IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the…
Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”
Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the letter: Subject: I Want To Buy….
Ha.com Last Auction Now Over $800K in Sales & Post Auction Ends August 25th
We just got an email from Heritage Auction and to date their last domain auction has produced around $800,000 in sales so far. The post-auction offers end in 9 days on August…
Another Previously Unreported Sale; Peep.com
It appears the domain name Peep.com changed hand this year. The domain name that has been owned under privacy for many years, moved to Godaddy.com in May. The domain has been a…
Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & Rick Schwartz Last Show Produced?
Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC domain name conference and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference that will be…
Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new…
Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately…