Phil Corwin the attorney who represents the ICA just posted its site, an article about Federal Online Privacy legislation that maybe proposed and its possible effect on domain names. Here is the article in full. """The Wall Street Journal’s (online.wsj.com ) July 31st issue carries a front page story, with extensive sidebars, titled “The Web's New Gold Mine: Your Secrets”. It’s the first … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
.Co LandRush Notices Finally Go Out To Applicants
Finally last night I got an e-mail from the .CO registry concerning the land rush applications I placed. This is the first notice or any information regarding the land rush applications I have received since placing the orders. The first notice tells you to set up your account: ""As a result of your recent application(s) for a .CO domain name, you have been registered as a possible … [Read more...]
Did You Know Sedo.com Is A Public Company? Our Domain Parking Stock Index Updated: Sedo.com is In, Dark Blue Sea is Out
We just updated our Domain Parking StockIndex tracking the prices of public companies. We dropped Dark Blue Sea which was bought out, and went private earlier this year, and added Sedo.com (Sedo Holdings) which is traded on the Xetra, part of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Shares of Sedo.com have a 52 week high of $4.33 a share and a low of $2.52 and are currently trading at $2.72. The … [Read more...]
The Trademark Typo Linkdin.com Sells For 22K at SnapNames.com
The trademark typo domain, Linkdin.com just sold on SnapNames.com today for $22,000. $22K There were 50 people in the auction but there were 10 active bidders (bidders that put in a bid above the minimum). Its amazing in this day and age there are so many people willing to pay this kind of money for a domain that would be taken in a UDRP if a complaint is filed. Yes I know the domain … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which Domain Priced $500K-$1M WIll Sell At DomainFest?
I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live domain name auction at Domainfest, which will be held in New York on August 18th, of those domain names with a reserve price range of $250K-$500K . The package of domains including Tshirts.com got the most votes with 32% of the voters predicting a sale with “None will Sell” coming in second with … [Read more...]
Fortune.com: “Google: The Search Party Is Over”
A new post by Fortune.com, entitled Google: The Search Party Is Over" is an interesting read especially for domainers who do any significant domain parking. The article which in large part discusses the business operations of Google says about search: That there is a real shift going on within the internet where search will soon be less used. ""The shift going on within the Internet, one … [Read more...]
If We Did This We Would Get Sued: BlackBerry Grabs Blackpad.com
According to MobileCrunch.com, the company that makes Blackberry phones Research In Motion or Rimm for short, just purchased the domain Blackpad.com for their long-rumored BlackBerry tablet. The devise of course will complete with Apple's iPad. "According to registration records, RIM purchased BlackPad.com just days ago." The domain is being administered by one of those trademark … [Read more...]