There were a few interesting domain auctions closing today. One very interesting one was Hollywood.us. I don't own very many .us domains, but this sure looked like a good one, especially in light of the success of Hollywood.com and Hollywood.tv. After much debate between myself and myself, I passed, but still think it was a very good buy at $5,722, where it sold on SnapNames.com … [Read more...]
There Sure Are Some Interesting Domains On The Top .CM List
NameJet.com sent out an e-mail tonight reminding everyone that the .cm Landrush ends next week on July 30 at 5pm EST. In the e-mail it lists the "Most Popular .cm Pre-orders" and for me there are quite a few surprises on the list. While some of the domains I expected like: … [Read more...]
ICANN Has Little Power On ccTLD’s & UDRP’s Rarely Apply
Over the last week, I have talked about the .cm extension on several occasion (here, here, and here) and in the comments to the post it appears there is a lot of confusion in the domainer community as to ICANN's role in ccTLD's The short answer is, they don't have much. ICANN territory is Top Level Domains, the 21 existing TLD's and the new proposed g'TLD's Simply put ccTLD's "are not … [Read more...]
Your May Not To Get To Use Your .CM Domains Until 2010
Just a word of caution for those interested in going to .CM domains, it looks like you may not be able to start using the domains until sometime in 2010. I noticed on Moniker.com site on the FAQ, where they are accepting pre-orders for .CM domains: """How will I set name servers? ""Due to registry restrictions, you will not be able to freely change the name servers until early 2010 as … [Read more...]
.CM Auction Domains Are All Resolving, So Who Is Tracking & Making Money Off Them?
In preparing for the Rick Latona Auction of .CM domains, I found some very interesting things. Some of the domains in the auction are resolving to the .com owner's site. Bodybuilding.cm goes to bodybuilding.com through an affiliate program. Date.cm is going to Date.com through an affiliate program. DrugStore.cm is redirected to DrugStore.com through an affiliate program. Most of the … [Read more...]
Rick Latona .CM Auction Starts NOW
The Rick Latona auction, for the pre-land rush .cm domains, opens for online bidding, right now, at 8PM EST, July 7 and closes on July 14th. In this exclusive auction, there are 46 .CM domains that will not be available in the landrush and will only available through this auction Here is a complete list of the domains including reserve price: cars.cm … [Read more...]
UPDATE: NameJet’s .CM Landrush System Is Live: URL & Pricing Info Here
Namejet.com is now taking orders for .CM domains on its site. To place your backorders here is the direct link to the NameJet site: click here Pricing has also been announced. To be clear Namejet.com is NOT charging to place a backorder, however any domain which is registered, you will be charged $350 upon successful registration, including 2 years of registration. As we discussed in … [Read more...]