Domain Sales

In an effort to promote the .info extension, registry Afilias is holding a contest for the best .info site. Ten finalists have been selected and the top three will split a $15,500 cash prize. Votes may be placed here. Polling will be available until November 6. The finalists are: http://www.turkel.info …

Given the massive size of the vitamin supplement market, it’s no surprise that multivitamin.com has sold for £27,424 ($45,000 USD). No six-figure sales have occurred lately. Instead, more modest transactions have dominated the market. Other recent sales: originals.com- $37,500.00 raspberry.com- $27,500.00 istream.com- $25,000.00 trademarklawyers.com- $24,000.00 hockey.org- $22,500.00 costumerentals.com- $21,000.00 designersunglasses.com- …

Delta Airlines won a dispute over the domain delta-tickets.com at the WIPO last week. The name was originally registered by Jannie Blazek, a citizen of the Czech Republic. The one-person arbitration panel sided with Delta, agreeing with the airline that the domain was being used in bad faith. According to …

The introduction of IDNs will certainly increase the number of Chinese Internet users, but Google CEO Eric Schmidt has a much more optimistic view of web adoption in the Asian country. According to him, cyberspace will be dominated by Chinese content within 5 years. Though Western nations have had more …

The domain businesscards.net, which was first registered in 1999, sold for £7,931 ($13,100 USD) yesterday– a fairly decent price in my opinion. Other notable sales: attending.com- $10,000 sushifan.com- $5,000 lesbianpornvideos.com- $3,500 ebook.pro- $3,900 ginv.com- $3,800 The sale price of attending.com is surprising high. I think gerunds are awkward in a …

ICANN has just announced that starting November 16, nations will be able to start applying for IDNs. This comes after a promise from the agency to speed up the creation of an IDN system. Rod Beckstrom, CEO of ICANN, stated: This is only the first step, but it is an …

Three-letter domain Seo.at sold for €12,500 this week at auction. The .at domain suffix is the ccTLD for Austria. Search engine optimization, or SEO, is a very profitable niche. Its popularity no doubt was the main reason why the domain sold for so much. Other recent sales: npwr.com- $4,000 quizmaker.com- …

In an obvious lapse of good judgment, the City of New York let the domain CUNY.com drop. The name then sold at auction for $30,050 CUNY stands for City University of New York, and likely receives a lot of type-in traffic from people trying to visit the university’s site at …

Many hosts, especially VPS and dedicated server providers, charge new customers a setup fee. The charge is often waived for users who prepay for several months of service, but for those who don’t wish to go this route, what is a fair setup fee? For a shared web host, I …

Award-winning actress Kate Hudson submitted a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum this week over the domain KateHudson.com. She is asking that the name be transferred to her. The registrant is Fei Zhu, a Shanghai resident. He has owned the name since 2006, but it will be hard for him …