The auction for the domain name BustaRhymes.com ended today on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $1,300. As we told you the other day the domain name BustaRhymes.com dropped when his management company apparently failed to renew the domain registration In all there were 47 bidders and 8 willing to pay $100 or more, and 5 of those we willing to pay $500 or more. So now that the domain … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
ICANN New gTLD Operators Need To Deposit $18k-$300K To Meet Three Year Reserve Requirement
As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that meets ICANN qualifications which is also set out below. ICANN however has not put the pencil to this requirement and the Guidebook does not contain actual numbers or the amount of cash the applicants need to budget for. This … [Read more...]
2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000
On Thursday as you probably know by now, a poster on Reditt.com called for people to move their domain names away from Godaddy calling December 29th as the day to do so. Yesterday Godaddy.com reversed it position in the early afternoon EST pulling its support for the SOPA Bill. So the remaining question is how many domain names got transferred on Thursday and Friday. We can tell you over … [Read more...]
Flippa.com Publishes Its Year In Review: 26K Sales & $31 Million In Sales
Flippa.com published today its 2011 Year-In-Review report. Here are the highlights from the report: There were 26,213 website and domain sales on Flippa.com this year, totaling just over $31 million. 659 sales were over $5,000 and 205 sales over $20,000. There were just under 290,000 bids placed on Flippa auctions in 2011. High-end sales included MakeCashTakingSurveys.biz which … [Read more...]
Facing A Boycott Godaddy Caves In On SOPA & Now “No Longer Supports It”
Wow that was quick. One day after a post on Reddit called for a boycott of Godaddy.com due to its support of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA), Godaddy.com just issued a statement saying it no longer supports it. """Go Daddy is no longer supporting SOPA, the "Stop Online Piracy Act" currently working its way through U.S. Congress. "Fighting online piracy is of the utmost importance, … [Read more...]
Verisign Domain Name Industry Report For 3rd Q Is Out: 220 Million Domains: 112 Million .Com/.Net’s
Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), just issued its Domain Name Industry Brief Report for the third quarter of 2011. As of September 30, 2011 there are nearly 220 million domain names registered worldwide across all extensions and out of which 112 Million are .com and .net domain names. The increase of 4.9 million domain names equates to a growth rate of 2.3% over the second quarter of 2011, and … [Read more...]
Red Hot on Reddit.com: “Move Your Domain Away From Godaddy Day” Based Off Of Support Of SOPA
A red hot story on Reddit.com this morning started by one domain holder has already gotten over 1,500 comments. The post that started it all is only a little over 3 hours old on Reddit.com and is entitled: "GoDaddy supports SOPA, I'm transferring 51 domains & suggesting a move your domain day" The poster goes on to say: ""I just finished writing GoDaddy a letter stating why I'm … [Read more...]