According to a Press Release, Mindwork Labs bought the the domain name MyDeals.com, for an undisclosed amount from Marchex (Nasdaq: MCHX) The release goes on to say that Mindwork, also just got an investment of £500,000($750,000) "from leading UK entrepreneur Mark Pearson to develop a global deals website and marketing platform." "The partnership will reunite Pearson with Tom Packer - … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Conan O’ Brien Launches Conan.XXX
On his TSB show on Tuesday night, late night host, Conan O'Brien announced the launch of Conan.XXX . Conan O'Brien on why he launched a site on a .XXX domain name said "I wanna finally bust loose." Currently the site only has a few videos and none of them contain adult material. However, its a nice and unexpected boost for the .XXX extension. … [Read more...]
Patents.com Back On The Market Starting At $2.5 Million
ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP PLC, who claims to be the the "world's largest intellectual property brokerage firm" is offering for auction the domain name patents.com. The lot being sold by Patents.com LLC will be included in the 16th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on July 26, 2012, at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco, California. The starting bid will be $2,500,000 "We are … [Read more...]
Elizabeth Taylor Trust Gets Awarded LizTaylor.com, .Net & .Org In A UDRP Over Objection Of Planned Sex Change Domain Holder
This is not your typical UDRP. The case involves alleged common law trademark rights, transgendered alter ego's, and planned sexual reassignment surgery and one very famous deceased actress, Elizabeth Taylor. A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain names, LizTaylor.com, .net and .org to the The Elizabeth Taylor Trust, Interplanet Productions Limited and The Elizabeth Taylor Cosmetics … [Read more...]
Zynga’s New Game Is The Ville but TheVille.com is Owned By MargaritaStation.com
According to Cnet.com, Zynga is calling its new game The Ville. Cnet is casual game, users can now have virtual sex in the company's new title, The Ville. It will be available tomorrow. According to Cnet.com "The Ville, is the most realistic game yet in the Ville series of games that includes FarmVille, CityVille, and CastleVille." which includes the opportunity to have virtual sex in The … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 6/18/12 – 6/24/12. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,003,830. .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By ArtDeco.com for $75,000
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 25th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was ArtDeco.com at $75K. Other domains topping the list of public sales were Diabete.com for €16,900 & RedKite.com for $15,000. In all 891 domains were sold. 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Below is the entire list of publicly reportable … [Read more...]