Meet Alf Temme. His portfolio of more than one thousand trademark-violating typo domains has landed him numerous lawsuits over the years from a range of companies. These include Dell, Air France, and America Online. He admits to being a typosquatter, using names like d3ell.com to sell exercise machines on his …
Read More »Godaddy's backorder service is a sham
For years, Go Daddy has offered a backorder service. At a price of $18.99, the company claims the product provides a leg-up in acquiring soon-to-expire domains. But as the New York Post reveals, this isn’t necessarily the case. It turns out that Go Daddy has been allowing multiple customers to …
Read More »VeriSign makes proposal for domain exchange service
Domain giant VeriSign sent a request to ICANN this week seeking approval to launch a domain exchange service designed for registrars who bundle domains with hosting packages. As of right now, the company is only looking to do this on the .net TLD. The proposed plan would let hosts “swap …
Read More »Speculators scramble for Apple iPad domains
With the imminent launch of the iPad, speculators are scrambling to register any iPad domain they can think of. These names are now starting to trickle onto eBay, and as you can expect, the sellers have some pretty outrageous asking prices. For TheiPadShoppe.com, one seller wants $60. Not withstanding the …
Read More ».YU is officially dead
The .yu ccTLD saw its demise yesterday around noon when all of its name servers were taken offline. Because of the break-up of Yugoslavia, ICANN decided the .yu extension was redundant in 2008 and ordered its users to switch to new domains. The shut-down was originally supposed to take place …
Read More »Files.com sells for $725,000
File download are sites are very popular, so it’s no wonder that files.com sold at auction for a whopping $725,000 USD. In addition, prize.com also sold for $100,000. Other sales of note include kip.com for $80,000, mum.co.uk for £20,000, onlinecasino.se for $32,000 USD, and italy.tv for $19,000. In other news, …
Read More »ICANN opens .xxx comment period
ICANN opened a public comment period a few days ago to gauge the public’s feelings on the .xxx gTLD. People have until May 10 to make a comment, which can be done here. So far, only a handful of comments have been left. This just reassures me that no one …
Read More »Microsoft wins Bing domain names
Corporate giant Microsoft won a complaint it filed with the National Arbitration Forum over seven domains: bingcamera.com,bingfinancing.com,directorybing.com,drugstorebing.com,girlsbing.com,marketingbing.com and mediabing.com. The company claimed that the domains were confusingly similar to its Bing search engine trademark. The registrant, Yaoxin Liu, did not contest Microsoft’s claims. Personally, I don’t see why Liu registered …
Read More »What are addon domains?
Want to host more than one domain on a web hosting plan? Addon domains are a common feature at most web hosts that let you host one or more additional domains on your plan. Some hosts don’t allow add-on domains at all, while others may charge extra for the service. …
Read More »Go Daddy to stop offering .cn domains
In a Google-esque move, Go Daddy will no longer offer .cn domains to customers. The announcement was made by spokesperson Christine Jones during a testimony to Congress yesterday. The domain registrar made its decision in light of China’s increasingly strict registration requirements, including copies of identification and in some cases, …
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