Kim Kardashian has been named as the KeyNote Speaker for Webfest Global. I know, read it again. Yes I have the same look on my face when I got the email from Oversee.net this evening. "'As you know, Kim is a highly successful entrepreneur. " Oversee wrote "We are looking forward to her sharing insights and perspective related to how she has leveraged her brand to build many successful … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2013
Register.com Is Offering $.50 New Domains Registrations On .Com, .Net .Org +
Register.com is offering new registrations for just $.50 for any .com, .net., .org, .info .biz or .us domain name. The offer is being advertised on Google. Here is the offer. Here is the fine print: "LIMITED TIME OFFER. Offer valid for new customers in the US and Canada only, limited to a total of three domains. Upon expiration, all products will be renewed at the then current … [Read more...]
Panama.com Hits The Market With A $1.6 Million Asking Price
TobyClements.com just sent out his daily domain newsletter and topping the list today is the domain name Panama.com The asking price is $1,600,000. Panama.com is obviously a great domain and one which I haven't seen on the market before and one which Toby says has "never been available on the aftermarket and is still owned by the original registrant'. Panama has a booming economy and is … [Read more...]
DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons
If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet another one, DomainMongrel.com I will go through some results we got today but first this is how the developers described the appraisal tool in their press release today: "This new tool—Domain Name Estimator—offers domainers a rough … [Read more...]
Yahoo Acquires Snip.it For The “Ten’s of Millions of Dollars”
According to a post on the company blog, Snip.it has been acquired by Yahoo for what Cnet.com is reporting to be in the "ten's of millions of dollars" Here is the company blog post: "We are thrilled at the opportunity to bring Snip.it's vision to a larger scale at Yahoo!. While we can't share the specifics of what we'll be building, we are excited about the opportunity to take social news to … [Read more...]
Capitol Music Wins UDRP & Gets Back The Domain It Lost in 2010: CapitolMusicGroup.com
Complainant Capitol Records, LLC d/b/a Capitol Music Group (“Complainant”), gained control of the domain name capitolmusicgroup.com in a UDRP that is owned until 2010 when it was "inadvertently deleted." The opinion doesn't discuss how one of the largest music company's on earth just "inadvertently deleted" the domain name of its company, but the panel seemed to award the domain name not due … [Read more...]
Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Led By Everclear.com For $18K
Afternic.com just released it sales for the week of 1/14/12 – 1/20/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,014,103. Here are the reportable sales led by Everclear.com for $18K If you think you have heard that term before, you have, and you can refresh you alcohol saturated brain over at Wikipedia, to recollect why you heard … [Read more...]