November 2010

FMA Wins Domain Dispute for VEDA.com and It’s a Wild One

(November 30, 2010)

Domain goes through UDRP for a second time. Future Media Architects (FMA) has won another UDRP, this time for the generic four character domain name Veda.com. That FMA won is not a surprise, but the history of this domain name and some of the complainant’s accusations make this case more interesting. Complainant VEDA GmbH actually [...]

Afternic DLS Sells Hobbies.com For $297,500

(November 30, 2010)

Sedo and Afternic have been so kind to send us a few selected sales from their and their clients domain portfolios for the Week 47 of 2011. The top 5 sales were: Hobbies.com for $297,500 USD (AfternicDLS) wuye.com for $43,500 USD (Sedo) BornRich.com for $38,000 USD (Sedo) Like.me for $26,500 USD (Sedo) baloncesto.com for 19,000 [...]

Major Expansion at PPX Produces New Domain Consulting, Management & Monetization Options 

(November 30, 2010)

PPX International, the rapidly growing company headed by 2010 Domainer of the Year Gregg McNair, has been working overtime the past few months putting the finishing touches on a host of new services. The PPX initiatives are aimed at making them a leader in domain consulting, management and monetization.

Hobbies.com Goes from Bankrupty Auction to Aftermarket (and Triples in Price)

(November 30, 2010)

Hobbies.com sale provides a nice return to the seller. Afternic brokered the sale of Hobbies.com this past week for $297,500, giving the seller a nice profit. The domain name has an interesting history. It was purchased along with iToys.com in the eToys bankruptcy auction back in February 2009 for $102,000. So even if iToys.com is [...]

VisitStockholm.com Sells For $70K, Belly.com $75.2K

(November 30, 2010)

VisitStockholm.com domain name has been sold for $70,000 USD at Sedo.com . This is the third large sale coming from Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com and MostWantedDomains.com. MyRecovery.com $40,000 and also BornRich.com for $38,000 were two other recent sales by Mr. Berkens and Sedo. Congrats to Michael and Sedo on these sales! The new owner of VisitStockholm.com has [...]

Consider Adding Simply Hired’s Jobamatic on Your Website

(November 30, 2010)

These days, it seems that a lot of people are out of work and looking for jobs, no matter where you live or in what the profession. On my geodomain names, I have been using Simply Hired’s Jobamatic platform for quite some time, and it is earning a couple hundred dollars a month in incremental [...]

Interview with $570k Buyer of HomeownersInsurance.com

(November 30, 2010)

Big domain purchase made sense for buyer. It’s always interesting to get inside someone’s mind after they make a major domain name purchase. Earlier today HomeInsurance.com CEO Carlos Lagomarsino was kind enough to give me some insight into his $570,000 purchase of HomeownersInsurance.com, which was announced today. Lagomarsino is obviously an expert in the home [...]

Expired Domain Name List Of Gems

(November 30, 2010)

Here is another one of my hand picked list of expired domain name gems! All domain names are expired and currently in "Pre-Release" at NameJET.com . A pre-bid is required to join the private auction. Each domain name ranges from today to about 30 days out until the private auction would start. These are some of [...]

Morgan Stanley Gets “Screwed By” Trademark Dispute

(November 30, 2010)

Company loses challenge over derogatory domain names. Morgan Stanley has lost a challenge at National Arbitration Forum for the domain names screwedbymorganstanleysmithbarney.com and screwedbymorganstanley.com. On the surface this seems like a classic case of a gripe site. In general, you are allowed to use domain names that include trademarks if the person going to the [...]

Top Level Domain Holdings Raises $7.5 Million

(November 30, 2010)

TLDH raises cash stockpile ahead of new top level domain name releases. Top Level Domain Holdings, which owns Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised about $7.5 million through the sale of stock. According to a release this morning: The Company intends to use the Placing proceeds to provide additional working capital and in particular, to [...]

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