GoGo is the carrier, the ISP if you will, if your on a plane and on the I, nternet. Checking it out today I noticed that in typing in some of our domains that are parked with InternetTraffic.com today on a flight, while the pages resolve no ads are showing. The area where the ads normally show is blank although the header and footer of the page appear as does the inquiry link. I check a … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2011
.XXX Sunrise Extended To Monday
According to an email just received from Moniker the deadline to Submit Sunrise .XXX domain name applications has been extended until Noon EST Monday October 31st. The Sunrise period was originally suppose to close today. Here is the message we got from ICM registry: ""Due to unprecedented demand in the last week and following several requests from major registrars for more processing … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports Earnings: Revenue Up 14%; 112 Million Domain Registrations & Over $1.2 Billion In The Bank
After the market closed today Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $197 million for the third quarter of 2011, up 4% from the prior quarter and up 14% from the same quarter in 2010. As you can see below the quarter closed with over 112 Million domains registered and Verisign having over $1.2 Billion in the … [Read more...]
PROTECT IP Becomes The “E-PARASITE” Bill In The House & As Bad As The Senate Bill Was This Is Much Worse
Yesterday Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced HR 3261, the ‘‘Enforcing and Protecting American Rights Against Sites Intent on Theft and Exploitation Act of 2011’’, also known as the “E-PARASITE Act. Its the house version of the PROTECT IP Bill which is even more stringent, provides great penalties on a wider range of people than the quite harsh PROTECT … [Read more...]
Sold Just 10 Days Ago On NameJet.com For $3,700, The Domain Name Switch.Net Is Hit With A UDRP
On October 18th the domain name Switch.net sold on NameJet.com for $3,655. Two days later on October 20th a UDRP was filed on the domain. The Complainant is listed only as "Switch". Reviewing the US Trademark database I see a trademark on the term Switch by "Switch Lighting & Design" of Ohio and another by "Switch LLC DBA switch LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MASSACHUSETTS" Guess we … [Read more...]
UTT.com Sells On NameJet.com For $8,600, CWW.com Sells For $9,100, TTT.net sells For $6K & More
Its been a while since we checked in on NameJet.com. Over the last few days there have been some notable sales on the platfor, Severl LLL domains have sold including UTT.com which sold for $8,600, CWW.com which sold for $9,100 and TTT.net which sold for $6,001. A few other domains over the last week include: … [Read more...]
3,500 New gTLD’s?
According to a story on CircleId.com, entitled "what will be the Magic number for the new gTLD Applications?, the number might be as high as 3,500. I personally have had conversations with repected people in the space that thought there would be 1,500-2,000 applications filed. The significance of the number of application is that is going to bear a direct relationship to when a second round … [Read more...]