Here is a story from Mirror.co.uk about a New York man who hit the jackpot, at least in the opinion of some. Michael Katz hand registered the domain PrincessCharlotte.com four years ago, now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their second child Charlotte, Mr.Katz is getting offers. The title of the article is a bit misleading, "PrincessCharlotte.com owner makes net gain of £6,000 … [Read more...]
TeriHatcher.com expires and sells on NameJet – Ex-Business Partner She Sued Controlled The Domain
TeriHatcher.com was auctioned off on NameJet on Friday, the auction closed at $232. The Desperate Housewives star had a dispute with a former partner which may have led to Ms. Hatcher losing her name. The other thing that is odd is the whois, when searching on Domain Tools the whois shows Created on 1998-03-30 - Expires on 2016-03-29 - Updated on 2015-05-07. When you look at the whois history … [Read more...]
Is This Really the Golden Age of Domain Trolling ?
Caitlin Dewey of The Washington Post wrote an article that centered around the recent Taylor Swift and Ted Cruz domain registrations. Caitlin decided to use the words domain trolling instead of the often used cyber squatting. The lone commenter in the article told Caitlin that it is called cybersquatting. From the article: What is domain trolling, exactly? And how is it even legal? Given the … [Read more...]
HipHop.com Redirecting to KanyeWest.com
Back on March 4 we posted an article about the owner of Loser.com redirecting that domain to the Wikipedia page of Kanye West. Elliot Silver actually spoke to the owner and got some insight behind the move. You can read Elliot's post here Well now it seems the registrant of HipHop.com who lives in the U.K. is redirecting HipHop.com to KanyeWest.com. This looks to have been a recent change, … [Read more...]
Jeff Dunham’s New Wife is Suing His Old Wife Over Domain Names
Here is one you don't see everyday Jeff Dunham the famous ventriloquist who shows up every other weekend on Comedy Central in three hour blocks of programming, has an interesting situation going on in real life. It seems that the ex-wife of Mr. Dunham, Paige Dunham decided to play the domain game and register the names of his future wife under privacy. Then the ex-wife looked to sell those … [Read more...]
Ashton Kutcher is not the only one registering domain names related to his baby Wyatt
Yesterday we wrote about Ashton Kutcher on Conan discussing that he got all the domain names for his new daughter Wyatt Isabelle, “We immediately went home and we reserved all the domain names. " It seems like he did not get all the domain names, it looks like someone other than Ashton got WyattIsabelleKutcher.com registered on 10-3-14 and today IsabelleKutcher.com was registered, I guess … [Read more...]
Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of His Passing
Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of 63. Robin Williams won an academy award for Good Will Hunting, I always thought just the scenes of him and Matt Damon talking alone made the movie great all by itself. I am always interested in the dialogue far and away above any other … [Read more...]