ICANN published last night the minutes of the New gTLD Program Committee (NTAG) which following numerous GAC advice and voted down Amazon's Application for .Amazon. Here is the resolution: ""Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban and issued a Communiqué on 18 July 2013 ("Durban … [Read more...]
4 Year Old Mobile.co Hit With UDRP
The domain name Mobile.co has just been hit with a UDRP. The domain was registered in February, 2010 but was just transferred to the current holder in March 2014. The domain is not currently resolving. The domain was a comparison shopping site back 2012 but became a parked domain … [Read more...]
No Wonder People Are Confused About .Expert; Check Out These Emails From Registrars
Many insiders the domain industry are confused about the roll out of the new gTLD's So what about the consumer? One thing is for certain the registrars are not helping. Here is an email I got yesterday from EuroDns.com: Hi Michael, So you think you’re an expert? It’s not too late to place a pre-order for the new .EXPERT … [Read more...]
Hassle.com Bought For $16K on Afternic In September Raises $6 Million
Back in September 2013, we reported that the domain name Hassle.com was bought on Afternic for $16,000. Today comes the news via the Term Sheet that: "Hassle.com, an online marketplace for home-cleaning services, has raised $6 million in Series A funding from Accel Partners. " So we are talking about a domain now bought for what now appears to be pennies on the dollar raising $6 Million … [Read more...]
Video: Watch The Live Launch Of .Club; Which Will Be Well Within The Top 10 Of New gTLD’s Today
.Club went live earlier today for general availability and here is the video of the live countdown and launch of the .Club extension. The video was shot at Godaddy.com where Colin Campbell and Jeff Sass gathered with some key Godaddy staffers I had a call a short time ago with Colin, Jeff of .Club and Mike McLaughlin of Godaddy. For .Club its been a long road and they assured me that … [Read more...]
Dnpric.es: Average Reported Domain Sale Soars Back To 2010 Levels After Declining For 3 Years
According to stats release by Dnpric.es today, "After falling for three years in a row, the average price of reported domain sales soared back to 2010 levels" Here are the last eight years of reported sales according to Dnpric.es: Year Total sales Average price Number of reported … [Read more...]
Marchex Reports & Archeo Sells $1.9 Million In Domains In 1st Quarter of 2014
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Shares of Marchex traded up over 5% during regular trading today up $.47 and is up another $.65 in after hours trading to $10.37 Shares of Marchex closed yesterday at $9.25, so its up over $1 today. Q1 2014 Financial Highlights GAAP revenue was $50.5 million for the first … [Read more...]