Domaining News

Today I got an an email from the registrar NamesBeyond.com with the subject “WELCOME TO NAMESBEYOND!”. NamesBeyond is a North American registrar, and has been accredited by ICANN since 2001. All affected domain names from …

On Monday DnJournal reported that NoktaDomains has started offering their inventory of domain names for leasing. Today I got their first newsletter featuring some of their domain names with leasing prices that seem to be …

Donuts Inc., a company that has applied for 307 new gTLD strings, issued a reply to a GAC early warning made by the Government of Greece regarding the new gTLD .BASKETBALL. There are 3 applicants …

Frank Schilling’s domain ColdFront.com gets a Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling as John Berryhill gets this complaint dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The Complainant was formed in 2009 and filed for a USPTO registration of …

ICANN announced that they have added a new online service to help community members request expert speakers from ICANN to participate in events worldwide. The Speakers Bureau Request form, accessible through the CONTACT page on …

ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. This week 2 more domains have been sold (whois has not been updated): Mobil.xxx for $2,805 and Interactive.xxx for …

UDRP complaint for TheIDShop.com was dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The decision of the panel was that the Complaint should be barred by the doctrine of laches. Respondent raised the issue of laches as a …

After the success of the first .info premium auction last month, Afilias and Go daddy are now running a new .info auction featuring 135 domain names that were reserved since 2001. The auction includes premium …

Pool announced on the 20th of December that it is shutting down many of it’s registrars effective January 10, 2013. This did not come as a big surprise as Pool has not been very successful …

A UDRP complaint was filed for the domain name Outdoor-Fitness.com at the National Arbitration Forum. NAF doesn’t reveal the Complainant before the decision is in but the most obvious Complainant is the owner of the …

This week, 1055 transactions (670 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.78 million ($.87 last week). Only 300 domains (194 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other domains …

The domain name PetHotels.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $40,000 but the reserve wasn’t met. The auction had 337 bids from 321 bidders. There were 7 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. There …

Pool announced on the 20th of December that it is shutting down many of it’s registrars effective January 10, 2013. Pool’s move to shut down registrars left thousands of domains in limbo. Today Pool send an …

Frank Schilling send the January update for Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales yesterday. On Friday the broker directory on the DomainNameSales.com site was rolled out. The broker directory will let any serious broker, any salesperson, from any platform …