The domain name CollegeStudent.com which was a dropped domain, sold this week on NameJet.com for $17,700 as three bidders battled it out bidding over $10,000 for the domain. A very nice educational domain and a good buy. The domain was owned by a company by the name of Abode Development which had owned the domain since at least 2001 and now gets nothing for it. Ouch A few other sales … [Read more...]
ICANN Orders Transfer Of Domains At 4 De-Accredited Registrars To Astutium
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from four registrars, three are due to the de-accreditation of the registrars; C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center Corp. and one transfer was ordered due to the termination of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement of Dotted Ventures, Inc. All of the domains from all four domain name … [Read more...]
Godaddy Sells 41,786 In May Led By boxed.com at $35,000
Godaddy.com just posted its Domain Sales information for auctions taking place on their system for the month of May 2013. In all Godaddy.com sold 41,786 domain names slightly up from April's sales of 40,221. Of the 41,786 domain names sold through auctions here is the break down of the type of transaction: By Auction Type5/1 - … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on D1.com
A UDRP has just been filed on a very rare two character domain name D1.com. The domain name is owned by Dimension One Spas of Vista, CA since 2003 and forward to the companies site at d1spas.com The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum however the name of the complainant is not listed. A quick check of the USPTO revealed 11 live trademarks for the term "D1" some filed … [Read more...]
ICANN Appoints First Two New gTLD Data Escrow Agents
ICANN announced today that it has selected the first two new gTLD Data escrow agents. All new gTLD registry operators will be required to regularly deposit a backup copy of their TLD registration data through one of the approved data escrow service providers. The data held in escrow may be released to ICANN under certain circumstances in order to preserve the stability of the TLD in case of … [Read more...]
80 New gTLD Pass: .Amex; .Nike; .Goog; .Fox; .Arab; .Java; .Polo; .HomeDepot
80 more new gTLD applications have passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today. One application .Pay did not pass IE but was made eligible for Extended Evaluation, that applicant was made by DOTPAY SA, whose contact is listed as Ms. Liz Williams from Sedari.com. In all ICANN is has now completed Initial Evaluation on applications up to prioritization number 600 with 518 being passed or … [Read more...]
Verisign: ICANN Needs To Put Early Warning System In Place Not To Break Root
In the second part 2 of a 5 part series of articles released by Verisign on its blog was written by Danny McPherson on the possible dangers of the impending rollout of the new gTLD program. Basically this post chats about the DNS system, the root servers and the fact that the delegation of 1,000 new gTLD every year is a huge increase from what has been minimal growth over the years and urges … [Read more...]