FUSU.com, announced today that it was entering the ever growing community of sites hold domain auctions. Their auctions will have only a 1% sales fee. Here is the full press release: Dear Fusu users, we are happy to announce the introduction of domain auctions to Fusu. Fusu Auctions allow you to list your domains for sale and gain exposure to the Fusu community of domain investors. … [Read more...]
Child Online Protection Act Declared Unconstitutional, Again
Yesterday a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia struck down as unconstitutional the "Child Online Protection Act:, a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet. This law has been fought in the courts for over a decade. The fight has already reached the Supreme Court and could be headed back there. The law, which … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Announces Top Domains for Affiliate Summit
Moniker.com Announced the Top Domain Names for the Online Auction for Affiliate Summit 2008 in Boston Today. The top Premium affiliate domains available at auction include: … [Read more...]
When it Comes to Taxes US Domainers are at a Huge Disadvantage and It May Get A lot Worse
We all know we live in a global economy. There maybe few industries that highlight that fact, more than the domain industry. As Domainers we complete everyday in obtaining new domains, with other Domainers which live all around the world. Many domainers are US based, but other major domainers are located in tax free countries thereby giving those domainers huge advantages over the US … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Allowing Obvious Trademark Domains on Day 1 of .Me Auction
Already the first day of the .ME auction we got trademark issues as there are 5 bidders on Sony.me currently at $105. In coming days realtor.me Harley.me macbook.me macworld.me redskins.me thomascook.me ducati.me cocacola.me We have asked many times before how GoDaddy can allow clear trademark infringing domains be auctioned off on their platform. Now GoDaddy is not … [Read more...]
.Me Auction off and Running with Insure.Me Hitting the Five Figures
The first .Me auctions have started and with over 2 days to go Insure.Me is already in the five figures. Here are the Top 15 domains on my board by high bid: domain # of bidders Price insure.me 68 $10,005 brand.me 21 $380 sky.me 2 $305 ride.me 14 $270 thats.me … [Read more...]
GoDaddy: .ME launch “Most successful in History”
Go Daddy said in a press release today said it: """"registered more than 20,000 .ME names in the first 24 hours, making it the most successful new domain launch in Go Daddy’s history. During the start of registration requests for .ME came in at such a rapid pace that it caused slowness to the GoDaddy.com Web site. Go Daddy engineers immediately began deploying more … [Read more...]