Domain Name News

EuRid, the .eu registry operator,.eu introduced a revised trade and transfer procedure for .eu domains names today, 21 November 2012. The revised procedure aims to automate the .eu trade and transfer process, making it more user …

This week, 948 transactions (919 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million ($2.2 last week). Only 245 domains (213 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

I got this email with the subject: “GoDaddy.com: Our latest update to Premium Listings is huge!!”. When I opened it I just saw an obvious change that should have been there from the beginning. There …

BindersFullOfWomen.XXX did not sell for even $0.99 at Ebay. On the 16th of October during the presidential debate Mitt Romney said that when he was governor and filling his cabinet, women’s groups brought him “whole …

I got an email from Backorder Zone to complete an online survey and win a free backorder credit. Backorder Zone is a fairly new backorder service compared to others like Snapnames, Pool and Namejet. Apparently …

Every once in a while I get a domain transfer request that I have not initiated. Over 90% of the time this transfer request is from Go Daddy. I am pretty sure that Go Daddy …

Christie’s, the global auction house, bought the domain name WarholArt.com for $6,457 last September at Afternic. The domain name WarholArt.com now redirects to http://www.christies.com/warhol/ that is the official website for the Andy Warhol auctions held …

About a month ago I complained about the GoDaddy auction system that allows previous owners to renew their expired domains up to a week after the auction has finished at TDNAM. This means that a …

I was browsing the 1&1 registrar website today (no I am not a customer) and found this useful advice to domain owners that did not intent to let their domains expire and their domains have …

I made a post earlier today saying that no premium .xxx domains have been sold in the past three weeks since ICM Registry put up a list of over 1000 .xxx domain names. Kevin Murphy …

The list of over 1000 .xxx domain names that was put up for sale 3 weeks ago has not changed. Not a single .xxx domain has been removed from the list. Does this mean that …

There are 179 premium .pro domains in the Sedo auction. Auction ends at 12 noon EST or 5pm GMT. 177 of the domains have a reserve of up to 499 USD. Video.pro and Movies.pro have a …

This week, 919 transactions (861 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.2 million ($1.95 last week). Only 213 domains (210 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

I won a domain name on the 4th of November in an auction. I never got the “Congratulations! You have won domain(s)!” email from Pool but I also didn’t get the continuous emails telling me …