DomainSponsor released today, a new upgrade to its platform called the DS NextGen, "that enhances publishers’ ability to maximize the return on their global domain name assets." According to their press release, Oversee will highlight the updated platform at the DOMAINfest Global conference, taking place January 26-28, 2010, in Santa Monica, Calif. The launch follows a year of worldwide … [Read more...]
Is The Tribune Company Doing Some CyberSquatting?
We couldn't help but notice, especially when one of our readers pointed it out to us, that the Tribune Company, one of those giant "old media" companies and owner of the Chicago Tribune, just registered the domain ChicagoSlate.com. The Domain was registered on just a few days ago on January 10, 2010, well after all the speculation over Apple's new iSlate product hit the news right after … [Read more...]
Domainers Giving Back: DDC Puts Red Cross Text Contribution Links On Its Landers
Domain Development Corp (DDC) one of the sponsors of our blog and a company we use to park most of our adult domains, announced today that they placed a link on the bottom of all the domains they owned for the Red Cross Haitian relief fund. The Red Cross runs the program which makes it easy for anyone inside the US to donate $10 to help the Haiti victims by texting the word "haiti" to … [Read more...]
I Just Signed Off & Accepted The Snapnames Settlement Agreement
Now that the new year has rolled around, I went ahead today and signed the amended Snapnames.com settlement agreement arising out of the Halvarez bidding scandal. Once I determined based on my own records that all amounts were credited to me for auctions in which Halvarez finished second and once the release was amended to limit it to the activity under the bidder account of Halvarez I made up … [Read more...]
The Newest Site To Sell Your Domains Launches Today: BestDomainsWebsite.com
A domainer has launched a new platform to sell your domains on. BestDomainsWebsite.com was launched today as joint business venture of Howard Neu, of T.R.A.F.F.I.C., and Danny Pryor, of Rodan Media Group. People or companies wishing to sell domains can set up a free account, then submit up to ten domain names per submission, to be listed for sale on the website. Domain names for sale are … [Read more...]
CircleID: “End All Domain Auction Sites” So The “Speculators” Don’t Get Them (That’s You)
Alex Tajirian,a contributing writer to CircleId has written a post calling for the end of all domain auction sites and replacing them with a centralized clearing house for all expired or dropping domains. The reason? Simply Mr. Tajirian thinks the "Speculators" (that is you he is talking about) are getting too many of the good dropping domain names and businesses, SEO guys and end users … [Read more...]
Did You Know Google Owned A Twitter Like Site? The Tale Of Jaiku.com
Do you think that Google owns EVERYTHING? I didn't know that Google owned a Twitter like site at Jaiku.com until the other day. I sure didn't know that Google paid for $12 Million for the privilege. Go check out the site for yourself and tell me how its worth $12 Mills. If nothing else it should inspire you to do your own project on a domain you already own. Did you know that … [Read more...]