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• BC Government Gambling Website Brought Down by Privacy Breach
  Apparently the Online Gambling site by the Province of British Columbia was not brought down by too…
• Sedo Launches Sedo Pro World Tour Website
  Sedo has launched a new website for the “Sedo Pro World Tour” Events. The event takes place in f…
• Final Day for .CO Pre-Orders Before the Launch
  Before tomorrow’s General Availability Launch of the .CO ccTLD domain registrations, today is the…
• Province of BC Overwhelmed by Success of Online Gambling Site
  While the US state of Kentucky is fighting online gambling by seizing domain names, the Canadian Pro…
• .EE Matches the Amount of Registrations for Two Months in Two Days
  Two days after the Estonian Registry operator, Eesti Internet, has gone live with their new registry…
• Survey For Registry Service Providers (new gTLDs)
  In 2008 Jothan Frakes held an impromptu survey for registry service providers for new gTLDs at the I…
• Rick Schwartz Sells Punchbowl.com to MyPunchbowl.com
  Rick “DomainKing” Schwartz has just posted a press release on his blog according to which he sol…
• Minds + Machines Parents Posts Loss While Waiting for new gTLDs
  The parent company of Minds + Machines, Top Level Domain Holdings [AIM: TLDH] reported their revenue…
• SnapNames .US Auction Ends Today
  SnapNames’ .US domain auction in honor of Independence Day ends in about 7 hours at 3:15pm ET. So…
• Fabulous.com Launches Yexa Beta for Registrars and Resellers – Exclusive Interview
  As  Andrew at Domain Name Wire revealed, Fabulous.com is going to be releasing a new solution for R…

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• Total Value of 2Q-2010 Domain Sales Jump 26% Over the Previous Quarter & 38% Over A Year Ago
  In the latest DN Journal newsletter we break down 2Q-2010 domain sales results which showed a big ju…
• Who Are They? Now We Know! Readers Help Us Match Names With Industry Faces
  In my last Lowdown post I asked readers to help us identify some people in our massive industry phot…
• Sedo On Fire: They Sweep All But Two Entries on DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  Sedo makes a consistently strong showing on our weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart but the company out…
• Who Are They? Help Match Unidentified Domainers With Their Photos
  Over the years I have taken thousands of photos of domainers at industry events around the world. I…
• Castello Brothers to Deliver Keynote Speech in Spain & Kamila Sekiewicz Settles In At NameDrive
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The Castello Brothers will join Sedo's Tim Schumacher as keyn…
• .CO Just Went Live But Aftermarket Sales Sites Devoted to the Extension Are Already Operating
  The newly re-launched .CO extension just opened for general registration Tuesday but before most new…
• Five Shows in 14 Days! The August Domain Conference Schedule Will Be The Busiest Ever
  Just when you thought the show schedule couldn't get any more crowded, here comes August and the bus…
• Pair of ccTLDs Sell For $750,000 as Non .Coms Score Repeat Win Over .Coms on DNJ Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and after 7 years of tracking the domain…
• .CO Gets Off to a Fast Start - Total Regs Pass the 100,000 Mark Within 30 Minutes of Launch
  The .CO extension opened for general registration today and the re-launched TLD got off to a blazing…
• People & Companies in the News: .CO, Sedo, ICANN, Rick Schwartz and Rick Silver
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .CO General Registration Just Hours Away, Sedo Pro Forum webs…

• Country Code Alchemist: How .CA Devotee Rick Silver Is Turning Canadian Websites Into Gold
  A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. This month we profile Canada's Rick Silver who rules an o…
• Skip Hoagland's Online Empire Expands With Launch of Shooting.com and CarClassifieds.com
  Skip Hoagland has always preached that partnerships are the way to get high quality domains develope…
• .ORG Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary - Do You Know What the 1st .ORG Domain Registered Was?
