I was tipped off from a reader that the some 42,000 .Pro registrations went into Pending Delete status yesterday according to RegistrarStats.com According to the ICANN report the .Pro registry filed in April (last one on record) there were some 149,000 .Pro domains registered. 40,000 domains represents over 25% of all registered .Pro domain names (as of April). I reached out to the … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2012
After Almost 70K Comments We Change It Up & Require Users To Log In To Comment
We are coming up to our 5 year anniversary of TheDomains.com. Late last year we asked the readers if Thedomains.com should require people to use their real names to leave comments on the blog. The 97 comments we got to that post were mixed with many in favor but others opposed it based on the internet history of allowing anonymity. A couple of months ago we decided we would go to a … [Read more...]
Google Launches” Better Local Targetting Options For AdWords”
According to a post on Google Adwords site yesterday, Google recently changed its metro targeting areas to Nielsen DMA (Designated Market Areas) regions. “Now your online campaigns and reporting will more precisely match TV-based audience data and campaigns. If you’ve been using metros, you’ll notice that the new geographic shapes look different on a map,”While you might see some increases or … [Read more...]
They Bought & Let Their Domain Expire & Now They Lose A UDRP On RisingStar.com
Ari Goldberger beat back a UDRP brought by Rising Star AG of Bottighofen, Switzerland on the domain name RisingStar.com The complainant which at one time purchased the domain name for $5,000 let it expire, and was picked up on a domain auction. After it dropped the domain holder parked the domain and the parked page contained an offer link. Here are the relevant facts and finding by the … [Read more...]
Dynadot Becomes An Afternic DLS (Domain Listing Service) Partner
Domain name registrar, Dynadot.com posted on its site tonight that they are now a partner of Afternic Domain Listing Service (DLS) "We are happy to announce that Dynadot is now a proud Afternic DLS (Domain Listing Service) partner. Afternic is the leading marketplace for premium domain sales. The Afternic marketplace services more than 65 million searches per month. Afternic has more than 5.5 … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $960K in Domains Led By Paddle.com At $120K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $957,127 for the week ending August 26th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Paddle.com for $120,000 followed by 351.com & WellPlay.com for $20,000 each. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Enterprise Car Rental Gripe Domains Including Do-Not-Rent-From-Enterprise.com
Enterprise Car Rental just filed a UDRP on three domain names that appear to be meant for a gripe site. The domains at issues are: do-not-rent-from-enterprise.com donotrententerprise.com dontrententerprise.com While there are plenty of UDRP cases the recognize a domain for a gripe site to be a legitimate purpose and not bad faith, unfortunately for the owner of these domains there is no … [Read more...]