Architelos, Inc., the premier provider of automated domain name abuse detection and mitigation services, announced it has reached 44% market share for its SaaS based NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service. Architelos has implemented, or is in the process of implementing NameSentry abuse detection and mitigation service for 172 or 44% of the new gTLDs. Architelos recently concluded … [Read more...]
NetNames Acquires WebIP
NetNames, an online brand protection and corporate domain name management, has acquired WebIP, a leader in corporate domain name management in the Australian market. This acquisition provides access for Australian corporations to NetNames' online brand protection services, which are used by many global brands to prevent counterfeit sales and other forms of online brand infringement. I n … [Read more...]
The Domain Business Can’t Make The Customer Pay For Someone Else’s Mistake
Kevin Murphy over at Domainincite.com wrote a post yesterday, entitled "Guy hit with $1,600 bill a month after registering “premium” name for $12.99" The post goes onto explain: "One DI reader, who said he’d rather not be named, received a bill from the registrar today for $1587.01 for a .みんな domain name he hand-registered March 10 for the base fee of $12.99. The email from 101domain … [Read more...]
UPDATED: The Rise and Fall Of Oversee.net
With the news that Oversee.net sold DomainSponsor.com as well as their owned and operated domain portfolio which reportedly numbered between 700K and 1M domains, to Rook Media, it marks the end of to a 14 year run of one of the biggest companies to ever exist in the domain space. It's important to point out that the current management of Oversee.net including Debra Domeyer who was just … [Read more...]
Rook Media Acquires DomainSponsor.com
Oversee.net, announced today that Rook Media, has acquired DomainSponsor.com, Oversee.net's monetization business along with its parked domain portfolio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Oversee.net which once owned the domain name registrar, Moniker.com which was the 7th domain name registrar in the world at the time of acquisition , the auction platform SnapNames.com, was the … [Read more...]
Looks Like A New Domain Publication Coming in July
It looks like there will be a new domain publication coming on the scene in July. On Facebook.com today we spotted an ad for DomainWorldMagazine.com As a magazine type publication rather than a blog its seems the new magazine seems to be taking on DnJournal.com which always has considered itself more of a newspaper/magazine than a blog Ryan Colby of Outcome Brokerage looks to be the … [Read more...]
The Sale of .Co To Neustar Closed Today; Offices To Stay In Miami
Although it was announced a few weeks ago, the sale of the .CO Internet S.A.S to Neustar for $109 million dollars actually just closed today. According to the MiamiHerald.com, the "Champagne popped and bonuses flowed after .CO Internet closed its chapter as an independent company and became part of the publicly traded Neustar on Monday afternoon." "In his first comments to the press about … [Read more...]