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Sedo Weekly Sales Chart topped by Guagua.com for $100,000 USD

Sedo sold Guagua.com (several meanings possible) for $100,000. Other notable sales include risultati.it (Results in Italian) for 32,000 Euro (appx. $43,000) Gastronomie.com (gastronomy in German) for 35,000 Euro (appx. 47,500 USD) and Pepe.com for 45,000 Euro (Appx. $61,400 USD). According to Domain Name Wire, the domain name had been bought by Francois of Domaining.com on Bido for $15,000 just a few months ago and then was listed on Mocus where it was sold with the help of a Sedo broker.

See the full sales list and some translations after the jump.

Domain name	Date	Price	Currency	Translation

.COMs
guagua.com	2010-03-02	100,000	USD
pepe.com	2010-03-05	45,000	EUR
gastronomie.com	2010-03-02	35,000	EUR	Gastronomy in German
telemar.com	2010-03-05	12,000	EUR
xtrader.com	2010-03-04	10,000	USD
afx.com	2010-03-02	8,100	USD
mallchina.com	2010-03-07	6,000	EUR
buffalogroup.com	2010-03-03	5,432	USD
cosmetiques.com	2010-03-03	5,150	USD	Cosmetics in French
okta.com	2010-03-07	5,100	USD
bookmate.com	2010-03-08	5,000	EUR
jpsports.com	2010-03-04	5,000	USD
qualcos.com	2010-03-03	5,000	USD
landingpagedesign.com	2010-03-05	5,000	GBP
stayfair.com	2010-03-08	5,000	USD
tridien.com	2010-03-04	5,000	USD
clientstream.com	2010-03-04	4,985	USD
zli.com	2010-03-03	4,500	USD
poppunk.com	2010-03-01	4,100	USD
jechange.com	2010-03-04	4,000	EUR
shareprice.com	2010-03-03	4,000	USD
freisein.com	2010-03-01	3,854	USD	Being Free in German
tracktec.com	2010-03-02	3,388	USD
techi.com	2010-03-05	3,388	USD
speedchat.com	2010-03-07	3,300	USD
newsfromhome.com	2010-03-02	3,000	USD
whatsstoppingyou.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
rockaoke.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
allotments.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
totophoto.com	2010-03-03	3,000	USD
mobiledistribution.com	2010-03-03	2,788	USD
allsleep.com	2010-03-05	2,600	USD
phimosis.com	2010-03-03	2,550	USD
domainapps.com	2010-03-05	2,500	USD
comparus.com	2010-03-08	2,500	EUR
mailsuite.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
mandaris.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
stylejobs.com	2010-03-03	2,500	EUR
tachan.com	2010-03-04	2,500	EUR
summitbrokers.com	2010-03-02	2,500	USD
yborcigars.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
ditosama.com	2010-03-03	2,500	USD
pureaqua.com	2010-03-05	2,500	USD
vps247.com	2010-03-01	2,499	USD
theroute.com	2010-03-02	2,488	USD
finntours.com	2010-03-05	2,488	USD
jobverse.com	2010-03-05	2,295	USD
neuhoff.com	2010-03-05	2,250	EUR
patentinsurance.com	2010-03-04	2,200	USD
langzeitmieten.com	2010-03-02	2,142	EUR	Long Term Rentals in German
hiding.com	2010-03-03	2,055	USD
inktree.com	2010-03-08	2,000	USD
gameslaboratory.com	2010-03-02	2,000	USD
fusee.com	2010-03-08	2,000	EUR
casinotrac.com	2010-03-03	2,000	USD
flatmatch.com	2010-03-05	2,000	USD
koshki.com	2010-03-01	2,000	USD
ocsports.com	2010-03-02	2,000	USD
visionhunter.com	2010-03-03	2,000	USD
mobiledollars.com	2010-03-04	2,000	USD
g-tour.com	2010-03-08	2,000	EUR
wattclub.com	2010-03-05	2,000	USD

