WIPO has sent a letter to ICANN to “seriously consider moving towards an essentially paperless UDRP”. Here are some interesting stats that appear in the letter: Over the lifespan of the UDRP, the total number of pages filed with WIPO alone is estimated at some ten million (roughly equiv...

As an entrepreneur and someone who donates to a wide variety of charities, I can’t help but notice when companies do things that are right. In fact, I go out of my way to support such companies, which is why I’m posting this. Name.com just had a promotion where $.50 from every .ORG regis...

Ahh Scotland. The top bit of that big island known as the UK. You know the place: William Wallace, Braveheart, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. Well it appears that they are a little bit irritated by “sharing” .uk and now they want their own TLD. Hmmm.. cant think of any reason why a Scots...

If you’re involved in Internet marketing as well as domaining, Kikabink News is calling for nominations for its 2008 Internet Marketing Awards. Just fill in the nomination form (totally  anonymous, no need to optin, etc). ...

This one is hot off the press and will be of interest to all those Aussies in the .au space, as well as those wanting to diversify their portfolio. Both Netfleet (new .au marketplace) and Netregistry have formed a joint venture. Here’s what they bring to the table: Netfleet reports that it ha...

Given the recent PCWorld article on the Internets Oldest 100 Domain Dot Com Domain Names, I thought I’d bring up a little known fact that is often overlooked by many people. Symbolics.com might be the oldest currently registered dot com, but its not the oldest domain. In fact, there is a .NET ...

A few weeks ago at a hotel in Amsterdam, an Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders was called for Lycos Europe. The shareholders voted to liquidate the business. Note that Lycos Europe is a separate company to America’s Lycos Inc. As a part of that liquidation, they decided to sell their domain...

In a letter sent to ICANN last week, Meredith Baker, the head of the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration stated that is not clear “whether the potential consumer benefits outweigh the potential costs“. It also goes on to say that “...

We all knew it was coming. ICANN has released their Add Grace Period Policy and as a direct result registrars are looking at changing their pricing models. Here is an extract from the new ICANN Policy: “During any given month, an Operator shall not offer any refund to an ICANN-accredited regis...

WIPO has added Nick Weston, a Melbourne based lawyer to the UDRP Panel. You can read all about Nicks bio here. There are now 29 panelists for Australia. Here are some WIPO stats: The number of cases administered by WIPO under UDRP procedure - 14,000+ Parties have been located in 144 countries Inter...

With the news that Adsense for Domains is now available to all publishers, it may be tempting to think “Screw my parking company - I’m leaving and going direct”. Before temptation takes over and you jump into bed with Google, think about what you are doing: Weakening An Industry - ...

A web development company (Illuminati Karate) paid $3,000 for GeorgeWBushLibrary.com in March 2007. The domain was later sold for $35,000 to Web developers hired for the George W. Bush Presidential Library project in Dallas. Nice profit! Oh and yes I’ve checked for obamalibrary and its varian...

It seems that the people sending the domain name postal mail spam have stopped for Christmas; time now to prepare for the electronic kind. Watch out kids, here it comes! In order to educate consumers and protect the marketplace from this type of activity, I thought I’d post two examples that h...

To the left is a secret photo taken inside a leading domainers office. The photo was taken after a recent blog post which alleged that GoDaddy is warehousing domains. If you look at clause 9 in the ICANN Registrar Agreement it states “Registrar shall abide by any ICANN-adopted policy prohibiti...

Going through my TRAFFIC videos and noticed blackcherry.com. Tip: Have a listen to the “comedy gold” at the start. ...

A number of attendees have asked for copies of my photos. I’ve got a “Traffic DownUnder 2008″ set at Flickr. Go crazy kids! Here we have myself and Ron from NamePros as well as Jessica and Jen. Of course, as the night progressed, more red wine, white wine, cocktails and beer was c...

Here we go - live from TRAFFIC. All names are in US$ including .com.au’s exhilarating.com - starting price $3,500 - SOLD $3,500 hunting.com.au - starting price $1,850 - SOLD $1,850 DentalPolicy.com - starting price $500 - SOLD $500 JobListings.com.au - starting price $3,000 - passed in Hisp...

The staff and management at Fabulous have put on a fantastic show thus far. The entire team should be congratulated. Like everyone, I had my own thoughts on what it would be like, and the organizers have more than exceeded my expectations. At this point, I want to say another “thank you”...

Richard Moore is the CEO of Dark Blue Sea. Given the fact DBS own Fabulous, it was a very interesting insight into how they apply financial modeling. Domain name portfolios have: Two revenue streams. 1.Advertising - monetizing the direct navigation traffic. 2. Domain sales One expense - Registrati...

Jackson Hopkins is the CTO of Domain Distribution Network. Fabulous has a target of 2% inventory turnover How to price half a million domains? Single parameter analysis Segment, ROS%, Traffic Multiple, Traffic $/D, Sales $/D, Total $/D Finding Retail Buyers Maximize number of eyeballs Explain wh...

John Mauriello is a Domain Sales Specialist at Moniker. 57 domains sold twice between 2004 and 2005 The value increased an average of 288% over 230 days More than 200 domains sold twice between 2004 and 2006 Notable sales such as fund.com for $9M Just like real estate, domain names are considered...

Domain Directors, an associated company of Instra Corporation, an auDA (Australian Domain Name Administrator) and ICANN accredited registrar, yesterday commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland against auDA, the Australian domain name policy and regulatory body. Last week, auDA ...

Here are some of the key points: What It Takes To Succeed In The Search Engines Unique content Onsite optimisation Link building What Domains Should Be Developed For The Search Engines? Base keywords Age of domain Availability of traffic Existing back links Scaling From 10 to 10,000 Domains Y...

It was great to see Ron at TRAFFIC DownUnder. Here are a few key points from his presentation on website development. Development Goals Add value to your domain name property Earn more revenue than you would by parking SEO / Increase traffic Establish a legitimate use - reduce the threat of UDRP I...

Craig Rowe is the President of WhyPark and is speaking on the topic of “Content is King”. Benefits Of Content Development Creates a theme for search engines Acquired unsolicited inbound links and proactively build new links Provides a good user experience leading to return visits What...