Domaining News

Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), today announced domain sales for the first quarter of 2013 were $1.4 million, which was comprised of 50 domains sold. In the fourth quarter of 2012, …

Both Moniker and Snapnames websites are not responding at the moment. I was trying to backorder a domain and when that failed I remembered I wanted to renew some of my expiring domains at Moniker. …

Here are some of the most notable sales at Sedo during the past week. These are sales that were published after the latest Sedo report was released last Tuesday. Please find below the list of …

I got an inquiry through Domain Name Sales (Internet Traffic) for one of my domain names. The domain has a lot of traffic and it was registered in 1999. The IP address revealed that the …

The confirmed 46 sales reached $300,630 this week. ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. So far 55 domain names have been removed from this list …

VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Verisign got a 15% year-over-year revenue growth in Q1 2013. The domain related numbers are: Verisign Registry Services added 1.99 million net …

The National Arbitration Forum (FORUM), an international provider of dispute resolution services, today announced that a total of 2,060 cases were filed in its domain name dispute resolution program in 2012, down 22 cases from …

Avaya Inc., a multinational company with over 17,500 employees worldwide, was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking by a 3-member Panel at the National Arbitration Forum. I represented the Respondent, Avayo Electronics, in these proceedings. Avaya …

As of 23 April 2013, 3 ICANN accredited registrars are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these 3 registrars cure …

During the regular meeting of the ICANN Board on 11 April 2013 the ICANN President and CEO was authorized to implement either the resolutions relating to a liaison office or the resolutions relating to the …

This week, 756 transactions (749 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 million ($1.92 last week). Only 249 domains (257 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

The National Arbitration Forum published its proposed URS Supplemental Rules that includes the URS fee structure: Fee Type Paid By Amount Refundable/to whom? Filing Fee Complainant # of DN Fee No 1-15 $375 16-50 $400 …

ICANN is looking to solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings. Comment Open Date: 23 April 2013 Comment Close …

From April 9 to April 18, 2013, Namejet/Enom offered on 3 day auctions 39 rare, valuable one and two character .org domain names. 23 of the total 39 domains were sold in this auction with a …