According to SeattlePI.com Microsoft has filed three lawsuits in the past two weeks against people registering domain names using the Bing trademark. All the 3 cases, were filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. According to the article many of the domain subject to the suits either redirected to PPC pages, to non-resolving sites or registrar … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Sells DayTrading.com For $200,000; DomainFest Live Auction Brings In $458K
Right after the DomainFest auction came to a close, Moniker.com sold the domain name DayTrading.com for $200,000. While the domain did not officially sell in the auction (it was passed) a deal was struck immediately after the close of the auction. With the rest of the domains that sold at the Live auction I get an UNOFFICIAL total of $458,200 Interesting that 3 top Wall Street financial … [Read more...]
Our Picks & Pans From The Moniker.com DomainFest Auction To Be Held Tomorrow
Moniker will be holding a live domain name auction from the DomainFest show in Prague Tomorrow October 6th starting at 10am EST. Remote bidding will be available through SnapNames.com Lets start with the star of the auction, Restaurants.com The domain name Restaurants.com besides being a category killer domain is an active site with revenue. Here are the facts and figures from the … [Read more...]
Statcounter: Internet Explorer Use Falls Below 50% For The 1st Time: Chrome Gains
According to the browser analytics firm Statcounter, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has fallen below 50% of the worldwide market for the first time. Microsoft IE fell to 49.87% in September followed by Firefox with 31.5%. "Google's Chrome continues to increase market share at an impressive rate and has more than tripled from 3.69% in September 2009 to 11.54% in September this … [Read more...]
Another Domain Theft: UDRP On Prince.com Filed With Owner Alleging The Domain Was Stolen
The former owner of the domain name Prince.com, Andrew Prince has filed a UDRP on the domain, claiming the domain which was sold by Mediaoptions.com for $235,000 in August was stolen. The domain is currently at Moniker.com showing the buyers whois info but is locked by the registry so the respondent of the UDRP (as it is referred to below) is Moniker.com This follows on the story of Chris … [Read more...]
ALERT: Identity Theft Hits NameJet & Dr. Chris Hartnett & It Can Happen To You
This is some pretty scary stuff. REALLY SCARY stuff and its happening to domainers Identity theft, impersonation, and if one victim is correct, there is a thief among us, someone with a lot of knowledge about the domain industry, how the business works, who the players are. Dr. Chris Hartnett is here to warn you. Dr. Chris Hartnett, is no ordinary domainer. Dr. Chris is a member of … [Read more...]
So What Happened To Sex.com?
According to Sedo.com last press release on Sex.com the deadline for selling it privately expired on last week on September 28th. " Sedo the leading online domain marketplace and broker of premium domain names today announced that the private sale period for Sex.com will end on September 28, 2010." That notice was sent out on September 9th. Today is October 4th and to date Sedo.com has … [Read more...]