ccTLDs
risultati.it	2010-03-03	32,000	EUR	Results in Italian
energieagentur.de	2010-03-08	21,500	EUR	Energy Agency in German
escortservice.de	2010-03-04	16,660	EUR
transpower.nl	2010-03-05	15,500	EUR
ioffer.co.uk	2010-03-05	11,500	USD
jb.de	2010-03-01	9,500	EUR
stelle.it	2010-03-05	8,000	EUR
shirts.co.za	2010-03-05	8,000	USD
73.de	2010-03-03	7,500	EUR
87.de	2010-03-03	7,500	EUR
call.at	2010-03-04	6,750	EUR
drucker-toner.de	2010-03-03	6,500	EUR	Printer Toner in German
carworld.eu	2010-03-05	6,000	EUR
designshop.ch	2010-03-08	6,000	EUR
luxury.co.za	2010-03-05	6,000	USD
tmb.de	2010-03-03	5,950	EUR
healing.de	2010-03-05	5,950	EUR
mamme.it	2010-03-05	5,900	USD
xa.de	2010-03-02	5,700	EUR
hurghada.ch	2010-03-03	5,000	EUR
hausfinanzierung.de	2010-03-04	4,600	EUR	Home Financing in German
greencar.de	2010-03-05	4,000	EUR
cyclette.it	2010-03-08	3,600	EUR	Bike in Italian
volksversicherung.de	2010-03-02	3,500	EUR	“Population Insurance” in German
extra.be	2010-03-05	3,000	EUR
freienstein.de	2010-03-01	2,600	EUR
staatsanleihen.de	2010-03-02	2,550	EUR	government bonds in German
bookwithme.co.uk	2010-03-05	2,500	GBP
rückenprobleme.ch	2010-03-04	2,500	EUR	Back Problems in German
kabellos.de	2010-03-02	2,500	EUR
diabetes-shop.de	2010-03-04	2,360	EUR
dinnerfortwo.de	2010-03-04	2,350	EUR
goodies.de	2010-03-03	2,223	EUR
easysports.de	2010-03-08	2,222	EUR
swx.de	2010-03-04	2,200	EUR
xxl-print.de	2010-03-03	2,100	EUR
unternehmen-zukunft.de	2010-03-02	2,083	EUR	Future Enterprise in German
schwibbogen.de	2010-03-05	2,083	EUR
vivabingo.es	2010-03-03	2,000	EUR
autoexport.eu	2010-03-02	2,000	EUR
salvia.fr	2010-03-05	2,000	EUR
badplatsen.se	2010-03-01	2,000	EUR
staffshop.co.uk	2010-03-03	2,000	GBP
edreams.com.au	2010-03-08	2,000	USD
gaudin.fr	2010-03-03	2,000	EUR
congress.co.uk	2010-03-03	1,900	GBP
checkin.at	2010-03-02	1,800	EUR
decorating.co.za	2010-03-08	1,800	USD
alkoholproblem.de	2010-03-01	1,750	EUR	Acohol Problem in German
fotopuzzel.de	2010-03-04	1,650	EUR	Photo Puzzle in German
tgm.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,650	GBP
evict.co.uk	2010-03-02	1,600	GBP
zwi.de	2010-03-05	1,600	EUR
dach-spezialist.de	2010-03-02	1,555	EUR	Roofing Specialist in German
viaggio.eu	2010-03-04	1,500	EUR
wep.ch	2010-03-02	1,500	EUR
leihfahrrad.de	2010-03-02	1,500	EUR	Rental Bike in German
eurostores.eu	2010-03-08	1,500	EUR
stayalive.de	2010-03-04	1,452	EUR
hooks.co.uk	2010-03-05	1,450	GBP
tabak-pfeife.de	2010-03-02	1,312	EUR
virtusa.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,250	USD
onshop.de	2010-03-04	1,250	EUR
hytteforum.no	2010-03-03	1,200	EUR
webac.co.uk	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR
geschaedigtenforum.de	2010-03-02	1,200	EUR	Injured Party Forum in German
ildolcetto.it	2010-03-08	1,200	EUR
hunde-futter.de	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR	Dog Food in German
trachtenmode.eu	2010-03-04	1,200	EUR	Costume Fashion in German
rugs.ws	2010-03-05	1,200	USD
inews.co.uk	2010-03-02	1,200	GBP
möbel-kempf.de	2010-03-02	1,100	EUR	Furniture Kempf in German
powernap.de	2010-03-02	1,100	EUR
schichtdicke.de	2010-03-05	1,050	EUR	Coat Thickness in German
xyros.de	2010-03-08	1,050	EUR
alternate.pl	2010-03-08	1,040	USD
blue-ray.de	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR
passaggi.it	2010-03-08	1,000	EUR
medinfo.ch	2010-03-03	1,000	EUR
gesundheit-aktiv.de	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR	Health – Activ in German
topviaggi.it	2010-03-05	1,000	GBP
newyork-hotels.de	2010-03-02	1,000	EUR
inspe.de	2010-03-02	1,000	EUR
esense.de	2010-03-05	1,000	EUR
jjc.eu	2010-03-04	1,000	USD
religion.eu	2010-03-04	999	EUR
maldini.de	2010-03-08	950	EUR
highrollercasino.co.uk	2010-03-03	950	EUR
mediamonitoring.de	2010-03-04	950	EUR
übersetzer.eu	2010-03-01	900	EUR	Translator in German
friendfinder.it	2010-03-08	900	EUR
infection.ch	2010-03-03	900	EUR
emobility.ch	2010-03-02	875	EUR
zürich.eu	2010-03-03	850	EUR	Zurich in German
dampfdusche.eu	2010-03-02	850	EUR	Steam Shower in German
enterprises.ws	2010-03-02	850	USD
übersetzungen.eu	2010-03-01	827	EUR	Translations in German
sks.at	2010-03-03	800	EUR
de-brief.de	2010-03-05	800	EUR
unidata.de	2010-03-05	775	EUR
klangkoerper.de	2010-03-02	750	EUR	Orchester in German
webagency.nl	2010-03-04	750	EUR
metalldichtungen.de	2010-03-03	750	EUR	Metal Gasket in German
kleinfeldtore.de	2010-03-04	700	EUR
adventuretravel.tv	2010-03-02	700	USD
webimmo.fr	2010-03-05	700	EUR

