Nora Nanayakkara has successfully been elected by Nominet?s membership as a Non Executive Director (NED) of the organization. Non Exec Directors… Nora Nanayakkara wins Non Executive Director position at NominetNora Nanayakkara has successfully been elected by Nominet’s membership as a Non Executive Director (NED) of the organization. Non Exec Directors are elected every two years [...]
DomainSponsor has announced that DOMAINFest Global, the largest event in the domain name industry, will be moving to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, a stunning beach venue located in Santa Monica, California. The event, which was previously held in Los Angeles and Hollywood, will take place from January 26-28, 2010. Online registration will open on August [...]
SnapNames “Summer Stimulus” auction – the first in a series of monthly domain name showcase auctions – is underway and will run until July 21 at 3:15pm EDT. Here are just a few of the available domain names (click here for the full list): No Reserve Inventory: longweekend.com degreeprograms.com lukewarm.com concerning.com arcadegame.net discountprescriptions.net contemplating.com headbutt.com [...]
According to a filing with the Australian Stock Exchange (PDF), Dark Blue Sea (ASX:DBS, the parent company of Fabulous.com and the Domain Distribution Network (DDN), domain registrar GoDaddy has canceled their distribution agreement. This means that as of August 13th, 2009 GoDaddy is no longer listing domains from their own “Fabulous Domains” portfolio and domains [...]
Sedo reported one of its strongest weeks in recent memory with over $750,000 worth of domain sales including Hardware.de for $148,000 (€105,910), Ego.com for $75,000, Entsorgung.de (”Disposal” in German) for $70,000 (€49,980), and a trio of “bling bling” domains (blingbling.com, bling-bling.com, and blingbling.co.uk) for $60,000. Check out the full sales report – which includes a [...]
AfternicDLS had another strong week posting over $450,000 worth of domain sales including Howes.com for $10,000, Fabo.com for $9,600, and Chaquetas.com for $9,000. Check out the full list of weekly sales after the jump… .COM Domains Price howes.com $10,000 fabo.com $9,600 chaquetas.com $9,000 medicationmanagement.com $6,400 YLA.com $5,000 kavun.com $4,050 nationalresponse.com $3,688 bidfun.com $3,588 broadbandentertainment.com $3,588 [...]
TMZ has reported that Amanda Beard has filed a lawsuit against GoDaddy – claiming that the domain registrar exploited her name and image on their website without permission after the two agreed to part ways. While Beard is supposedly seeking unspecified damages in this case, TMZ also mentioned that a GoDaddy rep called the suit [...]
Karen Bernstein, a New York City domain dispute attorney, is urging domainers to fight back and protect their rights after seeing business owners use the UDRP process to force domain transfers time and time again. In one of Ms. Bernstein’s recent cases she was able to defend WeDirect Inc.’s ownership for www.CheapAutoInsurance.com despite the complainant [...]
Toronto, ON – July 13, 2009 – DNEvents.com has announced that the early-bird registration period has started for Domain Convergence, a two-day domain conference scheduled for August 13 and 14, 2009 at the Radisson Admiral Habourfront Hotel in Toronto, Ontario. By registering before July 20, 2009, conference attendees can save up to $100! Domain Convergence [...]
As DNJournal reported we know that at least one fellow Domainer was also present at the Jackson Memorial Event Tuesday this week. Of course this celebrity death also created lots of domain name business, or at least attempts to capitalize his death. However when we checked the whois of MichaelJacksonIsDead.com we were surprised that the [...]