Domain Name Wire for Domain - January's top domain stories
Domain Name Wire for Domain
January 28, 2012
Top domain news stories for January
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OK, now on to the list:
1. Kim Kardashian, the domainer - she apparently has something
to do with online business. I'm just not sure what yet.
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2. Why $1.2 million for Rockies.com didn't pass my sniff test -
The big sale that wasn't.
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3. Rachael Ray buys her husband's name
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4. Go Daddy revamps Executive Accounts, splits into 2 tiers -
it's now tougher to get status, too.
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5. Domain registrar powers Kim Dotcom's new Mega - Instra partners
with Mr. Dotcom.
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* Verisign's patents: who will the company go after?
* Go Daddy finally offers a CDN, but it's limited right now
* New TLD applicant that misspelled string finally fixes it
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| Sedo to broker Internet Real Estate Group’s Chocolate.com Domain & Site Posted: 28 Jan 2013 06:31 AM PST Sedo is brokering Internet Real Estate Group’s Chocolate.com and the web business. The site is a marketplace for fine chocolates that lists 250 vendors and their over 5,000 products.
The name and website has been listed before for $6MM USD. Sedo has not published an asking price and the domain has yet to actually be listed in the marketplace. [via Press Release] Disclaimer: DNN's co-founder and managing editor, Frank Michlick, consults SedoMLS through his company DomainCocoon. Related posts:
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| And here is the court order that stopped the deletion of publication.com Posted: 14 Jan 2013 09:12 AM PST In the case of the non-deletion of publication.com last Friday, DNN has now obtained a copy of the court order that prevented the deletion and you can see it here (PDF). Please note that this is the unsigned version of the restraining order as it was currently published by the court, but DNN does have a copy of the signed version as well. The order was enacted by Hon. Stanley R. Chesler, the United States District Judge for New Jersey at 10:30am EST the day of the deletion. As background information, there are some additional documents showing an email exchange on the evening preceding the scheduled deletion between the registrant of the domain, Blake Ellman and James Hubler, Senior Corporate Counsel at Verisign. In the emails Hubler agrees to stop the deletion of the domain if a court order meeting the following conditions is received before 11am on the day of the deletion:
We were not able to locate any other suit as referred to in the exchange. Since the deletion of the name was stopped, Verisign did accept the order of the District Court. The complaint also includes some background information that states that the domain in question was deleted due to an “inadvertent mistake of ‘Dotster/domain.com’“. DNN has reached out to the other involved parties for comment. Related articles (external) Related posts:
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Why $1.2 million for Rockies.com didn't pass my sniff test
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Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction
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Demand Media acquires Name.com as registrar consolidation continues
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| Publication.com deletion stopped by court order Posted: 12 Jan 2013 01:56 PM PST Many domain investors were wondering yesterday why Publication.com was renewed during the deletion process. VeriSign (VRSN) apparently received a court order forbidding them to delete the domain. Here is an official statement from VeriSign that we received a few minutes ago:
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| Why did publication.com not drop today? Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:54 AM PST The name publication.com was scheduled to be deleted today and had a large number of interest with the various backorder platforms – for example over 170 bidders at Namejet and pre-bids over $3,000. The drop just completed, yet the name was not deleted. Here is the whois as it was displayed earlier today:
However when we checked the domain name during the early drop, it had been redeemed – something that I didn’t think was possible when a domain is in “pending-delete” status.
If you check the domain name now, it has been renewed by another five years. Judging from our records, the update happened after 2pm EST, while the drop was running already:
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| Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:03 AM PST
Demand Media just announced this morning that the are acquiring the retail registrar name.com. name.com was founded by Bill Mushkin in 2003. Demand Media also owns eNom and BulkRegistrar.com and is an active player in the new gTLD space. The acquisition will increase their reach into direct domain sales. Santa Monica, California – January 7, 2013 – Demand Media® (NYSE: DMD), a leading digital media company, today announced the acquisition of Denver-based Name.com, a domain name registrar known for its strong retail footprint, award-winning customer service and creative spirit. The acquisition is intended to expand Demand Media's platform as it prepares for the historic release of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) this year. Founded in 2003, Name.com customers have registered nearly 1.5 million domains, and use the company's tools and services to grow their online presence. As the second largest registrar in the world, Demand Media's eNom subsidiary has over 13.5 million domain names on its platform registered by over 8,800 resellers and partners. "Name.com will provide a direct channel for us to reach consumers and small businesses as they develop and manage their online identities," said Richard Rosenblatt, chairman and CEO, Demand Media. "This becomes even more valuable as over one thousand new domain extensions are expected to become available for registration in the years ahead."
