WHNT a television station in Huntsville Alabama doesn't seem to know much about domain names, at least when it comes to domain names that expire. In a story entitled Domain Name Hijacking Is Yours Vulnerable? ""If you own a domain name for your business or hobby, take heed. Domain name squatters are hijacking expired domain names. " "Failing to register your domain name again before it … [Read more...]
Domain Registrations Point To a Downton Abbey Attraction At Universal Studios
Domain registrations by NBC Universal Media, LLC yesterday indicate some sort of attraction maybe coming to Universal Studio Parks based on the television show Downton Abbey. Here are the domain names registered through corporate domain registrar … [Read more...]
Domain Registrations By Sony Indicate Movie Maybe Coming on Puff Daddy
Several domain name registrations made by Sony yesterday, through corporate domain registrar and brand manager Mark Monitor, indicate a movie my be in the works about Sean Combs a/k/a Puff Daddy. At the moment Puff Daddy has been touring with the "Bad Boy Family Reunion 2016" Bad Boy Records, is a division of Sony Music and has released Cd's by The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, 112, Total, … [Read more...]
AutoNews.com: Amazon May Roll Out Its Car Portal Using a New gTLD
According to AutoNews.com, Amazon launched Amazon Vehicles, a "car research portal where consumers can view and reviews of thousands of new and classic cars, while being able to upload photos and videos of their own rides." AutoNews.com went on to suggest that Amazon might migrate the service to a new gTLD or at least use a new gTLD as a redirect. "Amazon already has several domain names … [Read more...]
ClintonKaine.com For Sale For $90K, Sells For $15K But Not To Clinton
The domain name ClintonKaine.com which was for sale for $90,000 a few weeks ago just sold for $15,000. The owner of the domain Jeremy P. Green confirmed the selling price to us and told TheDomains.com that "The Clinton campaign wasn't interested in spending any significant money on it, they offered me a ludicrous $2,000 so I let a Flippa.com broker named Devoir Funches take care of everything … [Read more...]
Playing The President/VP Domain Game? Asking Prices Up to $80K
TheHill.com published a story last night about an anti-Donald Trump super-PAC registering "a slew of web domains" in anticipation of the presumptive Republican nominee's running mate announcement later this week. Well it appears a "slew of domain names" were actually three .Gop domains; "trumpgingrich.gop, trumppence.gop and trumpchristie.gop, all three of which redirect to the group's … [Read more...]
All in All Trust in Domaining Looks Good
We have written about how much domain industry participants believe what they read and hear. The numbers were mixed with a fair number of people coming in around 50%. A recent study published by the Pew Research Center shows that trust is down all over the place. For those who get news from social media trust is abysmal with only 4% of adults polled saying they trust it a lot. National news … [Read more...]