HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of over 675 domain names including in conjunction with the Webmaster Access conference which is being held in Amsterdam. The auction ends Oct 1, 2014 in staggered fashion starting around 4PM EST/1PM PST There are also couple of small portfolios and two businesses for sale. While the domain auction has a high percentage of adult, dating and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
SeekingAlpha: Even After Its Stock Dropped 45% Last Week Marchex Is Still Overvalued
SeekingAlpha.com just covered Marchex and noted even though shares were down 45% last week and is down over 66% since July since July its still overvalued. The post was written by Ariana Research: "On September 18th, 2014, Marchex Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX) ("Marchex", "MCHX", or the "Company") released an 8K, which subsequently resulted in a decline in the equity value of ~45% for the day, or ~66% … [Read more...]
Accent Media Limited Win Private Auction For .Tickets Beating Donuts, Famous Four, 2 Others
According to a press release we received overnight, a British company, Accent Media Limited, won the private auction for the new gTLD .Tickets beating Donuts, Famous Four Media, Shubert Internet, Inc., and Afilias. According to the PR, "The company will offer domain names to approved organisations to provide safer online ticket sales with the intention to establish the “.tickets” top-level … [Read more...]
Verisign Ranked #1 By Z-Score Which Predicts Companies Heading Into Serious Financial Distress”
USA Today.com, just covered something called The Altman Z-Score " a financial indicator that predicts when companies are careening toward serious financial distress, which the article says is commonly used by investment professionals. "The Z-Score is a single number that summarizes the financial strength of companies in five dimensions. " "The Z-Score examines companies by sizing up working … [Read more...]
General Nutrition Loses Bid To Grab GNC.Asia; Domain Holder Represented By Zak Muscovitch
We don't cover to many .Asia UDRP's but this one caught our eye because the Complainant General Nutrition Investment Company owns and operates vitamin and supplement stores all over the United States simply know as GNC. The domain holder, The Web Group of Washington, D.C., Uwas represented by Zak Muscovitch of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The three member panel of Douglas M. Isenberg, Diane … [Read more...]
Purva.com Lost In UDRP After Winning Last Year: Brokers Email To TM Holder Changes Everything
A UDRP panel order the transfer of the domain name Purva.com to Puravankara Projects Limited after another UDRP panel almost one year to the date denied a UDRP. The ownership of the domain did not change from last year. Its a very long decision but an important one that I think all domainers should read, so instead of removing much of the language I left the opinion and dissenting opinion … [Read more...]
.Com Is Rocking
As someone who watches the numbers of domain name registrations across all TLD's everyday I have to say .Com is rocking and seems to be getting stronger by the day. Back on March 31, there were 113.2 Million .Com registered according to Verisign. Today 5 1/2 months later .com has topped 114.4 Million registrations (14,408,441) with … [Read more...]