A three member Panel denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name Guarani.com that a Brazilian company filed at WIPO. The Panel denied the complaint because there was nothing indicating that the Respondent in the US …
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Afternic starts sending minimum offer amounts to Go Daddy – The Go Daddy problem remains
Afternic started sending minimum offer amounts, for domain listings, to Go Daddy. But Sedo has been doing this for 3 months now and it hasn’t helped anyone. Many domainers have removed their portfolios from Sedo. …
Read More »Major League Baseball (MLB) buys Rockies.com for $1.2 million
Major League Baseball (MLB) paid $1.2 million to buy the domain name Rockies.com from the Canadian The Rockies Tourism Authority that now uses the domain name canadianrockies.org. This sale was brokered by Venture Capital Group, …
Read More »Sedo sells 670 domains worth $.87 million: Aandacht.nl sells for 18,150 EUR and Host.de for 15,000 EUR – Week 1/1-7/1 2013
This week, 670 transactions (932 in the last 2 weeks) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $.87 million ($1.38 in the last 2 weeks). Only 194 domains (330 in the last 2 …
Read More »135 domains featured in the 2nd .info auction starting at Go Daddy on the 15th – Complete list
After the success of the first .info premium auction last month, Afilias and Go daddy are running a new .info auction featuring 135 domain names that were reserved since 2001. The auction includes premium .info …
Read More »Research paper from University of St.Gallen and Harvard accuses ICANN of transparency deficits
A research paper written in 2011 by members of the University of St.Gallen and Harvard argues that: “occasionally, the very characteristics that define ICANN’s model act as opposing forces and result in policy decisions that …
Read More »UDRP complaint for MyCadillac.com denied – General Motors fails to win the geographic name
Panel denied the UDRP complaint for the domain name MyCadillac.com that General Motors made at WIPO. The Panel denied the complaint because the domain was used offering PPC links to the “Cadillac” geographic term only …
Read More »ICANN’s newly approved meetings: Buenos Aires (2013), Singapore(2014), London(2014)
Completing the selection of meeting sites for 2013, the ICANN Board approved Buenos Aires, Argentina, as the location of ICANN’s 48th public meeting, to be held 17-21 November 2013. The Board also approved Singapore, London …
Read More »FamilyPhotos.com sells for $15k at Namejet – Xiao.com didn’t reach the reserve but got a $41k bid
FamilyPhotos.com sold for $15,000 at Namejet. The domain was sold exactly at the reserve price that was set at $15,000 by the seller. The domain name Xiao.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $41,000 but …
Read More »My solution for the Pool problem – Pool shutting down registrars effective January 10
Pool announced on the 20th of December that it is shutting down many of it’s registrars effective January 10, 2013. I had 12 affected domains that were registered in these registrars in the past few …
Read More »Demand Media Acquires Name.com
Demand Media today announced the acquisition of Denver-based domain name registrar Name.com. The acquisition is intended to expand Demand Media’s platform as it prepares for the historic release of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) this year. …
Read More »Top 5 posts of 2012: Go Daddy, Internet Traffic, Sedo, .info and search.xxx
Since I started this blog in July 2012 I made about 225 posts until the end of 2012. These are the most visited posts: “Your Auction Has Ended”: Will GoDaddy give me back my time …
Read More »My daughter is here!
She was born prematurely 1690gr. I hope she is strong to survive the next few days.
Read More »How I bought a domain twice in 2003 and 2012
Let me tell you a story from the past… It was back in 2003 and Namewinner was running at full speed catching dropping domain names. For those that don’t know what Namewinner was… Namewinner was …
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