"Domain Holdings announced Wednesday that domain industry pioneer Monte Cahn has joined its team as an Executive in Residence and Advisor to the Board." "In his new role, he will help shape the company’s growth and strategic direction while also taking a more hands-on role with the premium domain brokerage, domain auctions and domain monetization." "Currently, Cahn is the President and … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2012
Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com Becomes 1st To Use Facebook Timeline To Promote Its Marketplace
According to a press release out this morning Mike Mann's Domainmarket.com has "started aFacebook Timeline to promote the online domain marketplace and provide information about domain names, Internet technology and online marketing." “Facebook is one of the best ways for us to connect with our customers and hear their opinions because people are utilizing Facebook business pages more than … [Read more...]
ICANN: Big Reveal Scheduled For June 13th; TAS Closes Tomorrow; Batching Process Begins June 8th
ICANN just announced that the Big Reveal date for the new gTLD program, will be held on June 13th. ICANN went on to say that the TAS, the system by which one makes an application for a new gTLD domain extension, is scheduled to close tomorrow, May 30th, at 23:59 GMT/UTC . ICANN also said in a newly issued timeline that the Batching process will begin before the ICANN conference in Prague and … [Read more...]
New Zealand May Allow Domain Registrations Ending In Just .NZ
In a press release tonight The Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL) of New Zealand is says they are considering making domain registrations available ending in just .NZ "At present the existing .nz structure consists of a set of 14 approved ‘second’ level domains, under which all names must be registered." "The DNCL is proposing to extend registrations directly to the second-level" "A … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1,040K in Domains Led By BathroomIdeas.com For $29,400
Afternic just published its weekly report of sales. Total sales summed to $ 1,037,139 The high sale for the week was bathroomideas.com At $29,400, The domain was sold by BuyDomains.com own inventory and the buyer appears to be Nokta.com Here are all the reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Sells $1.29MM In Domains Led By Set.tv for $29K & One Of Ours DailyBreak.com For $25K
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending May 28th, 2012. In all over $1.29MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Set.tv at $29,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were DailyBreak.com one of our domains that sold for $25,000 followed by sdfc.com and immobilien.tv each for $20,000. In all 679 domains were sold. 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now … [Read more...]
Broward County Loses UDRP To Gain Generic Domains: Fortlauderdaleconvention.com, Ftlauderdaleconvention.com
We alerted you to a UDRP filed on three generic Geographic domain names and today, a three member UDRP panel decided in favor to the domain holder on the domain names fortlauderdaleconvention.com, ftlauderdaleconvention.com, and browardconventioncenter.com Here are the relevant facts and findings from the panel: Complainant has registered the GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE mark with the United … [Read more...]