Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totaling $1,108,957 for the week ending August 12th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by ZenSocial.com for $15,000, followed by CupOfCoffee.com for $12,000. Personally I like thedownlow.com which sold for $1,566. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: .COM … [Read more...]
Founder Of Buffer & OnePage on How To Name Your Start Up : “Domain Names Don’t Really Matter”
In a blog post by the founder of Buffer and One Page, Joel Gascoigne, which uses the domain bufferapp.com and MyOnePage.com, entitled "How to Name Your Startup", he tells readers that "domain names don't really matter" I see many, many founders limiting themselves with the domain name. " "One thing I’ve learned and embraced with naming my own startups is that the domain name doesn’t matter … [Read more...]
Demand Reports: Revenue Up 17%; Registrar Revenue Up 13% & Swings to A Profit
After the market closed today Demand Media, Inc, (NYSE: DMD) reported earnings for the quarter ending June 30, 2012. Revenues were up and the company swung to a profit. Shares after hours are trading at $12 a share up around 3%. More importantly they up their guidance for the third quarter and 2012 in general. For the quarter ending June 30th, Revenue Grew 17% and Revenue ex-TAC … [Read more...]
Michael Blend Named President and COO of Demand Media
According to a Press release just out Michael Blend was named president and chief operating officer (COO) of Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD), effective August 16. "Michael’s leadership will be instrumental as we continue to build upon our successful growth in content and media, as well as embark on a new era of internet domain expansion” "As president and COO, Blend will add to his current … [Read more...]
Ukrainian Registrar Ukrnames Has Joined the SedoMLS Premium Network
Sedo announced this morning that Ukrainian registrar Ukrnames has joined the SedoMLS Premium network. "Full SedoMLS Premium partners like Ukrnames offer their customers the ability to purchase premium domains directly at their website, and to list their own names for sale in the SedoMLS network." “Joining the SedoMLS Premium network helps us give our customers the greatest choice in domain … [Read more...]
2 UDRP Panels Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Today on Mindo.com & SHA.com
In what be a record day, a two separate UDRP panels have found complainant's guilt of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The first case involved the domain name Mindo.com The second case involved the three letter domain name SHA.com The more interesting of the two cases is the Mindo.com case. The panel found RDNH even though the complainant had a trademark in the US and other … [Read more...]
ICANN Orders Bulk Transfer of Domains From Two De-accreditated Registrars To NamesBeyond.com
ICANN just announced that the domain name registered at two de-accreditated registrars were being transferred to NamesBeyond.com. The two registrars which were de-accreditated are Planet Online Corp's and Name For Name, Inc.'s. "ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of Planet Online Corp's gTLD domain names to NamesBeyond.com ("NamesBeyond") due to a compliance action taken by ICANN … [Read more...]