In an effort to persuade people to try their new domain leasing monetization system, Root Orange is running a contest that will give the winner a free hotel room and ticket to the DOMAINfest Global conference coming up January 26-28 at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, California....

Ukranian geo domain tops sales chart. Kiev.com, a domain for the capital of Ukraine, has sold for $88,000 at Sedo. The domain represents the top completed sale at the sales venue over the past two weeks. Russia.eu (European Union country code domain) sold for $24,000. Sedo sold Russia.com for $1...

I have been enthusiastically beta testing the Wibiya toolbar here on DotSauce for several months.  I’m happy to inform you that registration is now open to any blogger interested in having their own Wibiya toolbar. The red toolbar you’re seeing at the bottom of the screen now, thatR...

A look back at the year in domain news. As 2009 draws to a close, here’s a look at the top 10 stories on Domain Name Wire this year, as measured by traffic. Of course, traffic doesn’t equal importance… 10. Toys.com, Birthdays.com, Hobbies.com Sold at Auction – Domain Name W...

Domain records show Apple connection to iGuide.com unlikely. If you’re one of the many Apple bloggers out there, your holiday season has been filled with speculation about Apple’s upcoming tablet. The consensus is that will be called iSlate, since Apple has acquired the iSlate.com doma...

Due diligence in expired domain company acquisition missed a couple big problems. Mergers and Acquisitions due diligence is thankless work. You have to learn everything about a company, including things about it that its current owners don’t know, in a short period of time. If you get ever...

I’m bringing back an old post since I’ve received 3 e-mails in the last month or so regarding AdSense for Domains (Google’s own personal domain parking system) and how to get the settings to work with the registrar Dynadot. Dated exactly 1 year and 10 days ago: Setting Up AdSense F...

Well, here’s another GoDaddy coupon code! GoDaddy will allow you to register .info domain names for $0.49 EACH and that includes  free private who-is for a whole year. The catch? You have to have FIVE of these in your cart to see them at this price (not that bad of a catch though, eh?). If yo...

A plunge in parking revenue this year left domain owners hunting for new monetization options that might offer better results. The new December newsletter at DNJournal.com takes a look at one new solution devised by two guys from Princeton University. We also have a special year-end letter from the ...

A busy day on Bido today, a couple of sales in the USD 800 range and also, a milestone sale of USD 15K* as well, of domain name Pepe.com As you can see, for those who participated, it paid to vote: If you are buying/selling these days, make sure to check us out. We believe this is only the beginni...

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It’s hard to imagine a name that could fit our industry better than Domains.com. I’m sure we’ve all reached out to the current owners at least once inquiring about it. Today, I’m proud to announce that I’ve just secured the brokerage agreement on our own category killer...

Though overall Christmas retail sales were sluggish, online sales were a bright spot this year. comScore reported that Dec. 15th set a new one day record for online sales, crossing $900 million for the first time & easily surpassing the 2nd biggest day on record set on Cyber Monday (Nov. 30)....

Domainers.us, which launched in July of 2009, was created to highlight one influential domainer every month. Each month domain investors nominate fellow domainers for this award. Then, the five nominees are voted on by the public to find a single winner. With a total of 84 votes, I received 38% (32 ...

Company files case against owner of marijuana domain names. Altria Group, the parent company of tobacco company Philip Morris USA, has filed an arbitration proceeding to get the domain names AltriaMarijuana.com and AltriaCannabis.com. Is the company getting ready for the day pot becomes legal? P...

I recently bought a domain name from a company who hadn’t touched its domain name since the late 1990s. At the time, they were using Earthlink for Internet service, and the Registrant Contact was listed as Earthlink, while the Administrative Contact was their company contact information. The d...

The New Year is upon us, as 2009 winds down. It is time to evaluate the execution of your goals this year and conclude if they were executed or not. Additionally, it is a time that most people establish new personal and business goals for the new year. 2009 was a tough year for global economies and...

WIPO arbitrator wins 2009 Domain Dunce Award. Last year I handed out a couple Domain Dunce awards. But there was so much stupidity in the domain name world this year that I have about five to hand out. The first winner of the 2009 Domain Dunce awards is WIPO arbitrator Andrew F. Christie. I&#...

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Finally, my inbox can rest. Christmas is over. And it couldn’t have come too soon for my email inbox. It was inundated with email promotions for holiday gifts. These emails weren’t technically spam. After all, I had ordered gifts from companies such as Harry & David last year, a...

“”All year, we have been citing WIPO decision for being inconsistent and blatantly unfair to domain holders. Finally today as a late Christmas present to domainers we finally have a good decision, not only because the panel ruled in favor of the domain holder but because the panel took t...

In an article I wrote about Vino.com yesterday, I mentioned that it was a category killer domain name and a couple of people commented that it wasn’t. Just like in the National Football League, I am doing an instant replay review, and the call is overturned. Vino.com doesn’t really meet ...

A very cool infographic about “A day in the internet“. Some amazing statistics I figured a bunch of people will enjoy. Just goes to show how much we might underestimate the actual reach of the internet, right? It’s amazing to know that there is still a LOT more room for internet gr...

I just received an email from Rick Latona announcing that he is raising money for his climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro in March. The money he and his group are raising will be donated to The Water School to support simple, safe, strategic, and sustainable clean water solutions to the developing world. Thro...

I’m not writing this post because Rick sent me bottles of wine.  I am writing this post because I think we all have a great opportunity to observe the launch of a new brand on a generic domain name – Vino.com. By following the progress of this company from its infancy, I think we can al...