rick Schwartz
While doing some research on LL.org names I came across Hy.org. The domain is actually owned by Rick Schwartz and is a digital tribute to his Father, Hy. Rick put the site up 18 years ago this July 7th. Rick bought the name for $400 on Ebay. Very cool on Rick's part using a 5 figure domain. A very nice way to remember a family member. … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by a pair of LLL.coms
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Nom.com was the top sale at $86,500. Epg.com sold for $50,000 to come in second place. There was not one non - com gtld sale for the first time that I can remember. Vital.tv was the top cctld sale at 7,100 Euros. Domain … [Read more...]
