Domain Sales

Topping domain sale news this week are CamRoulette.com and DolceVita.com, which sold for $151,000 USD and $120,000 USD respectively. Interestingly, CamRoulette.com is a very new name– the seller registered it three months ago on December 12, 2009. Other domain sales of note include pakistan.de for €65,450 and SecurityGuards.com for $20,000 …

If you’re thinking about transferring a domain from Go Daddy to another registrar, you would do well to read the fine print. As one Go Daddy customer found out, the company does not permit you to transfer a domain if you have updated the contact information in the last 60 …

According to the WIPO, it heard some 2,107 complaints on 4,688 domains in 2009. What is more interesting, however, is that a large number of these complaints involved bartball domains. “bartball featured strongly in the WIPO Centre’s 2009 caseload, including the upcoming World Cup,” the WIPO said. One of the …

In an unexpected move, VeriSign has significantly lowered the price and renewal rate of tens of thousands of “premium” .tv domains. As a result, domainers are rushing to grab the reduced names. Some of the 26,000 names available include sociological.tv for $90 and computer.tv for $3,800. VeriSign made a good …

With the opening day for the submission of gTLD applications looming, interest in the new extensions is heating up. This weekend, start-up Adrenaline TLD announced plans to spend more than $1 million USD to apply for 5 gTLDs: .Ski, .Bike, .Surf, .Board and .Skate. According to the company’s FaceBook page, …

Those with a good memory will remember that last year, Japanese ISP launched a contest for the best new gTLD called the World Domain Cup. People from all around the world suggested ideas for new gTLDs and then the public voted for the best ones. Here are the top ten:

A lot happens in the domain industry every day. Some of it we can cover, some of it we can’t. Here’s an overview of some news you may have missed over the past week: 1. Screensavers.com sold for £221,049 ($335,000 USD). This is the fifth-highest sale this year. 2. The …

Citing recent statistics issued by ICANN stating that 3/4 of WHOIS data is inaccurate, Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) is calling for more rigorous accuracy requirements. SOCA says it is too easy for organised crime to fake domain contact data and wants ICANN to make falsifying contact data more …

If you’re looking for a way to burn $2.99, Go Daddy’s new Certified Domain service is a sure way to do it. Designed for website owners looking to “ease fears” and “inspire confidence,” all the service does is give you a small seal to place on your site verifying you …

Canon announced yesterday that it will submit an application with ICANN to acquire the .canon gTLD. Though the new system isn’t expected to go live until the second half of 2011, Canon says it will actually use the extension in its day-to-day affairs: Following approval for the new gTLD system, …