Stephen Douglas, President of SuccessClick.com will beholding the 1st ever Future Trend Domain Auction™, on June 21 – June 28, 2011. The auction will be a Moniker Showcase, powered by Snapnames.com We wrote a blog post almost a year ago on 3D domain names. The post which has now received over 2,650 comments has turned into an excellent source of links to stories about 3D products and 3D … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
Sedo.com Sells Xout.com for $55K, TotalMovie.com for $40K & EKKO.com For $20K
Sedo.com has posted a few nice sales today Xout.com has sold for $55,000 So what is Xout? Seems to be a odor eliminator product sold in Australia so it can well be seen as a upgrade from a com.au domain to a .com TotalMovie.com sold for $40K TotalFilm.com is a frequently visited site with over 65,000 visitor a month according to Compete.com EKKO.com sold for $20K a couple of days … [Read more...]
Unlike Seized Cars & Jewelry, The Government Will NOT Sell Seized Domain Names
Its a questions that many have been asking ever since the first domain name seizures, what will happen to the seized domains? When the government seizes a drug dealer's car, after legal means to challenge the seizure expire, it puts the car up for auction, same for Jewelry, Boats, and other seized property. I assumed that the Feds would eventually do the same with the domains it has seized … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $520k In Domains Led By Immerge.com For $9k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $520k. The top seller of the week was Immerge.com at $9,000 followed by Nishinomiya.com at $7,588. Here is the full list: .Com Sales … [Read more...]
Breaking News: House IP Subcommittee To Hold Hearing On New gTLD’s Next Week
The House IP & Internet Subcommittee is holding a hearing next week on the new gTLD program. It looks like the hearing has been requested by IP interests to be a forum for their complaints that the trademark and other IP protections in new Guidebook that was published on April 15th. Look for ICANN to be called on the carpet at the meeting. Hearing Information Hearing on: "ICANN … [Read more...]
IAC Reports Earnings: Match.com Up 22%: IAC Renews Search Deal With Google & Has $1.6 Billion In Cash
IAC the owner of Ask.com,. Match.com and Chemistry.com just to name a few properties, just reported earnings today before the market opened and here are some of the highlights: SUMMARY RESULTS $ in millions (except per share amounts) Q1 2011 Q1 2010 Growth Revenue $ 460.2 $ … [Read more...]
.CO Looking To Expand The Number Of Registrars From 10 to 30
According to a press release this morning the .CO registry is seeking 20 additional registrars to sell .Co domain names. Currently there are only 10 registrars that sell .Co domains. ""Today the CO Internet SAS (http://www.COinternet.co), the Registry operator of the .CO top level domain, announced the launch of a competitive Request for Proposal (“RFP”) process to help identify and select … [Read more...]