According to nicenic.net,the domain name Game.CN sold for $511,972.38. .Cn is the ccTLD for China. According to the story, the domain was a previously reserved .CN domain name Game.CN which was in a public auction, which ended in bidding 3.098 million cny," with intensive competition of 686 bids in the last hour". ""That Game.cn broke three million refreshed .CN open bidding history, also … [Read more...]
Overstock Gets Hit With $6.42 Million Fine From California Court Over Boosted Comparison Pricing
According to Wired.com, online retailer Overstock.com got hit with a $6.42 million dollar fine levied by a state California court finding that "Overstock’s price comparison techniques violate the state’s unfair competition and false advertising laws. " When comparing its prices on products "to those listed by competitors, the judge found, the company is overstating the differences and … [Read more...]
Afternic Adds China’s 2nd Largest Registrar To Fast Transfer Network: Now Has 18 Of Top 20
Afternic.com which is owned by Godaddy, today announced their partnership with Xinnet, the second-largest domain registrar in China and 17th-largest registrar in the world. The agreement brings the world’s largest portfolio of fast-transfer domain names to Xinnet customers. With the addition of Xinnet, Afternic Fast Transfer Network, its DLS product now boosts 18 of the top 20 domain name … [Read more...]
Not Shocking: More People Sign Up For Online Gambling Than Healthcare
New Jersey just released some stats for those signing up for Internet gambling accounts and they seem to be pound for pound doing a lot better than those signing up for Obama Care. I know its shocking. Not. According to Chron.com, around 150,000 people signed up since late November for an online gambling accounts in New Jersey. "As of Monday, there were 148,487 accounts that had been … [Read more...]
ICANN Is Hiring For Positions In The United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey
Looking for a Job? ICANN Is hiring From the United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey, if your in need of a Job ICANN is hiring. Current Listings Accounting and Finance Staff Accountant-Receivables (213706-025) Los Angeles, California, United States Board Support Board Support Assistant (213695-025) Los Angeles, California, United States Board Support Content … [Read more...]
Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets For Domains Seminar Set For In London On Jan 29
The Multilingual Internet Group and Burson-Marsteller are holding a "high level seminar investigating the opportunities and challenges presented by the ‘New Internet’." Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets Due to Seismic Change to Global Internet & Maximizing Potential of Their Current and Next Multi-Billion Internet Users will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from 8:30 AM to … [Read more...]
Gucci Wins 184 .Org Domains In a UDRP & Not One Is Worth The Registration Fee
Brand holders god love them. Gucci just won the rights to 184 .Org domain names in a single UDRP. I can safety say there is not one of these .org domain names that is even worth the registration fee. Later today I will publish a list of 50 domain names recently dropped that brandholders didn't even spend $10 to register and I guarantee you everyone of those are worth 1,000 time more than … [Read more...]