ICANN Ombudsman has received a number of complaints about the results received from the dispute resolution providers in the new gTLD applications. He replied to these complaints and he said that the real problem is …
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The Pirate Bay moves once again to Peru and the domain name ThePirateBay.pe
The Pirate Bay, the popular torrent search engine, just moved again to a new domain name: thepiratebay.pe. It had moved to thepiratebay.ac just 2 days ago after the domain ThePirateBay.sx was seized. The Peruvian domain …
Read More »I will not post anonymous comments. Sorry…
I got an angry comment yesterday in seemingly unrelated post concerning a post made by Owen Frager at his blog. I would have allowed the comment to appear although the commenter used some harsh language …
Read More »Sedo sells Schedule.me for $24,000 USD
Sedo just announced the sale of the domain Schedule.me for $24,000 USD. The domain was originally registered in 2008. The domain was bought by an individual living in Charlotte, US and is currently still using the …
Read More »The Pirate Bay moves to ThePirateBay.ac after the domain ThePirateBay.sx is seized
The Pirate Bay, the popular torrent search engine, just moved to a new domain name thepiratebay.ac after the domain ThePirateBay.sx was seized. After a long lasting pressure from the entertainment industry the domain registry of …
Read More »DomainNameSales promoting brokering services – How to assign specific portfolios to DNS brokers
DomainNameSales is heavily promoting its brokering services. It has gone thus far as changing, temporarily, its logo. Here is the new “promotion” logo with the “Try our brokers” slogan: They have also added a link …
Read More »SnapNames Launches .CO.UK and .CN Domain Backorders and Auctions
SnapNames announced today that .CO.UK and .CN domain names are now available for drop-catching through its online marketplace. .CO.UK and .CN are the world’s third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions. Here …
Read More »Jeffrey Gabriel, VP of Sales DomainNameSales, replies to my Go Daddy syndication problems
I made a post last week detailing my first 2 months syndicating my DomainNameSales domains to Go Daddy. I didn’t have any luck with the syndication and received very few offers and 0 sales. Today …
Read More »Sedo sells pizza.nl for 75000 Euro ($103,318 USD) to the owner of takeaway.com
Sedo just announced the sale of the domain pizza.nl for 75000 Euro or $103,318 USD. The domain was originally registered in 1996. The domain was bought by dutch company Thuisbezorgd.NL and is currently redirecting to …
Read More »Dot Com is Dead? Seriously? Is Mind + Machines trying to get domainers mad?
Minds + Machines is currently running a Facebook ad that says “Dot Com is Dead” and below it says “Long live the new Top Level Domains”. I won’t even comment of this “Dot Com is …
Read More »Flippa is offering 50% Off Domain Listings for the next week
For the next week, you get 50% off the domain listing fee at Flippa. Also starting today, you also get half-price relists. Flippa has also made it easier for you to browse domains. You can now search …
Read More »Romania plans to introduce yearly renewal fee for .ro domain names
A recent Government proposal calls that owners of Romanian .ro domain names should pay an annual fee starting next year, to renew ownership of their domain. It is not yet clear what the renewal fee …
Read More »ICANN sends notice of breach to registrar Jetpack Domains, Inc.
As of 5th of December 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar (Jetpack Domains, Inc.) is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Please be …
Read More »UDRP reform: here is an incredible idea from the Intellectual Property Owners Association
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) send a letter to ICANN to voice the concerns of brand owners regarding ICANN’s New gTLD Registry Agreement (Registry Agreement) regarding registry reservation of second level domain names. IPO’s …
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