Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/20/14 – 1/26/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,770,240. The top .com sale was lead by Heard.com for $40,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Hui.net for $8,125. Below is the complete report: .com … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2014
Our Interview With .TV Domain Investor Kevin Lawrence Who Just Sold FYI.TV For $30,000
Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who resides in Southern California. Kevin just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 marking it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. I did a short interview with Kevin to get the background of how he decided on the .TV extension to investment a large portion of this domain investments. So your a pretty big .TV … [Read more...]
Ex-Wrestler; Dancing With The Stars Contestant, Stacy Keibler Buys Her .Com For $5,500
Stacy Keibler the ex-wrestling star and well as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars and the ex-girlfriend of George Clooney just bought the her matching domain name of StacyKeibler.com which just sold for 3,333 GBP or $5,500. The domain is being directed to Ms Keibler's site at Skphilosophy.com Based on her career and frequent television appearances Ms. Keibler might have been able to win … [Read more...]
2nd Themed Above.com Auction Scheduled for March 2014: “Lead Generation Domain Auction”
Above.com announces that the "Lead Generation Domain Auction" will be its second Themed Auction starting on March 17, 2014 and ending on April 16, 2014 at 12pm PT 2014. "Themed auctions provide a better method of cost effectively selling domains to end-users," says Victor Pitts, Director of Domain Services at Above.com. While not a new concept, themed auctions can be very effective in … [Read more...]
7 New Donuts gTLD’s Available For Registration Tomorrow
According to a press release out today, Tomorrow, Wednesday Donuts Inc., kicks off the general availability period for seven new Internet domain names, (gTLD's). The gTLD the will be live available for registration are : .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. Anyone can register names in these gTLDs on a first come, first-served basis from accredited registrars … [Read more...]
Trademark Holder Loses UDRP Bid To Grab Domains Registered Early As in 1999 With 2012 TM
Ednovo d/b/a Gooru of Palo Alto, just lost its attempt to grab the domain names Gooru.com; Gooru.net; Gooru.org; and Gooru.biz registered in 1999 on the basis of a trademark filed in 2012 with a UDRP Panel Here are the relevant facts and findings from the one member panel The Complainant is a non-profit organization established in 2011, and based in the United States of America, that … [Read more...]
John Turturro Stars In Godaddy Superbowl Ad Where Real Person, Quits Real Job
Actor John Turturro stars in GoDaddy's 1st Half Super Bowl commercial where a real person quits a real job to pursue her passion and start her own business. In what is an historic commercial 'first,' you'll see a real person quit a real job in front of 100-million people! During the big game, see how a gutsy go getter goes from working for someone else to following their dream and turning a … [Read more...]