Long time domainer Page Howe just got covered by Businessinsider.com with a big assist from DnJournal.com and DomainSherpa.com Page was covered by BusinessInsider.com in an article entitled: "Meet Page Howe, A Man Who Made Millions Selling 2 Of The World's Most Expensive Domain Names" If you don't know the two domains they are talking about are: Seniors.com, which he purchased for … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2012
Domain King, Rick Schwartz Closes Out 2012 With A $250K Deal on A Hand Reg Domain
In a email sent out to domain holders on the JointVentures.com project, the Domain King Rick Schwartz announced that he just closed a deal on a hand registered domain name which will return him over $250,000 over the next 8 years ""I have also just closed a deal this morning with a domain that I hand registered in 2002 and have an 8 year deal with. The total value of those payments are in excess … [Read more...]
House Representative Drafting Bill To Stop ICE Domain Seizures Without Notice or Hearing
According to jdsupra.com, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), is drafting legislation that would seek to increase judicial oversight ICE's ability to seize domain names. To date the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized 1,630 domain names, of which 684 have been forfeited to the government. According to the article "Lofgren’s bill … [Read more...]
Richard Lau Becomes Director of the Water School
Uber Domainer Richard Lau has just announced he has taken on the position of the Executive Director at Water School. In his year end newsletter he wrote, "2012 is almost at an end. It’s Christmas Eve and while my shopping is all done, wrapped and tucked under the tree, alas the Lau Christmas Newsletter is yet to be done. It’s my (Richard here) turn to write so I’m sure it’s no surprise to … [Read more...]
We Think .TK Domains Are Screwing With Verisign’s Quarterly Domain Report
Last week when Verisign released its 3rd Quarter Domain Name Industry Brief everyone focused in on the raw numbers 246 million domain names. However what if I was to tell you that one change made by Verisign has made a huge impact on the overall domain registration numbers. That change was including the .TK registry in the Domain Name Industry Brief. Two quick points. The .TK … [Read more...]
Vietnamese Man Registers TM Domain, Points It To Porn; Company Agrees To Pay $50K & Calls Police
Well not your typical domain story. A Vietnamese man Nguyen Trong Khoahas was summoned by police after a company, Eurowindow Holding accused him of buying four domain names related to the company and directing users of one of the sites to porn in "order to pressure it to buy the domains at exorbitant prices".= According to the story that appeared in tuoitrenews.vn, Khoa registered the … [Read more...]
Alert!! Some Of The Domains You Got At SnapNames.com May Not Be Owned By You
If you use SnapNames.com you need to check the domain names you acquired since October, especially November and December. You may not be the owner of the domain. There are a few issues going on with SnapNames.com which I was first informed about by another large domainer yesterday who asked to remain anonymous. He reported that 10 domains that he got through SnapNames.com in November and … [Read more...]