Sexe the French word for Sex sold in the .org extension back in 2008, by none other than the founder of this blog, Michael Berkens. Michael sold the domain name for $151,400 at his website MostWantedDomains.com. The buyer was a French company that looked like this back in 2008. (No nudity but still NSFW). There was even mention of the acquisition price, translated into English: Domain … [Read more...]
ArsTechnica tries to get PIR to open up about .org
Ars Technica published a piece today on the pending .org sale. In another attempt to get PIR to release documents, Ars Technica reported that they contacted PIR today and they claimed they cannot release documents due to confidentiality agreements. From the article: CANN says it wants to make the transaction-review process more transparent. But ICANN apparently needs PIR's permission to … [Read more...]
How ICANN can intervene in the .org sale
Milton Mueller wrote a piece worth reading over at InternetGovernance.org about the .org sale. Mueller spells out what ICANN could do to intervene. ICANN can intervene ICANN will probably pretend that it has no ability to intervene in this process, but that is clearly not true. The Registry Agreement for .org gives PIR the delegation via a succession of presumptively renewable ten-year … [Read more...]
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last 3 years. poker.org1,000,000 USD2010-02-26Sedoq.org500,000 USD2018-10-21LegalBrandMarketingautoinsurance.org440,000 USD2011-04-07Media … [Read more...]
Bitcoin typo in .org with a $10,000 auction bid
Either someone misread something and didn't see the typo or one of the greatest typo sales is about to take place on Sedo. Regged since 2011, Bitcion.org closing in 4 hours has one bid. Offer Views 859 Bids 1 Watcher 3 Traffic 463 Maybe someone knows something, but that is one hell of a price for a typo in .org. Tip of the cap to Bobby TV … [Read more...]
Hy.org – a very nice tribute by Rick Schwartz
While doing some research on LL.org names I came across Hy.org. The domain is actually owned by Rick Schwartz and is a digital tribute to his Father, Hy. Rick put the site up 18 years ago this July 7th. Rick bought the name for $400 on Ebay. Very cool on Rick's part using a 5 figure domain. A very nice way to remember a family member. … [Read more...]
PIR Releases 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report: 92% of NGO’s Have a Website
Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains and Nonprofit Tech for Good today revealed the results of the “2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report.” The second annual report uncovers how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide use web, email and mobile communications, online fundraising tools, and social media. The report details the key … [Read more...]
