A few UDRP decisions are out today worth noting. Enterprise Rental Cars won a UDRP and the rights to the domain name Enterprise.tv The domain name was registered in 2011, the domain was parked and the domain holder did not respond to the UDRP. "The panel noted that the domain Enterprise.tv went to a pay-per-click website that hosts hyperlinks to websites of Complainant’s competitors in … [Read more...]
Marchex’s Archeo Opens Marketplace To Sell Its 200K+ Domains: Still Has 95% Of Yung Ye’s Domains
"Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced the launch of the Archeo Domains Marketplace (www.archeodomains.com), providing direct access for businesses, brokers and individuals to Archeo’s portfolio of more than 200,000 premium domain names available for sale." "The searchable portfolio is presented in 21 categories, ranging from Business & Finance to … [Read more...]
Endurance Files For $400M IPO: Buys Directi For $110M: Commits Up To $62 Million In New gTLD Auctions
As reported by Domainincite.com, Endurance International Group Holdings Inc, filed for an IPO to $400 million in an initial public offering of its common stock and plans on buying Directi for between $100 and $110 million Dollars. In buying Directi Endurance would also get Radix Registry which has 29 active new gTLD applications of which 26 are in contention. Endurance is also committing an … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Reports $281K in Reportable Sales In August 2013 Led By EPH.com At $18K
Namejet.com just issued its reportable sales for August which totaled over $281K. To be clear not all sales are reportable only sales of $2K or more are included and only sales that were paid for by August 31, 2013 are included in the total. Leading the way was EPH.com which sold for $18,000 and CloudApp.com which sold for $12,600 I wonder how much cloud.app is … [Read more...]
6 Months After Getting 400,000 Euro Bid on Sedo, 8888.com Sells
Back in March the domain name 8888.com got a bid of 400,000 Euro's on Sedo.com but that bid was cancelled by Sedo.com Now a reader has spotted that the domain name 8888.com has transferred ownership. Back in March the domain name was owned by Guo Xiaosong of Nanjing, Jiangsu China and was going to a Sedo for sale page. It looks like the domain ownership changed back in August to … [Read more...]
TechRadar Confuses A Pre-Reservation With An Actual Registration; Telling People new gTLD’s Can Be Registered Today
TechRadar.com covered the new gTLD program telling people that new gTLD are available to be registered now. "New top-level domains now available" ".online, .web, .ltd, .website, and .blog just some of the suffixes available" The publication clearly has confused a pre-registration that many registrars and back order providers are offering with a domain registration. Of course none of … [Read more...]
UDRP Files On 11 Year Old Driveups.com; You Got To Watch Double Meanings
United Parcel Service has filed a UDRP against the 11 year old domain name Driveups.com which is generic in nature, but actually has a double meaning. While the term Drive up can refer to a any business that serves their "customers while they remain in their motor vehicles while being accommodated" like a fast food joint like Sonic or a bank's drive up windown it can also mean someone who … [Read more...]