  The venerable .ORG registry is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. It was on July 10, 1985 t…
• F Words Fetch $183,000 to Take the Top Two Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of F words totaling $183,000 set…
• Fresh Off Their World Cup Win Spain Is Gearing Up for the Country's Biggest Domain Conference
  An international domain conference you may not have heard about before is coming up in Valencia, Spa…
• ICANN Postscript: Inside Directi's Brussels Beerfest at the World's Best Stocked Bar
  You thought ICANN meetings must be boring, right? Well, not if Directi has anything to say about it.…
• Weekend Roundup Featuring .CO, the CFIT-Verisign Legal Battle & Domain Auction News
  The Lowdown at DNJournal.com has a Weekend News Roundup featuring details about an extension for the…
• Three 6-Figure Sales (Including a .CA Blockbuster) Light Up DNJ's Latest Leader Board
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We were away on vacation last week so th…
• SedoPro Forum Moves To New "World Tour" Format With Multiple Events Around the Globe
  The SedoPro Forum is switching to a new World Tour format that will begin next month with a get toge…
• A Memorable Summer Vacation in a Corner of the Country That the Internet Forgot
  I just returned from a memorable vacation that took me across the Carolinas and even beyond the long…
• With TV 's Audience Growing Old, Advertisers Told to Spend Their Money on the Web
  Younger viewers are deserting TV in droves, choosing to consume their video online instead. The medi…
• French Company Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking Attempt Against American Serviceman
  When it comes to domain arbitration cases, domainers usually get the short end of the stick - even w…
• Game Domain Passes Go, Collects $450,000 to Lead This Week's Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Summer officially arrived this week alon…
• Like the Lakers DOMAINfest Global Plans Repeat Win By Taking Their 2011 Show Back to L.A.
  Just as L.A.'s beloved Lakers repeated as NBA champions last week, the organizers of the DOMAINfest…
• ICANN Meeting & .CO Land Rush Get Underway + Castello Brothers Worship the Sun
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the 38th ICANN internationl ICANN meeting opens in Brussels,…
• DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Conference
  DN Journal's wire to wire review of Canada's first T.RA.F.F.I.C. conference has just been published.…
• The Latest T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami News - Plus Another Embarrassment for NAF Arbitrators
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, The preliminary agenda has been posted and early bird registr…
• 7-Figure Sale & a Quartet of 6-Figure Transactions Lead New DN Journal Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Since we were away last week for T.R.A.F…
• Have Domain Regs Hit the 200 Million Mark? Plus, Andrew Allemann Launches a New Service
  A new report from Pingdom.com, building on 1Q-2010 stats released by Verisign, says we are about to…
• Traffic Vancouver Postscript: The Castello Brothers Cross British Columbia to Visit "The Cherminator"
  Legendary Vancouver area domainer Garry Chernoff was not able to make it to last week's Traffic conf…
• Center of the Domain Universe: Vancouver + New Industry Websites and Events of Note
  Many of the domain industry's movers and shakers are converging on Vancouver, British Columbia for C…
• Year's First Multi-Million Dollar Sale + Two 6-Figure Deals Top New DN Journal Sales Report
  The weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out and it was a very solid 7 days for the aftermark…
• A Post Memorial Day Potpourri With Dan Warner, ICANN and .Mobi all in the Mix
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, some background on our new Cover Story about Dan Warner, plus…
• Dan Warner's Wild Ride: He's Been Up, Down, Over & Out - But He's Still in the Race
  New DN Journal Cover Story: The life of former Fabulous.com leader Dan Warner. He has done a hitch i…
• In the News: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver & Milan - DOMAINfest Europe - Nelson Brady - E.co Auction
  A holiday weekend news roundup from DN Journal includes: The latest update on T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouv…
• Highlights from Verisign's 25 Years of .Com Gala Held Wednesday Night in San Francisco
  Verisign staged a 25 Years of .Com Gala Wednesday night in San Francisco co-hosted by comedian Dana…
• Gamez.com Takes Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart With Solid Sale at Sedo
