TheHill.com just published a post entitled "ElectHillary.com? RandPaul.com? Betting on 2016's hottest Web address" the artcile goes on to chat about "Election-year website squatters have dollar signs in their eyes, scooping up 2016-related domain names with the aim of cashing in on six-figure payouts — before any candidate has even thrown his or her hat into the ring". "The starting bid to buy … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million
Sedo reported 571 transactions that took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: 5198.com at 20,000 USD · Top ccTLD: answers.tv at 22,500 EUR · Top “other” TLD: shou.net at 6,000 EUR Domain … [Read more...]
TeleSign Corporation Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking As Esqwire.com Wins 11 In Row
TeleSign Corporation, of California was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name PhoneId.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc, which was represented as usual by Esqwire.com According to my records its the 11th win in row for Esqwire.com and the 5th finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. The three member panel of Paul M. DeCicco, Esq., Diane Thilly … [Read more...]
The Rick Schwartz Roast: Here is Your Chance To Get Your Material Into My Presentation
As the TRAFFIC organizers announced today, there will be a once in a lifetime roast of Rick Schwartz at the TRAFFIC conference that will be held in Miami Beach next month. The idea for the roast came from Adam Dicker during last weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion, but it didn't take long for that idea to jump onto the agenda at the TRAFFIC Conference. I'm going to be on the select panel to … [Read more...]
.Deals Has 400+ Registrations; Launches Tomorrow; Here are The More Interesting Domains
.Deals which launches into general availability tomorrow has over 400 registrations including Sunrise registrations by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to get early access to the domain name (EAP). I think its a good extension. Of course some of the better domains are reserved or on the ICANN collision list. So Daily.Deals is out, as is Great.Deals, Best.Deals, Hot.Deals … [Read more...]
News Corp Acquires Publicly Traded Move.com For $950M
News Corp has agreed to acquire Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) "a leading online real estate business that brings consumers and Realtors® together to facilitate the sale and rental of real estate in the United States." "The Move Network of websites, which also includes Move.com, reaches approximately 35 million people per month, who spend an average of 22 minutes each on its sites1. REA Group … [Read more...]
Berryhill: “We’re Taking This to Court” As UDRP Rules Against Marchex’s Generic Banco24horas.com
Tecnologia Bancaria S.A. of São Paulo, Brazil, just was awarded the generic domain names banco24horas.com and banco24horas.net Banco is Spanish for the word Bank and of course, "24 horas" translated from spanish is "24 hours" so the domains transferred we're "24 hour bank" in .com and .net Marchex Sales Inc. which was represented by John Berryhill lost three member panel decision by a … [Read more...]