Other
sys.net	2010-03-08	12,500	USD
open.org	2010-03-03	6,200	USD
analytics.info	2010-03-02	5,000	USD
docs.net	2010-03-01	5,000	USD
al3aab.net	2010-03-03	4,000	USD
billigfliegen.net	2010-03-03	3,500	EUR	Fly Cheap in German
probefahrt.org	2010-03-02	3,500	EUR
telefon.info	2010-03-04	3,050	EUR	Telephone in German
wvtv.org	2010-03-02	2,300	USD
adultdatingsites.org	2010-03-03	2,300	USD
luminaires.org	2010-03-01	1,800	USD
relatos.org	2010-03-05	1,750	EUR
feel.net	2010-03-03	1,750	USD
surgeon.pro	2010-03-05	1,750	USD
surgery.pro	2010-03-04	1,750	USD
bookstores.org	2010-03-03	1,500	USD
thecombine.org	2010-03-05	1,500	USD
videoporno.org	2010-03-05	1,400	USD
careeraptitudetest.net	2010-03-01	1,300	USD
englishtown.net	2010-03-03	1,275	USD
950.net	2010-03-01	1,250	USD
enaplus.net	2010-03-05	1,100	EUR
fgt.org	2010-03-02	1,100	USD
thek.net	2010-03-03	1,046	USD
amarket.net	2010-03-01	1,041	USD
rideaux.net	2010-03-04	1,000	EUR
reinigung.org	2010-03-03	1,000	EUR	Dry-Cleaner in German
vijay.org	2010-03-02	900	USD
autoverhuur.info	2010-03-04	800	EUR	Car Rental in Dutch
firstmedical.org	2010-03-01	795	USD
cutterbuck.info	2010-03-04	790	USD
grattage.org	2010-03-08	700	EUR

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March 09, 2010
23:56
.Org Eyes Leadership Role in IDN Top Level Domain Names
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
.Org registry PIR wants to bring best practices to IDN top level domain names.

One of the big questions facing registries of existing top level domain names is how they should pursue Internationalized Domain Name “equivalents” of their domain names when they become available. These so-called IDN.IDN domain names will be available once new gTLDs — such as .nyc and .music — come out.

Last month we learned more about VeriSign’s plans for .com and .net; today I reached out to Lance Wolak, Director of Marketing & Product Management for Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages .org.

PIR hopes to take a leading role in IDN top level domain names, as it has in other initiatives such as DNSSEC.

“We’re not primarily commercially driven in what we do,” explained Wolak. “We’re really driven to do what helps and protects the domain name registrant.”

When it comes to IDN top level domain names, PIR wants to show support for various communities.

“We’re doing this in the public interest and to show our support and respect for the different language communities,” said Wolak. “Idn.idn is a technology that we want to see move forward.”

IDN.org domain names, with the standard .org at the end, have been available in many languages since the middle of the last decade. Wolak said that many of these have been registered for search engine optimization purposes (i.e., exact match to what the searcher types in his or her language/script).

Wolak said it would be premature for PIR to give definite plans for .org-as-IDN domains, given that new TLD guidelines aren’t finalized yet.

“Right now we are watching the information that’s coming out of ICANN, and looking over the Draft Applicant Guidebook,” said Wolak. “Until that is finalized, we won’t have a hundred percent picture of the requirements to launch a new gTLD, which would include IDN TLDs. So we don’t have anything to announce on how many scripts we’ll go after, which ones, etc.”

Wolak noted that, in addition to Chinese script, Cyrillic and Arabic, PIR is looking at other popular scripts that have large populations behind them. Script tables are currently being developed for some scripts sets, including Arabic. PIR has been working with the community as it develops the tables. In addition to settling the tables, there are other issues for IDN TLDs that need to be worked out, such as current getting them to work with email systems.

There are still a number of open issues for IDN TLDs. But regardless of how they develop, PIR wants to be a thought leader.

“We want to take the approach that we can bring the best practices with what we’re doing in the .org space to a new IDN TLD,” said Wolak.

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.CO Domain Extension Coming Soon And Your Chance To Get A Premium Name First
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Press Release .CO Founders Program Launches to Engage Early Adopters, Proactively Develop Domain Extension MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)– .CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co), a new company formed by Arcelandia S.A., a wholly-owned Colombian company, and U.S. company Neustar, Inc., today announced the launch plan for the .CO domain name extension that offers enterprises and individuals a global, recognizable, and credible [...]

22:22
Sedo’s Domain Market Study: 2009 Overview and Outlook into 2010
» ‎ Elliot's Blog
This is a guest post written by Simonetta Batteiger, Director of Sales Operations North America. The article discusses Sedo’s 2009 Market Study (that’s a link to the pdf file), which was recently released. The information in the study is valuable to domain investors and can be helpful in seeing market conditions and trends.

