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Intuit buys Apps.net for 24,100 EUR among 25 end user domain sales
by Andrew Allemann on May.16, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Intuit picks up Apps.net domain name and other notable domain purchases. The biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report is Intuit. The company (of Quicken and Quickbooks fame) bought Apps.net for EUR 21,400 at Sedo. It already owns Apps.com. It offers Intuit Apps for many of its products. Here are other domain
UK insurer first to lose .xxx dispute
by Andrew Allemann on May.16, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Request for .xxx domain name denied. United Kingdom insurance company BGL Group Limited, better known as CompareTheMarket.com, is the first complainant to lose a UDRP for a .xxx domain name. The company filed the complaint against UK resident Jon Watkins, who registered the domain back in December when .xxx became generally available…
Zimbabwe.com seller takes huge loss
by Andrew Allemann on May.15, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Zimbabwe.com sells for a fraction of what it sold for in 2007. We always hear stories about people who bought domains and flipped them for many times their purchase price. But the opposite also happens. Take the case of Zimbabwe.com, which just sold for $42,500 at Sedo. The last time this domain (reported) sold was
Here’s what law enforcement wants you to do before registering a domain…
by Andrew Allemann on May.15, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Registering a domain name might become a lot more time intensive in the future. Negotiations between ICANN and registrars to amend the registrar accreditation agreement are ongoing, and law enforcement agencies are asking for some pretty big changes to how domains are registered today. Law enforcement proposals relate to verifying wh…
Bari Meyerson latest to change jobs within domain industry
by Andrew Allemann on May.15, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Meyerson lands at eNom. Once people discover the domain industry and all it has to offer, it’s hard to move to any other industry. The latest move comes courtesy of Bari Meyerson. Meyerson left her long-time post at Moniker as it was being sold to Key Drive. Today eNom announced that it has hired Meyerson
Review: Twitter self service advertising tool
by Andrew Allemann on May.15, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: A great way to boost your social presence, but light on analytics. I have a confession to make: I’ve been buying Twitter followers. 87 of them to date. It all started when I saw a promotional tweet from American Express offering $100 in Twitter advertising credits to small business owners that wanted to try out
Like I said, TAS problems doom Digital Archery
by Andrew Allemann on May.15, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: IPC questions ICANN’s ability to execute digital archery. Digital archery is doomed. The clever way ICANN plans to “batch” applications for new top level domains will either be killed, or it will be subject to accusations and lawsuits. Shortly after the bug in ICANN’s new TLD application system was revealed I …
The inside story of Mama.com
by Andrew Allemann on May.14, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: Mamma.com owner selling Mama.com. I was originally a bit surprised to see mama.com in Moniker’s Spring Auction ending this week. Then I realized the domain on auction is actually a typo of the once popular search engine Mamma.com — not the search engine itself. Well, sort of a typo, as I later found out. I
Now this is a creative UDRP argument
by Andrew Allemann on May.14, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: You violated someone’s rights when you registered the domain, even if it wasn’t our rights. Think you’ve seen them all? Here’s a very creative argument from Stabilus GmbH, maker of electronic tailgate openers, on why a UDRP panel should give it the domain powerise.com. Stabilus started using the “Poweris…
I ordered a new license plate…
by Andrew Allemann on May.14, 2012, under News
Domain Name Wire: What do you think? Texas now allows you to order a dot on personalized license plates. It only works on some of the designs, though. This is technically just a six character license plate since the dot doesn’t really count. But if you have a three letter .com to promote, why not? Here are some