I must say that I don’t use Name.com as my primary registrar but I like it more every day since I have been using it for the past 6 months. Yesterday I tried to login …
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Non-paying bidder for eDoctor.com costs Namejet $24,629
Last week the Namejet auction for the domain name eDoctor.com that had sold for $43,310 was cancelled and a new private auction was started. The domain eDoctor.com was dropped by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline. The winning bidder …
Read More »Latest 5 figure sales at Namejet: TeeShirts.com, CasinoBonuses.com, EDoctor.com
Namejet sold 3 domains in the 5 figure range in the past few days: TeeShirts.com, CasinoBonuses.com and EDoctor.com. TeeShirts.com sold for $41,800 at Namejet. The auction had 292 bids from 187 bidders. The domain was sold by …
Read More »Seriously: What is all the fuss with .PW?
I have been reading lately about the rebranding of the .pw ccTLD. The extension .pw is the country code top-level domain for Palau, an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean. The question in …
Read More »Go Daddy’s Project 94 .org auction gets a 1 week silent extension
Go Daddy’s Project 94 .org auction was supposed to end today. Instead auctions end 1 week from now. Go Daddy decided on a 1 week “silent” extension. There has not been any mention anywhere for …
Read More »Afilias 3rd premium .INFO auction coming at Namejet in May
After the first 2 GoDaddy/Afilias auctions, the next batch of premium .info domains moves to a new venue. Namejet has partnered with Afilias to auction this list of 79 Premium .INFO domains for the first …
Read More ».ONLINE new gTLD alliance by Directi, Tucows and Namecheap
Today, March 27, 2013, Directi, Tucows and Namecheap formed an alliance to manage the .online registry by producing one single bid. There are three more applicants for the .online new gTLD string: I-REGISTRY Ltd., Niederlassung Deutschland from Germany …
Read More »HEXONET temporarily disables new registrations and transfers for AdamsNames TLDS .GD, .TC and .VG
HEXONET has temporarily disabled new registrations and domain transfers of the AdamsNames ccTLDs “.GD”, “.TC” and “.VG”. Due to unprecedented circumstances explained below, this action is required until further notice. HEXONET Registrar Statement: 1. As …
Read More »Sedo sells 782 domains worth $1.3 million: MyChoco.com 23k EUR, TEG.com 28k USD – Week 18/3-24/3 2013
This week, 782 transactions (865 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 million ($1.47 last week). Only 246 domains (271 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …
Read More »7 new gTLDs applications withdrawn for .INSURANCE, .GDN, .GUARDIANMEDIA, .APP, .SVR, etc.
This past week 7 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 7 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 33. Progressive …
Read More »Sedo sells hansoft.com for 24,000 USD and ieagle.com for 16,500 USD
The domain name hansoft.com just sold for 24,000 USD at Sedo. The domain was registered in 1997. The buyer is a Swedish software company, Hansoft AB. Currently the domain name redirects to the official company website at …
Read More »47 new objections filed at WIPO for new gTLD strings including Pinterest’s objection for Amazon’s .pin string
This past week 47 new objections were filed at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for new gTLD strings. The WIPO center received the objections from March 8, 2013 to March 13, 2013 and these …
Read More »MyChoco.com sells for 23,000 EUR at Sedo (Sedo also sells AnyDesk.com and Tour.net)
The domain name MyChoco.com sold for 23,000 Euro (or $29,560 USD) at Sedo. The domain was registered in 2005. The buyer is a German company, The Windel GmbH & Co. KG, that is a European based confectionery …
Read More »Initial Evaluation results released for 27 out of the first 30 new gTLD IDN applications
Last Friday marked a major milestone in the New gTLD Program: Initial Evaluation (IE) results for the first set of new gTLD applications were released to applicants and the general public. This achievement is the …
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