Domaining News
Sedo Fined 95,000 Euro’s By A French Court For A Parked Page & Ordered To Post The Verdict
If you think the trademark laws are tough in the United States, you should check out the french laws. If you visit Sedo home page for France, you will see on the bottom of the front page a judgment of a French court entered against Sedo for 100,000 Euro’s for apparently just parking a domain... »
MobilePhones.co.uk Tops $60,000, Auction Ends Today
Big UK domain name to sell later today. An auction for MobilePhones.co.uk ends today on Sedo at 6:31 PM EST. The domain name has attracted 6 bidders and 18 bids, pushing the price up to 40,500 GBP — roughly $60,000 USD. Another sale in the works at Sedo is the web site and domain name... »
ABC Evening News Covers Domains: .Anythinggoes: “Is This The End Of .Com’s”: Watch Now
ABC evening news has a story on ICANN plan to release an unlimited amount of extensions called “.AnythingGoes”. The first line from the story: “Is This The Beginning Of The End For .Com’s?” You can watch the whole 1:28 second piece The piece seems to come back around at the end to boost up .Com’s after all... »
American Express Wants .Me Domain, Samsung Goes After ccTLDs
American Express gets into .me UDRP game, Samsung starts collecting ccTLDs. American Express has joined a list of companies to use domain name arbitration to get their .me domain names. The company filed a complaint with WIPO for AmericanExpress.me, which is owned by a New Jersey resident. The domain currently has a GoDaddy... »
Updates from Domain Name Wire
6 updates from Domain Name Wire. Here are six quick updates. Four are related to domain names; the other two aren’t but are worth checking out. On-Topic 1. I have updated the DNW disclosures page. It describes my role in the domain name industry as it is relevant to the site. Please read it. 2.... »
Welcome Name.com!
As you may have already noticed, I am happy to announce that Name.com has made an advertising commitment on my blog. I’ve heard a number of positive things about Name.com, especially working with the company, and now I have the chance to do so. Name.com offers a number of great products and services for domain... »
ShopCity.com Launches Nationwide Shopping Network Offering Local Partnership Opportunities
ShopCity.com is rolling out an innovative nationwide local shopping network that is offering career opportunities to partners interested in operating their own local marketplace on one of 7,500 URLs. Founder Colin Pape will talk about the platform on a Domain Success webcast tomorrow (Friday March 12). »
Hydra Affiliate Network Dumps 88% of Its Publishers
Large affiliate network trims its ranks. In a major shakeup in the affiliate network world, Hydra Network has dumped 88% of its affiliates, leaving it with fewer than 2,000 large publishers. Back in my days of affiliate arbitrage through pay-per-click, I frequently earned more than $5,000 a month from Hydra. I basically stopped using it... »
Great Words of Wisdom from Perry Marshall
Perry Marshall This great newsletter came through to me yesterday from my mate Perry Marshall and is well worth a read. With Perry’s permission I have reproduced it here for you all to read. Enjoy! Ed, I just returned from Maui Hawaii, 100+ customers from a dozen countries face to face and palm to palm for 3... »
01.Orkin.com, Oh Yes They Did!
It is not all that often a company runs a TV ad and advertises with a Sub-Domain included in the ad. If the company does happen to use a sub domain, they often use a word as the sub domain but I still think it is confusing to most people that even see a... »







