Buy.Me just sold on Sedo for 115,000 Euro's or almost $150,000 Its another great verb.me domain and a nice price. .Me continues to be a highly brandable domain especially with a great verb in front of it The buyer according to the whois record is a Denis Antsiferov of Russia. The domain sold in the Moniker.com TRAFFIC auction in 2008 by the .Me registry for $17,500. It was the same … [Read more...]
Lawyers Attack Directi (Radix) New gTLD Applications: “They Should Be Disqualified”
We told you the other day about a Boston Law Firm filing comments with ICANN asking them to disqualify Donuts and Demand Media application for new gTLD's Today another law firm Winston & Strawn LLP which has offices in North America, Europe and Asia, in a comment written by Paul McGrady, Esq, to ICANN said that Directi should be disqualified as an applicant under the new gTLD … [Read more...]
World Trade Center Association Tells ICANN, .WTF is Too Vulgar & To Deny The Application
In a comment submitted by Mike Rodenbaugh on behalf of the World Trade Center Association (WTCA), they think the .WTF extension should not be approved by ICANN for being "Too Vulgar". "WTCA is a leading trade association in the promotion of international trade. The WTCA’s licensed members operate the well-known World Trade Center facilities around the world. WTCA is concerned about the … [Read more...]
Donuts and Demand New gTLD Applications Should Be Denied Says Boston Law Firm
Jeffrey Stoler, Esq. on behalf of the Boston law firm of McCarter & English LLP has posted a second round of comments today telling ICANN that Donuts and Demand Media should be disqualified from owning new gTLD's. The first round of comments were posted on July to ICANN's site. Here is the new comment: ""In our letter dated July 28, 2012 (the “July 28 Letter”), we sought to bring to … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Registrars Price Certain Dropping Domains At Namejet.com As High As $12,688 Instead Of $69
A reader first alerted us to certain dropping domain names having a "reserve price" well above the general minimum back order over at Namejet.com which is generally $69 for Pre-release domains. Certain registrars have for year been releasing its dropping domain inventory on an exclusive basis to NameJet.com (other registrars do this with SnapNames.com). Included in the NameJet.com list of … [Read more...]
The Free Speech Coalition Weights In On New gTLD’s For .Sex, .Porn & .Adult
Diane Duke, Executive Director of the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) submitted comments to ICANN on ICM the operator of the .XXX TLD applications for the new gTLD's applications for .Sex., .Porn and .Adult As the FSC was one of the leaders on the fight against ICM's application for .XXX, its worth a read. The comments were submitted in three parts but put together for you. If you want a link … [Read more...]
Amazon Files Patent On “Method & System For Leasing & Purchasing Of Domains”
Our esteemed colleague John Berryhill, Esq. just spotted this patent Amazon Filed on a 'Method & Sytem For leasing & Purchasing of Domains I don't know if this has anything to do with Amazon's new gTLD application but this is how Amazon is describing what many of us have been doing in the domain business for over 10 years purchasing and selling of domain names. "Methods and systems … [Read more...]