The European law agency Europol has seized 292 domain names in cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and 25 law enforcement agencies from 19 countries. The sites were allegedly used to sell counterfeit merchandise, such as sportswear, electronics, pharmaceuticals, but also movies and music. Countries involved were: Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, [...] Continue reading
“The week in domains” summarizes the domain name industry news on a weekly basis. Not enough time to check all the news on all the blogs? This is what you want to read. Updated throughout the week/days. Domain Name Sales TLD Investors: Daily Sales Recap 11-30-14 NetDesk.com closes at $9,400 on Go Daddy Auctions [...] Continue reading
Since the early 2000s, domain names can be registered and written in any language – for example Chinese characters are allowed in the .com namespace, 例子.com is a valid domain name. This wonderful innovation makes internet users less reliant on the English alphabet to navigate the internet – including when engaging with brands online. As [...] Continue reading
What’s the perfect thing to do after celebrating Thanksgiving with your family? Get right back to work and plan for the new year. And to get into the domaining mood right in the new year, what’s better than a domain industry conference at a low price? Today’s the last day to get your NamesCon [...] Continue reading
As of December 3rd, 2013, DENIC, the operator of the .DE ccTLD will also introduce a Redemption Grace Period (RGP) that allows the original domain owner to recover their expired domain for up to 30 days after the expiry, the same as for gTLDs. See the full press release after the jump. Redemption [...] Continue reading
Andee Hill, who recently left Escrow.com where she was Director of Business Development, has created a new licensed escrow company, Escrow Hill Limited with he backing of entrepreneur Gregg McNair. “When Andee told me she was thinking about forming her own escrow business I was immediately enthusiastic. I have a reputation of connecting some [...] Continue reading
We were will be live blogging the results of the inaugural Heritage Auctions Domain Event in New York City today. There are no guarantees that this list is correct or complete as this are not official or officially approved results. The auction sold 26 out of the 68 domains for a total of $419,970. Domains that [...] Continue reading