Domain Sales

The Cameroon-based domain registry in charge of the Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) for the Republic of Cameroon has announced that the .cm TLD will be available this summer. NETCOM.cm Sarl is based in Yaounde, Cameroon and provides services to countries in central Africa, including domain name registrations and …

There are a number of free online tools out there that provide domain appraisals. These tools use a software algorithm to estimate the value of a name, but are they any good? Some of the factors these services take into consideration are domain age, length, number of words, inbound links, …

For years, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) has been pushing for a switch to IPv6, stressing that the IPv4 system still used by most providers will run out of addresses very soon. In an effort to promote the switch, the non-profit has created Team ARIN: Team ARIN is …

Melbourne IT, an Austrian domain registrar, has reported a 1.6% drop in the number of domains it manages. Less people are renewing their domains this year compared to last. Is this news surprising at all? With the economy deep in recession, people have less spending money. With £8, you could …

Most of the time, anything previously used by another person is less desirable. Used autos cost a fraction of models just a year newer and computers drop in value very quickly after being purchased. The opposite is true for domains, however. The more a domain has been used, the more …

In anticipation that ICANN will soon allow domain names in languages other than English and characters outside of the Latin alphabet, Bulgaria has submitted an application to allow the registration of domains using the Cyrillic alphabet. Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin stated that this move was highly anticipating by Bulgarian residents, …

Believe it or not, but Microsoft, owner of the search engine Live.com, does not own LiveSearch.com. The name was registered some 13 years ago by Tyler Tullock, an American living in Washington State. Tullock has been making quite a bit of money through Google AdSense with the name from what …

ICANN announced a plan yesterday that will create programs to enhance the security and reliability of the Internet. However, none of the planned initiatives will augment the organisation’s power. Called the ICANN Plan for Enhancing Internet Security, Stability and Resiliency, it will tackle: Improving root zone management through automation; improve …

Registrars Pool.com and Quintaris made news today with their new joint preorder program for gTLDs under the auspice of ICANN’s new policy, which allows the creation of additional domain extensions by businesses and organizations The names are being registered at a rate of 10,000 per day. The extensions available include …

For cybersquatters, the recent Bank of America merger with Merrill Lynch was seen as a golden opportunity to snatch up some related domain names. One company, Webadviso, seized that opportunity, registering bofaml.com, mlbofa.com, bofamerrill.com, and merrillbofa.com. According to ICANN policy on domain name trademark disputes, the National Arbitration Forum heard …