Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between January 1, 1985 and November 30, 1987: 58 are now owned by a different entity from the one that registered it 35 are owned by Fortune 500 companies 7 are owned by pioneers of the web 12 Do not resolve 4 are Parked 84 are in … [Read more...]
ICANN’s Update Of New gTLD Program Status By The Numbers + 1st 50 Start Contracting Proceess
ICANN's Christine Willett just gave an update on the New gTLD program from the first session at the ICANN meeting in Durban: "As Yesterday my team has published results for through priority number 1,200 of the application. so we've released 1,100 initial evaluation results. Over 1,000 applications having passed initial evaluation. we have had 13 applications identified as eligible for … [Read more...]
Six Figure, One Word Domain Name, Action.com Being Forwarded To A Facebook Page
Poking around the net this week I found that the one word .com domain name action.com is being simply forwarded to a Facebook page. The domain which I would estimate as a low six figure domain name doesn't resolve to a site but is going to a Facebook page "For MEN who like MEN". Certainly we have been seeing companies advertising their Facebook page or their Twitter hashtag in advertisements … [Read more...]
95 New gTLD Pass IE: .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam; .Bible; .Adult; .Landrover; .Amazon; .Dodge; .Jaguar; .Bestbuy
95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE, today are the Geographical applications for .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam. Beyond that a couple of very interesting new gTLD passed IE today .Bible which was filed by the American Bible Society and .Adult which was filed by ICM … [Read more...]
Suit Filed Over Non-Payment of MD.Org Namejet Record Setting $555,650 Auction
On April 12, 2013, the domain name MD.org sold at a record setting NameJet.com auction for $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of 'Winters" Today the seller of the domain name, Privacy LLC, (Privacy) filed a lawsuit along with NameJet, LLC (“NameJet”) against Scott Ross and "Does defendants 1-3" which "may include Ari Goldberger, Esq. and Larry Fischer", for breach of contract, in refusing to … [Read more...]
Body.com Sells On Godaddy.com For $380,000
The domain name Body.com just sold on GoDaddy’s aftermarket for $380,000. This was listed via Godaddy's partnership with Sedo and sold from GoDaddy.com as a make offer listing. The seller appears to have been Red Trend Limited out of Hong Kong. The domain was last sold back in 2009 for $400,000 by Live Current Media on Sedo's Great Domains site. This is the 2nd highest domain sale ever … [Read more...]
Internet Architecture Board: Dotless Domains May “Cause Significant Harm To The Security of the Internet”
The Internet Architecture Board, has come out strongly against Dotless Domains as proposed by Google to operate the .Search new gTLD. "It has come to the attention of the IAB that there are proposals for so-called “dotless” domains in the root zone, and that some existing top-level domains (TLDs) are already operating in such a mode. "TLD operators of dotless domains are intending that … [Read more...]