Over the years I have received about 50 "Certified Offers" From Network Solutions. If your not familiar with the product, Network Solutions offers a method for buyers to contact buyers and to make an offer a domain. For the privilege the "buyer" has to pay NSI $19.95 PLUS plus 5% of the final agreed upon price paid by the buyer in the case of any offer under $25K and for offers over $25K the … [Read more...]
Can The Former President Of Monster.com Save The .Jobs Extension (Yes It Already Exists)
Bill Warren the former President of Monster.com, has big plans for the .jobs extension. No this is not one the new proposed gTLD's. The extension already exists. Employ Media LLC was granted the right to manage the .job registry all the way back in April of 2005. You can currently register a .jobs domain for $120 at Godaddy. Warren hopes to launch the DirectEmployers Association, a … [Read more...]
RootOrange Announces Launches First Geographic “Domain Splitting” Technology Using Attorney.com
Root Orange, today announced the official launch of its domain-splitting technology service with what they call, "the number one legal domain name in the world" Attorney.com. ""Root Orange is the first and only company that allows multiple people or businesses to exclusively operate the same domain name in different geographic markets"" “We’re excited to launch our game-changing technology … [Read more...]
Will ICANN On Now Approve .XXX? ICM Says Yes; ICANN Seems To Say No
As we wrote about over the weekend the independent panel that reviewed ICANN's handling of the application of ICM Registry to run the .xxx registry, ruled that since ICANN voted to approve the application it should have allowed it to move forward without the additional review it understook. So the question now becomes whether ICANN will follow the report of the panel and approve the ICM … [Read more...]
VeriSign 4th Quarter State Of The Industry Domain Report: 192 Million Domains; Up 11 Million
According to the new VeriSign released its State Of The Industry Report for the 4th Quarter today, (pdf) the Internet added 11 million domain name registrations in the 4th quarter of 2009 and wound up the year at more than 192 Million domains. New registrations in the 4th quarter of 2009 came in at around 3.7 million domain name registrations per month, to total approximately 11 million new … [Read more...]
Many Domain Companies Attending A Non-Domain Show This Week: Parallels Summitt
Many in the domain community think that companies in the space do not try to reach out to "End Users" or non-domain tech companies enough. However this week several company's from the domain space are attending the Parallels Summit here in South Beach. Speaking at the conference include companies in the domain space including: Demand Media/Enom co-founder Shawn Colo. Sedo.com, Mark … [Read more...]
Afilias Buys The .Mobi Registry
Afilias Limited, an Irish Limited company, and the registry operator for .INFO, announced today that it acquired all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of mTLD Top Level Domain Ltd. (known publicly as dotMobi) the registry which owns the .Mobi TLD, and plans to continue operating dotMobi as a wholly owned subsidiary. From the Press Release: “Afilias has long been a leader in … [Read more...]