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A dozen .coms took places on our latest…
• How CentralNic Utilizes the World's Greatest Collection of 2-Letter .Com Domain Names
  Yesterday we ran a video interview with CentralNic Founder Robert Pooke who explained how he assembl…
• DN Journal's Video Interview With the Owner of the World's Greatest 2-Letter .Com Collection
  Wouldn't it be great to own a 2-letter .com domain like US.com, UK.com, EU.com or LA.com? Or perhaps…
• TechCrunch Launches New Website on a .CO Domain
  The .CO registry's innovative Founder's Program is awarding high profile domains to early adopter de…
• Two New Domain Industry Websites Launch and Two Existing Sites Unveil New Features
  May has seen the launch of new domain industry websites as well as the addition of new features at e…
• Verisign Planning Blowout Party in San Francisco Wednesday to Celebrate .Com's 25th Anniversary
  The .com extension turned 25 years old this year and as part of a year-long celebration to mark the…
• Sedo Captures the Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart with Capture.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the second straight week no reported…
• Another 6-Figure Domain Sale + Educating End Users on How Domains Can Boost Their Business
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The recent surge in high end domain sales continues with another…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Preview - DN Journal's Interview With Show Promoter Rick Latona
  One of the most highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences in years is coming up June 8-10 when t…
• Six and Seven Figure Domain Auction Sales This Week May Help Re-Ignite the Domain Aftermarket
  As of this writing, three public 7-figure domain sales have been completed so far in 2010, but all o…
• DrunkDriving.com Pulled Over at the Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  There were no six or seven figure blockbuster sales this week as the domain aftermarket throttled ba…
• DOMAINfest Ready to Introduce New Conference Twist in Ft. Lauderdale Thursday
  With domain conferences popping up everywhere these days, show organizers are trying out new locatio…
• The New "Crazy Eddie?" - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Prices Drop "So Low They're INSANE!"
  When Rick Latona announced today that he slashed the registration price for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vanco…
• 2010 GeoDomain Expo Review: New Orleans Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Domain Developers
  DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 GeoDomain Expo is now online, It features dozens of pr…
• No Sale of SanDiego.com Friday - Noteholder Forecloses and Takes Control of the Domain
  As we reported last Monday SanDiego.com was scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction Friday (Ma…
• People & Companies in the News: Directi's Divyank Turakhia, Sedo, IDN Newsletter & DNS.com
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: 28-year-old Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia is profiled o…
• The Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year Tops DN Journal's Latest Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. I was away covering the GeoDomain Expo i…
• Innovative Domain Auction Service Bido.com Abruptly Calls It Quits
  I was surprised and saddened to get today's news that innovative domain auction service Bido.com is…
• SnapNames/Oversee Files Suit Against Formed VP and Alleged Shill Bidder Nelson Brady
  SnapNames.com and its parent company Oversee.net today announced they have filed suit against Nelson…
• SanDiego.com To Go Up For Sale in a Public Foreclosure Auction Friday (May 7)
  I have learned that the assets of SD Acquisitions LLC, owner of the SanDiego.com domain name, will g…
• Median Domain Sale Prices Increased In 1Q-2010 But Total Dollar Volume Was Down
  An analysis of domain sales reported to us in the 1st quarter of 2010 showed that total dollar volum…
• DN Journal Cover Story: How Bill Karamouzis is Cooking Up an Online Gaming Empire
  A new cover story is out at DNJournal.com. Few domain sales have set more tongues wagging than the $…
• News Roundup Led By Revelations Embarrassing to Domain Arbitrators & Complainants
  In the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we're closing the week with a roundup of recent developments led by…
• GeoDomainers in the News: Scottsdale.com's Fred Mercaldo & Missouri.me's Bruce Marler
  When I head over to New Orleans for the GeoDomain Expo next week I will be looking forward to seeing…
