January 2012

Pre-Show and Opening Day Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica

(January 31, 2012)

The 2012 DOMAINFest Global Conference is underway. While the show officially opened this morning, there was a lot of pre-show activity last night including a big soiree hosted by Frank Schilling. We have photos and highlights from that as well as today's opening sessions in Santa Monica.

20% of DomainFest Auctions Have Bids

(January 31, 2012)

With a couple of days to go until the DomainFest live auction, a little under 20% of the auctions already have bids. The live auction, also found online via Snapnames, will take place on Thursday, February 2nd at noon EST. I have highlighted the domain names I like in the auction and welcome your feedback. Domain Name [...]

National Car Rental sues over National.com typo – a domain it doesn’t even own

(January 31, 2012)

Car rental company demands typo of National.com, a domain it doesn’t even own. Vanguard Trademark Holdings, which owns the National car rental brand, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against the domain name Natiional.com. The company filed a UDRP against the domain name already. It lost that case in June. On the same day it [...]

Last chance to take 2012 Domain Name Wire survey

(January 31, 2012)

12 hours left to take this year’s domain industry survey. Time is running out to take the seventh annual Domain Name Wire survey. The survey, which asks users to answer questions about domain name registrars, domain parking, and expired domains, concludes January 31. Results will be published in February. Participants from 47 countries have already [...]

How I Used LeadRefs.com

(January 31, 2012)

I wrote a post yesterday recommending LeadRefs.com as a source to find potential domain buyers. I want to share some additional insight and information to help you potentially close a deal. First off, it may or may not be okay for you to send multiple email messages trying to sell domain names to people you [...]

Another new TLD application round within one year?

(January 31, 2012)

ICANN wants to open another new TLD application round early next year. Is this plausible? A lot of companies are applying for dot brand top level domains not because they want to right now, but because they think it might be their only chance. At least for the foreseeable future. But is this the case? [...]

Klout Adds “Domainname” Topic

(January 31, 2012)

Klout, a social media analytics and ranking start up, recently added “Domainname” as a featured topic category. It doesn’t seem like Klout is giving this topic to many domain investors, but it appears that domain investing will soon be a viable and searchable topic on Klout. When you click the “domainname” topic link, an error [...]

Update: Cheesecake.com Sold

(January 30, 2012)

Several months ago, I learned that Cheesecake.com had been listed for sale in September, and Brooke Hernandez of Domain Advisors was representing the seller of the domain name and website. According to Toby Clements, brother of one of the owners, Cheesecake.com was recently sold. From today’s TobyClements.com domain sales newsletter: “On a completely different note, I [...]

LeadRefs.com Works

(January 30, 2012)

A few days ago, I received an Instant Message from an acquaintance who told me about a new (free) service his company, First Beat Media, recently launched – LeadRefs.com. The site aims to help domain investors find buyers for domain names. Essentially, the service does Whois searches for similar domain names and provides contact information [...]

6 questions to be answered at DOMAINFest this week

(January 30, 2012)

A preview of the week ahead in Santa Monica. The largest domain name conference, DOMAINfest, takes place in Santa Monica this week. There’s a lot to look for in the 2012 edition. Here are six questions that will be answered before the end of the week. 1. How will Oversee.net’s new leadership present itself? Oversee.net [...]

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