For our last post of the year, I thought I would out give out some credit for some of the achievements in the domain space for 2008, in no particular order: Rick Schwartz. I have been involved with domains since 1997. If I had been blogging all along, I'm sure Rick would have made the list almost every year, and this year is no exception. Whether it's his monster sales like ireport.com or … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2008
Know When To Hold & Know When To Fold
David Castello, pointed out to me today an update on a story we wrote about a back in October, about a Steven Thiele, a body builder, who registered a several domains of Indian tribes in Florida; miccosukeetribeofindians.com, miccosukeetribeofindiansofflorida.com and a domain named after tribe chairman Billy Cypress, billycypress.com. In the October story, we pointed out that the domain holder … [Read more...]
Top Domains At SnapNames.com
The following domains are our top picks for backorders at Snap. You can simply click on the link to backorder: 987.net antisocial.com babywebcam.com bargained.com chemotherapy.net cif.com condition.net dexe.com illegal.net imode.com ladder.net mecca.net multimediacard.com premiumgifts.com shed.net sportsticket.com … [Read more...]
YP.Com Sold to Yellow Pages For $3,850,000
According to SEC filing, a public company Live Deal Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), sold the domain YP.com, on November 5, 2008, to YellowPages.com LLC for $3,850,000. The domain, according to the company, was an active site and was the source of ongoing revenues from the sale of Internet Advertising Packages. The site current is branded as Yellow Pages.com The Seller is now using the domain … [Read more...]
MartinLutherKing.org: Make’s the Best Case For Defensive Domain Registrations
A story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution point out how important it is for all businesses and "famous" persons to engage in defensive domain registrations. The story tells the tale of MartinLutherKing.org, which is owned and operated """by a white supremacist group called Stormfront, described by one watchdog organization as the largest “hate group” online. It has used King’s name for its … [Read more...]
Our Predictions For 2009
To say the least 2008 has been an interesting year, in the domain world, and well beyond. Here are out predictions for 2009, in no particular order: 1. The Kentucky Domain Seizure Order Will Be Reversed By The Kentucky Court of Appeals. The Governor of Kentucky's action in seizing 141 gambling domain names was unconstitutional from the start, and we expect early next year, that the … [Read more...]
Amazon Has it’s “Best Ever” Shopping Season
Although overall Retail sales during the shopping were down 5.5%, Amazon called its 2008 holiday shopping season "the best ever". Amazon.com today announced the 2008 holiday season finished as its best ever, with over 6.3 million items ordered worldwide on the peak day, Dec. 15, which is a record-breaking 72.9 items per second. "We are extremely grateful to our customers," said Jeff Bezos, … [Read more...]