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Looking for some domain inspiration? Check out the latest Sedo Market Study to help you identify market trends and new opportunities! Our market study gives insights into overall marketplace activity, top domain sales and successful domain extensions. Sedo’s continued focus on innovations around our marketplace strategy resulted in a record number of 10,070 domain sales in Q4 and helped solidify our position as the most successful global marketplace for domains in the secondary market.

The 2009 Market Study shows Sedo’s strong growth in sales through our global platform in 2009, versus 2008. Sedo represented 64 percent of the top 100 public sales in the domain industry, with the next closest competitor coming in at 8 percent. This growth was also fueled by impressive quarter over quarter results, with a 5 percent increase in domain sales in Q4 of 2009. In addition, Sedo accounted for 11 of the top 20 biggest sales industry-wide, compared to only 5 of the top 20 sales in 2008. This included a surge in geographical and descriptive domains, including the sale of Fly.com for $1.6 million, Russia.com for $1.5 million, Call.com for $1.1 million, and Brazil.com for $500,000.

Which extensions are the most successful ones?

The study reveals that the .com extension continues to be the most popular generic top level domain (gTLD), accounting for 44 percent of all domain sales on the Sedo marketplace in 2009. In looking at its place among other gTLDs, the .com displays an even greater lead. The extension accounted for 72 percent of all Q4 2009 gTLD sales and 74 percent of 2009 gTLD sales. In contrast, the second most popular gTLD, the .net extension generated 11 percent of 2009 gTLD sales, and only 6 percent of all domains sold on the Sedo marketplace last year.

In terms of the best-performing extensions for average sales price, Sedo’s study saw the sharpest rise in .biz domains. This growth can be attributed in part to the growth in sales of one character .biz domains, which first became available through the .biz registrar in September 2009.

Fixed price names represent a strong growth sector of the market

We’ve seen a significant four percent growth in the number of fixed price domains changing hands in 2009, as compared with 2008. This figure will continue to grow this year, as domain owners apply fixed prices to appeal to more buyers.

What are the top selling categories?

The top selling domain categories of 2009 included software, employment, services, regions, country and cities, tobacco, insurance, three-character domains, hardware and casinos.

Read the complete 2009 Market Study

What’s coming up in 2010

Looking forward into 2010, we expect to see ongoing demand for premium virtual real estate, with geo, descriptive, .org and .com domains leading the charge. Sedo is unique in it’s ability to actively reach out to domain investors and more importantly to end user buyers representing organizations of all sizes to leverage domains to meet their business goals. Our ongoing monthly GreatDomains auctions, our monthly changing Industry Spotlight features (check out sedo.com/tech) and our quarterly vertical promotions and auctions (see sedo.com/travel) will help us push these numbers even higher in 2010. If you want to be a part of these, feel free to reach out to me anytime!

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22:20
Civility and Humility: The story of ICANN’s Ombudsman
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His behavior last fall during a dispute over the formation of the NCSG confirmed that Frank Fowlie, ICANN’s Ombudsman, is both unhelpful and biased. If the value-add of the Ombudsman’s office is unclear, the negatives are now very clear indeed. About a week ago the Ottawa Citizen published a story about Fowlie’s angry confrontation with a flight attendant after they failed to serve him a meal on a Paris – Montreal flight.
What makes the Air Canada incident important is the way it relates to Fowlie’s campaign for imposing standards of “civil discourse” on ICANN participants. Fowlie’s decision to pursue a dispute resolution process showed that he believed that his behavior, which was neither respectful nor civil according to the people on that airplane, was justifiable under the circumstances. Fowlie lost his temper – and a dispute – over bad airline service. We wonder if he now has a bit more sympathy for the sometimes intemperate language used by people in the ICANN community who think that fundamental rights of free expression or privacy or consumer interests are being lost. The stakes are a bit higher than a missed meal. Unfortunately, Fowlie’s speech at the Nairobi meeting shows that he seems to have learned nothing from this incident.

20:59
ICANN to Reconsider the .XXX Decision on March 12
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ICANN had previously given the domain the go ahead in 2005, but reversed the decision two years later amidst protests from US conservative groups. An independent review recently concluded that decision was unfair and that the plan should be reconsidered.
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20:42
For the 1st Time Digital Advertising To Outstrip Print in 2010 + .CO Launch Plan Unveiled
» ‎ Domain Name Journal

A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digital advertising finally passes print media in ad revenue for the first time. Also today, the .CO registry announces its upcoming launch plan including a new Founders Program for early adopters that opened today.

20:40
Guagua.com Sells for $100k, Pepe.com Sells Again
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
Guagua.com hits six figures, Domaining.com owner scores nice sale.

Sedo has sold the domain name Guagua.com for $100,000. Guagua has a number of different meanings, including being the name of a language and a municipality in the Phillipines.

The company also helped broker the sale of Pepe.com for 45,000 EUR. It looks like Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com scored a nice flip on this domain name. He bought it at Bido.com a couple months ago for only $15,000, and then listed it for sale on his Mocus.com domain listing site. Sedo brought a buyer to the table, helping Carrillo score about four times his money in just a couple months.

