Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation now owns the domain name Avatar.com Avatar is still the the largest grossing movie in history, and the sequel Avatar 2 is planned for a 2016 release, which will also be directed by James Cameron. The domain name appears to have sold in December 2012. The domain was owned by [...] Continue reading →

City cites credibility for switching from .org to .gov. The Town of West Hartford recently changed its domain name from a .org to a .gov, and I found its rationale for doing so rather interesting. Here’s a news brief from West Hartford News: This month, the Town of West Hartford changed its domain name from [...] Continue reading →

Sahar Sarid has launched its latest project, eJuice.com. Catering to vapor enthusiasts, the developed web site provides reviews of smoking vapor products, often referred to as ‘juice’. As promised in early December, the redesigned eJuice.com web site delivers the goods with plenty of eye-candy; the vapes and babes concept appears to be working rather well. [...] Continue reading →

The porn star and producer Max Hardcore told XBIZ.com that he would be be bidding on the upcoming expired domain name auction of MaxHardcore.com. Over the weekend we wrote that the domain name MaxHardcore.com was in pending delete/renewal status and already had multiple backorders at Namejet.com The domain name is presently owned by the Department [...] Continue reading →

There are very few certainties in life—death, taxes, the fact that eggs always taste better with a dash of hot sauce, and that on January 1st, the little numbers in the year will change ever so slightly. Pre-internet, this wasn’t such a big deal. Sure, you might write the wrong year [...] Continue reading →

2014 had its share of blockbuster acquisitions in the domain name space. This is the first in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2015. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. The consolidation of domain name companies continued in 2014 [...] Continue reading →

Domain monetization giant, TrafficZ, made headlines last week, after announcing the immediate termination of its services. In an email notification to TrafficZ clients, Ammar Kubba - founder and CEO – announced that the service is coming to an end: “Please make sure to update your nameservers by 12:00 AM PST on next Wednesday, December 31, [...] Continue reading →