20
Dec
Job.at sold for €408,000 this week, the highest value of any .at domain name sold to date, and second highest value of any domain name sold in a German-speaking country. The highest known sale prior to this was Mozart.at for €70,000 in the .AT ccTLD and US$695,000 for poker.de, bought by a German company. There […]
20
Dec
Serbian Registry of Domain Names (RNIDS) adopted on October 26, 2007 new regulations on .rs ccTLD. .rs stands for the Republic of Serbia. It was previously .yu ccTLD, which stood for Yugoslavia.
According to the new regulations, both foreign and domestic individuals and legal entities are now eligible to register an unlimited number of .rs domains […]
20
Dec
NameMedia, has began auctioning expired domain names, using their Afternic platform.
The auction service went live on 19th December.
Based on a preliminary check of 6 domains on the list, the company appears to have struck a deal with domain registrar Melbourne IT. According to RegistrarStats, Melbourne IT is the 5th largest domain registrar with 4.9 […]
8
Dec
One of the bidder, Constantine Giorgio, for music.mobi posted the following on NamePros.com and DnForum.com. Music.mobi was sold to the highest bidder Alvaro Albarracin for $616,000.
I bid $611,000 for music.mobi - Lawsuit Pending
Hello everyone,
I have been a part of this SEDO .mobi auction auction and I am the one responsible for the bid $611,000 for music.mobi.
However I […]
8
Dec
Nick Miller
December 8, 2007
ANZ Bank has taken action to reclaim two websites from Asian cyber squatters who used the bank’s name to attract visitors, but made money by selling links to the ANZ’s competitors and pornography.
A leading arbitrator says this kind of cyber squatting — known as “domaining” — is increasing and warns Australian […]
7
Dec
Meet the Executives, Entrepreneurs, and cutting-edge innovators who have positively influenced today’s domain industry business agenda.The names presented here weren’t selected on the basis of fame, net worth, or the accomplishments of yesteryears. Instead my goal was to identify people whose ideas, products, pioneering accomplishments and industry insights have or are changing the world of domaining. […]
7
Dec
Dun & Bradstreet Corp. Buys AllBusiness.com for $55 Million, Raises 2008 Revenue Guidance
December 04, 2007: 05:16 PM EST
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Dun & Bradstreet Corp., a business information company, said Tuesday it has bought AllBusiness.com for $55 million and subsequently raised its 2008 revenue outlook to account for the acquisition.
Dun & Bradstreet bought the […]
7
Dec
dotMobi fans are cheering today after Sedo concluded its most successful .mobi auction to date. According to an unofficial tally from Domain Name Wire, the auction cleared $1.5M in sales. The highest sale was Music.mobi, which sold for an astonishing $616,000. Games.mobi sold for $401,500. Compare this to the record sale prior to this event, […]
7
Dec
Live Domain Auction Results
PubCon Live Domain Name Sales Results
Sold Price
Grandpa.com
$55,000
FamilyServices.com
$45,000
MortgageRates.org
$17,000
BlindDating.com
$14,000
ComputerDiscounts.com
$10,000
SEONews.com
$8,750
CommuterFlights.com
$8,000
DisabilityPolicy.com
$7,000
BadCreditSolutions.com
$5,500
TermLifePolicies.com
$5,400
SchoolPicture.com
$4,750
ShowDisplays.com
$4,750
DiscountShopping.net
$4,500
PinkLemonade.com
$4,300
TermInsurancePolicy.com and TermInsurancePolicies.com
$3,500
DiscountCallingCard.com
$3,000
FreeCashAdvance.com and FreeCashAdvances.com
$3,000
WeeklyDiscounts.com
$2,750
LaserCopiers.com
$2,500
CustomerLoyaltyProgram.com
$2,500
BalancedFunds.com
$2,250
FreeLabor.com
$2,200
SearchEngineOptimization.us
$2,000
SportbookBets.com
$1,950
TextingPlan.com
$1,750
GroupLifePolicy.com and GroupLifePolicies.com
$1,750
AffiliateCourse.com
$1,500
EarlyBirdDiscount.com
$1,500
GroupInsurancePolicy.com
$1,100
BusinessNotebooks.com
$1,100
NewVehicleFinancing.com
$1,100
DisabilityPolicies.com
$1,000
FreightDelivery.com
$900
BillingPlans.com
$900
FirstClassUpgrade.com and FirstClassUpgrades.com
$900
SellDVDs.com
$900
DigitalCameraParts.com and DigitalCameraRepair.com
$800
CollegeSavingsProgram.com
$800
FloridaSailBoatRentals.com
$750
AutomaticPayment.com
$700
FloodInsurancePolicies.com
$700
ConsolidatedMonthlyPayments.com
$700
JuiceMixers.com
$600
DogShowTickets.com
$600
GlassPanels.com
$600
AssociateDegree.org
$600
TemporaryEmail.com
$600
AntiquePaintings.net
$500
HerbMedicines.com
$500
CompactDiscPlayer.com and CompactDiskPlayer.com
$400
OfficeFurnitureSets.com
$400
BackToSchoolDiscounts.com
$350
CamcorderEquipment.com
$300
AcademicRecords.com
$300
EmployeeBenefitsPlans.com
$300
cBatteries.com
$200
DesktopReplacement.com
$200
CollegeTuitionAccounts.com
$200
ConstructionLoanApplication.com
$200
DiscountHomeGyms.com
$200
Source
7
Dec
Suzanne Tindal ZDNet Australia
Registering a domain name similar to that of another organisation and then using the URL to protest against its namesake’s products or services is acceptable, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Erik Wilbers, acting director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), says that companies will […]