: Andrew Allemann
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MobilePhones.co.uk Tops $60,000, Auction Ends TodayAndrew Allemann March 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Big UK domain name to sell later today. An auction for MobilePhones.co.uk ends today on Sedo at 6:31 PM EST. The domain name has attracted 6 bidders and 18 bids, pushing the price up to 40,500 GBP — roughly $60,000 USD. Another sale in the works at Sedo is the web site and domain name Specie... -
American Express Wants .Me Domain, Samsung Goes After ccTLDsAndrew Allemann March 11, 2010 | Comments Off
American Express gets into .me UDRP game, Samsung starts collecting ccTLDs. American Express has joined a list of companies to use domain name arbitration to get their .me domain names. The company filed a complaint with WIPO for AmericanExpress.me, which is owned by a New Jersey resident. The do... -
Updates from Domain Name WireAndrew Allemann March 11, 2010 | Comments Off
6 updates from Domain Name Wire. Here are six quick updates. Four are related to domain names; the other two aren’t but are worth checking out. On-Topic 1. I have updated the DNW disclosures page. It describes my role in the domain name industry as it is relevant to the site. Please read i... -
Hydra Affiliate Network Dumps 88% of Its PublishersAndrew Allemann March 11, 2010 | Comments Off
Large affiliate network trims its ranks. In a major shakeup in the affiliate network world, Hydra Network has dumped 88% of its affiliates, leaving it with fewer than 2,000 large publishers. Back in my days of affiliate arbitrage through pay-per-click, I frequently earned more than $5,000 a month f... -
Domain Price Fairy Tales are Hard to KillAndrew Allemann March 10, 2010 | Comments Off
Myths about sales prices grow like weeds. With Sex.com hitting the auction block next week, mainstream media are in a tizzy writing about the auction of the “world’s most valuable domain name”. As usual, they’re comparing it to other big ticket domain sales. The only probl... -
Marchex Gets UDRP Win with Clara.com, Robot Blocking JustifiedAndrew Allemann March 10, 2010 | Comments Off
Company defends generic domain name and explains legitimate reasons for blocking robots.txt from parked domain names. Marchex subsidiary MDNH has successfully defended the domain name Clara.com from an attack by a magazine publisher in Spain. Complainant Rba Edipresse, S.L. owns a magazine called C... -
Domain Madness 2 Set for Las VegasAndrew Allemann March 10, 2010 | Comments Off
Second domain name auction in Las Vegas scheduled for later this month. DomainConsultant premiered “Domain Madness” last year, a (mostly) online auction that was broadcast live from The Palms in Las Vegas. They’re back at it again this year, organizing an auction that will conclu... -
Typo? CanadaDrugs.com vs. CanadaRugs.comAndrew Allemann March 10, 2010 | Comments Off
Online pharmacy argues “Rugs” is merely a typo of “Drugs”. Take two of these andfire your lawyer in the morning. Here’s an interesting UDRP case from National Arbitration Forum. The company that runs CanadaDrugs.com, a popular online pharmacy, filed a complaint against... -
Go Daddy Set to Hit 40 Million Domains Milestone on WednesdayAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Go Daddy set to hit another milestone. [Update: Go Daddy hit the milestone earlier today.] About six months after crossing the 30 million domain name mark, The Go Daddy Group is set to surpass 40 million domains under management, most likely on Wednesday. So if you register a domain name tomorrow,... -
.Org Eyes Leadership Role in IDN Top Level Domain NamesAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
.Org registry PIR wants to bring best practices to IDN top level domain names. One of the big questions facing registries of existing top level domain names is how they should pursue Internationalized Domain Name “equivalents” of their domain names when they become available. These so-... -
Guagua.com Sells for $100k, Pepe.com Sells AgainAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Guagua.com hits six figures, Domaining.com owner scores nice sale. Sedo has sold the domain name Guagua.com for $100,000. Guagua has a number of different meanings, including being the name of a language and a municipality in the Phillipines. The company also helped broker the sale of Pepe.com for... -
Happy 5th Birthday, Domain Name WireAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Domain Name Wire started publishing five years ago today. On March 9, 2005, I wrote the first post on Domain Name Wire, reporting on the sale of Local.com for $700,000. 3,141 posts later, Domain Name Wire is running as strong as ever. If you’re reading this, I’d like to thank you for m... -
Scenes from ICANN Meeting in Nairobi, KenyaAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
