The IEDR is the registry for .ie Internet domain names and maintains the database of .ie registered domain names.Today they announced that soon Irish businesses will be able to register two letter .ie for the first time. From their blog: Irish businesses will shortly be able to register two-letter .ie domain names for the first time, the IE Domain Registry (IEDR) announced today. The move … [Read more...]
Namejet Revises Its May Sales Report To $600K
Namejet.com just revised its May sales which they previously reported to be around $355,000 for all sales of $2,000 or more that closed in May 2015. Today we received a new report from Namejet.com which reported almost $600,000 in sales. "In all 97 domains sold at $2000 and above for a total of $593,760 according to the revised report we received today. Here is the new May … [Read more...]
Verisign Announces #InternetOfficial Month 3 Winners & Upcoming Grand Prize
Verisign has announced the winners of the #InternetOfficial contest for month 3. The month 3 winners are: delectablegarden.com GeorgiaWeddingCakes.com CancerSniff.com WarmEscapes.com BridesWithABudget.com Congratulations to the last 5 #InternetOffical winners! The Grand Prize round will launch on Friday, June 12 and end on Saturday, June 27th. Staring June 12th you can … [Read more...]
Gmeil.com 11 Year old Typo For Gmail.com Sells At Auction For $3,255
The domain name Gmeil.com, which is a pretty clear typo for gmail.com, just sold in a domain drop auction for $3,255 The domain name dropped on June 7th and was caught by the domain catcher dropcatch.com The domain name has an original registration date of 2004, so Google had over a decade to go and get the domain through a UDRP. According to Screenshots.com the domain has been parked … [Read more...]
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 “Cialis” Domains In a Single UDRP
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 Domains In a Single UDRP. The domain names were registered with 3 different registrars All the 393 domain names included the trademark terms Cialis Here is the list of … [Read more...]
Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have included a GAO report. ICANN president Fadi Chehade said the group would likely be able to give the government a transition proposal by the end of the … [Read more...]
GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia.com reported today that the company just received a $65 million investment from Mitsui Sumitomo to provide the financial wherewithal to strengthen their … [Read more...]