OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions

Do we really need an .hiv new gTLD? No, we don’t! Sorry. DotHIV had collected funding of over $470,000 at the time of submitting the new gTLD application. I am sure they have spend and …

This week, 951 transactions (948 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million ($1.6 last week). Only 264 domains (245 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

I was doing the monthly domain name renewals yesterday. As I was going through my domain names, day after day, I realized that there was not a single day of the month that I didn’t …

The domain AudioPlayer.com sold today at NameJet for $2,050. The domain was not expired. It was auctioned of by the owner, Mrs Jello, LLC. Domainer Igal Lichtman (aka Mrs. Jello) has sold domains at NameJet …

Do you remember the 9 missing .org domains from Project94.org? According to PIR’s Public Relations firm the remaining 9 are country codes and will be allocated accordingly. I got this note after someone from the …

The domain name 1988.com sold for $20,499 at NameJet yesterday. It was one of the busiest auctions I have seen lately with 347 bids and 299 participating bidders. There were 6 bidders with a bid …

The DotWeekly disaster (where the owner lost 7 years of work) got me thinking. I do an onsite backup regularly but that might not be enough. I was searching for an online backup option and …

Complainant filed for a UDRP for the domain gtms.com because Respondent didn’t reply to their interest of purchasing the domain name. The domain was registered 8 years before Complainant registered its “gtms” trademark. Complainant used …

EuRid, the .eu registry operator,.eu introduced a revised trade and transfer procedure for .eu domains names today, 21 November 2012. The revised procedure aims to automate the .eu trade and transfer process, making it more user …

This week, 948 transactions (919 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million ($2.2 last week). Only 245 domains (213 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …