T.R.A.F.F.I.C. revealed the Nominees for the 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AWARDS today Each of these Nominees received nominations from at least 3 individuals. While nominations are open industry wide, voting is not. You MUST be on our mailing list to vote and have your vote counted. If you received this ballot, you are on the list. If not, you are NOT on the list. Subscribe to … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
PIR: .Org Grows 1.4%; Renewal Rate of Almost 74%; 6% Are Asian Registrants
Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org domain , today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," detailing the worldwide growth of .org over the past year. The report reveals that in the past twelve months the total number of .org domains under management increased to 10,428,027 globally, a 1.4%increase in registrations since … [Read more...]
Fire.Glass Closes at $5,000 on Flippa
The domain name Fire.Glass just wrapped up its auction on Flippa. The auction had one bid at $5,000. The seller does have 18 transactions and 100% positive feedback on Flippa. Seller's Notes Fire.Glass Premium .Glass domain. 40,500 Google Exact Monthly Searches for "Fire Glass" (12 month average). $2.39 CPC (Google). What is "Fire Glass"? Fire Glass is tempered glass manufactured … [Read more...]
Rook Media/DomainSponsor We Will Be “The Best Parking Platform of All Time”
We just received this email from Rook Media which bought DomainSponsor.com a few months ago. If you have an account at DomainSponsor.com you should have an email where they are asking you to change your password, while promising that they are going to combine the best parts of Rook Media and DomainSponsor to be "The Best Parking Platform of All Time" Here is the email: "While you’ve … [Read more...]
Why Did Philip Morris Spend $1,500 To File A UDRP On Buying-Tax-Free-Marlboro-Cigarettes.com?
Philip Morris USA Inc, just won the rights to the domain name buying-tax-free-marlboro-cigarettes.com in a UDRP. The fact that the corporate giant won the domain is no surprise, but I have no idea of why the company would spend $1,500 in just filing fees to get control of a horrible domain name with 4 hyphens. According to Screenshots.com, the only page they have indexed is a placeholder … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total Just $900K
Over the past week, 561 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $900k. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: ridescout.com at 60,000 EUR · Top ccTLD: 888.ca at 20,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: loan.info at 18,500 USD Everyoption.com was our sale at $15,000 Domain … [Read more...]
.Black is Live Today But like The other New gTLD Colors, its on the Wrong Side Of The Dot
Today is the first day general availability for Afilias’ latest gTLD: .BLACK Its the fourth in a string of colored new gTLD domain names all operated by Afilias (.Red, .Blue, Pink) For us the issue for .Black, like the other colors, is Black is a term that used in normal language and commerce on the left of the term, not on the right. So its Black Cars, Black Card, Black Dress, Black … [Read more...]