A couple weeks ago Toni.com sold at GoDaddy for $42,500, the name previously sold back in 2013 for $12,800. Commenters here speculated who the buyer was. Everything from a hair care company, to a yogurt company, to Toni Braxton. The buyer was a domain investor Deepak Ramani and his Cyber Capital Technology purchased the name. The name is parked at Undeveloped.com. Another gem owned by Deepak … [Read more...]
ChrisMatthews.com closes at $2,401 did the talk show host finally get his name?
Chris Matthews the host of MSNBC's Hardball, has never owned his name in .com. Now of course this is not an uncommon name, but with the amount of money Mr.Matthews makes and being in the rough and tumble world of politics, he might want to have his name just to keep it from those who oppose him. ChrisMatthews.com was originally registered in 1999 and passed between a few different registrants … [Read more...]
Cavemen.com sells for $20,460 less the second time around
One name I saw on the list tonight at Namebio was Cavemen.com and how it closed at NameJet for $4,540. I was thinking how this name would be used? Then I saw it sold back in 2008 for $25,000. What's interesting is the registrant is a lady who once worked at Neustar over 15 years ago. But the admin was a different gentleman and the tech contact was back to the lady. The lady was listed in … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Shuts Down 15,000 Subdomains used for scams
GoDaddy shutdown over 15,000 subdomains where surprisingly the legitimate owners of the domain did not even know they were hacked. The websites had fake endorsements from celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani, and Shark Tank to name just a few. Gadgets360 on NDTV.com reported Spammers continue to find new ways to lure unsuspecting users on the Web into clicking malicious links or … [Read more...]
Verisign reported net income of $163 million or $1.35 a share
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the close today. Unchanged in after hours trading after closing down .18 at $189.18. Year to date the stock is up 27.5% 3 analysts forecast earnings of $1.25 per share compared to earnings of $1.07 per share in the same quarter of the previous year. Wall Street is expecting the company to report $302.6 million, an increase of 1.12% over the … [Read more...]
Another example of how automated appraisals miss the mark by a mile
Tonight Sedo sold CasinoEngine.com for $40,000, the Australian company that owned the name since 2003 cashed in big time. EveryMatrix a company based out of Romania is involved in iGaming and has a product called "Casino Engine". EveryMatrix is an independent company offering award-winning software solutions to the iGaming industry. It was founded in 2008 by a team of innovative and … [Read more...]
What it costs to file a UDRP
Many times someone on a forum or blog comment will ask, "How much does a UDRP cost?" Doug Isenberg wrote a great little checklist article to give you all the info you need. Doug gives a breakdown of the fees charged by the four providers — the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Forum (formerly the National Arbitration Forum), the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), and the Asian … [Read more...]