DomainPros.com announced today that it just acquired 260 five number domain names (NNNNN.com) for $1,000,000 That works out to just over $3,800 per domain name. "Most of those 260 domains originally belonged to Marchex’s portfolio of 5 digit domains" which Godaddy bought from Marchex. Back in April we announced that Godaddy paid $26.2 Million dollars for Marchex's portfolio of over … [Read more...]
Worldtrademarkreview.com: New gTLD’s .Law & .Legal not Getting Much Love
According to the Wordldtrademarkreview.com, the new gTLD space for lawyers which highlights .Legal, which is unrestricted and .Law which is heavily restricted have gotten off to a very slow start. "An analysis of take-up within the two most relevant new gTLDs - ‘.law’ and ‘.legal’ - suggests that law firms are taking a tentative approach to their new gTLD registration strategies, with only a … [Read more...]
Sedo Holding a Three Number .Club Auction At No Reserve
Sedo.com is holding an auction of premium three numbered .club domain names (NNN.club) at no reserve starting tomorrow. All 3 number .club domains have been registered and as of yesterday all 4 number .club domain have been registered as well. The auction starts tomorrow and ends in November 19th at 11:00 EST in accordance with Sedo's closing rules. Some of the domain name that popped … [Read more...]
First .Auto Domain: Kain Automotive Switches From KainAutomotive.Com To Kain.Auto
Kain Automotive has changed their domain name from KainAutomotive.com to the new gTLD Kain.Auto becoming one of the first registrants of the new gTLD .auto. The domain name KainAutomotive.com is now being forwarded to the new gTLD Kain.Auto The domain name Kain.auto was created on November 3. According to their site Kain Automotive was Established in 2003 by "David Kain as a way to assist … [Read more...]
Report: Maharaja.co.uk Sells for $114,000
According to a story out today the a catering company in London English, Maharaja London paid £75,000 for domain name – maharaja.co.uk which is around $114,000 based on today's exchange rates. Maharaja according to the story means ‘high ruler’ or ‘king’. ‘With having an online presence being so important for our growth plans this will really help turn Maharaja into a widely celebrated brand’ … [Read more...]
17 Year Old Areas.com Lost in UDRP: Failure to Respond the UDRP Evidence of Bad Faith
The 17 year old domain name Areas.com was just lost in a very short UDRP decision in which the domain holder did not even file a formal response. For all you domain investors that ask why even spend the money to properly defend a UDRP, The Panel found that "failure to respond the Complaint can be evidence of bad faith" in and of itself. That is why if you have a valuable domain you need to … [Read more...]
Five Number Domain Lost in UDRP
With the craziness around numbered domain names it worth noting that the domain name 11315.so was just lost in a UDRP decision handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proving that even numbered domain names are not exempt from UDRP attack. Here are the highlights: The complainant was founded in 2001 and in 2002 entered the credit industry, to create a "11315 Credit … [Read more...]