We just got our list of "Top Deleting Domains For Friday January 27th" from Pool.com and as you can see 26 out of the 30 domain names listed are typo's of Facebook.com I know these lists are auto generated based on the number of back orders placed for a certain day but come on guys, can't someone just eyeball it over at Pool.com before sending it out to everyone in the mailing list? And … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Verisign Reports: 113 Million .com/net Domains & $1.35 Billion In the Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN, announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 and year ended Dec. 31, 2011 after the market closed today Verisign Registry Services ended the quarter (December 31) with approximately 113.8 million active domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net, representing an 8% increase year-over-year. In the fourth quarter, Verisign added 7.9 million … [Read more...]
Airline.com Sells For $125K
DomainHoldings.com has just brokered the sale of the domain Airline.com for $125,000. The seller appears to be Airline Information Research Inc, a North Carolina based company who also owns and operates AirlineInfo.com. The new owner is listed as Intercontinental Domain Inc. We would like to congratulate all parties involved in this sale. … [Read more...]
Tucows Joins Afternic.com’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion Network
According to a press release today, oronto-based Tucows, a top 3 ICANN- accredited registrar with over 11 million domains under management will join Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) Premium Promotion network. ""This exclusive agreement will allow registrants to sell their domains across the entire Afternic DLS reseller network—the largest domain reseller network in the world with the … [Read more...]
Honda Should Have Bought Leaplist.com Before Launching Its Huge Ad Campaign
If you have watched any NFL playoff football on TV this year you have undoubted seen ads for Honda using its Leap List Campaign. They have been running several commercials in heavy rotation no doubt spending into the tens of millions of dollars on TV ads all based on the term Leap List. The official site for the campaign is leaplist.honda.com Now comes word that the Honda has bought time … [Read more...]
Hate SOPA: Check Out The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); The US Has Already Signed It
Forbes.com just covered the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ) (ACTA) which is an Agreement or treaty if you will, which contains some provisions "which are similar to – and more expansive than – anything we saw in SOPA." The ACTA is being treated as by the US as an Executive Agreement rather than a treaty. A treaty would have to be approved by the Senate, while an Executive Agreement can … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just reported its sales for the previous week and sold $1,008,482 As far as the reportable sales go, they were led by ClubClass.com which sold for $16K and AMSE.com which sold for $12,888. .com … [Read more...]