Domain Name News

Complainant Enterprise Holdings, Inc. submitted a Complaint to the National Arbitration Forum on December 10, 2012 for the domain name Enterprises.biz. Enterprise Holdings, Inc. from St. Louis, MO, USA, is the owner of the ENTERPRISE …

Sedo is auctioning off the domain portfolio from the DSB Bank N.V’s legacy. Sedo announced today that are going to be 3 special auctions that are taking place at Sedo in partnership with the bankruptcy …

The domain name BIN.net didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $3,500 USD but ironically the reserve price wasn’t met. BIN is used as an acronym for a “Buy It Now” price which in this case …

This week, 715 transactions (1076 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.42 million ($1.60 last week). Only 235 domains (241 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

Frank Schilling’s company Name Admin Inc. (DomainNameSales.com) just sold the domain name SalleDeBain.com for 60,000 USD at Sedo. Salle De Bain is French for bathroom. The domain was registered in 2001 and whois does not …

Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action has failed to secure any of the corresponding domain names. The non profit organization failed to purchase any of it’s domain names before the news about the group were announced …

Sedo announced today a new partnership with one of Russia’s leading registrars, REG.RU. This is a very important move by Sedo that is attempting to enter the fast expanding Russian domain market. Russians are pretty …

Google won a UDRP Complaint at the National Arbitration Forum for the domain name GlassGoogle.com. The owner from China has been using the domain name to sell glass artifacts via a website corresponding with the …

I got a new inquiry today for a domain parked at InternetTraffic.com for an adult domain name. I get various messages on new inquiries including the usual “I don’t have money”, “I want the domain …

Buy Domains sent it’s January 2013 newsletter, praising the benefits of having a short, three letter domain. BuyDomains recently acquired a large inventory of three letter domains. Buy Domains says that choosing a domain that …

The Barclay School is a progressive school at Columbia, South Carolina. The owner of the school, Dr. Gillian Barclay-Smith, received a letter from the Barclays bank in the United Kingdom that asked her to cease …

Afilias ran the 2nd exclusive auction at Go Daddy for 135 .info domains. 131 .info domains sold for a total of $264,280 USD. OnlineCasino.info sold for $30,005, Flowers.info for $22,005, gambling.info for $10,505 and webdesign.info for …

These are a few 5 figure sales from the last 24 hours. 2 domains were sold at Sedo and 1 at Namejet. The domain name CifraClub.com sold at Sedo for 35,000 USD and the ThyroidTest.com …

Dave Piscitello, member of the ICANN Security Team, assessed the value of assessing collateral damage before requesting a domain seizure after ICANN issued a thought paper and guidance on domain seizures and takedowns. On January …