Here are other notable sales for the week from Sedo:

.COM
gastronomie.com 35,000 EUR
telemar.com 12,000 EUR
xtrader.com 10,000 USD
afx.com 8,100 USD
mallchina.com 6,000 EUR
buffalogroup.com 5,432 USD
cosmetiques.com 5,150 USD
okta.com 5,100 USD
bookmate.com 5,000 EUR
jpsports.com 5,000 USD
qualcos.com 5,000 USD
landingpagedesign.com 5,000 GBP
stayfair.com 5,000 USD
tridien.com 5,000 USD

ccTLD
risultati.it 32,000 EUR
energieagentur.de 21,500 EUR
escortservice.de 16,660 EUR
transpower.nl 15,500 EUR
ioffer.co.uk 11,500 USD
jb.de 9,500 EUR
stelle.it 8,000 EUR
shirts.co.za 8,000 USD
73.de 7,500 EUR
87.de 7,500 EUR
call.at 6,750 EUR
drucker-toner.de 6,500 EUR
carworld.eu 6,000 EUR
designshop.ch 6,000 EUR
luxury.co.za 6,000 USD
tmb.de 5,950 EUR
healing.de 5,950 EUR
mamme.it 5,900 USD
xa.de 5,700 EUR
hurghada.ch 5,000 EUR

Other
sys.net 12,500 USD
open.org 6,200 USD
analytics.info 5,000 USD
docs.net 5,000 USD

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20:19
Happy 5th Birthday, Domain Name Wire
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire started publishing five years ago today.

On March 9, 2005, I wrote the first post on Domain Name Wire, reporting on the sale of Local.com for $700,000. 3,141 posts later, Domain Name Wire is running as strong as ever.

If you’re reading this, I’d like to thank you for making Domain Name Wire a premier news source for the domain industry. It’s because of your readership that I commit my time reporting on and analyzing this exciting industry.

Of course, that’s all possible thanks to DNW’s many advertisers. Please take a moment to peruse the ads on this page. If you haven’t visited any of the advertisers, please take a moment to do so.

A lot has changed in the past five years. Looking back at what I wrote in March 2005 is like a time capsule:

TrafficClub now open to public – Moniker launched one of the first major “traffic splitting” systems for domain parking, which closed down after upstream providers limited the practice and Oversee.net eventually bought Moniker.

Go Daddy launches radio show – Bob Parsons revved up the publicity act. I was later a guest on the show.

Yahoo to challenge Google Adsense – “Challenge” was probably too strong of a word. Yahoo Publisher Network is still in beta, five years later.

MSN readies pay-per-click system – Microsoft announced its Adcenter program. Fast forward to 2010, Adcenter will soon be the management platform for PPC ads on both Microsoft and Yahoo.

Thanks again for reading DNW over the past five years. If you haven’t yet done so, please subscribe to the DNW RSS feed and follow it on Twitter.

Here’s to the next five years.

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20:14
Beware of Domain Appraisal Scam
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Lately,many domain name appraisal scams seems to be targeting domain name owners.

20:02
Social Domainers Launches, Wants to Help Local Domainers to Meet
» ‎ Domain Name News

SocialDomainers.com, a new social network for Social Domainers has just been launched by Tony Kanakaris, a Long Island, New York based domainer. The network was set up in order to help local domainers meet and connect. For today’s launch, the site is giving away an Apple iPad for the 1,000th member to sign up for the site, which has been running in a private beta for a while.

[Update] Tony just told DNN that two more lucky members who sign up before April 1st, 2010 will also have the chance to win an iPad.
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TESTING A NEW TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN WITH A DOMAINER’S BRAIN
» ‎ SUCCESSCLICK.COM

Thanks for checking out the site — it should be an interesting sales pitch.

A lot of you know that I have been buying future trend domain names for six years. An associate of mine brought up a question last night that I thought was interesting. “Do other domainers know the value of future trend domains or even what they are?”

I told him yes, because I’ve bought quite a few from domainers and seen a lot of domains I wanted that were already registered. But what he wanted to know was whether domainers would be potential future buyers of the domains, because of these domains’ sometimes complex generic meaning (what the heck is that?)

So he said throw out a good domain for a very cheap reserve, and see if anyone would bid on it, highest bid wins by Friday this week (3/12/2010)

Ehhh… but I do market testing all the time offering up domains that someone either buys or doesn’t. I put some very valuable domains at low prices to see if people can pick them out from a group. Most of the times they don’t, but enough of the times, to my muted dismay, they do. (PerfectSpanish.com, EstateLawPartner.com, NewJerseyAttorney.org, and a few others).

Anyway, here’s the domain I’m putting up for the “smart nerd” auction I’m holding. Who can understand the value?

Rules: RESERVE is $200. Highest bid over Reserve by 3/12/10 midnite pst wins the domain.

3DTVAmerica.com

okay, here’s another one for the same Reserve:]

(UPTDATE- DOMAIN CORRECTION BELOW - 3/9/10)

RechargeLocation.com

I know that both these domains will be worth over $10,000 in 2 years, or I’ll buy them back from you. For now, that’s only $200 Reserve, or what the highest bid is.

