Thursday afternoon Judge Thomas Wingate issued a ruling that he would not dismiss the case brought against domain owners which included seizure of their names. A forfeiture hearing has been scheduled for November 17th. A copy of the decision can be seen here have read the decision in full. The court found it had jurisdiction over the 141 domains seized by the commonwealth. The court … [Read more...]
Fabulous.Com Makes It’s Case To Investors And Puts Together The Best Explanation of the Industry I’ve Ever Read
Dark Blue Sea which operates Fabulous.com, made a presentation to investors today which you can download and view here. It's a very interesting presentation of not only it's own business, but in great detail outlines the case for the domain industry as a whole. It's probably the best explanation I have ever read about the domain industry. You can direct all those people who never understood … [Read more...]
New .Info Policy Announced
Afilias, a global provider of registry services, announced today a new registration policy that will go into effect on November 6, 2008, which prohibits registrants from using .info domain names for "abusive behavior" Abusive Behavior includes, but is not limited to: phishing, e-mail spam and other types of spam, the willful distribution of malware, the use of botnets and … [Read more...]
So What is a Click Really Worth?
Last year we entered into a profit sharing partnership with a large online bedding company to brand a few domains to sell bedding products, including LuxuryBedding.com. Up to that point the domains were parked. A domain like luxurybedding.com, although highly brandable, does not get a lot of type in traffic and was making lets say $40-50 a month in PPC. The deal is simply. The developer … [Read more...]
Cameroon (.com.cm) Domain Sunrise Period Opens October 15th
NETCOM.cm Sarl, the official registry in charge of the Country Code Top level Domains of The Republic of Cameroon, proclaimed today that it will launch second level .cm domain name registrations on 15 October 2008. Now NETCOM can offer .COM.CM, .NET.CM and .CO.CM to businesses and individuals throughout the world.” “We would like to take this chance to thank our three partners for the great … [Read more...]
Final Thoughts From TRAFFIC: Don’t Believe the Hype
When Rick Schwartz announced that there would be a multiple auction format for the first time at TRAFFIC and that Rick Latona and Aftermarket would be holding competing auctions, a funny thing happened in the domain community. Well actually not funny. Actually really sad. I read on numerous board and blogs that Moniker was going to get their "ass kicked". I read how the auction game … [Read more...]
One Last New Auction From New York
Just before heading out of the show, I decided to start one more final auction. To end auction week in grand style we are auctioning off: The Official Signed Rick Schwartz Bobblehead. This auction is conducted with Rick's full blessing and 100% of the proceeds will go to the American Heart Association. After a very stressful week in NY and in the industry over the Kentucky action, lets … [Read more...]