A few cases either filed or decided today in UDRP world, DomainTools.com filed a UDRP on 10 typo domain names The UDRP from Domaintools.com is on the following domain names: doaintools.com doimaintools.com domailtools.com domaintoolls.com domaintoos.com domainttols.com domaiontools.com domaitools.com domanitools.com domsintools.com A one member UDRP panel awarded 59 domain names in … [Read more...]
TextAlerts.com On Sale At BuyDomains For $250 Sells Instead On Snap For $3,500
The domain name TextAlerts.com was on sale at BuyDomains.com just a week ago with a buy it now price of $250. There were no takers. Instead the domain name which was owned by Domainbox Limited of the UK, when it was listed at Afternic.com/BuyDomains.com, expired, dropped and went into a SnapNames.com auction where it sold on Friday for $3,505!!! In the drop auction there were 63 people … [Read more...]
Name.com Tells Customers To Change Password Due To Breach
Name.com sent an email to customers today regarding a potential security breach. The compromised data was said to potentially include usernames, email addresses, encrypted passwords, and encrypted credit card data. The official notice read: Name.com recently discovered a security breach where customer account information including usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords and … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By GotHealth.com For $28K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/29/13 – 5/05/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,016,647. The highest sale was GotHealth.com, which sold for $28,000. Other reportable high dollar sales were CyberSweep.com for $19,000 and CookingLessons.com for $16,000. Here is the full list of … [Read more...]
Snug.com Hit With UDRP By The Owner Of TheSnugg.com
The domain name Snug.com was just hit with a UDRP. The owner of the domain name Nett Corp of Tallahassee, Florida according to domaintools.com has owned the domain since at least 2001 and the domain name has an original creation date of 1995. The domain is currently parked. The complaint was filed by Charon International Trading Limited which owns and operates under the domain name … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.57 Million Led By Yinhang.com At $300K
Sedo.com just announced that 763 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.57m. Just under 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: yinhang.com at 300,000 USD · Top ccTLD: dating.co at 30,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: type2diabetes.net.net at 14,499 USD Yinang … [Read more...]
Study: Average Auction Price of .co.uk Declines For Third Year In A Row
A study conducted by Cyber Compare (www.cybercompare.net) found that the average auction price paid for a Premium .UK domain has been falling for the last three years in a row. "After looking at the data of 3698 domain name sales that completed between 2009 and 2012, we found that the average sale price for a domain has fallen by 23% from £316 down to £246 in 2012. " "The decline has been … [Read more...]