In a decision certain to drive the Trademark Holder groups crazy, Tumblr.com just lost a UDRP on the domain name Tublr.com although the domain name was going to one of those "sweepstakes/survey" sites cited by so many UDRP panels which have ordered domains transferred. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: Tumblr launched in 2007 and allows individuals to create, … [Read more...]
AusRegistry Launches .AULockdown For Up To 1,000 (Aud) Per Domain
According to Theage.com.au, AusRegistry, the company that operates the .Au registry under agreement from auda.org.au, has launched a new service called .AULockdown that allows domain owners to bar automated changes to their domain at the registrar level. "Companies with valuable websites can now pay up to $1,000 a year to opt-out of Australia's automated domain registry system". "The … [Read more...]
Radix Withdraws Its 2nd Application .Play & Starting Dot Withdraws .Design
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn on ICANN's site tonight making the total of new gTLD applications that have been withdrawn to 71. Radix which is part of the Directi Group which originally applied for 31 new gTLD's, withdrew its application for .Play. Radix is now down to 29 applications as it withdrew its application for the new gTLD .Movie a few weeks ago. Like with .Movie, … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $2.3 Million In Domains Led By One Of Ours WOI.com For $35K
Afternic’s just reported its weekly domain sales for the previous two weeks (5/20/13 – 6/2/13). Total domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 2,267,480. All sales were led by one of our domain names (MostWantedDomains.com) WOI.com which sold for $35,000. All Non-com's were led by BIN.net which sold for $15,000 Here are all the reportable sales for … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.1 Million
Seod just issued its weekly report and 690 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.08m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: mph.com at 62,000 USD · Top ccTLD: isern.es at 15,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: kultur.net at 10,000 EUR Domain … [Read more...]
CrowdFunding.com Sells For “About” $170,000
According to AllThingsD.com the domain name CrowdFunding.com has been sold for "about" $170,000. The buyer of the domain name is GoFundMe.com which bought the domain but doesn't plan on changing the name of its site. According to the article on AllThingsD.com, GoFundMe.com has raised $75 million dollars for personal fundraising campaigns. If your wondering GoFundMe.com also owns the … [Read more...]
Famous Four Applicant for new gTLD .Rugby Launches .Rugby Council
Dot Rugby Limited, which has submitted its application to ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to operate the .Rugby top-level domain (gTLD), today announced the launch of the .Rugby Governance Council. Worldwide rugby stakeholders are being invited to contribute their perspective on the direction of the .Rugby gTLD, including advice on best practices for the sport's premier … [Read more...]