Will we see a .secure? A Wisconsin company has filed an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to get the service mark “.secure”. The application from Asif LLC says it will be used for “Domain name registration services”, which likely means the company is eyin...

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An interesting new visual library is making the rounds today and a lot of big business websites are being called out for unethical design tactics. DarkPatterns.org has been created to introduce the public to web design issues including, but not limited to: Shopping cart tricks Privacy swindling Fri...

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Perfume.com owner announces revenue and earnings for first half of 2010. Live Current Media, who’s primary business is now running Perfume.com, announced shrinking revenue numbers for the second quarter 2010. But its losses also shrunk. For Q2 the company grossed $696,376 in revenue, down 59...

Domain name registrar will get close to $1 billion in cash flow this year. The juggernaut continues its onward march. The world’s largest domain name registrar, which manages four times as many domains as the second largest registrar, is quickly narrowing in on a billion dollars in annual cas...

If you are customizing your WordPress theme for BuddyPress or creating a brand spanking new one, you will definitely find the following two plugins very handy. Theme Test Drive This awesome plugin Read more » Related posts:How To Test A New WordPress Theme Without Affecting Live Site A Templa...

With as little as 3 hours and 15 minutes left to go for some names, NameDrive’s 3 letter ccTLD auction of 272 domain will end soon. Starting bids range anywhere from € 30.00 to € 200.00. Only 2 of the domain names have received bids so far, cck.es and lkq.es. (c) 2010 DomainNameNews.com Ad...

Rob Grant, CEO of RealEstateDirectory.com (who was profiled in our April 2008 Cover Story) and John Burke, President and CEO of Select Sotheby's International Realty in northern New York State, have announced a unique partnership with the launch of a powerful New York real estate portal for LakeGeor...

Armorize, a web security company, reported on their blog today that Network Solutions had been displaying a widget box that contains malware.  The company was notified and quickly remedied the parking pags.  Based on a yahoo search only, there are over 5 million domain names with NSI parked lander...

I’m happy to announce that a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Test Track participant has been funded. I’d also like to extend a special thanks to .co for sponsoring this event. I’ve pasted the entire press release below for all to read. _____ For Immediate Release New Service for Domainers Launched ...

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My friend David Clements who many of you know just launched cheesecake.com. I’d like to congratulate him for making that leap from a domainer to an website manager. They are very different animals and he’s handling the transition well so far. I like the site he’s developed and he...

Many discounted Sylvester Stallone when he produced ‘Rocky’ – the 3 Oscars it received in 1976 was perhaps a lucky strike, as the release of blockbuster ‘Star Wars’ had been delayed by 6 months. And yet, that was four years before the 70′s ended – which incl...

Well-known face in domainer circles launches ambitious ecommerce operations. David Clements, former business partner of Rick Latona, has launched an e-commerce site at Cheesecake.com. The domain name was originally listed with Latona’s for an auction, but the domain didn’t sell. After ...

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Happy Monday! We’re feeling a little inquisitive again, and this time we’d like to hear about some of the funniest misspelled domains you’ve registered. Does this sound familiar? You think of an awesome domain name, you find that it is still available, and with the swiftness of a ...

Epik to hold first user conference in September. Next month Epik will host its first user conference/domain development conference. The event, dubbed “Successful Monetization Through Domain Name Development” will take place at The Edgewater Hotel in Seattle September 15-17. I’ll...

Hotel heiress asks WIPO for help getting domain names. Paris Hilton has filed two separate arbitration cases at World Intellectual Property Organization to get control of domain names that include her name. The first case was filed by Paris Hilton Entertainment, Inc. on August 12 to get the domain ...

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The following 69 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 » No related posts....

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Sedo’s Q2 2010 Sales Figures are a factual take on the state of extensions in terms of sales. One of the most important metrics for domain name investors. Not many surprises in the gTLD scene, sales are almost directly proportional to the % of registrations. gTLD % Sales % Registrations Saleab...