Dynadot sent out an email regarding their grace period policy. They are shaving 10 days off their previous 40 day grace period to a 30 day grace period. You will have to pay $10 additional if you renew in the final 10 days of that TLD's renewal grace period. This notice is to inform you of an update to our renewal grace period policy. As you know, with many top-level domains (TLDs), we give … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2017
Sedo Weekly Sales Led By PremierModel.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and two names tied for the top spot. PremierModel.com and Advu.com both sold for $10,000. Wingman.ai sold for $2,500 I get the tech names in .ai and some other common words, but wingman seems an outlier. Domain … [Read more...]
Wi.com Has A High Bid Of $500K at NameJet & a UDRP Opinion From 2015 You Should Read
The domain name WI.com is currently at auction at Namejet.com. The domain has a high bid of $500,000 with a stated reserve of $500,000-$600,000 and ends on March 15th 2017 A reader sent me a note today that WI.com had a UDRP filed against it in 2015 and wanted to make bidders aware of the UDRP. The UDRP was bought by a trademark holder of the term WICOM. Although the three member panel … [Read more...]
The new gtld discussion moves to Reddit “nTLD extensions are already failing”
It looks like the new gtld discussion has moved to Reddit, in the sysadmin subreddit. User netzvolk started things off: For those of you that are not aware, the nTLD's as opposed to the old good .com and others don't have any limitations on price increases. This means you can register .networks today for $10 and the registry can decide to charge you $1000 next year. Not only is this … [Read more...]
Namefind sells Cryptology.com
Namefind has sold Crpytology.com a domain they acquired from Marchex. The domain looks to have been acquired by Cryptology LLP out of London. The domain was registered in 1998. Some confuse cryptology with cryptography, here is the difference: Difference Between Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Cryptology Cryptography – Study of Hiding Messages To define cryptography for the Caesar Cipher, … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – DropCatch
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One of the goals of the column is that company representatives will see … [Read more...]
Former DailyMail.com domain owner seeking $1million
Interesting story out today on the domain name dailymail.com. Today that domain resolves for the London Daily Mail. But it seems the former owner is looking for $1million. WVRecord.com reported: The former owner of Charleston Daily Mail claims United Bank wrongfully induced Charleston Newspapers to sell the rights to the dailymail.com domain name. MediaNews Group Inc. and Charleston … [Read more...]