Quirk Productions, Inc. (“Complainant”), which owns QuirkBooks.com lost its bid to grab the generic domain name Quirk.com The domain holder officially was TobyClements.com, LLC / Toby Clements but in fact the domain was owned by Michele Wilson d/b/a Exotic Design Group (“EDG”) since 2004, who was represented by John Berryhill. There is a lot of mud slinging between the parties and a lot of … [Read more...]
Dan Warner Picks The Winners & Losers: New gTLD’s In The Sports Category
Dan Warner, who many in the domain industry know is a numbers/stats guy, has some interesting thoughts on winners and losers of the new gTLD's in the "sports" category which he recently published. Mr. Warner has done guest posts for TheDomains.com and you can read more about his background and domain experience here. Its an interesting read but you would have to agree with Mr. Warner's basic … [Read more...]
RKG Digital Marketing Report: Google Search Spend Up 18%: 26% Of Organic Searches On Tablets & Smartphones
RKG, a leading full-service digital marketing agency, released its Digital Marketing Report (full report .pdf) covering the second quarter of 2013 today. Across its client base, which includes over 40 of the top 500 online retailers, RKG found that Google search spending grew nearly 18% year over year as average cost per click rose 10%. Although smartphone traffic continues to be a net drag … [Read more...]
Key-Systems To Offer .HIV Domain At Below Cost To Its Customers & Free To Some Org’s
The German based domain registrar Key-Systems today announced that they will support the charitable work of the dotHIV association within the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and fundraising with three distinct activities: Key-Systems will offer their customers the registration of .hiv web addresses (domains) below net cost price. With the start of the .hiv top level domain in winter and before … [Read more...]
Patagonia, Inc. Withdraws Its Application For New gTLD .PATAGONIA
In what I would say is not great shock, Patagonia, Inc, has withdrawn its application to operate the .Patagonia new gTLD. Patagonia, Inc. has been in a well documented battle (and here) with Argentina over its application for .patagonia. Patagonia is geographic area and the application drew early warning GAC objections from both the governments of Argentina and Chile. The ICANN … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $697K In Domains Led By exb.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 7/1/13 – 7/7/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $696,986. The highest sale was exb.com which sold for $25,000, followed by baycare.com for $15,250. Here is the full list of reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.04M Led By LiveSafe.com For $65K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/01/13 – 07/07/13 totaling $1.04M. The highest priced transaction was LiveSafe.com at $65,000 followed by speck.de at €18000. Over the past week, 701 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.04M. This amounts to $36.5M in year-to-date sales revenue. CriminalDefense.net was a domain owned by … [Read more...]