The Pirate Bay, the popular torrent search engine, just moved to a new domain name thepiratebay.ac after the domain ThePirateBay.sx was seized. After a long lasting pressure from the entertainment industry the domain registry of …
Read More »DomainNameSales promoting brokering services – How to assign specific portfolios to DNS brokers
DomainNameSales is heavily promoting its brokering services. It has gone thus far as changing, temporarily, its logo. Here is the new “promotion” logo with the “Try our brokers” slogan: They have also added a link …
Read More »SnapNames Launches .CO.UK and .CN Domain Backorders and Auctions
SnapNames announced today that .CO.UK and .CN domain names are now available for drop-catching through its online marketplace. .CO.UK and .CN are the world’s third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions. Here …
Read More »Jeffrey Gabriel, VP of Sales DomainNameSales, replies to my Go Daddy syndication problems
I made a post last week detailing my first 2 months syndicating my DomainNameSales domains to Go Daddy. I didn’t have any luck with the syndication and received very few offers and 0 sales. Today …
Read More »Sedo sells pizza.nl for 75000 Euro ($103,318 USD) to the owner of takeaway.com
Sedo just announced the sale of the domain pizza.nl for 75000 Euro or $103,318 USD. The domain was originally registered in 1996. The domain was bought by dutch company Thuisbezorgd.NL and is currently redirecting to …
Read More »Dot Com is Dead? Seriously? Is Mind + Machines trying to get domainers mad?
Minds + Machines is currently running a Facebook ad that says “Dot Com is Dead” and below it says “Long live the new Top Level Domains”. I won’t even comment of this “Dot Com is …
Read More »Flippa is offering 50% Off Domain Listings for the next week
For the next week, you get 50% off the domain listing fee at Flippa. Also starting today, you also get half-price relists. Flippa has also made it easier for you to browse domains. You can now search …
Read More »Romania plans to introduce yearly renewal fee for .ro domain names
A recent Government proposal calls that owners of Romanian .ro domain names should pay an annual fee starting next year, to renew ownership of their domain. It is not yet clear what the renewal fee …
Read More »ICANN sends notice of breach to registrar Jetpack Domains, Inc.
As of 5th of December 2013, 1 more ICANN accredited registrar (Jetpack Domains, Inc.) is in breach of their Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Please be …
Read More »UDRP reform: here is an incredible idea from the Intellectual Property Owners Association
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) send a letter to ICANN to voice the concerns of brand owners regarding ICANN’s New gTLD Registry Agreement (Registry Agreement) regarding registry reservation of second level domain names. IPO’s …
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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