ICANN meeting in Nairobi running well, report attendees. With all of the hype around security and possible disruptions, those in attendance at ICANN’s meeting in Nairobi say all is going well. Attorney John Berryhill writes “The summit and the ICANN meeting are both running smoothly he... -
Sex.com Domain Name In Default for Over a YearAndrew Allemann March 9, 2010 | Comments Off
Debtors behind on bills for the past year. With Sex.com heading to the auction block, there’s a been a lot of talk about what went wrong with the current owner, Escom LLC. According to a Reuters article, Escom has been in default on its loan for over a year to lender DOM Partners. “T... -
ICA Requests Action on Czech Arbitration Court Policy ChangesAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Internet Commerce Association wants ICANN to act quickly on move by UDRP provider. Internet Commerce Association counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush asking it to act on Czech Arbitration Court’s new UDRP polic... -
Amazon.com Fires Colorado Affiliates Thanks to Affiliate TaxAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Amazon says “see you later” to Colorado’s affiliate merchants. Thank inept state representatives. Colorado is the latest state to exacerbate unemployment problems by effectively canning its affiliate marketers. Colorado has joined a list of states that either proposed or enacted ... -
Domain Companies Head to Austin for SXSWAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Domain companies en route to Austin later this week. Several domain name companies are heading to Austin later this week for the start of the annual South by Southwest Music, Film and Interactive Festival. The Interactive portion of the event attracted over 10,000 attendees last year. Many stay i... -
WWW Prefix Typo Popular Among Trademark InfringersAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Study says WWW typo is most common prefix in trademark infringing domain names. A new study from Corporation Service Company (CSC) — which provides trademark protection services — shows that www is the most common prefix to brand names used to “trademark infringers” in domai... -
ICANN Chair: May be “Ready to Move” on Uniform Rapid SuspensionAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
ICANN session on trademark protection suggests URS is close to being finalized. Of all of the trademark protections being discussed for the launch of new top level domain names, it looks like Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) may be the closest to being approved. Uniform Rapid Suspension is a sort of... -
Reevaluating New Top Level Domain NamesAndrew Allemann March 8, 2010 | Comments Off
A look back at my position on new TLDs, 9 months later. Last May I wrote an editorial titled “Why I’m opposed to new top level domains”. I outlined six reasons that I didn’t like the current proposal for new top level domain names. Nine months later, I still have many of th... -
Peculiar UDRPs: Recent.net, Than.net, They.netAndrew Allemann March 7, 2010 | Comments Off
UDRP filing goes after three highly generic .net domain names. Here’s a domain name dispute filing that must be complicated: someone has filed a UDRP for Recent.net, Than.net, and They.net. The dispute was filed with National Arbitration Forum, which does not disclose the complainant’s... -
Yes, Multiple Top Level Domain Names Add to ConfusionAndrew Allemann March 6, 2010 | Comments Off
Duh. More TLDs cause confusion. Perhaps it’s outweighed by the innovation? This morning I read Wired’s article on ICANN, which discusses new top level domain names. It quotes David Farber saying “I don’t think that [adding new TLDs] creates innovation. I think that creates ... -
11 Ways to Build Long Term Traffic to Your BlogAndrew Allemann March 5, 2010 | Comments Off
How to build repeat traffic to your blog. I originally started writing this post as ways to get more traffic to your domain name blog. But it really applies to any type of blog. The message is that you need to think about growing your blog traffic over the long term, and that requires trust. I o... -
More Headaches for ICANN Meeting in Nariobi, KenyaAndrew Allemann March 5, 2010 | Comments Off
Heads of state from six African countries to hold meeting at same venue during ICANN meeting. As if security threats and big name companies backing out of next week’s ICANN meeting in Nairobi weren’t enough, attendees to the meeting are about to face another big headache. Nick Tomasso, ... -
Go Daddy Wants Patent for Selling Business Cards with Domain NamesAndrew Allemann March 4, 2010 | Comments Off
Company files patent application for cross-selling business cards based on registrant information. The Go Daddy Group, parent company of domain name registrar GoDaddy, has filed two patent applications related to ordering business cards along with a domain name registration. U.S. patent applicati...