• 1-800-BUSINESS LLC to Auction Off Domain Name and Matching Toll Free Phone Number
  1-800-BUSINESS LLC, a company that was formed to operate a business around the toll-free vanity numb…
• Blockbuster $300,000 Brazilian ccTLD Sale Tops This Week's DN Journal Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, The year's 2nd biggest ccTLD sale and th…
• New Site Devoted Entirely to .Tel Domain Owners Goes Live
  Fans of the .tel extension got a new resource to draw on today when the TelMasters.com website went…
• GeoDomain Expo Posts Speaker Information & DOMAINfest Unveils Auction Pre-Bidding System
  GeoDomain Expo organizers have posted more speaker and session information for the event coming up A…
• Companies in the News: GoDaddy Auctions, The AfternicDLS and LogicBoxes
  GoDaddy Auctions, the AfternicDLS and LogicBoxes all announced new service offerings today. GoDaddy…
• Oversee's Moniker and SnapNames Units Report 42% Jump in 1Q-2010 Domain Sales
  Oversee.net says things are looking up for the domain aftermarket. Their Moniker and SnapNames divis…
• Sofas.com Lounges at Top of This Week's Domain Sales Chart After $231,500 Sale
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of six-figure sales head our late…
• Multi-Million Dollar Domain Broker Tessa Holcomb Joins PPX & New Partner DomainManager.com
  Tessa Holcomb, who brokered several million dollars worth of domain sales at Sedo has taken a new du…
• Consultant Says New gTLDs Will Banish .Com to Less Professional, Mom-and-Pop Operations
  I was interviewed for an article posted on AOL News today. The reporter asked for my reaction to a c…
• Chef Patrick Joins The Corporate World - Dude, What Were You Thinking!?
  It's not often that you see freewheeling entrepreneurs like Patrick Ruddell taking a job in a big co…
• Rick Latona Unveils Daily 24-Hour Domain Auction & Sedo Rings Up $785,000 in .TV Sales
  Rick Latona converts his popular domain sales newsletter into a daily 24-hour auction that will run…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan & GeoDomain Expo Agendas Firmed Up - Shows Only 3 Weeks Away
  With the opening sessions at two major domain conferences, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Milan, Italy and the Ge…
• Year's Biggest Sale To Date Soars to Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a good week for the aftermarket w…
• NameMedia Deal With Register.com Opens Up New Sales Opportunity for Domain Owners
  Major registrar Register.com has signed an agreement to join NameMedia’s Domain Listing Service, t…
• Rick Latona Auctions Parts Ways With President David Clements
  In a Sunday surprise, Rick Latona announced that he and Rick Latona Auctions President David Clement…
• GeoDomain Expo Preview: 3 Days in New Orleans Devoted to Networking & Domain Development
  The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will run April 28-30 at the historic Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New…
• Hard Deadline for GeoDomain Expo Hotel Rooms Coming Up Tuesday (April 6)
  If you plan to go to the 2010 GeoDomain Expo and have not yet booked a room for the April 28-30 show…
• Digital Marketers Says Domain Names Are a Key Factor in Successful Marketing Campaigns
  A vast majority of respondents in a new Sedo survey of digital marketers said owning the right domai…
• 2nd Highest .Com Sale Reported Year To Date Tops New Weekly Chart at DNJournal.com
  The 2nd best .com domain sale reported so far this year gave Sedo the top spot on DN Journal's new T…
• GeoDomain Owners Organization Associated Cities Reboots as a Non-Profit Trade Association
  Associated Cities, the association of geodomain owners that stages the annual GeoDomain Expo, has tr…
• DOMAINfest Expands With Two New 1-Day Shows & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Adds a 2nd Auction
  The constantly growing domain conference calendar expanded yet again today when DomainSponsor announ…
• Companies in the News: Sedo, DomainConsultant, SocialDomainers.com & Domainbie.com
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sedo's parent company gets a new but familiar name. Plus, new…
• Year's 2nd Biggest .Org Sale Reported Along With 3rd Highest.Com & 5th Biggest ccTLD
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com with high ranking sales reported in every…
• Howard Neu Enters the Blogosphere + Sendori Gets 2 Patents Related to Domain Leasing
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu has entered the blogosphere after receiving HowardNeu.com as a…
• Extreme Makeover for Premium .TV Prices - New Registrants Rejoice But Will Old Ones Riot?
