.Expert which goes into general availability on Wednesday, already has over 1,300 registrations through the Early Access Program (EAP) with most of them coming on days 4 and 5. I personally haven't kept any records on how many domain names have been registered in any of Donuts previous new gTLD strings, but I'm pretty sure this is a record for domains registered in EAP When I went through … [Read more...]
Dots.com Auction Has $250,000 Stalking Horse Bidder
Hilco Streambank announced today that Rainbow Shops will be the stalking horse bidder in the Chapter 11 auction of Dots LLC intellectual property assets at an opening purchase price in the amount of $250,000. The bid deadline has been extended to 11:59PM ET Wednesday May 7th, 2014 to accommodate competing bidders. The auction was rescheduled to Friday May 9th, 2014. The marks include … [Read more...]
Acquired In 2009 As Part of $96 Million Purchase, Getty Images Launches Photos.com
Getty Images officially launched Photos.com, more than five years after they acquired the domain as part of its acquisition of Jupitermedia Corporation (“Jupitermedia”) (NASDAQ: JUPM) We reported back in February of 2009 that Jupitermedia Corporation (“Jupitermedia”) (NASDAQ: JUPM) sold Jupiter Images Corporation (“Jupiterimages”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jupitermedia, to … [Read more...]
Matt Cutts Answers How To Research A Domain Before Buying
Matt Cutts got a question today from someone who purchased a domain name and then found out the domain had been in trouble with Google. The domain is not currently indexed and the new owner has to do a reconsideration request. Matt points out steps to check to see if the domain had problems in the past, like if used for spam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-EdhaMDXho … [Read more...]
Will The NFL try to stamp out love ?
Looking for Love In Green Bay? The domain name GreenBayPackersLovers.com was registered last month, the domain is under privacy. The website is already up and running and actually got a bit of press on Yahoo Sports today. Anwar S. Richardson wrote, It is hard being single and searching for the perfect companion. Your so-called friends try to set you up on dates with people who are only … [Read more...]
Heartbleed.com Regged a Week Ago Already a US Top 5000 Alexa Ranking
Finnish security firm Codenomicon is the company that registered Heartbleed.com on April 5, 2014. Headquartered in Oulu, Finland and Silicon Valley, with offices in Singapore and Hong Kong, the company markets its testing software and services directly and through international partners. Codenomicon’s customers include Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Microsoft, Motorola, Google, … [Read more...]
BedLinens.com Sells On Namejet For 10% Of What It Sold For 3 1/2 Years Ago
One of the domain names in the DomainFest/Namejet.com auction that sold yesterday was BedLinens.com The domain sold yesterday on Namejet.com for $2,411 The same domain BedLinens.com sold back in September 2010 on Namejet.com for $22,322 So we are looking at a loss of $20,000 on a purchase of $22K. A loss of 90% Brutal. Congrats to the winner of yesterday's … [Read more...]