Cheap start for a potential mint urly. Which domainer can call themselves a smart nerd domainer? Like me!

19:49
Scenes from ICANN Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
ICANN meeting in Nairobi running well, report attendees.

With all of the hype around security and possible disruptions, those in attendance at ICANN’s meeting in Nairobi say all is going well.

Attorney John Berryhill writes “The summit and the ICANN meeting are both running smoothly here. The “security issue” is waaaay overblown by those who simply didn’t want the meeting held in Kenya. The conference center is huge and in a secure block with Kenyan military around the perimeter…”

Berryhill surmises that it’s probably safer than Philadelphia.

Berryhill sent this picture from the room of the conference center in Kenya. He said the buses enter a secure gate and then all guests go through a second perimeter. The conference center is huge, and there were no difficulties with the African leadership summit.

Reports on Twitter show that ICANN leadership is actually making progress on issues at this meeting, holding various groups accountable rather than letting them just delay progress.

Here’s a picture of the Mount Kilimanjaro climbers arriving at the Nairobi conference:

Finally, a little humor for you. A celebrity guest interrupted the ICANN meeting today:

Notice the tattoo on Kayne West’s forearm.

Thanks John for keeping us all up to date.

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19:18
The biter bit withdrew to his sanctuary
» ‎ Domisfera

This week Rescuecom, which sued Google for selling ads under its trademark for 6 years, has abandoned the case.

The lower court had dismissed the lawsuit on the basis that it considered that allow competitors appeared Rescuecom Rescuecom putting in the search did not violate the trademark by not considering this as a commercial use.

In April 2009 the Court of Appeal had agreed to review the case and conduct a new hearing (court decision) to determine whether the advertisements had created confusion among consumers.

But Rescuecom has withdrawn its claim. Why has done 6 years after an appeal process and in your pocket?

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18:54
.CO Domain Extension Offers Enterprises and Individuals New Global Branding Option Online
» ‎ Domainers Magazine
.CO Founders Program Launches to Engage Early Adopters, Proactively Develop Domain Extension

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- .CO Internet S.A.S. (www.COinternet.co), a new company formed by Arcelandia S.A., a wholly-owned Colombian company, and U.S. company Neustar, Inc., today announced the launch plan for the .CO domain name extension that offers enterprises and individuals a global, recognizable, and credible option in branding their Internet presence.

As a premium domain name space, .CO domains will be available through a select list of accredited partners, including many of the world’s largest and most well-respected domain registrars. These registrars have committed to following international best practices to ensure the integrity and value of the name space for all who participate.

A multi-phase Launch Plan will protect the rights of trademark holders and ensure the stable and orderly distribution of .CO domain names.
- A global Sunrise will take place from April 26 through June 10, allowing eligible trademark holders the right to apply for the .CO domain names corresponding to their marks before registration is open to the general public.
- Landrush will occur from June 21 through July 13, and will be open to anyone interested in registering certain high priority domain names.
- General availability will begin on July 20, opening the .CO domain for registrations on a first-come, first-served basis around the world.
The .CO Founders Program

Starting today, early adopters can gain a true first mover advantage by applying to be included in the .CO Founders Program, an initiative designed to help qualified “first movers” to proactively develop and maintain domains with the .CO extension prior to the public launch in July. The .CO Founders Program is open to all interested applicants from individuals to businesses and big brands.

“The .CO Founders Program provides an excellent opportunity for early adopters to secure short and memorable domain names and truly help shape the .CO name space,” said Juan Diego Calle, CEO of .CO Internet. “Participants in the program will benefit by potentially being featured in an aggressive .CO advertising and marketing program; likewise they will be expected to actively promote their domain to benefit the broader .COmmunity,” added Calle.

How to Apply for The .CO Founders Program

Applicants submit an application via www.COinternet.co/cofounders explaining the .CO domain they’d like to develop, as well as additional details about themselves and their launch proposal. .CO Internet will then review the applications and approve those that will best contribute to the .CO community. .CO Internet will award domains, at their discretion, subject to certain terms and conditions.

>Demand for Increased Domain Options

At the close of 2009, there were more than 192 million domain names registered — an increase of nearly 15 million domain names since the end of 2008. Of those registered, more than 95 million .com domain names have been registered.

Associated globally with the words “COmpany,” “COrporation” and “COmmerce” – the .CO domain opens up new opportunities in the currently saturated online environment.

.CO domains are easy to recognize, simple to remember, and flexible to use. The .CO extension also offers the perfect platform for a new generation of socially-networked individuals and businesses to COmmunicate and COllaborate online.

18:50
Sex.com Domain Name In Default for Over a Year
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
Debtors behind on bills for the past year.

With Sex.com heading to the auction block, there’s a been a lot of talk about what went wrong with the current owner, Escom LLC. According to a Reuters article, Escom has been in default on its loan for over a year to lender DOM Partners.

“The loan was in default and DOM partners is foreclosing pursuant to its right under the security agreement,” DOM’s attorney Scott Matthews told Reuters.

The auction is still scheduled for March 18. Clearly, there are some disagreements amongst Escom LLC investors. There was early indication from one of the investors that there might be a lawsuit filed to block the auction, but a search of Federal District Court records did not turn up any such suit yet.

