Petfinder Foundation announced the winners of the MyRescue.dog fundraising campaign, a month-long effort to celebrate rescue dogs and raise funds for the shelters and rescue organizations that save them. The campaign began on National Dog Day August 26 and ran through Sept. 26 www.MyRescue.dog a site built on a new domain extension of the new gTLD domain name registry Donuts. The “top dog,” … [Read more...]
Lucky 8’s: Rick Schwartz Tops $10.5M in Sales For 2015: Sells 989.com For $818,181.81
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King just sold the domain name 989.com for $818,181.81, topping $10.5 Million in domain name sales in 2015. For Rick who always talked about having a 20 year plan, 2015 marks the 20th year and its been a record setter. For a guy who made a reputation for saying NO to offers, has said Yes for the 4th time in 2015: Rick previously announced the sales this … [Read more...]
Another Great One Word .Com Domain Name; Raisin.com Sells
The domain name Raisin.com just sold for what is as of now, an undisclosed amount. The domain which had an original creation date of 1995 was owned by a "T Clayton" of San Fransisco for what seems to be just a few years. The domain name came out of Sedo Escrow and the new owner of the domain is SavingGlobal GmbH of Berlin whose website is SavingGlobal.com According to … [Read more...]
Sometimes Shorter Is Not Better: StreetHub.com Rebrands to Trouva.com
TechCrunch.com published a post about a UK startup, Streethub.com raising another $2.4 Million in funding. StreetHub.com "helps independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online, including offering ‘click and collect’ functionality via its mobile app and 90 minute local delivery". "It’s also launching a new brand and consumer-facing offering: Trouva is an e-commerce … [Read more...]
There Are Now 2,121 ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars
During remarks made at the 54th ICANN Meeting being held in Dublin, Akram Atallah, the President of the Global Domain Domains Division of ICANN stated that there are now 2,121 ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars in the world. ICANN has accredited 579 domain name registrars just since the last ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires 53, which was held June 21-25, 2015. ICANN has also dropped the … [Read more...]
HopScotch.com Hit With UDRP By Owner of HopScotch.fr
This is a weird one for sure. A UDRP has been filed against the domain name Hopscotch.com The Complainant is listed as the Hopscotch Group, which is a french PR company whose website is on the domain name hopscotchgroupe.com The company also owns the domain Hopscotch.fr, but that domain isn't even being forwarded to the company main website at hopscotchgroupe.com As you can see the … [Read more...]
IAC To Spin Off Match.com, Tinder, OkCupid.com + 42 More To IPO Of The Match Group (MTCH)
IAC/Interactive (IACI) is spinning off 45 sites including Match.com, Okcupid.com and Tinder into a new public company called the The Match Group which filed for an IPO Friday, applying to be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker "MTCH." The company has filed to raised up to $100 million in the IPO. According to the S-1, The Match Group had 4.7 million paying subscribers worldwide at the end … [Read more...]