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The 3 companies involved in the .ORG domain name extension sale, PIR, Internet Society and Ethos Capital, created a new website about the .ORG sale: keypointsabout.org. This seems like a reply to the website created …

I guess you have by now heard the news about the .org extension being sold to Ethos Capital. A Medium post claims that there are more investors besides Ethos Capital and behind these investment firms …

I have a few important details and comments on Michael Sumner’s “Don’t Shoot for the Moon” post on Namebio.com about Mike Mann’s domain sales that people must consider. First of all I have to say …

I just got payment from Oliver Hoger for the money he owed me for a year for the attorney fees after he had his injunction denied. Just to make everything clear, the order for the …

ICA calls for ICANN to withhold approval of purported .Org registry sale. The original justification for awarding the .Org registry contract to ISOC was its public interest focus and commitments. If ISOC is no longer …

Oliver Hoger still owes me the attorney fees after 1 year since he lost in the Greek courts. If you don’t know what happened then please read these 3 articles: Namejet domain name auction front …

I am mad so all I can say today is that we got screwed as expected. .ORG just got sold to a private equity firm called Ethos Capital. Prepare for the $200 per year .org …

In the past couple of days I have received 3 similar offers for 3 completely different types of domains and extensions. All 3 offers were for $10k but the domains and my asking prices are …

What is front-running and how does it apply to domain names? Last month the 10-day auction for domain name detour.com was supposed to end at GoDaddy. The bids were above $30k but the domain was …

Many people have no respect for intangible things. Many people don’t understand how and why intangible things can cost (a lot of) money or simply pretend not to understand and play stupid to get a …

I got an email that quickly summarizes what is wrong with some newbies (and sometimes not newbies) in domaining. From: alexisq0yeuclark @ gmail.com Hello! I noticed you have copyrightfilters.com. Are you interested in rightfilters.com? If …

Here are some news that came out over the weekend from Mike Mann and Rick Schwartz. Rick Schwartz Rick announced that he will be using Rick.tv as the home of all the videos he has …

ICANN’s Ombudsman, Herb Waye called the 3,200 comments we, the registrants, submitted for the .org contract renewal (and the removal of price caps) SPAM. Or at least many of them were SPAM: “As far as …

Do you ever wonder why some of your potential buyers go MIA after you reply to a domain name inquiry? I did and I realized that I had an email deliverability problem. But how did …