Archive for February 5th, 2010

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. – Rick Latona’s auction closed yesterday with a grand total of 60 domain names that sold for an estimated $835,000. The top sale for this auction was LongIsland.com at $379,000. Based on the total sales and amount of domain names sold that is an average of $13,916 per domain. DOMAINfest – Moniker’s auction closed... »

If you ever needed a reminder that both personal and corporate branding is crucial, just ask Akbar Zeb. Fox News reported: “A high-ranking Pakistani diplomat reportedly cannot be appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia because in Arabic his name translates into phrase.” (link: www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584807,00.html) I do not speak Arabic. But Akbar (أكبر) roughly means: more,... »

Running $3 Million dollar 30 second ad commercials during the Super Bowl® is not in every bodies ad budget, let alone to run 2. Nor is being the main sponsor on major race cars like Danica Patricks #7 Indy car, #7 Nationwide Series car, Mark Martins #5 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup ride and all... »

Amount in question may be below $5 million required for class action case. U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Morrow is asking the plaintiffs bringing a class action against Snapnames over the insider bidding scandal to show that the controversy exceeds $5 million. Under the Class Action Fairness Act, the amount at issue in a... »

The DomainFest extended auction closes yesterday on SnapNames.com with almost $248,000 in sales. There was a $127,000 bid on KZ.com but that bid was taken down as it was believed to be fraudulent. Some of the domains were highly contested as the auction that started with an original closing at 3:15pm went past 4:30,  including on... »

Marketplaces find the correct price for paying for content production. Earlier this week I wrote two stories about Demand Media, a company that has found a way to make money with online content. I noted that the company will have a hard time getting fair press coverage since many journalists probably feel threatened by... »

According to GAAP Financial Results,VeriSign showed strong signs of growth through the fourth quarter of 2009.  Here are some financial highlights I found on the CNNMoney report on VeriSign:  Naming Services rang in $159 million in revenue a 9%  jump from Q4 in 2008, The company ended 2009 with approx $1.5 billion in cash/cash equivalents up $688... »

Namejet.com is holding an online auction for 47 registry owned .ME domain names. The auction starts on February 19th and backorders have to be placed by date shown for each domain by 11pm EST Some of the domains already have backorders: Domain                          # of Backorders      Backorder by preview.me 6 2/22/10 20:00 companies.me 4 2/21/10 20:00 portrait.me 3 2/19/10 20:00 bluray.me 2 2/21/10 20:00 cart.me 2 2/18/10 20:00 defy.me 2 2/18/10 20:00 kitchens.me 2 2/18/10 20:00 0123.me 1 2/20/10 20:00 august.me 1 2/20/10 20:00 authentic.me 1 2/21/10 20:00 blue-ray.me 1 2/21/10... »

I emailed this to Francois yesterday but want to know your thoughts on this idea. I think a way to add value to Domaining.com is to allow people to post comments on articles, similar to a site like Drudge.com. IMO, the more people that come to Domaining.com to actually stay there, the better for... »

Interesting little thread going on at NamePros.com . It appears that Bido.com (which they did confirm in the thread) has blocked IP addresses from Indonesia and is preventing anybody from Indonesia from using it’s Bido.com service. I was aware that you could block an IP address but I didn’t know you could do it for... »