Auctioneer Maltz Auctions says there’s been significant interest in the domain name. Prospective bidders need to deposit a $1 million check prior to the auction. There will definitely be bids in excess of $1 million, but any winning bid is subject to DOM Partners’ acceptance.

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18:11
Nominet Considers Release of One and Two Letter Domains
» ‎ Domain Name News

Following the course of other TLDs, such as .DE, Nominet has posted a document for their members and registrars proposing the release of single and double character domain names in the third level of the .UK domain (under co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk and .net.uk). The release would exclude some domains that have been registered before the establishing of Nominet as the registry operator in 1996. According to the consultation, Nominet is considering releasing the domains in two phases: A first round for trademark holders, followed by a Dutch Auction (starting with a high price being reduced until a buyer is found, similar to the release of second level .MX domains).

The corresponding consultation runs for three months, from 8 March 2010 until 8 June 2010. To provide your feedback, you can either complete the online survey or email your answers to shortdomains@nominet.org.uk.
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16:31
Surprising New Website Data Reveals Social Sharing and Traffic Trends
» ‎ DotSauce Magazine
Innovative multimedia company, Tynt is working behind the scenes on over 400,000 sites including many well known media and news publications. Their service extends to over 200 million web users.

Tynt Insight technology is being used to track content sharing via copy & paste actions in a user’s browser. According to the company, an average of 6% of page views on the web result in some kind of user action that can be tracked by their technology.

In a recent rebuttal towards TechCrunch’s claim that 45% of all social sharing is done on Facebook, Tynt has shown clearly that this is not the case.

Email deserves the top spot for overall shares at 75%, Facebook accounts for 25%, blogs and forums (labeled “Other”) still account for a significant number of shares while Twitter is still growing with 1% of the social sharing action.

Tynt went on to provide a different and all-together more interesting break down of social sharing by showing how shares are performing in the chart above. Apparently Tynt Insight is tracking more than just copy/paste actions. This is valuable and definitely insightful click-through data!
Here are highlights I’ve observed containing some very interesting data revealed by Tynt:
- There are an estimated 1 trillion to 1.4 trillion page views on the web each month.
- Slightly over 2% of all page views result in sharing via copy & paste actions, totaling 20 billion shares per month.
- Sharing via built in share buttons (Digg this, Tweet this) account for only 400 million shares per month.
- Email is used for 70% of all social sharing and accounts for 48% of new site traffic.
- Blogs, forums and other mediums generate 36% of new site traffic despite accounting for only 4% of total shares.
- While 25% of all sharing is done on Facebook it only generates 10% of new site traffic.
- Digg generates 5% of new site traffic despite accounting for less than 1% of total shares.
What can we do to improve user experience and cater to the kind 2% of visitors who choose to share our content?
Website publications and blogs could definitely use more accessibility and unity with email sharing. We put an emphasis on social sharing and tend to leave email as a fall-back option when in fact it is being used the most.

Adding a prominent notice or automated form to share via email may do the trick and help tap into the prevalence of email sharing.

I’m sure improvements and new applications, website widgets, and browser addons for both email and social network sharing will be coming soon throughout 2010.

Tynt’s Insight software will automatically include a link back to the source page when text is copied from a website. I’m still a little dumbfounded that they are tracking copy and paste data, why didn’t someone think of this sooner?

I’m interested to see what content is being copied from my sites, how often, and how I can use that information to generate more site traffic. If this sounds good to you as well, check out Tynt Insight’s free service and leave a comment below with your thoughts.

This article is from DotSauce Magazine.

Surprising New Website Data Reveals Social Sharing and Traffic Trends

14:05
Public Comment: Proposed .PRO Renewal Registry Agreement
» ‎ ICANN Announcements

9 March 2010

12:38
Dinahosting makes a substantial discount on their Linux Hosting Plans
» ‎ Domisfera

On March 13th 1994, Linus Torvalds (pictured) felt that all components of the Linux kernel were fully mature and introduced version 1.0 of Linux.

Linus Torvalds had wanted to call his invention Freax, a mixture of freak (abnormal or unusual), free (free), and "X", an allusion to Unix. During the start of work on the system, he stored the files under "Freax" for about half a year. Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux", but initially had dismissed as being too self-centered or selfish. Lemmke Ari colleague Torvalds in the HUT (Helsinki University of Technology), which was then responsible for the server, was not according to Freax name, preferring the name Linux. He simply called placed files on the server "Linux" without consulting Torvalds.

To celebrate the anniversary, Dinahosting has lowered the price of their Linux hosting plans. For example, a Linux Professional Plan for a year you would for 62,50 € (including VAT). The discount is over 50%. This offer is valid until 14 March 2010.

At the time of hiring, the better the discount. All have contracted services without additional cost: 24 × 7 support via toll free 900 854 000 and the control panel and secure the most advanced market in your language.

