Last week, I left a comment on Elliots Blog. He was talking about his domain goals and what he has achieved so far. Well a couple of readers where suprised  that  he did not mention Tropical Birds.  I went on to post a comment on how he could start from known to unknown, maybe start from the [....

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Unclear if software makers will support all new top level domain names. One issue for top level domain name applicants is getting software makers, such as e-mail software companies, to approve their top level domains and make them work with their software. The second draft guidebook for new TLD ap...

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I think it’s about time we have another domain investor get together in New York City. One of my favorite places to go with a large party in the summer time is The Boat Basin, a restaurant/bar in the city that has outdoor and indoor accommodations for parties of all sizes. I think this will [....

ICANN summarizes comments from second draft new gTLD applicant guidebook. ICANN has released a 214 page document summarizing feedback to its second draft applicant guidebook for new top level domain names. I spent my Sunday evening reading (OK, sometimes skimming) through it. Today I will write a ...

You may have noticed a few adjustments to the DotSauce blog layout.  I wanted to freshen things up a bit and provide more breathing room for our articles and make reading and contributing to DotSauce a little easier. I am currently working on several web development projects alongside DotSauce.  T...

ICANN approves release of one and two character .biz domain names. After a delay a month ago, ICANN has finally granted .biz registry NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) the right to release one and two character .biz domain names. The domain names will be released in two phases. The first phase will call for ...

Microsoft has unexpectedly launch their new search engine ahead of schedule. Bing.com is the new face of search and will replace Live.com. Searches from Live are already being redirected to Bing.com. Microsoft is quoted on saying: ”Bing is specifically designed to build on the benefits of today...

I’ve been invited by the good folk over at Bido.com to be the guest speaker today in their chat room during today’s auction. The domain on sale is poison.me and should be interesting to see what .me does outside the registry auctions etc. So catch you in a bit, that’s 1st June 2009...

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Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: our first report from Amsterdam where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference gets underway tonight with a dinner at the NH Grand Krasnapolsky Hotel. We will have daily updates from the show where business begins Tuesday morning and continues through Thursday night....

Bing.com looks like it’s in official public beta. The search engine has received much publicity since it’s Live.com’s successor in the Microsoft family, so it’s interesting to see what’s going to happen with it in the future. Live.com is already being forwarded to Bing....

Strata Services Group, the domain management, monetization and optimization organization that recently purchased the Toronto based CPA company PPX.com, has announced it has also acquired integrated online marketer JB Media LLC for an undisclosed sum. “Strata PPX is expanding operations to maxi...

Trademark holders, unhappy with UDRP’s, a system under which they already have over a 85% win rate, formed a group, The Implementation Recommendation Team (IRT), which was given committee status by ICANN’s Intellectual Property Constituency “to give additional protection to tradema...

Rick Latona Auctions will be hosting the first ever ccTLDs focused, live auction in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Thursday, June 4th at 4:00 PM GMT +1 at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference. Mr. Ed Keay-Smith, Oz Domainer, will be representing DotSauce readers. He won a free conference pass here a coup...

Demand Media, parent company of domain name registrar eNom, has patented a new method for domain name registration along with a corresponding apparatus. The patent - United States Patent 7539774 - allows registries to offer domain name registrations at different prices along with different rights, a...

BBI.net is listed in the most recent DN Journal as having sold for $11,800. Someone (who is now banned) was trying to sell it on Namepros (and possibly elsewhere) for $3500.. Obviously something is up here. I’m not sure if the guy paid Namemedia (previous owner of the domain) with bad funds or...

Rick Latona Auctions will be hosting the inaugural ccTLD live auction at the TRAFFIC ccTLDs Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Thursday, June 4, starting at 10:00am Eastern Time. Bidding will be done in Euros and can be completed live in person or online on proxibid.com/ricklatona Check out the...

According to TechCrunch, Facebook is getting ready to let users claim vanity URLs to point to their profile page - with an official announcement expected later this week followed by a landrush period soon after. This means that instead of having a ridiculously long URL for user profiles (such as htt...

Despite being a short domain investor, I’ve never completely understood the attraction many domainers have to 1 letter domains in exotic ccTLDs. I can think of a few logical uses, such as URL shortening or perhaps a web hosting company offering hosting on subdomains of their main domain, but w...

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