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Domain Name Trader Sells Hobart.com.au for $65,000 After Buying for $875 in 2005
September 21, 2012 @ 8:51 AMAn Australian domain name company has sold Hobart.com.au for $65,000 to a website hosting business after purchasing the website for just $875 back in 2005, highlighting the potential riches in buying and selling geographic domains.
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Above.com Launches New Domain Investor Platform
September 20, 2012 @ 8:10 AMAbove.com, a leading domain monetization management company, announced today the addition of a new Domain Name Marketplace, Domain Registrar and Escrow to their existing Above Parking Manager service. The fully integrated services combine to create a complete Domain Name Investor Platform.
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DomainFest Dates Confirmed, Feb 5-8, 2013
September 20, 2012 @ 7:39 AMWith the TRAFFIC conference right around the corner, many domainers may be wondering if DomainFest is still going to occur. Andrew at DNW heard from Oversee that the show was still going on and Moniker is already taking auction submission, but it sure would be nice to make travel arrangements soon.
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Lucky EarPods.com Domain Owner Wins The Apple Lottery, Could Net $2 Million
September 20, 2012 @ 7:37 AMWant to feel super jealous of someone who struck gold with a super lucky domain name purchase? Keep reading. Way back in 2004, an unnamed client of domain brokerage firm DNSR bought a URL: EarPods.com.
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Moniker Accepting Auction Submissions for DOMAINfest 2013
September 19, 2012 @ 1:20 PMIt looks like Moniker and SnapNames will hold an auction in conjunction with Oversee.net’s DOMAINfest Global 2013 conference next year.
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Interviewer Becomes Interviewee - Michael Cyger on Hashtags.org
September 19, 2012 @ 9:32 AMMorgan Linton sits down with Michael Cyger and mines the data behind the launch of Hashtags.org
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City of Paris Ordered to Pay $100k for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
September 18, 2012 @ 7:10 AMA U.S. federal district court has ordered Ville de Paris (City of Paris) to pay $100,000 for reverse domain name hijacking and tortious interference. Judge Melinda Harmon also ordered the city to pay $26,830 in attorney’s fees and costs.
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SEO Firm Claims UDRP Domain Panelists Can Be Bought
September 17, 2012 @ 9:12 AMSEO Firm Ayima, based in the United Kingdom, claims that panelists that are a part of the UDRP domain name dispute process, can be bought. Apparently if you hire this SEO firm, they claim that you can acquire a domain name using their team of lawyers “who are panelists on the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’s Domain Name Panel”.
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Complaint Denied: First-Ever $1 Million Domain WallStreet.com Not Handed Over
September 17, 2012 @ 8:59 AMBack in June, Wall-Street.com LLC filed a UDRP against the owner of WallStreet.com. The complaint has now been denied by a three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel.
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Rwanda: Nation's Top Web Domain Handed Over
September 14, 2012 @ 1:11 PMAfter a seven-year long process of transferring Rwanda’s Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), “.rw”- from Belgium, finally Rwandans can now manage their national identity.
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