I was visiting a small island in the Aegean Sea in Greece. I walked through the greater part of it’s largest village. Like all domainers do, when I go out for a walk I look …
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Don’t make the wrong choice again!
I am watching the tennis US Open tournament, the last grand slam of the year. I am a big tennis fan and I watch as much as I can on TV despite the time difference …
Read More »This is NOT spam: .us nexus requirements and compliance policy
Most of you know that the usTLD Nexus Requirements Policy requires that a .us domain name registrant must be either: A US citizen or a person resident in the United States of America (Nexus Category …
Read More »Achtung Baby! Achtung.com sells for $5,505 at GoDaddy
The domain achtung.com sold for $5,505 yesterday at GoDaddy Auctions. Auction had 68 bids from 17 different bidders. That was a good price for a German word .com auction. That is not such big news …
Read More »Latest .info auction results
Here is a list of the latest .info auction results. Most of them are for expiring Land Rush 2 (LR2) .info domains auctioned off at GoDaddy Auctions and Namejet. Please click here to see my report …
Read More »What domain not to register #2 and #3
I was going thought the Namejet list of pending delete domains and my eye caught this “hot” domain name. The domain cocacola.biz has a bidder with a $69 bid and drops in a couple of …
Read More »risingstar.com UDRP complaint denied at WIPO while Panel considers buying a domain as an investment
The UDRP Complaint for the domain name risingstar.com was denied at WIPO while the Panel recognized that buying a domain name can be considered an investment and that offering a domain for sale is not …
Read More »New auction from Moniker, SnapNames and Afternic
Moniker, SnapNames, and Afternic will be sponsoring a new online domain name auction beginning August 29th and running through September 20th. Most names will have low or no reserves. In the previous auction domains like …
Read More »Does my (dropping) domain worth the backorder?
I didn’t renew usedrobot.biz and it is dropping today, 28th of August. I bought the domain name in 2006 and this year I felt that it wasn’t worth the renewal fee. My expired and now dropping …
Read More »Complaint for cloudprovider.com denied at WIPO while Panelist acknowledges domaining
This was the first UDRP Complaint for a descriptive “cloud” related domain name and of course the Complaint was denied. I am sure a the cloud popularity increases many “cloud” UDRPs will follow. The Complaint …
Read More »Moniker and Snapnames announced a Priority Call-Back Service
I got 2 emails today, one from Moniker and one from Snapnames announcing a Priority Call-Back Service. The emails were word for word the same as Moniker and Snapnames are owned by the same company, …
Read More »Oakley loses dispute over myfakeoakleysunglasses.com at NAF
Oakley Inc. filed a complaint at the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) over myfakeoakleysunglasses.com and surprisingly the complaint was denied by a sole Panelist. The Complaint was submitted to the National Arbitration Forum electronically on July …
Read More »Dynadot becomes an Afternic DLS Premium partner
Dynadot is now live as an Afternic DLS Premium partner. Here is the email that I received from Afternic: DynaDot is now live as an Afternic DLS Premium partner! Because you have domains listed for …
Read More »“Intent To Use” trademark application used to win a UDRP complaint at WIPO
Is an ITU (intent to use) trademark application enough to win a UDRP complaint? According to this freak decision, yes. Panelist Dr. Clive N.A. Trotman has a very good track record of fair decisions (with …
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