On March 9th we wrote about 55588.com closing at $91,060 on DropCatch.com. The domain is back at auction. DropCatch noted "Due to complications involving potentially fraudulent activity, one or more auctions you had participated in are being restarted." Namebio needs to remove the sale to avoid confusion, I have emailed Michael over there. … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
Market Recap 3/18/16 Web.com up 2% – Verisign off 1.5%
Market Recap 3/18/16 Th week ended mixed, Verisign (VRSN) was off 1.5% to close at $88.56 while United Internet (UTDI) was up 3%. Sedo's parent company closed up 1.26 to 43.44. Web.com (WWWW) closed the week out on a positive note up 2%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 755.41 -3.07 (-0.40%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 31.93 -0.07 (-0.22%) Rightside Group … [Read more...]
WIPO UDRP Filings up 4.6% in 2015
According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "cybersquatting claims" by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) claims were filed, a 4.6% increase on the number in 2014. New gTLDs accounted for 10.5% of the number UDRP's filed. The New gTLDs .xyz, .club and .email were among the most common new suffixes to be the … [Read more...]
Update on Little.com
A couple days ago we wrote about Little.com being stolen, Namepros member The Legendary JP appears to have solved the case. The domain was stolen but it was stolen from the original owner. Ok did a little digging.... I actually tired to buy this name YEARS ago from the long time owner John Little. John continued to own the name until March 5th at least, then whois changed within Netsol to … [Read more...]
Two Letter .Ski & .Bio Were Released Into The Registrar Channel This Morning
We received an email that .Ski and .Bio released all two-letter domains through the domain name registrar channel (EPP) this morning at 10:10 AM UTC (6am EST) According to the release, two letter domain names will carry an annual premium registration and renewal fee. The cheapest confirmed retail price according to the registry is with united domains at $129. Here is a list of all the … [Read more...]
Market Recap 3/16/16 Web.com up close to 7%
Market Recap 3/16/16 Web.com (WWWW) was up close to 7% today, the stock has been drifting lower so today was a welcome change for those bullish on the company. Go Daddy (GDDY) was up 1.8% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 757.36 +6.79 (0.90%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 31.81 +0.56 (1.79%) Rightside Group Ltd NAME 8.19 -0.05 … [Read more...]
Little.com Reported Stolen
There is a post on Namepros.com where the member is saying he purchased Little.com and it was stolen at Network Solutions. The message is very sloppy with a lot of spaces so reading the post may take a bit of time. Apparently Escrow.com was used for the transaction. The price looks to be $33,000. The domain is currently under privacy. It was registered in 1994. If you get offered this domain … [Read more...]