DotMe marketing booth at New Media Expo, Las Vegas, 2013
DotMe, the personal domain extension, has an innovative program to assign high-value short keyword domain names based on good business ideas. That’s right, instead of selling to the highest bigger or the first to register, the domains are being assigned based on an elaborate submission process. While not exactly a giveaway, the process is designed to focus on business plans rather than high bids.
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I just received a letter from Senator Barbara Boxer in response to mine regarding S.968, the PROTECT Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). I had expressed concerns about the legislation several weeks ago. Let’s hope there’s a compromise bill that will protect copyright without undermining the legitimate flow of information online.
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Now that Moniker (domain registrar) and Snapnames (domain sales) have been transferred over to the KeyDrive family, what will it mean for customers and the domain community in general?
According to an mail sent-out to customers not much will change, at least in the short term. Hopefully there will be some positive development and innovations.
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I received your letter expressing opposition to the “Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act,” commonly known as the “PROTECT IP Act.” I appreciate knowing your views on this matter.
I strongly oppose both SOPA and PIPA, which are two bill before the US House of Representatives and US Senate that would take away online freedom in the name of copyright protection.
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A while ago, Apple acquired iTun.es, a clever URL hack based on the spanish extension .es. What are they going to do with it? Was Apple grabbing it defensively, just in case, or do they have some other use in mind? Just as Apple patent submissions can shine a light on secret plans, domain name reservations can sometimes open the vault door to speculative commentary.
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The Dallas Cowboys organization forgot to renew their domain name just as they were firing coach, Wade Phillips. On Monday, when many people were clamoring to visit their site for news on the team, they were greeted with a generic page from Network Solutions.
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Quinstreet purchased the killer insurance domain CarInsurance.com and related entities for $49.7 Million! This solidifies Quinstreet’s position as a leading online insurance marketing company and should give them a significant piece of the approximately $600 Million yearly online insurance market. It’s not clear how much of this price applies to the domain name itself, but presumably the domain has a significant valuation.
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Sedo, one of the leading domain marketplaces, released the results of its Q3 2010 Domain Market Study. It reveals a continued healthy pace of sales with a small year-over-year uptick in transaction volume. The Sedo marketplace had a total of 10,085 sales during the quarter, a 1.58 percent increase from the same period last year, although slightly lower than the previous quarter. Total sales through Sedo were for more than $24.5 million in the period.
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Before even launching or marketing the NameBrandable.com beta marketplace, we already sold a domain.
DealFriends.com just sold via Sedo.com, and the domain is now transferring over.
Congratulations to the new owner!
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