Quite a few single word domains sold on Namejet.com this week and non of the prices seemed to high. Stocked.com led the way off of our sheet selling for just $11K. Looks like the recession maybe starting to hit the wholesale aftermarket in a big way. Here are some of the domain name sales we tracked: Stocked.com $11,005 AsianChat.com $10,600 SkiBoats.com … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2011
My First Post On CircleId.com Is Up: “Why the Lawsuit Against .XXX Maybe the Best Sales Tool Ever For New gTLD Applicants”
Just a quick note to let you know that my first post is up on CircleId.com CircleID.com is a great publication with contributions from many different people throughout the domain space but typically not domainers. The publication chats a lot about ICANN and public policy issues and has a large readership. I have had it in my RSS feed for quite a while and was asked to write a post on it … [Read more...]
EU Adopts Resolution Against Stop Online Piracy Act & Seizing Of Domain Names
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which criticizes domain name seizures of “infringing” websites by US authorities and seems to opposes the passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act. According to the resolution these measures need to be countered as they endanger “the integrity of the global internet and freedom of communication.” ""In preparation for the joint summit "United … [Read more...]
Owners Of YouPorn.com & DigitalPlayground.com Sues ICM & ICANN Over .XXX For Anti-Trust
Manwin the company which owns some high traffic adult sites including YouPorn.com, and PornHub.com and operates Playboy.com under license of Playboy, along with another large adult operator, and DigitalPlayground.com just filed a Federal Lawsuit against ICM the company that operates the .XXX Registry and ICANN over the .XXX Top Level Domain ("TLD"). The 44 page suit was filed in the United … [Read more...]
Breaking: Owner Of YouPorn.com Plans To File Suit Against ICM & ICANN Over .XXX For Anti-Trust
The ICM Registry has just issued a statement indicating that an anti-trust lawsuit will be filed by Manwin against both ICM Registry and ICANN in conjunction with the .XXX domain Top Level Domain. Manwin is the company which owns many highly visited adult sites including, YouPorn.com, Brazzers.com, PornHub.com and Xtube.com The statement reads: "Our public relations company alerted us to … [Read more...]
CE.com Gets A $1 Million Dollar Bid As Moniker’s End of Year Auction Closes Tomorrow
Moniker.com "End of Year" auction closes tomorrow at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames.com and the domain name CE.com has $1,000,000 bid. The domains reserve range is listed as between $1M-$5M and the $1M bid hasn't hit the reserve. Another two letter.com domain name, QX.com, has a bid of $80,000. The reserve range of that domain is stated at $50K-$100K and the $80K bid has not hit the … [Read more...]
Visa Launches V.Me
Visa just launched a site under V.Me and it looks like their "Wallet" solution ""V.me is a new service from Visa that lets you shop without sharing your card account information with the seller when you pay."" ""Shop online or on your mobile device." "Get timely alerts for your Visa card. " "With one secure account and password, you can shop with confidence."" So using V.me you can … [Read more...]