A blog post entitled Young Entrepreneurs: Top 25 Teenage Millionaires, caught my eye this morning. The story lists 25 Teenagers who became millionaires by starting their own businesses as early as the age of 10. Out of the 25, I counted 14 that made their millions by starting a business on the net. One of these teenagers is a domainer: Matt Wegryzn. This young man made his fortune in … [Read more...]
Is Twitter Going To Start Enforcing Its Trademark?
As we all know Twitter is one of those rare companies that have allowed other sites to spring up using the term "twitter" in their domain name or a variation thereof. Today according to a report, Twitter sent a C & D letter to MyTwitterButler.com saying "that the domain is infringing on Twitter's trademark and asks that the developer deactivate and transfer the domain back to … [Read more...]
Amazon Get’s Clothes.com In Zappos Deal: Domain Was Bought For $4.9 Million in 2008
TechCruch.com is reporting that Amazon.com, as part of its acquisition of Zappos.com, is getting the domain Clothes.com thrown in. Amazon agreed to buy Zappos.com for $847 Million in cash and stock a couple of weeks ago. According to TechCrunch, the domain name, clothes.com was purchased by Zappos.com, from IdealLab.com for $4.9 Million in 2008. The article points out had that domain … [Read more...]
KbToys.com Sold At Bankruptcy Auction For $2.1 Million
Yesterday, according to Reuters, former toy retailer, KBToys, which filed for bankruptcy in December, sold its trademark, logos and domain names at a bankruptcy auction for $2.1 million. The company's assets, including 15 registered trademarks including KB Toys and Toy Works, and more then 65 URLs, including kbtoys.com. CE Stores, a retail operator, won the auction. Earlier this year, … [Read more...]
The Countdown Is On For SnakesOnACane.com; But Does It Infringe On You Know What?
In just over 46 days the site on the domain SnakesOnACane.com will launch. How do I know? Because the site has a countdown clock. Fox Entertainment teased the site with a 5 second ad on the finals of So You Think You Can Dance tonight and a 5 second spot on Hell's Kitchen the other night. The ad itself was very different with just the medical symbol (a snake wrapped around a cane) … [Read more...]
Google Launches “Create Your Own Profile” Service: Is This Death For .Tel?
Google has launched its own "create your own profile" service pretty much along the lines of what the .Tel extension is suppose to be for. If your logged into your gmail account and Google yourself, you will be prompted to fill in your all your contact info, which others can then use to find or contact you. A friend pointed this out to me yesterday in congratulating me on the DnJournal … [Read more...]
Smashingmagazine.com: Get Creative Go “Domain Hacking”
I guess its time for everyone to expand their vocabulary with the newest term for domainers: "Domain Hacking" Apparently the folks at smashingmagazine.com have some previously unknown advice in their story "Get Creative With Your Domain Name" Here is some of their advice. "Go domain hacking". ""No it’s not actually hacking someone’s domain name and stealing it. It’s the process of … [Read more...]