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January 2012
BowlingBalls.com domain name sells for $225,000
(January 29, 2012)Chernoff hits a strike with latest domain sale. Garry Chernoff has completed another big domain name sale, this time selling BowlingBalls.com for $225,000. The buyer knows a thing or two about bowling balls. Nick Melnikoff has bowled in PBA tours and owns Bowlers Paradise, a web site that sells bowling balls and accessories. Chernoff told [...]
Reported Domain Sales in 2011 Slide Vs. 2010 – Mostly Due to Impact of Sex.com
(January 29, 2012)DN Journal's January Newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers today.
See What Domains Are Selling At Sedo Before Others
(January 29, 2012)Here is a little tip and trick that I use for different services to get a "behind the scenes" look at domain name transactions. Today I will talk about the process I use to monitor domain names that are selling at Sedo.com before many people even know about them selling! What you will need A [...]
An Article About Domain Names
(January 28, 2012)Well, the title says it all! This article is going to be about domain names, just a little bit of different things floating around in my head that I didn’t want to write about in single articles. Juice.com which is owned by Marksmen (or may be brokered by them, but I’m not sure why whois [...]
The State of the Industry January 2012: DN Journal’s Biggest Annual Cover Story is Now Out
(January 27, 2012)For the 8th consecutive year, DNJournal.com kicks off the New Year with our annual State of the Industry Cover Story, an endeavor that brought together 15 experts and company leaders from across the industry to get their thoughts on the key trends of the past year and what they believe is in store in the year ahead.
Moniker publishes final DOMAINfest auction list
(January 27, 2012)Two more valuable domain names added to auction. Moniker has published the final list of domains for next week’s live domain auction during DOMAINfest, as well as the online auction to follow. Bargain.com and Democracy.com have been added to the auction. Bargain.com’s reserve is north of $750,000 while Democracy.com is available for somewhere between $100,000 [...]
Amazon.com’s Quidsi about to launch home decor shop Casa.com
(January 27, 2012)Casa.com is next online store from Amazon.com’s Quidsi unit. Mi casa su casa… Earlier this month I scooped that Quidsi, the company behind Diapers.com, Soap.com, Wag.com, and YoYo.com, was working on a new store called Casa.com. Quidsi has now published a “coming soon” page to Casa.com and launched a Facebook page. The site will offer [...]
USPTO to Karsten: not so fast with .PING
(January 27, 2012)Trademark office sends office action to PING Golf brand owner. On Wednesday I posted a list of 115 trademark applications that could be related to new top level domains, along with their current status. The USPTO has a policy of not granting trademarks on top level domains, and the number of “speculative” trademark applications has [...]
DOMAINfest “Dine with an expert” slots filling up quickly
(January 27, 2012)Opportunity to dine with DOMAINfest speakers quickly disappearing. Want some quality time with Brook Schaaf, John Morris, Lisa Box, Jay Weintraub, or Paul Nicks during DOMAINfest next week? Your easiest opportunity is no longer available. These are among the people who already have full tables for their “Dine with an Expert” session during the conference. [...]
Coca Cola Was $20K Buyer Of BattleForEverything.com Domain
(January 27, 2012)Back in November 2011 I shared a very interesting story about turning an $800 offer into a $20,000 domain name sale. The domain name in the story was BattleForEverything.com. At the time when I was helping Ryan out, I had fully thought that NBC was the interested party in the domain name, because they registered [...]
A Brief History of DNS
