The domain name YouBuy.com just sold for $35,000 on Sedo The seller appears to be a a company out of China, Guangzhou You Yang Network Technology Co.,Ltd The buyer is unclear at this time, but I think this is a highly brandable domain and think it was a good buy at $35K Congrats to all … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: 113 Million .com/net Domains & $1.35 Billion In the Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN, announced financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 and year ended Dec. 31, 2011 after the market closed today Verisign Registry Services ended the quarter (December 31) with approximately 113.8 million active domain names in the adjusted zone for .com and .net, representing an 8% increase year-over-year. In the fourth quarter, Verisign added 7.9 million … [Read more...]
Airline.com Sells For $125K
DomainHoldings.com has just brokered the sale of the domain Airline.com for $125,000. The seller appears to be Airline Information Research Inc, a North Carolina based company who also owns and operates AirlineInfo.com. The new owner is listed as Intercontinental Domain Inc. We would like to congratulate all parties involved in this sale. … [Read more...]
While Thousands Of Sites Blackout To Fight SOPA, Marchex Owned Pirate.com Tries To Monetize Piracy
Today is of course the day that a lot of thousands of sites have blacked themselves out in protect of the SOPA bill, including mainstream sites like Wikipedia.org, Wordpress.org, and some inside the domain industry like Tucows.com and NameCheap.com . However one site that looks alive and well is Pirate.com owned by Marchex. Not only is the site live, but its full of keywords to exactly the … [Read more...]
Issa: Flawed SOPA Bill Not Headed to House Floor: SOPA Hearing For Wednesday Cancelled
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, which was to examine the impact of Domain Name Service (DNS) and search engine blocking on the Internet, has been postponed following assurances that anti-piracy legislation will not move to the House floor this Congress without a consensus. "While I remain concerned … [Read more...]
6 Republican Senators Tell Reid Not To Bring PIPA To The Floor For A Vote On January 24th.
In a letter sent today by 6 Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which unanimously reported PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) last spring, sent a letter to Senator Reid stating that they do not believe it is ready to be brought to the Senate floor on January 24th. The 6 Senators sending the letter today include bill cosponsors Chuck Grassley, the current Ranking Member of the Committee, … [Read more...]
If Your Planning On Going To ICANN Costa Rica You Better Get Planning: Here Are Some Tips
In 60 days the ICANN Costa Rica conference is being held in the capital city of San Jose on March 11th. If your planning on going you better get a planning as the host venue and most of the nearby hotels to the venue are now sold out. I know it's not politically correct to bad mouth a venue or host city so I'll just say that San Jose is probably not going to be the nicest, cleanest nor … [Read more...]