The following 74 domain names are expired and available to register at the time of writing this. As usual, all names are linked to the Godaddy buy screen for quick Read more »...

SnapNames holds regularly monthly showcase domain name auctions. The March 2010 auction is dubbed the “Entertainment & Sports Auction” and its catalog has just been released for the event to Read more »...

On Monday I announced an exclusive Chef Patrick contest held by Name.com with $750 in prizes. Every Wednesday, until the end of the month, we will announce a $50 Name.com account credit. Then, at the end of the month we will announce one grand prize winner who will receive a $500 Name.com account cr...

This week saw the launch of the first location-based leased domain name. The location-based service – that allows multiple people or businesses to exclusively operate the same domain name Read more »...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Domain conferences have been held on land in various corners of the globe over the past five years. In October, a conference will be held on the high seas for the first time! Also - we have an update on the progress of the two dozen domainers who are currently ...

Forget about sex.com – some of the most valuable domains in this world surround lead generation. Ask any developer and you will get the most common 5-10 categories as the most valuable. Insurance, Mortgage, Weight Loss, Finance, Debt and others. One of the biggest domains sought after by hordes of...

I feel like most people who read my blog have a good idea about who I am and what I do, but my friend Steve Kaziyev asked to interview me on Domainers Digest, and I agreed to do it. I think it’s important to be open when you have a blog, and I hope you can read the interview to see what I am d...

SnapNames.com is holding its March Showcase Auction featuring Entertainment & Sports domains from March 9th-March 16th and just released the domains up for bid. We will release our top picks a couple of days before the auction closes although we couldn’t help but see ScreenSavers.com sitti...

National Public Radio now count themselves as having the tiniest shortened URL for use on Twitter and other social media sites. The organization announced their new domain N.PR yesterday on their blog. The company had been using Stumble Upon’s  Su.pr url shortener on most of their Twitter acc...

Chef Patrick of Chef Patrick.com is going to be hosting a domaining conference so awesome it will literally make you float. This event will be the first domaining conference he’s held and the industry’s first ever conference on a boat. The event will be accommodated aboard the Carnival ship Im...

This auction has closed and the results are listed at the bottom of this post. LuxuryNames two day auction is coming to an end today at 3pm EST. So far there are three bids on three different domain names, dartmouthhotels.com $525, graduateprograms.org $2600 and graduatedegrees.org $2600. Still ava...

Well in an interesting WIPO decision, a sole panelist rejected a trademark holders claim even though they found the domain at issue, finaza.com “was confusingly similar to a mark in which Complainants have rights” and even through the domain was parked for some time. “”"The P...

Just as a reminder the LuxuryNames.com auction on Snapnames.com is closing at just a few hours at 3:15pm EST in accordance with snapnames normally closing rules. As of noon there are 3 domains with bids that have met reserve Graduatedegrees.org $2,600 Graduatedegrees.org $2,600 dartmouthhotels.com ...

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...

Lawyers plan to take case to state court. The lawyers that filed a lawsuit in federal district court against Snapnames and Oversee.net over the ‘Halvarez’ scandal and later dismissed the case say it’s not over yet. “It was really just a procedural move,” said Michael...

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Makeup giant buys category killer domain name Makeup.com. L’Oreal has purchased the domain name and web site Makeup.com, and one of the bidders in an auction for the domain name tells us it was for seven figures. Makeup.com has an interesting history. The domain name was owned by Communicate...

The theaustralian.com.au is reporting that domain name Qant.as, (as in Qantas airlines) sold for a whopping $1.35 million dollars. The .As extension is the ccTLD of American Samoa and I’m willing to go out on a limb and say if true, its a record setting sale. The owner of the domain, Dominic H...

Who: Bido friends, staff, local domainers. Come and say Hi ! (if you plan to attend, please let Jarred Cohen knows in advance so we have a headcount, Jarred@Bido.com) Where: City Pizza 632 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach, FL - (561) 833-2323 When: Today, March 4th, 6:30PM I know, short notice. H...

Here at Bido, we’re currently working on a number of five and six figure sales behind the scenes. In the last ten years, we’ve done much of it privately, now it is almost time to introduce it to the Bido community. We’re really looking forward to pushing the envelope on what the in...

Over the years I have received about 50 “Certified Offers” From Network Solutions. If your not familiar with the product, Network Solutions offers a method for buyers to contact buyers and to make an offer a domain. For the privilege the “buyer” has to pay NSI $19.95 PLUS plu...

Four years after their first European conference in Barcelona, Spain, DOMAINfest will return to the Continent for a big show to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic October 6-7, 2010. Here is what's on tap....

Google just released its own SEO Report Card. In a 49 page report it rates the search engine optimization (SEO) on its various properties including the Google search home page and gives itself a failing grade in a number of categories. One of the biggest areas of failure for is in “search resu...

Dear Disney, I grew up watching your movies and television shows and appreciate all you do for kids everywhere. Since you’re based in Burbank, California, I also did quite a bit of research on your company for my website, Burbank.com. However, some of your recent domain registrations are a dis...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win in this week's aftermarket race. Four ccTLDs and a pair of .nets broke through the strong .com defensive line to join 14 .coms on our new Top 20 Chart. Two of those country codes crashed the top ten...