10:38
Internet Domain Name Guns.com sold for $800,000
» ‎ DomainNews

According to Domain Name Journal,Moniker recently brokered the sale of the Guns.com domain name for $800,000.
10:35
Nominet plans to release one and two-character .uk domains
» ‎ DomainNews

Nominet,the .uk domain name registry in the United Kingdom,is planning to release one character, two-character and other reserved .uk domain names.
10:34
Transpower.nl sells for 15,500 EUR
» ‎ DomainNews

Transpower.nl domain name was recently sold through Sedo for 15,500 EUR.
10:30
AFNIC brings the .fr Policy into line with its appointment's conditions
» ‎ DomainNews

A new Naming Charter, that defines the .fr domain names registration rules, will be effective on March 16th, 2010.

6:49
ICA Requests Action on Czech Arbitration Court Policy Changes
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
Internet Commerce Association wants ICANN to act quickly on move by UDRP provider.

Internet Commerce Association counsel Philip Corwin has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom and Chairman of the Board Peter Dengate-Thrush asking it to act on Czech Arbitration Court’s new UDRP policy.

Czech Arbitration Court (CAC), one of the newest UDRP providers, proposed a new scheme in which it would charge only 500 EUR to file a domain name complaint and arbitrators would not spend as much time on cases.

ICANN held a public comment period on the proposal, in which all 15 comments were opposed to CAC’s scheme. That includes comments from an existing arbitrator who questioned the basis for the proposal.

Counsel for CAC posted a comment on Domain Name Wire’s earlier story on the proposal, stating that it would not move forward without ICANN’s blessing. Instead, before getting final word from ICANN, CAC made a few changes to the proposal and announced it was going forward with our without ICANN’s approval.

So far, ICANN has not made any public comment on CAC’s move that I’m aware of. It was briefly discussed in another context on the first day of ICANN’s meeting in Nariobi.

Whether ICANN acts on CAC’s move or not, it needs to say something.

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6:25
Amazon.com Fires Colorado Affiliates Thanks to Affiliate Tax
» ‎ Domain Name Wire
Amazon says “see you later” to Colorado’s affiliate merchants. Thank inept state representatives.

Colorado is the latest state to exacerbate unemployment problems by effectively canning its affiliate marketers.

Colorado has joined a list of states that either proposed or enacted rules that make web companies collect sale tax if they have affiliates operating in the state. In the case of Colorado, HB 10-1193 didn’t necessarily require Amazon.com to collect sales tax. Instead, it upped the compliance burden on Amazon.com, making it just as costly.

As I’ve pointed out before, such “affiliate taxes” actually lower a state’s tax revenue. The e-commerce merchant usually cuts the state’s affiliates rather than deal with the sales tax. So the state doesn’t end up getting the sales tax. Also, it lowers the income of the state’s affiliate marketers, lowering state income tax revenues.

(Hat tip Bruno Falconi)

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5:40
Guns.com Sells For $800,000
» ‎ ChefPatrick.com

Ron Jackson of DNJournal.com just reported the sale of Guns.com for $800,000 by Moniker. I knew a deal was going to get done on this domain name. It was up for sale during DOMAINfest’s last auction in January and was very close to the reserve. Guns.com $800,000 Google Search: not listed on first three pages Google Page Rank: [...]

4:39
Moniker Completes Year's Biggest .Com Sale To Date at $800,000
» ‎ Domain Name Journal

We have learned that Moniker.com has completed the biggest .com sale reported so far this year at $800,000. It is the third highest sale of 2010 overall, trailing a million .org sale and a ccTLD sale of more than $850,000.

2:56
Domain registrations close in on 200 million, what this means for the consumer
» ‎ The Official Name.com Blog

Verisign has recently reported that TLD registrations are closing in on the 200 million mark. There’s no denying it — this number is huge. It can also be intimidating for the average consumer to hear this. With 200 million domain names registered there can’t possibly be any good ones left. Wrong.

Just about every day we spend listening on Twitter we hear people say how surprised they are at how many good domain names are still available. You just have to start being creative. If you’re not necessarily the creative type, there are tools out there to help you. Take our Domain Suggestion Tool for example. You can type in a set of keywords and not only get related suggestions back, but also suggestions based on popular Google keyword searches. Trust me, you can spend hours using this tool and coming across great names that you weren’t even thinking of, I certainly have.

Another thing to consider is the increasing popularity of alternative extensions and ccTLDs. While sprouticus.com may not be available (something I’ve pouted about for years), sproutic.us is and that’s almost as good, at least in my case. Nowadays more and more people are starting to do the same. For instance, check out Claim.io and Flavors.me, two recently launched services that are embracing alternative extensions.

Some other great extensions that are starting to become really popular are .MOBI and .TV. If you’re looking to cater specifically to mobile devices, a .MOBI domain is the way to go. If you’re doing video at all, .TV is perfect — just check out Name.com’s very own Beer Fridays! Now these are just a few examples, but there are a whole slew of extensions that you can choose from to suit either your personal or business needs. It’s not just about .COM and .NET anymore.

So the moral of the story is not to get discouraged that there are a bazillion domain names being registered out there. There’s still some good names to be found, and great names are dropping all the time. You just have to know where to look.
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