The domain industry got another black eye when Toyota.me became the highest priced .me domain sale, at over 90K. In the next few years there may be hundreds of new extensions (gTLD's) and each one will increase the trademark problem, unless some policy is adopted to head it off. Trademark holders can apply for their domain during the sunrise period of a domain extension launch. Sunrise … [Read more...]
Tucows Closes at 52 Week Low
Tucows, a member of our Domain Stock Parking Index, closed at a 52 week low of $.47 a share down $.05, almost 10% in trading today. Volume today was 4 times the daily average. The daily volume for Tucows averages for 3 months 79,676 shares. Today Tucows traded over 236,000 shares. No news was reported. Tucows market cap now sits at under $35M. … [Read more...]
.ME Auctions are Lasting Too Long For Even The Registry: Changes Announced
The .ME Registry announced a change that may shorten some of the .ME auctions, some of which have been going on for over two weeks: Here is the official announcement: Dear Auction Participant, This notice is to inform you of an upcoming update in the behavior of the auction platform that will take effect at approximately 16:00 UTC on 11 August 2008. The update is being made to comply … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Helps the Animals
Go Daddy donated $50,000 to the Arizona Humane Society's annual telethon on Saturday. Go Daddy also used its expertise to organize online donations, helped answer phones and kept the live event's Web site running smoothly. According to reports Go Daddy donated the money with Bob Parson own dogs deliver the donation on live television. "Max and Chief are quite the dynamic duo," said Go Daddy … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Wins
GoDaddy.com now has a NASCAR victory to go with its IndyCar victory already this season. Ron Fellows drove the No. 5 GoDaddy.com Chevrolet to Victory Lane after winning today's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. This was Fellows' first time behind the wheel of the GoDaddy.com sponsored race car and the first NASCAR win for Go Daddy. Go Daddy Girl … [Read more...]
Moniker.com Silent auctions will now be held on SnapNames Platform
Moniker.com announced tonight that all future silent auctions of live domain auctions will be held on SnapNames.com platform. Up to this point all silent auctions were held on moniker's own auction platform Here is the complete announcement: Moniker Extended Auctions Now Hosted on the SnapNames Domain Auction Online Platform Moniker and SnapNames are combining forces once again to … [Read more...]
Screw.Me
So we applied for 150 .me domains with Godaddy which should have been awarded before the landrush today (or put into auction) and out of those we got the grand total of: zero that would be none, nothing, zipo. We did get a notice that we would be in an auction for 31 domains 2 days ago, but some of domains seemed to have gotten registered today by someone. Some of the auctions are … [Read more...]