Domain Name News

O Canada! Domainpeople Sponsors Contest for .ca Domain Websites

Domain name registrar DomainPeople today announced a ‘Tell us About Your .CA Contest’ for websites utilizing the .CA domain extension, in order to drive branding and awareness in the Canadian market. Winners will be selected based on the innovation and creativity of their website goals, and how their .CA domain is helping or will help them achieve those goals.

Security Firm ThirtySeven4 Fights Looming Internet Shutdown for Millions

Security firm Thirtyseven4, LLC creates a solution for millions of users worldwide to avoid Internet loss when the virus DNSChanger takes effect on Thursday, March 8, 2012.  DNSChanger is a Trojan that targets Internet devices such as routers or home gateways.  DNSChanger spread to millions of users worldwide through a highly efficient botnet.  An estimated four million PC’s in over one hundred countries have been compromised.

The Directi Group Launches Radix and Appoints ARI Registry Services for New ...

In an announcement set to shake up the domain name industry, Directi has appointed ARI Registry Services as the exclusive registry services provider for Radix, a new entity within the Directi Group, that will be focussed on obtaining and running new generic TLDs. The Directi Group runs multiple successful businesses in the web services space including ResellerClub, LogicBoxes, BigRock and WebHosting.info.

SedoMLS Premium Network Grows Further, with Italian Registrar Gidinet Becoming Newest...

Today, leading online domain marketplace and monetization provider Sedo announced that Italian registrar Gidinet has become the newest SedoMLS Premium partner. By joining the SedoMLS Premium network, Gidinet can now offer their customers the ability to list domains for sale in the world’s largest and only truly global domain distribution network.

Appraiso: First Intelligent Website Appraisal System

Contact: Morgan Linton
Tel. 310.926.4423
Email. <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>

IF WEBSITES ARE THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE, APPRAISO IS THE FUTURE
OF REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS
Introducing the First Intelligent Website Appraisal System

For years domain owners have traditionally monetized their portfolios using
parking services. In 2007 parking revenues started to slide and investors began
to look for alternative forms of monetization. Last year, the leading website
marketplace on the Internet, Flippa, sold over 31 million dollars in developed
domain names compared to 21 million in 2010. Now in 2012 it’s clear the virtual
real estate boom isn’t declining, it’s just getting started.

Unlike the physical real estate market, there is no standard for determining how
much a website is really worth, until now. A new company in Southern California’s
ever-growing Silicon Beach has developed a software platform that will finally
allow domain investors to accurately assess the value of a developed domain based
on real business metrics. The software is aptly named – Appraiso, and along with
being available to end-users, the system will soon be integrated-into some of the top
domain name platforms on the Internet.

“We have already seen beta testers achieve great success using our system and
we’re sure many more people will be using our software to more accurately gauge
the price of their online property,” says Linton, owner of Linton Investments LLC,
a Los Angeles-based domain name investment firm. The company already has two
API deals in the works that will add Appraiso to two of the top platforms in the
Domaining world. While in beta, a user used the system to close a major deal on a
portfolio of web properties he had been trying to sell for year. “We are confident
this will change the way people buy and sell websites forever, and we’re just getting
started!”

The algorithm is dynamic, reflecting current market value of web-property and it
continues to learn over-time. Along with estimating value, Appraiso can recognize
whether the metrics reported in a website sale are deceptive. This feature addresses
growing concerns amongst website buyers using platforms like Flippa and eBay
who have been hesitant to buy due to rampant scams that can be difficult to

identify. “We surveyed website buyers around the world and the #1 request they
made after a reliable appraisal system was a way to detect scams, so we built it!”

After a successful soft-launch of the software at the Southern California Domainer
Meet-up event held in Santa Monica this February, the company has officially
launched to the public this week. “Our goal is not only to create a standardized
system for evaluating the price of a website, we want to make the space safer
and more transparent than every before, and based on the early feedback we’ve
received, it is clear we are already making an impact!”

Uncle Sam: if It Ends in .com, It's .seizable

The U.S. government says it has the right to seize any .com, .net and .org domain name because the companies that have the contracts to administer them are based on United States soil, according to Nicole Navas, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman.

New gTLD Applicants up to 207

With the registration deadline less than four weeks away, ICANN has revealed that it has received 207 sign-ups for generic top-level domain applications.

Some Porn Domain Names Try to Sound Familiar

Within three months of the launch of the Internet “pornography” domain “.xxx,” 10 cases have been launched against Web pirates registering sites on it using the names of reputable companies and people, insiders said on Monday.

Porn Domain On Internet Touches Alarm Buttons

Within three months of the launch of the Internet “pornography” domain “.xxx,” 10 cases have been launched against Web pirates registering sites on it using the names of reputable companies and people, insiders said on Monday.

Mike Mann's Domain Asset Holdings Sells Almost $300000 in Domain Names in February

It looks like Mike Mann who founded then sold BuyDomains.com has done it all over again. He started Domain Asset Holdings from scratch at the time most thought all the good domains were gone, accumulated over 300,000 domain names again and has built …