Afternic.com just released its weekly sales list for the short holiday week (in the US) and sold almost $825,000 in domain names The sales were led by Styles.com for $60,000 which was sold by Tucows.com to MING XU of Beijing. I would say that was a really good buy by Mr. Xu .com … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2012
Sedo Transaction Total Just Under $1.6 Million For The Holiday Week
Sedo.com just released its weekly sales report for the shortened holiday week (in the US). In all 951 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.6 million. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .com: juegos-gratis.com at 20,000 EUR · Top ccTLD: … [Read more...]
Marchex Files Federal Lawsuit Over PriceShoes.com UDRP Decision
Marchex (MRCX) just filed a federal lawsuit over the UDRP decision in PriceShoes.com. You might recall a three member panel awarded the domain name to the trademark holder of "Price Shoes" Administradora de Marcas y Franquicias, S.A. de C.V desipte a strong dissenting opinion. The case is important to all domainers since the majority of the panel placed an additional burden on Marchex who … [Read more...]
ICA Tells Dept Of Commerce To Make Verisign Roll Back .Com Prices By $2 To Match .Net & Limit Increases To CPI
In a 16 page letter sent by Phil Corwin the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), the ICA urges the DOC & the DOJ not to approve the renewal of the Verisign contract to operate the .com registry unless Verisign rolls back wholesale prices of .com domain names to the same price it charges for .net domain registrations … [Read more...]
GED.net Hit With UDRP & Its Not A Parked Page
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GED.net, by the American Council on Education GED Testing Service LLC whose official site is Acenet.edu. According to its site, The American Council on Education (ACE) develops and delivers the GED test. The domain name GED.net is an informational site about the exam which says its been copyrighted since 2005 however the whois record is … [Read more...]
ICE Seizes 132 Domains & This Time Its Global, Not Just .Com & .Net
ICE today announced that 132 domain names were seized for selling counterfeit products. However not only were .com's and .net's targeted this time. While 101 of the domain names were with a registry located in the United States, 31 ccTLD's domain names were seized as well. Domain names ending in .eu, .be, .dk, .fr, .ro and .uk were all seized. "This operation is a great example of the … [Read more...]
DotFood Starts Its Own Pre-Registration Site For .Food: FoodDomainia.com
According to a press release we received, Dot Food, LLC an applicant for the new gTLD .Food, launched "FoodDomainia.com, a pre- registration and awareness solution for the new .FOOD gTLD". "By pre-registering for a .FOOD domain name on FoodDomainia, food retailers and service providers can secure a better, more professional domain name for their business, product, or service. Registrants will … [Read more...]