The Lantern gave an update on case I was following about an Ohio State Undergraduate Student Government (USG) campaign that was accused of failing to report a campaign expense.The campaign was found not to have …
Read More »Sedo’s 2013 Market Study: 37,241 domains sold for $70.5m (53% of the domains were .com)
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its fiscal year 2013 Annual Domain Market Study, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. An …
Read More »Update on my Go Daddy trademark problem: Go Daddy is protecting me by exposing me
Yep Go Daddy has officially lost it. They actually think that they are protecting me by keeping a trademark New gTLD domain name, I never bought, active. Are you confused? Read on… Yesterday I made …
Read More »Bing: maybe you should pay for the “perfect” domain name (or not)
Bings’s webmaster blog posted an article on whether someone starting a new website should buy that “perfect” domain name. At the beginning of the article Bind acknowledges domaining because “Domains are, essentially, real estate.”. Many …
Read More »45% Of All New gTLD Domain Names Are Registered At Go Daddy (New gTLD Registrar Market Share)
Almost 45% of all New gTLD domain names are registered with Go Daddy, eNom comes second with 8,65%, Network Solutions is third with 8,44%, United Domains is 4th with 7,89% and Name.com is 5th with …
Read More »The 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) – What You Need to Know
Last summer, ICANN announced the 2013 RAA, which was created to foster transparency and accountability in the domain name industry. The RAA is the contract registrars sign with ICANN that outlines the rules they agree …
Read More »Applicant of .secure New gTLD acquires .trust from Deutsche Post
NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, or ‘the Group’), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, has acquired the right to operate the generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) .trust from Deutsche Post, for an undisclosed …
Read More »Pharmaceutical companies filing a lot of UDRP complaints
I was going through UDRP complaint fillings and noticed that a lot of pharmaceutical companies are quite active in filing complaints lately. There was always a company that was going stronger at one time or …
Read More »Swiss domain names .ch to be registered via a registrar (and not the SWITCH registry)
The public consultation on the new Ordinance on Internet Domains (OID) runs from 12th February 2014 to 17th April 2014. The Ordinance stipulates, among other things, that end customers will no longer be able to …
Read More »Afternic adds support for first 14 New TLDs
This week Afternic added support for the first 14 New TLDs, including .GURU, .PHOTOGRAPHY, .VENTURES, .GALLERY, .HOLDINGS, .BIKE, and .SINGLES. Afternic customers can now buy and sell domains with these extensions on the one of …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales