AdAge.com just published a post covering today's .NYC launch into general availability. Its just one of many publications that have covered New York City big day but a quote from the story caught my eye. AdAge updated their story for a correction: CORRECTION: A previous version of this story said more than 100,000 people signed up for a .nyc domain. More than 10,000 people signed up. In … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Why Shouldn’t ICANN Terminate Registrars That Have A History of Domain Thefts?
ICANN has terminated domain name registrars accreditation in the past for several issues, many related to non-payment of minimal fees due to ICANN, and record keeping requirements ICANN has sent out a lot more Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement to registrars for such conduct which got cured by the registrar which basically means the registrars fixed some … [Read more...]
Overstock Looking To Democratize Wall Street With New Bitcoin Related Project
Overstock is looking to change things on Wall Street In an article on Wired.com it seems that Overstock is straying from their core business and working on a side project that hopes to democratize Wall Street. Building on top of the existing Bitcoin protocol. If the project is successful there is a plan to spin the business off as a separate company. Overstock has certainly been one of the … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Totals $1.2 Million
Over the past week, 443 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 million 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: athlon.com at 100,000 USD · Top ccTLD: netbet.ca at 13,500 USD · Top “other” TLD: tdsc.org at 5,500 USD Domain … [Read more...]
1 Day After Launch, Namejet’s “Premium” .Desi New gTLD Auction Is Live
Yesterday .Desi launched into general availability with 324 registrations. Today Namejet.com announced it's holding a Premium .Desi domain auction with 30 "premium" .Desi domain names. According to Namejet.com .Desi is "a global term to refer to the culture, people and products originating from the Indian sub-continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka). It evokes a sense of … [Read more...]
20 Year Old NUVO.Com Saved in A One Member Panel UDRP & Domain Holder Didn’t Respond
SiTV, Inc. of Glendale, California, just lost its bid to grab the domain name Nuvo.com in a UDRP. The one member panel decision of Michael A. Albert rejected the claim even though the domain holder, which is now a Bankruptcy Trustee, did not file a formal response. The opinion did not mention the registration date of the domain or any change in ownership. The domain name Nuvo.com has a … [Read more...]
.NYC Landrush Auctions To Start On October 23rd & SnapNames.com Will Handle Them
According to an email we received from a domain investor, The .NYC landrush collision auctions will be managed by SnapNames, the .nyc Auction Provider. A landrush collision occurs when more than 1 landrush application was submitted for the same .NYC domain name "Auctions will be held on three different dates to best suit bidders with multiple applications for .nyc domains. Auction dates … [Read more...]