A new report by Minds + Machines a company heavily involved in the new gTLD space, just published a report of the its estimated time line for the roll out of the new gTLD's based on the most current ICANN news. You can download the pdf report here Basically M +M estimates registrations will be live for the first new gTLD's approved in February 2012. Since their report is based on … [Read more...]
The Perfect Marriage Of Online & Offline Business: The Domainer Profile You Have To Read
There are not too many people I have met in the domain business who have managed to put together an online and offline business that is so perfectly integrated, as Braden Pollock, whom I met at the Domainer Mardi Gras show. Braden's company, Legal Brand Marketing, LLC (LBM) began in 2004 with the launch of 1800DUILAWS.com, as a DUI lead generation site and the matching 800 phone number. All … [Read more...]
WeddingCarHire.co.uk Sold For Six Figures?
According to a press release today a company in the UK, limobroker.co.uk said they recently purchased the domain name, WeddingCarHire.co.uk for six figures. "Although we paid a hefty six-figure sum for the domain name, we felt the market was worthy of such a substantial investment" Tej Randeva, Managing Director is quoted as saying. However the domain was first registered in November 2009, … [Read more...]
FourSquare Forgets To Renew Their Domain Name & Site Goes To Godaddy Parked Page
Seems like even the highest flying tech companies can screw up on the simplest of things, including forgetting to renew their domain name. FourSquare one of the hottest apps on planet website foursquare.com went to a Godaddy.com parked page for a while today, after the company let the domain name registration a lapse. A few hours later after paying the renewal fee their site was back up and … [Read more...]
BeckStrom: Did ICANN’s Beckstrom Say That .Net’s Are Basically Worthless? Several People Say Yes
According to several sources during Verisign's celebration of the 25th anniversary of the first domain registration, ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom was quoted by several people in attendance as saying that .NET, is “worthless”. Unfortunately there does not seem to be a transcript of the meeting, but some in attendance confirmed the statement was made in regards to the importance of .com, which the … [Read more...]
MEC.com Sells For $99K On GreatDomains.com
MEC.com a very good three letter domain sold today on the GreatDomains.com Auction for $99,000. Another great sale for Sedo. A quick check on Google reveled plenty of company's that have "MEC" in their company name including MEC Chemicals, MEC Mining, MECGlobal and Mountaint Equipment Coop which owns MEC.ca, just to name a few. Then there are thousands of other companies whose name can … [Read more...]
Tradeshow Wars: DomainFest Coming To South Florida & New York With 1 Day Events & Live Domain Auctions
DomainSponsor, announced today it will hold two, a one day "Domainfest" events, the first on May 13, 2010 at the W Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale and the second on August 18, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in midtown Manhattan. ""Each meeting will continue DOMAINfest’s tradition of providing a rich setting for discussions around how to increase the value of Internet real estate with subject-matter experts … [Read more...]