The URL Bitcoins.com will hit the auction block on July 24, 2014, as Part of Heritage Auctions’ Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction. The domain name is being sold by Mark Karpeles, the controversial founder of the failed Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, and is expected to bring more than $750,000. "We are hoping, with the sale of Bitcoins.com, to provide some relief to the people … [Read more...]
Co.Com Enters “General Availability” Phase At Noon EST Today!
According to a Press Release we just received the Co.Com registry will enter the live General Availability (GA) registration phase today, Tuesday, July 8th at 16:00 GMT (12 noon EDT). The .Co.Com registry previously announced it was removing tens of thousands of its premium domain names on their reserved list and allowing Landrush registrations which would presumably carry … [Read more...]
Will This Domain Portfolio Owned By The Castello’s Be The 1st To Sell For Over $1 Billion?
Last week I received a tweet to @thedomains, asking the question: "Is any domain name portfolio worth over $1 Billion Dollars? We are about to find out." The link in the Tweet goes to this site, which says: "The portfolio consists of 40 hyper names (and hundreds of others) that will ensure a substantial and immediate impact on the Internet if they are … [Read more...]
The 1st Installment of Things You Can’t Believe People Did This Week In The Domain World
I spotted a few hard to believe things that happened in the domain world this week and I thought I would put them into one post. I'm thinking about making this a regular weekend feature as there is typically no shortage of incredibly hard to understand things that happen every week in the domain space. Let me know what you think. On second thought you always do Someone actually … [Read more...]
Google Adult Ad Ban Now In Effect
CNBC is reporting that the Google Advertising Ban on Adult domain names is now in effect. We reported earlier this month that Google was going to impose new restrictions on adult advertising, which some believed amounted almost to a ban on advertising. Today CNBC is reporting that "Google is getting out of the porn advertising business". The changes, which went into effect late Monday, … [Read more...]
PIR Names Ex-Verisign VP Dave Stewart VP Of Sales And Marketing For .Org/.Ngo/.Ong
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the not-for-profit operator of the .org, named former Verisign VP, Dave Stewart As Vice President Of Sales And Marketing Industry for .org and .ngo, .ong Most recently, Mr. Stewart served as vice president for strategic partnerships at Verisign where he was responsible for account management, channel marketing and business development. During his 10 years at … [Read more...]
Microsoft Seizes 22 Domains Of No-IP Based Off Of SubDomain Usage & Millions Of Uses Effected
No-IP a DNS service company told its customers on its company blog yesterday, that Microsoft has gotten a federal court order seizing 22 of its domain names based on the activity of users on some of the subdomains. According to arstechnica.com, "Millions of legitimate servers that rely on dynamic domain name services from No-IP.com suffered outages on Monday after Microsoft seized 22 domain … [Read more...]