The domain name Census.com which was in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon in January 2015, just sold to a Mark Monitor client as the whois information changed yesterday. The domain name Census.com was one of my favorite picks from that auction. The domain name had a auction reserve of between $100,001 - $250,000 It will be interesting to see who wound up buying this … [Read more...]
What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor Invoices
What do big companies that use brand protection company's to register and buy domain names spend to protect, acquire, register and renew domain names? WikiLeaks.org published invoices from MarkMonitor to Sony, documents (PDF) In those invoices published by WikiLeaks , MarkMonitor.com billed Sony $1,000 several times for a “Domain Acquisition Fee" for domain names that are not owned by … [Read more...]