The Turakhia brothers (Bhavin and Divyank) are in the news today after starting the process to buy back 100 % interest in Media.net. This was the only business the serial entrepreneurs started that had an outside investor. The brothers started Directi while still in their teens and have since started many companies over the last 15 years. Businesses include: LogicBoxes, ResellerClub, and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Rightside Launching 11 More New gTLD’s This Year
Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), announced today it will launch 11 additional Top Level Domains (TLDs) by the end of 2014, bringing its in-market portfolio to 28. Next week, members of the armed forces, as well as military families, supporters, and veterans, can begin registering .ARMY, .NAVY, .AIRFORCE, and .VET web addresses. Launch activities will include a home-page promotion with … [Read more...]
Forget Ebola.com, Where is Ebola.Gov ?
Over the last couple of days there have been a lot of stories about the domain name Ebola.com being put up for sale. Domain publications and mainstream media have written extensively about the domain. What we have not heard is anything about Ebola.gov. Why? Well the name has not even been registered by the U.S. government. This name could and should be used by the United States as a … [Read more...]
GigaOM: “The latest New York City “land rush” is already turning into a party for cyber-squatters”
Jeff John Roberts of GigaOM covered the .NYC launch in an article today, the site points out that many New York sports teams have had their domains registered but not by the teams themselves. They summed it up like this: The latest New York City “land rush” is already turning into a party for cyber-squatters, who have snapped up some familiar names. The episode shows, again, how the system is … [Read more...]
WARNING: Stolen Domain Names Slash.com & County.com Are Being Shopped Around
We have received a report from Andrew Rosener of MediaOptions.com that at least two domain names, Slash.com & County.com have been stolen from NetworkSolutions.com and are being shopped around for sale. In a email Andrew wrote: "I wanted to notify everyone that we have just discovered a domain theft at Network Solutions which I do not believe is an isolated incident." "So far it … [Read more...]
DNPric.es: There have been Over $1 Million In New gTLD Domain Name Sales
According to domain price research site DNPric.es there have been over $1 million in new gtld sales since the new gTLD launched in February. According to DNPric.es there have been 247 domain name sales in 58 New TLDs Totalling $1,016,987.12. I did not see a breakdown of EAP, Premium registry auction sales and/or whether these are just straight secondary domain name purchases. .Club led … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million; 51% Buy It Now; GoldPay.com Sells For 50,000 Euro’s
Over the past week, 491 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: goldpay.com at 50,000 EUR · Top ccTLD: pri.mx at 10,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: stream.org at 20,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]