Is Google Inc. launching a website builder called "InstaWeb" or did they get beat to the punch is the question. Here are somethings that I found: Google Inc. became the owners of the domain name InstaWeb.net from a Joshua Marantz according to whois records. The domain has been registered since September 6, 2004 and according to whois records, Google secured the domain on March 23, … [Read more...]
PayPal fined $25million Related to the Pay Later Button
PayPal got hit with a $25 million fine for deceiving their customers. The pay later button is at the root of the problem, I know when I first started seeing it I thought it was annoying. I just want to pay for my domain registration, not looking to pay later for $10.99. Rob Beschizza wrote on Boing Boing covered the story: A few months ago, I noticed that PayPal put a "pay later" button … [Read more...]
Enom.com Informs Customers of “Very Sophisticated Attack” But No Domains Were Stolen
In an email to tonight from Taryn Naidu CEO of Enom.com told its customers that they "recently became the subject of what appears to be a very sophisticated attack by a group that targets large internet infrastructure companies. Within hours of this attack, we were in contact with federal law enforcement and the affected parties. This attack hijacked the DNS traffic of 4 domains for a very short … [Read more...]
This Guy Want You To Pay A Tax On “Parked” ‘Unused” Or “Idle” Domains
In a story published by Circleid.com written by Alex Tajirian, CEO at DomainMart, Mr. Tajirian suggests that all parked, "unused" or "idle" pages need to have a Tax imposed on them to reduce cybersquatting, even if the domain name is generic. Mr. Tajirian proposes that all "parked" domains or "unused" or "idle" domains be subject a tax similar to a property tax for real estate: "We need a … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.3 Million .TV and .Net Top The Charts
Over the past week, 607 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Top Sales: Top .com: dopo.com at 10,000 USD Top ccTLD: astrology.tv at 25,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: bd.net at 29,500 USD Dot Com took a breather from the top spot and nice to see a big .tv sale, the domain was registered … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Maybe “Retired” But He Is Still The Domain King & Still Schooling Them Up
A lot of people in the domain world miss Rick Schwartz since he retired. His "Biggest Fan" who writes onlinedomain.com openly stated last week he was eagerly waiting for a new post from Rick on RicksBlog.com. The Domain King remains retired but of course he still owns a lot of domain names and gets offers to which he responds to. Rick shared with me an exchange he had with a someone … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on SoapBoxDerby.com Domain
A currently unknown entity has filed a UDRP on the domain name SoapBoxDerby.com that has been registered since 2001 and is owned by Vertical Axis. As it currently stands, it appears that Vertical Axis only defense is Laches (14 years since the domain was registered), as a live trademark filed in 1976 may be the ones who filed the UDRP: Owner (REGISTRANT) International Soap Box Derby, Inc. … [Read more...]