We love the folks over at DomainNameSales.com but guys you do have to put some filters in place. We got an offer overnight on the domain name nudelive.com for $5,433,464,834. The offer went through the DomainNameSales.com system and generated an email to us relating the offer and prompted us to respond. The person making the offer is located in Turkey and uses a Hotmail address. This … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2014
Sci.Technology Suspended in URS “Sci” is not a Generic Term but Rather the Trademark”
The new gTLD domain name sci.technology was ordered suspended by a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) examiner. The Complainant SANMINA CORPORATION of San Jose, California filed the URS complaint based on its U.S. Trademark Registration issued June 2, 1992, on the term "SCI" (the "Trademark"). The Trademark is for "manufacturing of electrical, electronic, electromechanical and mechanical … [Read more...]
Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten
SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts "as a middleman between an individual and Google...catering to individuals who want to exercise their right to be forgotten" A recent European Court ruling search engine must provide to its citizens the :right to be forgotten" and allow them to demand that … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Break The 1.3 Million Mark; .XYZ Tops Over 200K; .Berlin Tops 140K & .Club Over 75K
The total number of new domain extension (gTLD) registrations topped 1.3 Million overnight at ntldstats.com. According to ntldstats.com there are just about 1,310,000 new gTLD registered .XYZ is now also topped 200,000 registrations sitting at 208,792 registrations. 86.5% of all .XYZ registrations or over 180,600 are at Network Solutions which continues to give free .XYZ domain names to … [Read more...]
Victim’s Of Terrorists Holding a Billion Dollars+ In Judgements Seeks Seizure of .IR Registry By ICANN
According to a press release, A lawyer representing a "group of American victims of terror and family members of those who have been injured or killed in attacks sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran) have moved to attach and seize the ccTLD domain registry of Iran, .Ir "The families, who hold unsatisfied American federal court judgments amounting to more than a billion dollars … [Read more...]
Endurance Issues A Statement Claiming Google Domains Will be Good For Their Business
Endurance International (EIGI) issued a statement on Google (GOOG) announcement yesterday that it is testing a new domain service. Shares of Endurance recovered nicely today, as shares wound up being down only a little of 5%, closing at $15 a share. Endurance had traded as low as $13.38 during the day. Endurance said they "expect Google's new initiative to stimulate … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $900K As Mi.Co.Id Sells For $60,000
Over the past week, 476 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via Sedo MLS, totaling $900,000. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: RoyalFortunes.com at 35,000 USD · Top ccTLD: mi.co.id at 60,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: Parfum.net at 4,200 EUR Mi.Co.ID is very interesting .id is the ccTLD for … [Read more...]