Over the years we have pointed out a bunch of ridiculous emails we get from registries and registrars trying to get people to buy a unregistered domain names. Usually the domain names suggested in the email have little to do with the person receiving the email or a defensive sale, along the lines of you better get this domain before someone else does. However today I got this from the DotCeo … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Confirmed: Credits.com Sold For $100K Net To Buyer
A few days ago we noticed that the domain name Credits.com came through on the Sedo sales wire selling for $30,000. Today we have been able to confirm with the seller of the domain name that the domain sold for $100,000 net to Seller, that Sedo.com RSS feed picked up the down payment of $30,000 as the selling price. So as it turns out the seller of the domain did not lose money on the … [Read more...]
Whibse.com New Bulk Domain Lookup Tool
Domain name intelligence service Whibse.com has released an update to its bulk Whois tool that "quickly and accurately retrieves and fully parses all fields in the Whois records, along with reputation information, all IP address information, all server information" "If you wanted to get hundreds or thousands of domain name Whois records along with all of the server, reputation and similar data, … [Read more...]
ZeptoLab Seeking to Cancel King.com EU Trademark on Candy
We have written before how King.com the makers of the wildly popular Candy Crush Saga were seeking to trademark Candy for video games and clothing. Last month King.com decided to pull their US application and are no longer seeking to trademark the word 'Candy' with the USPTO. “King has withdrawn its trademark application for Candy in the U.S., which we applied for in February 2013 before we … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7M Led By ntent.com for $25K; Nm.org $35K
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 692 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Nm.org is the new home of Northwestern Medicine which is part of Northwestern University Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: ntent.com at 25,000 USD · Top ccTLD: … [Read more...]
Some Interesting .Email Domain Registrations & The Dallas Cowboys Miss Again
As we said in an earlier post today we went through the zone file for .Email to see what people have been registering. We noticed some interesting registrations. The Dallas Cowboys which has an illustrious history when it comes to domain names, just missed again not applying for the domain name cowboys.email, in Sunrise and the owner of the domain is now Cowboys Concert Hall, Inc which is … [Read more...]
Breaking: IRS Rules Bitcoin (virtual Currency) Will Be Treated As Property Not Currency
The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that it will treat Bitcoin and other virtual currencies like property, like stock or other intangible property rather than currency. If the virtual currency is held for investment, any gains would be treated as capital gains. The top long-term capital gains tax rate is 20%, while the top ordinary income-tax rate is 39.6%. The IRS notice also made clear … [Read more...]