If Microsoft has learned anything from its previous mistakes with launching a product without the matching domains — then it’s quite possible that the company’s next generation console will be called the “Xbox Fusion”. Microsoft owns the name in a variety of different extensions and it has for years. Speculation about the name being [...] Continue reading →

The Nominating Committee (NomCom) is tasked with recruiting to key leadership positions within ICANN. This year's NomCom is searching for 3 ICANN Board members, 3 members of the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), 2 people to sit on the Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO) Council and one person for [...] Continue reading →

Just 10 minutes ago, more than 400 NEW Afternic sales to Domain Sales over at IP Neighborhood. These include: seeq.com – $33,000 digideals.com – $15,000 drugdangers.com – $13,500 automic.com – $11,999 iMedicus.com – $10,000 There are a lot of high value 5 and 6-figure transactions at the moment. The marketplace is going CRAZY! Don’t forget [...] Continue reading →

Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/22/13 – 4/28/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,212,847. The highest sale was Seeq.com, which sold for $33,000 which was a BuyDomains.com owned domain. Other reportable high dollar sales were DigiDeals.com for $15,000 and [...] Continue reading →

Snapnames is running an auction of short .US domain names, including many 3-letter domains. Here are a few of them: 1ar.us ava.us bii.us bri.us cwr.us drx.us dxp.us gtf.us ids.us iqw.us iwa.us kau.us nox.us pan.us pme.us rts.us sem.us stc.us txz.us uwg.us fobs.us lost.us spin.us optin.us forbes.us optout.us colgate.us freedom.us jupiter.us lockbox.us paradox.us guardian.us post-office.us [...] Continue reading →

As announced in a press release today, Good Sam, a provider of products for the RV and outdoor recreation consumer  purchased RV.com for an undisclosed sum. The domain name was owned by Dometic Group, another supplier for the RV and Marine Industries. The company is planning to develop the domain name into a new site [...] Continue reading →

For months I've been meaning to capture what it takes to make an office video. So far, at name.com we have three types: 1. small funny 2. tutorial 3. massive funny I would throw the word "attempt" in there but don't want to at all detract from the talent we have in this building. If [...] Continue reading →