In 2011, ICANN initiated the process for creating new domain extensions as a way to increase domain name choices for memorable or descriptive web addresses (for example, integritymortgagesolutions.com can become integrity.mortgage or integritymortgage.solutions) and help organize websites and information better (for example, gwathmey-siegel.com could end in a domain extension that maps to the nature of the business, such as .law, .architect or .cpa). Last June, ICANN announced it had received 1,930 applications for new TLDs that were submitted by entrepreneurs, businesses, governments and communities around the world looking to operate a TLD registry of their own choosing. Demand Media will retain the Denver-based team and the business will report to Taryn Naidu, executive vice president, Registrar Services. "Our strategy is to provide an end-to-end solution for all things domains — whether you are looking to consume or distribute names and services," said Naidu. "Name.com brings innovation, creativity and a deep commitment to their customers – factors which we believe are essential in the environment of new gTLDs." [via Press Release] Related posts:
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| Godaddy Reverses Multiple Groupon Code Redemptions Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:47 PM PST Lots of buzz surrounded the end of the year Godaddy Groupon code deal. For $25 the deal would get you $70 in credit on godaddy. The credit applied to anything they sold, including premium domain listings as some reported. Some domainers/couponers went all-in buying groupons from the 70 or so cities that had the coupons available. Godaddy has plugged that leak and reversed all those extra credits. As my grandfather taught me, “if it’s too good to be true, then it probably is”. I have to admit I jumped in to this and bought a few extra. I have thousands of names and using these on renewals was too good of a deal to pass up. I just checked my account after seeing Domain Shane’s post and all charges have been reversed. As Shane put it “Godaddy Blows It Again“. Oh well it was a nice idea for someone else to do right next time. I bet Namecheap.com has some ideas up their sleeves already. There’s been no news on what happened to the money I spent on those codes. I suspect I’ll see all the extra charges go back on to my credit card. Anyone who bought extra credits and applied them to big purchases, please let us know what happened to those purchases. Related posts:
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Domain Name News: “.ORG increases prices to Registrars by 10%” plus 2 more
Domain Name News: “.ORG increases prices to Registrars by 10%” plus 2 more |
- .ORG increases prices to Registrars by 10%
- Seven Hours to register for Webfest Global at the Early Bird rate
- Godaddy Groupon Deal Almost Over
| .ORG increases prices to Registrars by 10% Posted: 31 Dec 2012 05:13 PM PST As reported by InternetNews.me, PIR, the registry operating the .ORG gTLD has announce a price increase of 10% effective July 1st, 2013. The new price to registrars will be $8.25, an effective increase of $0.55 per domain name year. This makes .ORG more expensive that .COM ($7.85) as of mid next year.  Public Interest Registry Related posts:
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| Seven Hours to register for Webfest Global at the Early Bird rate Posted: 31 Dec 2012 05:08 PM PST You a little less than 7 hours of the time of this post to register for next year’s Webfest Global in Santa Monica (formerly known as DOMAINfest Global) for $1,095. The rate will increase by $200 as of tomorrow. Webfest Global will be organized by Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor and will be held atFebruary 5-7, 2013 at the Fairmont Santa Monica. The even features a party at Samuel Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Pavilion on February 6th. Webfest Global conference attendees will enjoy the rare opportunity of having dinner and cocktails directly under this amazing vehicle. Former NASA Astronaut Garrett Reisman will make a special appearance to share stories, answer questions and show souvenirs from past missions. Another great night is planned at The Magic Castle where DomainSponsor has reserved the entire nightclub for its farewell dinner party. Built in 1908, the Magic Castle is an historic Victorian manor that was a showplace for some of the world's greatest magicians. Since the Magic Castle is a private club, this is a rare chance to gain entrance and witness magical performances up close and personal.
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| Godaddy Groupon Deal Almost Over Posted: 31 Dec 2012 03:56 PM PST Update on the Groupon Deal. Yea we’re going there. . . . one last time because the savings is pretty hard to beat. These cities were still open for deals as of this writing. dayton Replace the link below with the city above and you can buy more than one deal. http://www.groupon.com/deals/go-daddy-com-december-lincoln?utm_campaign=UserReferral_rp&utm_medium=raf-121015-10r1act-lk&utm_source=uu4998522&z=dealpage Related posts:
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