The board of directors of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted for a Fast-Track Process for applying for an IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) and will begin accepting applications on Nov. 16. Starting in mid-November, countries and territories will be able to apply to show domain names in their native language. Currently, domain names can only be … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2009
FuneralHomes.com Gets Some Competition From An Unlikely Source, Walmart.com
Is there is no product on earth that can't be sold on the Internet? If you thought the one product that couldn't be sold over the Net was caskets, you would be wrong. Walmart.com, has 14 caskets that can be purchased on its site. The prices range from $895 for a steel casket to $2,899 for a bronze casket. The items are sold online only and not in Walmart stores. Walmart expects the … [Read more...]
Moniker Responds To TRAFFIC Live Auction Results & Auctioneer Problems
Monte Cahn posted the following as comment to our post last night on the results of the Moniker.com Live TRAFFIC auction. I thought his response should have the same prominence as the original post, so here is Monte comments regarding yesterdays auction, which may answer many of your questions and comments: Folks """"I know it looked disappointing and YES we did have some bad luck on the … [Read more...]
The City Of New York Fails To Renew Their Domain & CUNY.com Sells For $30K On NameJet.com
In a big 4 letter .com sale, the domain CUNY.com sold for $30,050 on NameJet.com today. CUNY stands for among other things, the City University of New York, which holds 3 trademarks on the term The City seems to have owned this domain and let it drop, as it was pointed to Cuny.edu according to the wayback machine most recently and CUNY.Edu is the official site for the University system and … [Read more...]
UPDATED Moniker.com TRAFFIC Live Auction Nets $415K
The Moniker.com Live TRAFFIC auction just ended in New York with just under $417K in domains sold. (One domain seem to sell after the auction ended, originals.com which sold for $37,500.) Multivitamins.com lead the way at $45K. The scheduled auctioneer ran into a problem and didn't make it to the auction, leaving Moniker scrambling for a last minute replacement which I think really hu the … [Read more...]
Moniker Live Auction at TRAFFIC Today: Our Picks
Looking through the Moniker live TRAFFIC auction list today here are what we consider to be the domains most likely to sell. First for the higher priced domains: Photo.com-- Talk about a category killer, whether for stock photos like a gettyimages, or an online processor like shutterfly.com, a camera manufacture like Kodak the possibilities and endless and this domain covers all of them and … [Read more...]
SLS.com Hits The Godaddy Expired Auction In a BIG Way
The domain name SLS.com is currently at an expired domain auction at Godaddy.com and with over 7 days to go is already at over $23,000. According to Compete.com the domain received on average over 2,000 visitors a month and it has an Alexa ranking of 1.8 Million. A nice three letter domain but looking more like a retail price. By comparison, the domain boy.com sold for $45K in the … [Read more...]