In a three member WIPO decision the 42nd oldest domain name, Octopus.com was lost in a UDRP. The domain name had a registration date of 1986 but was acquired by the domain…
SnapNames.com Holding Flash Auction on “Domains with High VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic”
SnapNames.com just announced and made live a two day flash auction, of domain names “that were recently registered by SnapNames due to their high VeriSign Data Analyzer Traffic Score and Generic Word…
.TV Registry Changes Policy To Take Back Any Expired 1 Character Domain As They Take Back G.TV
Over last weekend the super premium one letter .TV domain name G.TV was suppose to drop as the former owner failed to renew it. However instead of dropping the domain for what…
WSJ: Groupon.com Files For IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, Groupon Inc. filed today to go public today. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters for the IPO Groupon posted…
ICA: “Registry/Registrar Integration at Existing gTLDs Could End Price Controls and Impose URS on .Com and .Net”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has just put up a post that all domainers need to take notice of and therefore I’m republishing it on theDomains. The Post is written by Phil…
Juan Calle CEO Of The .Co Registry: “The Price of One Character .Co Domains is Already North of $1.5 million”
Reuters.com in a story today is quoting Juan Calle CEO of the .Co Regsitry as saying: “After Amazon and after a few of the other deals that we’ve done over the past…
.CO Passes 1 Million Registration: “Look For Another Big O.CO Announcement On June 6th”
In less than a year after launch, the .Co registry announced today that it has officially crossed the 1 million domain name registration mark. Moreover the Registry promises another BIG announcement by…