Cnet.com just published an article about .XXX domain names chatting about what domain names were taken and which are still available. The problem is the article is incorrect. The article entitled "These .XXX domains are ready to Hook Up" The article cites such domains like Alabama.xxx and Nashville.xxx "are available to be registered for $100 a year". However they are not. Before we … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
Sedo.com Sells $2.5 Million In Domain Names
Sedo.com just published its weekly sales list and reported selling 706 domain names for $2.5 million dollars. Of the reportable sales Viia.com sold for 45,000 Euro's, AllYouNeed.com sold for $45k, My.net which we told you about last week sold for 49,000 British Pounds and Pay.Eu at 17,500 Euro's 32% of all sales were "buy it now" Here is the full list of reportable sales: … [Read more...]
Mike Mann: “I Am Buying 100,000 Domains Per Year”
Mike Mann posted on his Facebook wall today that he is planning on buying another 100,000 domain names a year; "I am buying 100,000 .com domains per year one at a time for less than they are worth." "Same as at BuyDomains.com but now DomainMarket.com, about 300K and counting so far." "Pay the Mann." 100K new domains a year is a lofty goal. At 300,000 domain names Mann's … [Read more...]
RightHaven.com Domain Name Auction Starts On SnapNames.com
The court ordered auction of the domain name RightHaven.com started today on Snapnames.com As many of you are aware, RightHaven.com isn't just a ordinary domain name. The story has been followed very closely by VegasInc.com which reported that Righthaven LLC, filed 275 lawsuits for copyright infringement seeking not only damages but the forfeiture of the domain name of the infringing site … [Read more...]
New York Times Urges ICANN To Roll Out The New gTLD Program Slowly As A Pilot Program
In an editorial published today by the New York Times, it urges ICANN to follow the suggestion of the FTC and roll out the new gTLD plan slowly. ""a plethora of new suffixes is just as likely to cause confusion for consumers and enable malefactors to use the new arenas for deception. Icann expects 500 to 1,000 applications in next year’s 90-day application window. Before it approves any of … [Read more...]
US Justice Dept Now Said “Not To Oppose Online Gambling Other Than On Sports”
According to a story in the New York Times, citing a memorandum from the US Justice Department issued in September but first made public on Friday, the US in a reversal of a long standing position against online gambling, may not oppose it when it comes to anything other than betting on sports. The memo was in response to requests by New York and Illinois to clarify whether the Wire Act of … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Godaddy Loses 28,000 More Domains On Saturday
Yesterday we reported on the two day loss from domain names transferred out of Godaddy.com to other domain name registrars in like of their former support of the SOPA Bill. As a quick update DailyChanges.com reported an additional 28,656 domain names transferred out of Godaddy.com. It should be noted that this figure only includes domain names that use Godaddy.com default servers and does … [Read more...]