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ICANN Further Delays .XXX Decision

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:47:28 +0000

In today’s ICANN board meeting at the 37th ICANN meeting held in Nairobi, Kenya, the board postponed a decision regarding the .XXX sTLD application and directed to solicit public comment for this application within 14 days with a comment period of no less than 45 days, allowing the board to reconsider this issue at the [...]

ICANN nixes Expression of Interest for new gTLDs

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:31:24 +0000

The ICANN board has voted down the community proposal for Expressions of Interest for new gTLD applicants, requiring a $55,000 application fee. The proposal was mainly driven by proponents and applicants for new gTLDs with the hopes of speeding up the process. (c) 2009 DomainNameNews.com Advertisement Upcoming Domain Industry Events, Conferences & Auctions

Colbert Report Mocks SurvivalSeedBank.With DomainTools.com Help

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:47:01 +0000

DNN’s crack team of roving reporters sent us a tip that Comedy Central’s Colbert Report just gave DomainTools.com some prime placement. In a report on SurvivalSeedBank.com, host Stephen Colbert mocks the website copy which states “If you don’t have the ability to grow your own food next year your life may be in danger” . [...]

Domainer Goes Road Tripping For GM & Charity- #sxswsf

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:50:13 +0000

A good friend of DNN’s and domainer (and winner of DomainFest pitchfest) is participating in the GM Road Trip Challenge. They’re competing against other teams to win money for charity. If you want to help their team, you can do so by checking out their site at their cool domain RoadChallenge.com and contributing a comment [...]

Huffington Post Gets In On Top Domain Name Story

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:45:08 +0000

With the buzz circulating around the upcoming Sex.com sale, mainstream press is picking up the story of “the world’s most expensive domains”. Several people contacted us to tell us about CNN running the Sex.com domain sale on the ticker this morning. Now HuffPo is getting in on the story with their take on the top domain [...]

Sedo Weekly Sales Chart topped by Guagua.com for $100,000 USD

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:57:40 +0000

Sedo sold Guagua.com (several meanings possible) for $100,000. Other notable sales include risultati.it (Results in Italian) for 32,000 Euro (appx. $43,000) Gastronomie.com (gastronomy in German) for 35,000 Euro (appx. 47,500 USD) and Pepe.com for 45,000 Euro (Appx. $61,400 USD). According to Domain Name Wire, the domain name had been bought by Francois of Domaining.com on [...]

Retweet.com Sells for $250,000

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:18:17 +0000

As reported by Mashable Retweet.com Sold for $250,000 on the Flippa.com market place. After receiving bids by 34 bidders up to $202,000, a new bidder joined the auction and bought the site domain for its listed BIN (buy it now) price of $250,000. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed. (c) 2009 DomainNameNews.com Advertisement Upcoming [...]

Social Domainers Launches, Wants to Help Local Domainers to Meet

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:02:24 +0000

SocialDomainers.com, a new social network for Social Domainers has just been launched by Tony Kanakaris, a Long Island, New York based domainer. The network was set up in order to help local domainers meet and connect. For today’s launch, the site is giving away an Apple iPad for the 1,000th member to sign up for [...]

Nominet Considers Release of One and Two Letter Domains

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:11:27 +0000

Following the course of other TLDs, such as .DE, Nominet has posted a document for their members and registrars proposing the release of single and double character domain names in the third level of the .UK domain (under co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk and .net.uk). The release would exclude some domains that have been registered before the [...]

National Public Radio’s New URL Shortener Is One Of Shortest Yet

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:44:53 +0000

National Public Radio now count themselves as having the tiniest shortened URL for use on Twitter and other social media sites. The organization announced their new domain N.PR yesterday on their blog. The company had been using Stumble Upon’s Su.pr url shortener on most of their Twitter accounts. NPR will continue using npr.org as their [...]

Domains in 2010

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:32:55 +0000

Well, here we are in the end of February. What have you seen so far in 2010 in regards to domains? Do you think they will rise up in value or crash? We are awaiting your comments and feedback! ~The Domain Blog

Noomle Launches Mobile System

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:54:16 +0000

As the only Ad-Hoc Development and Publishing Engine of its kind, Noomle.com is implementing mobile delivery into the value added propositions for Domain Name Owners. In continuation of its well respected “no revenue share” model, Noomle.com is adding a fully automated browser detection platform to its services to address the ever growing popularity of mobile browsing. [...]

Behind the Scenes at NamePros Live Auction

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:23:25 +0000

In this video you can see how RJ, Joseph, and I run the live auction over at NamePros. Live Auctions are held every two weeks. Enjoy!

Yahoo Renewals On The Rise

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:03:34 +0000

On July 1, 2008, Yahoo.com will raise thier renewal prices from the price of $9.95 per year to $34.95 per year. If you have domains at Yahoo, you should have recieved an email about the price increase. If not, then I suggest you turn off auto renew. Domains at Yahoo can auto renew, so you [...]

New Extension Takes On .MOBI

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:20:52 +0000

A new extension has been announced. The .TEL extension will launch in early December 2008. This extension could cause harm to .MOBI. It will be interesting to see how this extension will be adopted and used in comparison to .MOBI. The main idea behind the .TEL extension is: Integration of any and all means of [...]

Opinion: Sending Domains to Auction At Sedo

Wed, 14 May 2008 07:14:59 +0000

I don’t know who came up with this idea, but it seems to be a new trend of 2008. Several domainers came up with the idea to send your domain to auction by posting the starting bid at Sedo. Which seems ok when you first think about it. Now the topic of shill bidding arises. [...]

New Domain Auciton Site – BQB.com

Mon, 12 May 2008 02:56:03 +0000

Finally, a fresh new marketplace. I came across BQB.com, which stands for Better Quality Business. This is a auction site, similar to Afternic and Sedo, where you can list your domain names for sale. The best part about this website is that there are no fees. The only time you have to pay a fee [...]

Afternic – Another Hoax Sale

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:03:26 +0000

Once again, another domain has been listed on Afternic that has turned out to be a hoax. This time it was Auto.com. This domain was listed on Afternic, with a BIN price of only $10,000. Who in there right mind would pass this baby? A fellow NamePros member decided to take the gamble. He knew [...]

NamePros Approaches 90,000 Members

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:28:04 +0000

Our good friends at NamePros, have done it again. We reported to you in early 2007, that NamePros had passed 50,000 members. In just a little over a year, NamePros has doubled in size. Now if that is not impressive, I don’t know what is. We have noticed several changes over at NamePros. They recently added [...]

.ME To Screw End Users? The New Extension To Haunt Domainers!

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:21:18 +0000

It’s just about that time again! Recently, ICANN announced that the .ME extension will be replacing the current .YU Sub domain extension. How did the .ME extension come upon us? In 2006, the country of Montenegro declared independence from Yugoslavia. Then ICANN gave them there own ccTLD. Well now that you know a new [...]