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 …
Read More »Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales January Update
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 …
Read More »Sedo Partners With Chinese Registrar 66.cn
Sedo’s latest partnership is with Chinese registrar 66.cn. Customers searching for domains at 66.cn’s site will see premium domain listings available for purchase at Sedo, and be redirected to the Sedo website via a “for …
Read More »Will Twitter Win The UDRP Complaint For Twitter.org?
Twitter, Inc filed a UDRP dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name twitter.org. The domain was registered in October 2005 and Twitter didn’t even exist as an idea at that …
Read More »New HuntingMoon.com Marketplace is now Live
I have used Hunting Moon to buy a few domain names in the past, mostly adult. I got an email today that they have relaunched their marketplace and that they are running an auction called …
Read More »Go Daddy starts offering .ca IDNs
Starting January 13 Go Daddy started supporting .ca Internationalized Domain Names with French characters. This means French-Canadian individuals and businesses can now register the English and French versions of their domain name. The .ca registration …
Read More »Richemont International, owner of IWC watches, files 7 UDRP complaints
Richemont International SA, owner of IWC watches, filed 7 UDRP complaints on a single day (10th of January 2013) with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. All complaints are related to their IWC trademark. Some of …
Read More »ICANN sends notices of breach to 10 registrars
As of 11 January 2013, 10 ICANN accredited registrar are in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). ICANN requests that these 10 registrars cure …
Read More »Ziff Davis and Cnet are parking unused domains at Sedo and Domain Sponsor
I see Ziff Davis and Cnet parking unused domains at Sedo and Domain Sponsor and I start thinking if domain name parking is dead or not. Sure earnings have dropped in the past few years …
Read More »DOA.com sells for $74,400 at Namejet in a public auction
DOA.com sold for $74,400 at Namejet in a public auction. There were 10 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. 2 bidders carried the auction from $15k up to $74k. The auction had 369 bid from 300 …
Read More »ICANN Ombudsman defends his role in providing transparency at ICANN
After a research paper from University of St.Gallen and Harvard accused ICANN of transparency deficits, ICANN Ombudsman defended his role by saying that “the Office of the Ombudsman, with access to information, and the ability …
Read More »UDRP complaint for grief.net and grief-recovery.com is dismissed because of pending litigation
UDRP complaint for grief.net and grief-recovery.com was dismissed at the National Arbitration Forum. The decision of the panel was not to proceed with the UDRP because of a pending litigation. The three member Panel said …
Read More »Verisign Declines Voluntary Participation in the .net Contractual Compliance Audit Requested by ICANN
ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) requested from Verisign (the .com and .net registry operator) a contractual compliance audit for the .net TLD. With a letter dated 8 of January 2013 to ICANN, …
Read More »GasStations.com sells for $25,300 at Namejet – Ambitious.com didn’t reach reserve
GasStations.com sold for $25,300 at Namejet in a public auction. The domain probably had a $25k reserve. 3 bidders went over the reserve. The auction had 276 bid from 217 bidders. The domain name Ambitious.com didn’t sell at …
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