Everyone here at TheDomains.com would like to wish you a Happy and healthy new year. Things will be changing around here, after 8 years Michael will be able to do something other than be on a computer 24/7. The first post on TheDomains was here on December 4, 2007. Since that first post there have been over 9,100 posts, over 93,000 comments and close to 9 million views. I want to thank Michael … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
15 Year Old Domain StinkySocks.com Saved In UDRP
The Trimount Company, Inc DBA StinkySocks Hockey (“Complainant”), of Massachusetts, just lost its attempt to grab the domain name stinkysocks.com in a UDRP rather than just pay the domain holder the $6,500 he was asking for the domain. The domain was registered on February 2, 2000. The Complainant trademark was registered over 15 years later on September 22, 2015 and at that the trademark … [Read more...]
Owner of MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com Wants “$2 Million At Least”
Back in August we wrote about the domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com which is has become Donald Trump's famous tag line of the his 2016 Presidential run. At the time we noted that although "The Donald filed a trademark on the term back in November 2012, the trademark was filed for opposition in 2013 and not finally granted until July, 14th 2015. The domain name MakeAmericaGreatAgain.com … [Read more...]
Tuscany.com; Erotica.com; Penis.com Added At No Reserve To ROTD/Namescon Auction
Some amazing domain names were added to the RightoftheDot.com domain auction being held at Namescon late last week all at NO Reserve by CheapDomains.com, including one that has an Estibot value of over $5 Million Dollars. That domain name is Penis.com, one of the premier "adult" domains but which is one of those adult words you can say on broadcast television. Penis.com of course can be used as … [Read more...]
Google Buys More “Letter” .Com’s: Now owns 19 of Them; Maybe only 6 Left
Google bought several more "letter".com's yesterday picking up abcdefghijkl.com abcdefghijklm.com abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy.com All registered in 2004. Since turning the domain world on its head buying abc.xyz Google now … [Read more...]
The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. About 125 domain names will be in the live auction with the rest staying opened for bidding on Namejet.com until January 21st. There are 12 … [Read more...]
Dot Space reaches the 100,000 Registration Mark
Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to $10,000 annual price range. Names include: city.space, event.space, black.space, from.space, market.space, gay.space, dna.space, media.space, … [Read more...]