Domain Sales

Citing the rampant abuse of the .org TLD, London charity Article 25 is putting together a consortium of like-minded organisations to create a new extension, .ngo. Victoria Harris, Chief Executive of Article 25, talked about the problems of .org: Lack of regulation has meant that commercial entities, individuals and even …

In an effort to cut down on Internet fraud and scams, especially phishing, the Argentine government has joined forces with banks to create the .banco.ar domain extension. By only allowing financial institutions to register a .banco.ar name, bank customers can easily tell if a suspect website is legitimate or not. …

As if his starring role in An Inconvenient Truth wasn’t enough, former Vice President Al Gore appeared in a promo video today launched by Dot Eco LLC for the .eco gTLD. The .eco domain extension is one of many to be proposed next year when the new gTLD system goes …

ICANN has clear policies about domain name transfers. If, for example, a person’s domain has expired but it has not yet been deleted from his current registrar, he has the legitimate right to transfer that domain to another registrar at their discretion. But three major registrars, who shall remain nameless, …

Experts are warning that the country domains for the Republic of Cameroon are easy targets for cybersquatters wishing to cash in on typos. This form of cybersquatting, which is developing its own name: typosquatting, takes place when someone registers a domain spelled similarly to another popular domain so that people …

Some folks may not be worried about IPv4 depletion, but for those who are, there’s a neat application called ByeBye v4 for the iPhone and iPod Touch that tracks the number of IPv4 addresses remaining. The application provides other information, too, such as the number of IPv6 addresses in use, …

A new case has been filed with the WIPO regarding dolphins.com. The complainant is the Miami Dolphins, a U.S.-based American bartball team. A quick look at the website reveals that it points to a series of links and ads mostly about the Miami Dolphins. This seems to be the reason …

New ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom has been in his post for more than three weeks now, but just released his first public address yesterday. In the message, Paul Twomey’s replacement talks about how excited he is to be working at ICANN and details his plans for the future. While it’s …

There have been no record-setting domain auctions lately, but several noteworthy sales were made yesterday. Chief among them is Degreeprograms.com, which sold for £19,193 ($31,555 USD). The higher education industry has seen a lot of growth lately, and no doubt that helped fuel the sale of the domain. Another high-price …

Last week, EZMoney.com sold for £13,411 ($22,000 USD at auction). Finance and loan-related domains have traditionally always demanded a premium at marketplace, but the fact this name sold for the price of a new car is surprising considering it’s trademarked. This site claims ownership of the trademark “EZMoney.” A quick …