My comments on expired domains. As I wrote last week, ICANN is seeking feedback on the domain expiration process. Here’s the feedback I just submitted. The deadline for submitting feedback is September 10… I believe most registrars do an effective job informing customers of upcoming ex...

Your step-by-step guide to transferring a domain name to GoDaddy. A couple weeks ago I had to transfer a domain name to GoDaddy as part of sale. The buyer was supposed transfer the domain to his account at GoDaddy from mine at Moniker, but he through up his hands in frustration. Given that the bu...

Take 10 minutes to read Frank Schilling’s latest interview. Paul Sloan’s latest interview of Frank Schilling has been posted at Sloan’s new “Playing the Angles” web site. Although the interview was posted last Friday, Sloan (and sidekick David Carter) sent out a messag...

Case is too hot for arbitration. Video equipment company HotCam, Ltd. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in an arbitration case over the domain name Hotcam.com. HotCam, Ltd. filed the case with National Arbitration Forum, citing the company’s Great Britain trademark as grou...

NameMedia has stronger-than-usual sales week. NameMedia continues to show its sales prowess, turning in over $800,000 in sales over the past week. This is especially impressive when you consider that the sales chart isn’t top heavy — the top sale was $15,000. NameMedia sells domain name...

Farsi.com sells for $75,000 through domain brokerage. An entire language has been sold for $75,000. Well, an entire language as a domain name. Sedo has brokered the sale of Farsi.com for $75,000. The domain was first registered in 1995. As of now, it’s not clear who the buyer is. Although ...

Popular conference making its return. Building on the success (and fun) of its first year, Domainer Mardi Gras is making a return in 2010. The event will be held at the New Orleans Marriott February 11th – 13th, 2010. Fat Tuesday is February 16. The event is now an independent event. Parked wi...

Expired domain names show disconnect between corporate functions. Corporation Service Company (CSC), a brand protection company, released a study today about the expenses incurred by brand holders to get domain names through UDRP. The study suggests companies have spent $220 million getting domains...

ICANN working group asks for input on current domain expiration practices. The recently launched Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group is seeking public input on domain expiration policies. Specifically, the working group is charged with answering these questions: 1. Whether adequate o...

Arbitrator faults non-profit for harassing domain owner. Palo Alto-based non-profit Urban Logic, Inc. has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a domain dispute at World Intellectual Property Organization. The non-profit uses UrbanLogic.org. But, as you might expect, a number of p...

Epik moves into auctions with acquisition of DNKO platform. Domain company Epik has acquired domain auction platform DNKO.com, and is launching its first auction as Epik tomorrow. Epik is Rob Monster’s new domain name venture that was launched around the time of Domain Roundtable. DNKO is a ...

Car rental company gets greedy with domain arbitration. Vanguard Trademark Holdings USA LLC, the trademark affiliate of National Car Rental, has been busy filing domain arbitration cases lately. One of those caught my eye today: GreenMeansGo.com, filed with World Intellectual Property Forum. It cau...

Sedo releases new domain parking features to boost revenue. As domain parking revenue falls, parking companies have to focus on what they can control. They can’t control algorithm changes at Google and Yahoo, but they can improve optimization. This week Sedo rolled out major changes to its p...

Car company wants Boxter.com (typo) domain name. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG has filed a complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization to get the domain name Boxter.com. Boxster is one of the company’s popular cars. I remember back in the bubble days earlier this decade it seemed li...

Google tweaks to hit Adsense network next week. Google is rolling out upgrades next week to how it contextually targets ads in its Google Adsense program. According to a post on the company’s Inside Adsense blog: Our machines are very good at the matching process, but there are still a few ca...

FreshDrop to include NameMedia domains in its powerful domain search tool. FreshDrop, a search tool primarily used for finding valuable expiring domain names, has inked a partnership with NameMedia. This will allow FreshDrop to include BuyDomains and AfternicDLS domains within FreshDrop, making it ...

Rain.com enters arbitration. If it seems like it has been raining frivolous domain arbitration disputes lately, then this should catch your eye: someone has filed to get the domain name Rain.com. You read that correctly — Rain.com. The case was filed Tuesday at National Arbitration Forum. ...

Two sides speak about Ad.com lawsuits. Here’s the latest on the news Domain Name Wire broke earlier today about Marcos Guillen suing Directi/Skenzo for backing out of its $1.4M purchase of Ad.com. First, Oversee.net (or one of its subsidiaries) also sued Directi/Skenzo for breaching the cont...

AOL stretches its trademarks beyond belief. Apparently AOL thinks it owns every domain name that is some variation of “Advertising”. The company just filed a lawsuit against Advertise.com. Advertise.com was formerly known as ABCsearch.com until it bought the domain name Advertise.co...

Seller files suit after $1.4M deal falls through. Ad.com owner Marcos Guillen has filed a lawsuit against Directi and Skenzo for backing out of its auction purchase of Ad.com. The sale caught mainstream attention when Skenzo bought the domain at Moniker’s TRAFFIC auction in Silicon Valley this...

Virgin ISP starts typosquatting. European internet service provider Virgin Media is the latest ISP to start an error redirect service typosquatting operation. On an F.A.Q. on its web site, the company writes: We are introducing this new service that we hope our customers will find useful. It’...

Former Looksmart web directory gets new life. Domain name broker NameMedia has brokered the sale of the storied domain name Zeal.com for $50,000. Zeal.com was formerly a human-powered directory run by Looksmart. Looksmart purchased Zeal in 2000 for $20M. It was once seen as a potential rival to O...

Domain company wins board battle but hires outside firm to consider strategic options. Dark Blue Sea has hired an advisor to explore the company’s strategic options, and has won a challenge to its board makeup. The company, which operates domain registrar and parking company Fabulous, hired mi...

Hotel domain name top Sedo’s weekly sales list. Sedo cooled down a bit this week after a few weeks of blockbuster sales. But its sales are nothing to sneeze at. The top sale this week was BookHotels.com. The buyer, who paid 50,000 EUR for the domain, is using privacy protection to block who...

State to auction personalized license plates. Perhaps taking a cue from the United Arab Emirates, the state of Texas hopes to generate cash by auctioning off personalized license plates. Texas is opening up personalized license plates from the previous 6 character limit to 7, which opens up new po...