While it was a relatively quiet week on the aftermarket overall, the ccTLDs had plenty to celebrate, including the 6th biggest sale year to date in that category and 6 entries on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. 11 spots went to .coms and 3 to non .com gTLDS. [...] Continue reading →

[ Co-authored by Tim Denton ] The astonishing rise and rise of the fortunes of Google has been one of the major features of both social and business life of the early 21st century. In the same way that Microsoft transformed the computer market into a mainstream consumer product through its Windows and Office software [...] Continue reading →

ICANN's recent announcement of what it called "an exciting milestone in the evolution of the domain name system" — the delegation of the 1,000th new generic top-level domain (gTLD) — went largely unnoticed. While that's consistent with the new gTLD program in general (at least from the perspective of the general public), that doesn't mean [...] Continue reading →

These businesses bought domain names on Sedo last week. Sedo handled about 468 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. While a number of domain names are still in escrow, I discovered 17 that appear to be sales to end users. These include a couple brand owners that [...] Continue reading →

Domain owner forced to defend himself twice despite unchanged facts. A company that sells an organic fertilizer has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after filing a UDRP for the second time. GBI Prosperities Pty Ltd. and Dr Grow It All Sales Pty Ltd. filed the UDRP against the owner of doctorgrowitall.com and [...] Continue reading →

As America closes in on the 4th of July weekend, a major holiday, many will be out enjoying family, events, fireworks, beer, and barbecue.  This could be a good opportunity for those across either side of the pond to steal some names at auction with less competition.  Here are some picks for upcoming NameJet auctions [...] Continue reading →

Kevin Fink posted on the Flippa Blog a buy one listing, get one listing free offer. Flippa turns 7 this week so they are giving members this opportunity to celebrate turning 7. Flippa turns 7 years old this week, and we are celebrating with 2-for-1 Auctions! For this week only, when you pay to launch any Flippa auction [...] Continue reading →