According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements which have to be verified it's not like a normal domain registration where you go to your registrar of choice, register the domain name and seconds later … [Read more...]
StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will move to new domain
Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011. When I purchased StockTradingToGo.com the domain in 2007, I had no idea what the future held. I loved the market, I had a new found love for … [Read more...]
How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking
John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. Rampton provides a step by step guide for those looking to make such a move, he goes over 8 points you should follow when making your move, … [Read more...]
.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre
.XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as "the final act". There was only one applicant for .Theatre; KBE gTLD Holding Inc, whose site is BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com There is also a new gTLD .for … [Read more...]
Autism.Rocks Sells for 10X More Than The .Com Did Last Year & Sedo.sucks
Sedo.com reported today that the domain name Autism.Rocks sold for $100,000 in its weekly report. The domain name Autism Rocks.com sold last year for $9,500 to the same Buyer. The buyer paid more than 10X more for the new gTLD Autism.Rocks than he paid for the .com domain AutismRocks.com last year. I just chatted with the Seller of the domain name, Chris Wilson who is a neighbor in … [Read more...]
Sedo Reports $1.6 Million In Transaction Led by Autism.Rocks at $100,000
Over the past week, 545 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All domain sales were led by the domain name Autism.rocks at $100,000 which seems to have been bought by the owner of Autism.rocks. According to AutismRocks.com is a site set up by British born philanthropist "Sanjay Shah who … [Read more...]
On The Wrong Side of a TM Domain? Take An Offer Rather Than a UDRP Loss
We basically know that everything is trademarked at this point Of course there are those who are just straight out cybersquatter, make a living off of typo domains like wallmart.com or Verision.com but all domainers at some point might trip over a domain they didn't know was trademarked or just made a good guess of a forthcoming product. Consider the case of Marriott International, Inc who … [Read more...]