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One of the largest .mobi sales ever, casino.mobi has sold for $135,000 USD, or £81,667, to Infomeda Ltd. The name will be used as an online casino portal and will include features like a database of gaming establishments and casino reviews. Other notable sales this week include: bestprices.com- $81,000 wellnesshotels.com- …
Read More »More domain extensions to be IDN-ready
Yesterday, Bulgeria made news when it announced the availability of its .bg extension in Cyrillic. Now, two more extensions are stepping up to the IDN plate: .eu and Russia’s .rf. Because .eu is a TLD intended for all of Europe, plans are in place to support alphabets for 23 different …
Read More »Shopping.de sells for $2.85 million
Some people like shopping, others don’t. Apparently German web company Unister GmbH does, however, because it just bought shopping.de for a whopping £1.72 million, or $2.85 million USD. Unister owns a number of other premium domains, including news.de and auto.de. It must have wanted shopping.de very badly, because while it …
Read More »Hide your identity with WHOIS privacy protection
When you register a domain, you are required to supply your registrar with accurate contact details. These are used not only for clerical purposes and to prevent fraud, but also, per ICANN rules, must be added to the official WHOIS database. WHOIS is essentially a giant phonebook for the web. …
Read More »Michael Moore misses out on movie domain
Yesterday, American documentary maker Michael Moore presented his latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story, at the Venice film festival. The tag line of the movie is “Capitalism is evil, and you cannot regulate evil.” Moore already owns capitalismalovestory.com, but could did not register capitalismisevil.com. Not only does it match the …
Read More »Bulgaria's .bg domain now available in Cyrillic
Well ahead of ICANN’s planned implementation of IDNs, Bulgaria’s official domain registry, Register.bg, has announced the availability of .bg domains in Cyrillic. This makes the Balkan country one of the first to support a non-Latin alphabet. There are some caveats, however. Most notably, only one Cyrillic character can be used …
Read More »More details about Christian.com sale emerge, .eu registry grows
More details about the sale of Christian.com have emerged. The buyer is Boris Kreiman, the same person who bought Call.com for £675,364 ($1.1 million USD). He plans on using the name for a Christian social networking and general information site. Kreiman has also acquired several other names as of late, …
Read More »I Parked My Domain. Now What?
Scenario 1: You registered a domain you have been wanting for a long time. You knew if you waited, someone else might snatch it. But you just do not have time to create a website right now. Scenario 2: You have a client who cannot make up his mind. You …
Read More »Christian.com sells for $600,000
First there was Rosary.com for £48,388, then Jesus.net for £73,442. Now Christian.com has sold for a whopping £366,100 ($600,000 USD) in a private sale. This summer has truly been an active one for Christian domains. As you can see, the sale of Christian.com far surpasses all other previous religion domain …
Read More »New Zealand creates .health.nz extension
In a move reminiscent of Argentina’s creation of .banco.ar for banks, New Zealand’s Minister of Health Tony Ryall has created the .health.nz domain extension. The second-level name can only be used by hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and the like. Part of the reason for launching the extension is likely to prevent …
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