June 2011

Domaining.com’s CAX.com to Start Rewarding Bidders

(June 30, 2011)

Early bidders will earn cash back. Francois Carrillo, the guy behind Domaining.com, is getting ready to launch a new cash back program for bidding on his CAX.com domain marketplace. The program will reward both the initial bidder in an auction and the second highest bidder with 2% of the sales price. For example, if you [...]

Handpicked Expired Domains

(June 30, 2011)

Welcome to the third edition of the new DotSauce Domain Club handpicked expired domains sample. These domains were originally offered two months ago, in April, to Domain Club Pro members.

Many domains from the original list have been claimed …

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Finally a Good UDRP Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

(June 30, 2011)

Australian company uses UDRP in bad faith. I’m kind of upset lately over panels not finding reverse domain name hijacking, so let me applaud the three person panel in a case over Futuris.com. The panel found Australia-based Futuris Automotive Interiors guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Even more shocking: Andrew Christie was a member of [...]

Google PageRank Update: How Domain Sites Fared

(June 30, 2011)

I read that Google updated the Page Rank of websites on a rolling basis a few days ago, and I did some analysis to see how several domain related websites fared. For me personally, most of my sites remained the same and a couple of them had PR increases. I don’t know how much (if [...]

Lazy Panelist Alert: This Should Have Been Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

(June 30, 2011)

WIPO panelist doesn’t bother to consider a sure-fire reverse domain name hijacking claim. I realize UDRP panelists aren’t paid much to handle cases, but there must be a minimum standard here. Why the frustration? Take a look at the recently decided case for Cite.com. The owner of the domain name registered it in 1997 and [...]

“I CAN DO NOTHING FOR YOU, SON.” The Sad Reality Of Domain Corporate Proliferation

(June 30, 2011)

True Grit. Few people we all knew for years in this industry who helped us through rough and ignorant times are left. With the loss of Mike Robertson at Fabulous.com months ago and Victor Pitts at Moniker.com, I think there’s no other rep working for a domain corporation who will bend over backwards to make [...]

Lisa Box of Oversee in Video Sharing How to Price Domain Names

(June 30, 2011)

I saw this video of Lisa Box from Oversee.net discussing the various factors that may influence the value of a domain name on the aftermarket, and what information a domain owner needs to know when negotiating to sell a domain name. I recommend that you watch the video since there’s some pretty good advice given. [...]

Amazon: Kindle Beats Nook

(June 30, 2011)

Amazon registers domain name flouting recent Consumer Reports rankings. Earlier this month Consumer Reports released updated eBook reader ratings, declaring “Nook beats Kindle“. That certainly didn’t go well with Jeff Bezos. So the company just registered the domain name KindleBeatsNook.com. When it comes to domain names, perhaps Consumer Reports should give Amazon a higher rating [...]

It’s Time for a National Discussion on Sales Tax

(June 30, 2011)

Amazon cans its California affiliates. California loses, affiliates lose. It’s time for a bigger discussion. Yesterday a couple California readers forwarded a message from Amazon.com saying that, should their governor sign in to law a new so-called “affiliate tax”, their participation in the Amazon Associated program would be terminated. Hours later they received a message [...]

Lend.com Domain Name Sells At Sedo.com

(June 30, 2011)

The domain name Lend.com has been sold at Sedo.com. The sales RSS feed is stating $300,000 but that seems very low for this caliber of a domain name, so this domain may be sold including "payments"… with the first one being $300,000. This recently happened with the sale of WellnessFinder.com which sold for $300,000 EUR [...]

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