Jack Abramoff fails in arbitration over domain name. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) can keep the domain name JackAbramoff.com, a National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled. Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff filed the complaint arguing that the DCCC was using the domain name to disrupt his business, which includes speaking engagements and selling books. The [...] Continue reading →

A three member UDRP panel refused to award the domain name JackAbramoff.com to Jack Abramoff. The domain is owned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) who has been using it for less than flattering  purposes but what the panel found to be protected political speech. Its clear the panel didn’t buy any of Mr. [...] Continue reading →

The news about Google acquiring social media managing platform, Wildfire, spread like – well – wildfire, across the universe of social media. The moolah invested was $250 million. In other words, digital ice was once again sold to the Eskimo, and by that we have no racial bias against the native tribes of Inuit, ok? [...] Continue reading →

This past week, 823 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: Top .com: expecting.com at 49,999 USD Top ccTLD: gr.ee at 21,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: finances.net at 10,500 EUR See [...] Continue reading →

We all take the Sedo sales list and try and figure out trends. What are people buying and how do I add similar names to my portfolio?  Good luck this week.  Many of these names aren’t names I would have thought had any chance of reaching these types of numbers.  Kudos to Sedo for providing [...] Continue reading →

Sedo just posted its weekly sales report which includes transactions which they acted as escrow agent. In all, 823 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.3 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: expecting.com at 49,999 USD [...] Continue reading →

The Orange County Register ran an article today asking local business owners what keeps them up at night. Many local business owners were asked, and Orange County-based Escrow.com CEO Brandon Abbey has something positive that is keeping him up – his company’s continued growth. Buoyed at least partially by solid domain transactions, Escrow.com has experienced [...] Continue reading →