The domain names MichaelVick.com and MikeVick.com are both dropping tomorrow, Sunday September 18th, the same day Michael Vick is returning to Atlanta as the starting quarterback of the Eagles. Both domain names were registered on the same day in 1999. In 1999 Michael Vick finished 3rd in the Heisman Trophy voting and also won the Archie Griffin Award. MichaelVick.com was most recently … [Read more...]
SnapNames.com Changes Backorder Dead Line From Noon to 1:45EST For Dropping Domains
I just noticed that SnapNames.com, which always had a deadline of noon EST to backorder any domain names dropping that day, has now moved it to 1:45 EST. I think the changes occurred within the last couple of days and I haven't seen any announcement from the company on it. So for anyone chasing drop domain names, you now have a little more time to get you domains placed for that day. The … [Read more...]
Bloomberg/BusinessWeek.com: TeaParty.com Maybe The Next Million Dollar Domain Sale
Bloomberg/BusinessWeek ran an interesting about the domain name TeaParty.com. As you probably know there has been a much hotter topic in the last couple of years tin American politics than the Tea Party. Yet the domain belongs to a band out of Canada which registered it in 1993, and now after fielding offers for well over a year on the domain is considering cashing out of one of the … [Read more...]
Directi Merges BigJumbo Into DomainAdvertising
In a notice just sent out to customer Directi, is merging two of its companies. Bigjumbo is being merged into Domain Advertising Here is the email: BigJumbo.com is pleased to announce the merger of BigJumbo.com & DomainAdvertising.com into a single Domain Parking Platform. The merged entity will function under the brand DomainAdvertising.com. This merger combines the best features … [Read more...]
Congrats To MobileWallet.net Who Just Posted The 50,000th Published Comment on The Domains 33 Months After Launch
Congrats goes out to MobileWallet.net who just posted the 50,000th published comment on TheDomains.com. The blog was first launched in December 2008. For the record to date there have been 3,176 published posts and for those who think we allow way too many comments to get through, there have been well over 220,000 comments either rejected as spam or deleted. Thanks to all the readers for … [Read more...]
Now You Can Tweet To Register A Domain Name: TweetName.com
Now it appears you can just Tweet to register a domain name. Tweetname.com, says Its the fastest way to register a domain name Just tweet a direct message to @tweetname with the domain you want. If it's available, we'll register it for you. The service is powered by Enom. How it works First, register with Tweetname and put a credit card on file. Then use Twitter to send a private … [Read more...]
Neustar: “The .Com Era Is Ending”
When the ad copy came in from Neustar's new site dedicated to the new gTLD launch we couldn't notice the statement on the site: "The .Com Era Is Ending" Neustar is a publicly traded company with a market cap of $1.7 Billion dollars, that provides the back end for many extensions including .Co & .Biz and is expected to be a big player in the new gTLD space and is part of our domain name … [Read more...]