Sedo reported their weekly sales and sleek.com was the top sale at $30,000. Registered in 1996 and dropped two times previously. Currently under privacy at Uniregistry. There was a handful of sales $20,000 or higher: WorkApp.com sold for $20,000 I was surprised to see a 2006 registration date, apps were not all that well know back then. Luxus.de sold for 25,500 Euros. .Org produced … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2016
Google Capital changes name to CapitalG, they did acquire CapitalG.com
Google has changed the name from Google Capital to CapitalG and this time they did get the domain name capitalg.com. The domain name looks to have been acquired a few weeks ago. The domain was owned by an organization called GDiapers back in 2014 and then it moved to privacy. It transferred from Go Daddy to Mark Monitor. TechCrunch.com covered the story about Google Capital changing their … [Read more...]
AU Publication Says Trump Is the World’s Largest Domain Holder with 3,600 Domains
The Australian publication Channelnews.com.au, just declared Donald Trump as the "World’s Biggest Owner Of Domain Names". Yes according to the story, The Donald only has over 3,600 domain names. My God how did no one in the domain industry recognize Mr. Trump as owning the most domain names in the world with 3,600? In the domain industry we know there are companies that own 1 Million + … [Read more...]
Green Bay Packers Loses UDRP on 8 Year Old Site TotalPackers.com Citing Laches
Green Bay Packers, Inc. of Green Bay, Wisconsin, just its bid to grab the domain name TotalPackers.com in a three member UDRP decision by Christopher S. Gibson, Matthew S. Harris and W. Scott Blackmer. The Domain Name was registered by Respondent on April 1, 2008, "for a website that provides news, analysis, commentary, video, gossip and humor related to the Green Bay Packers. The homepage … [Read more...]
.Doctor Winds up With Over 1,400 Domains After First Day of Availability
The new domain extension .Doctor launched yesterday into general availability where domains could be registered on a first come first served basis. The zone file now reflects 1,421 domain registration which includes those domain names registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and those registered during the Early Access Period (EAP) for an extra fee. Many of the registered domain names have … [Read more...]
Percentage of Parked New gTLD Zoom Up Over 65% As Over 3 Million Added in A Week
According to ntldstats.com, the number of "Parked" new gTLD domain names as defined by ntldstats.com has increased by over 3 Million domain names just since October 25th 2016. On October 25th, the number of Parked domains was just 13,175,000; however as of November 2nd that number has ballooned up over 16,374,000. The percentage of new gTLD's domain names that are parked as … [Read more...]
DomainTools Launches PhishEye to Prevent Phishing Attacks Before They Happen
DomainTools, today announced the launch of PhishEye, asimple yet effective new security solution that helps to prevent phishing attacks before they happen. According to press release out today; "Powered by DomainTools' market-leading domain name discovery and profiling systems, PhishEye automates the process of identifying look-alike domains that spoof brand, product, or organization names. … [Read more...]