Automattic.com which is the Owner of WordPress.com appears to have Acquired the domain name JetPack.com Jetpack is built into the WordPress Platform and also serves as the stat program for WordPress sites like TheDomains.com Automattic.com has been using the domain name Jetpack.me for the service, but yesterday the whois records updated and the domain names is now registered by Mark Monitor … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Put Premium New gTLD’s Domains In Auction @ No Reserve
Frank Schilling's Uniregistry has put many premium new gTLD's, at no reserve, in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon. Unlike many new gTLD's, all of these domain names have normal renewal fees. None of these domain names have been offered to the pubic before and include single letter and numbered domains like 8.Link, e.gift, and b.sexy, as well as two letter words like … [Read more...]
My Sale to Godaddy
By now I assume you have read the press release that my company Worldwide Media, Inc., more commonly known in the domain community as MostWantedDomains.com, has sold the vast majority of our domain portfolio to GoDaddy/Afternic. While I can't get into the details of the transaction, I did want to share some thoughts about the sale and what it means and does not mean about the state of the domain … [Read more...]
SK Lubricants Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking on ZiC.com
SK Lubricants Americas of Houston, Texas was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the three letter .com domain name ZIC.com The domain owner was represented by ESQwire.com The Domain Name was originally created on September 6, 2003 but the current owner obtained the Domain Name on February 28, 2015 and is offering it for sale, and is in the business of selling domain … [Read more...]
.Club Has Record Month Selling Over $1.6 In Premium Domains
.Club announced today on its blog, that they had a record-setting month in November selling $1,622,164.13 in premium domain names. In all .Club sold 326 premium domains in November. .Club continues to be fully transparent in its sales activities: November was a record-breaking month for both regular .CLUB registrations and premium name sales. It was our first month with more than $1 … [Read more...]
.Global Is Giving Away A Premium Domain Everyday Until Christmas: Housing.Global Was The 1st
.Global is giving away a FREE Premium domain name a day, everyday until Christmas. The daily contest started yesterday and the first domain name won was housing.global and Damon Barnard was the lucky winner In all there are $50,000 worth of .GLOBAL premium names to be won! You need to enter the contest each day for a chance to win the domain name for that day. Today's free … [Read more...]
Is Amazon.com Getting into The Ticket Biz? Checkout These 3 New Domain Registrations
Amazon.com registered three very interesting domain names yesterday that may indicate a new business for the company. Amazon registered the domain names AmazonConcerts.com & AmazonConcertTickets.com and AmazonTheaterTickets.com yesterday through the brand protection company and domain name registrar, MarkMonitor.com. This might indicate that Amazon might be getting into the ticket … [Read more...]