Rod Beckstrom New ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has responded to the concerns regarding additional gTLDs raised by two of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s top Republicans, Lamar Smith and Howard Coble, saying that “the new gTLD policy development is the very type of process that the Un...

Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual DOMAINfest Global event, scheduled for January 26-28, 2010 in Santa Monica, California. Hsieh is one of the most respected and successful business innovators in the online world, founding his shoe company in 2000 with...

A group of Iowa investors have big plans for AreaRugs.com, so big that they were willing to shell out $405,000 for the premium domain name. “Our goal is to be the number one shopping destination online for area rugs,” said Randy Ward, CEO and President of AreaRugs.com. “We feel we ...

AfternicDLS has sold 371 domains this past week for over $600,000. Some of the top sales included iRent.com for $20,000, SofaLand.com for $6,000, WirelessStore.com for $6,000, Credits.org for $5,700, and VeterinaryTechnician.com for $5,600. Check out the full list after the jump – and don̵...

The second edition of MeetDomainers, a truly European meeting of domain investors, will be held at Warsaw Marriott Hotel, Poland, September 25-27. Almost one hundred people — including domainers, domain lawyers, developers, and representatives from registries and registrars — will partic...

Sedo reported a massive week in domain sales featuring Jets.com for $375,000, NewBrand.de for $175,000 (€120,000), and TradeTracker.com for $146,000 (€100,000). Jets.com is an impressive domain with a lot of potential - whether for a travel-related website or team-related (New York Jets of the N...

“As far back as I can remember,” Henry Hill said in the opening of the hit movie Goodfellas, “I always wanted to be a gangster.” And with only three days left in the Gangsters.com auction, you have the opportunity to win this domain name that has already received 18 bids an...

Lamar Smith and Howard Coble, two of the House Judiciary Committee’s top Republicans, have sent a message to ICANN to express concerns about the proposed introduction of numerous top level domains - stating that vast expansion and absence of price caps in the new registry deals could hurt busi...

Conceptualist.com reports that Frank Schilling’s company Name Administration is involved with a new advertising product called LinkBox. The service allows advertisers to easily create text ads and publish them on Name Administration websites in a matter of minutes. “You can advertise on ...

In a free 30-minute webinar event on September 23, AfternicDLS will be teaching the strategies that bring the fastest, most lucrative deals on domain names. In this 30-minute webinar you will learn: How AfternicDLS gets the best price, fast - showing how their sales force helps sellers make the mos...

AfternicDLS reported $420,000 in weekly sales including TradingAdvantage.com for $9,000 and AnchorageHotel.com for $7,000. In total, the company reported 294 sales. Check them out after the jump… .COM Domains Price tradingadvantage.com $ 9,000 anchoragehotel.com $ 7,000 siopa....

AfternicDLS reported $420,000 in weekly sales including TradingAdvantage.com for $9,000 and AnchorageHotel.com for $7,000. In total, the company reported 294 sales. Check them out after the jump… .COM Domains Price tradingadvantage.com $ 9,000 anchoragehotel.com $ 7,000 siopa....

Sedo posted dashing results this week - as in the top sale of the week, hotel-reservation.com, showing that domains with dashes are worth plenty of money by closing at $208,000 (€142,800). Other top sales included XP.com for $99,000, 34.com for $68,000, ElectricGuitars.com for $42,700, 7y.com for ...

So this is why O.BIZ wasn’t in Sedo’s recent 1-letter .biz auction… SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) announced today that it is building a new website called O.BIZ where businesses and customers can buy bulk merchandise. O....

Crime-based games, TV shows, and movies have a rich history that dates back to The Public Enemy and Little Caesar in the 1930’s, The Godfather trilogy in the ’70s,  Goodfellas and Pulp Fiction in the ’90s, and all the way up to more recent works including Grand Theft Auto, Mafia W...

The SnapNames September showcase auction concluded today with MillionaireDating.com leading the way at $15,000. Other notable sales included RentersInsurance.net for $8,240, DiscountLoans.com for $3,950, and OnlineAccountingDegrees.com for $3,400. Check out the full list of sales after the jump̷...

AfternicDLS may not have had a blockbuster sale, but the domain aftermarket company still managed $560,000 in domain sales including m88.com for $15,000, SteamGenerator.com for $11,600, Birdies.com for $7,500, CreativeFactory.com for $7,500, and MuscleSupplements.com for $7,000. In total, AfternicDL...

Straight from the source (via email): Domainer Mardi Gras 2010 is returning to New Orleans for another wild over the top fun-filled entertaining networking extravaganza and we want you to be a part of it! Taking place February 11th ? 13th 2010, at The New Orleans Marriott, Domainer Mardi Gras 2010 i...

Domains.com, a UK-based registration and hosting company, is entering the Domain Auctions business with a bang — offering totally free listings and 0% commissions on all sales and auctions, a stark contrast to the many existing services which routinely charge between 10% to 20% commissions. &#...

WordPress and the .ME ccTLD have teamed up to create WP.me, the first ever two-letter .me domain name that will be used to provide over 225,000 WordPress.com bloggers with shorter URLs… allowing them to offer abbreviated links to their posts for easier promotion on social media sharing sites s...

Sedo just keeps on rolling. The domain aftermarket company brokered $1.4 million worth of domain names this past week including Christian.com for $600,000 (along with Rick Latona Auctions, as previously reported), BestPrices.com for $81,000, WellnessHotels.com for $60,000 (€41,650), Hotel-Reservie...

The week is off to a great start with Shopping.de selling for $2.85 million (€1.96 million) and Casino.mobi closing at $135,000. Shopping.de was sold to Unister GmbH, a company that also owns News.de, Fluege.de (”flights” in German), Reisen.de (”travel” in German), Geld.de ...

Sedo and RickLatona.com - leaders in aftermarket domain name sales - have joined together to sell Christian.com for $600,000. “After realizing that the domain my client was interested in, Christian.com, was scheduled to be part of Rick Latona’s upcoming auction,” said Tessa Holcomb...

After teaming up with Wolfgang Puck to launch a bid for the .FOOD gTLD in June of this year, consulting firm Minds+Machines has now filed a complaint (along with Frederick R. Krueger) against the celebrity chef claiming that he has breached the contract and is also suing his wife, Gelila Puck, for f...

In August 2008, Fabulous.com announced they were partnering with NameJet to sell all the company owned expiring domain names. Now, a year later, this service is open to the public. “You may remember that in 2008 Fabulous.com partnered with NameJet to sell our expiring domains,” a Fabulou...