  .TV registry operator Verisign has blown up their previous business model for the extension. Prices…
• Auction Action Heats Up: SnapNames Reports 335K Sale & 2 More Big Events Get Underway
  With spring on the way temperatures aren't the only things heating up. Auction activity is breaking…
• Former Moniker VP Victor Pitts Moves to DomainIt.com + Sex.com Auction Called Off
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Industry veteran Victor Pitts, who recently left his position…
• One of the Year's 5 Biggest Domain Sales Tops This Week's Chart at DNJournal.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the five biggest sales of 2010 to…
• Sedo and Verisign Teaming Up to Auction Off the Entire Available Catalog of Premium .TV Domains
  Sedo announced today that they are teaming up with Verisign (the operator of the .tv registry) to st…
• Demand Media Featured in Special Issue of Time Magazine + .Com Celebrates 25th Anniversary
  Time Magazine has published an Annual Special Issue that features an article about one of the bigges…
• A Domain Industry Climb Team Member Describes What it Took to Conquer Mount Kilimanjaro
  DN Journal's new monthly newsletter has the first detailed account of a domain industry climb team's…
• New Online Magazine Devoted to ccTLDs Launches + ICANN Announces Trademark Clearinghouse
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new online magazine focusing entirely on ccTLDs has launche…
• ShopCity.com Launches Nationwide Shopping Network Offering Local Partnership Opportunities
  ShopCity.com is rolling out an innovative nationwide local shopping network that is offering career…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Puts Out Call for Test Track Participants & Live Auction Submissions
  If you have an early stage company with a great domain, great idea, or both, and you are looking for…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com - Guns.com Mows Down the Competition
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Guns.com staged a clean getaway - toppin…
• For the 1st Time Digital Advertising To Outstrip Print in 2010 + .CO Launch Plan Unveiled
  A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digi…
• Moniker Completes Year's Biggest .Com Sale To Date at $800,000
  We have learned that Moniker.com has completed the biggest .com sale reported so far this year at $8…
• The Rise (and Fall?) of Domain Conferences - For Years They Have Thrived But Can They Survive Oversaturation?
  New Cover Story: The 2010 conference schedule began with 3 shows in 23 days - an average of one ever…
• Domain Industry Climb Team Reaches the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro & Returns Safely to Base
  The group of more than two dozen domain industry pros who went to Tanzania, Africa to climb Mount Ki…
• Skip Hoagland Adds Another .Com GeoDomain to His World Class Collection
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Geodomain giant Skip Hoagland has joined with a partner to pu…
• 1st Domain Conference/Cruise Announced + an Update on the Domainers Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Domain conferences have been held on land in various corners…
• DOMAINfest Announces Return to Europe With Conference in Prague October 6-7, 2010
  Four years after their first European conference in Barcelona, Spain, DOMAINfest will return to the…
• Peddle to the Metal: $165,000 Sale at Sedo Wins This Week's Domain Aftermarket Race 
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win…
• Registration for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Opens With Some Very Attractive Early Bird Prices
  Registration for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up in Milan, Italy April 27-29 opened today wi…
• Mike Zapolin's PrescriptionDrugs.com Website Earns Spot in Harvard Business School Contest
  Michael Zappy Zapolin has scored a major honor for his latest category killing domain name developme…
• New Owner of UDRP.com Turns Out to Be Both a Domain Investor AND an End User
  Bido.com sold UDRP.com for $16,500 last week. Considering the fact that each side in a single UDRP d…
• DevHub.com Completes Seattle Office Expansion - Major Platform Upgrades Coming Next
  DevHub just completed a big office expansion project. Next, Co-founder Mark Michael says DevHUb will…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Dialed Everything Up a Notch For the Show's Second Run in New Orleans
  Dn Journal's comprehensive review of the 2nd Annual Domainer Mardi Gras Conference has just been pub…
• Two Dozen Domainers Set to Begin Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro Monday!
  On Monday at least two dozen men and women representing the domain industry will begin a climb of mo…
• Nice Week For the Domain Aftermarket With a Million $ Sale and Two Six-Figure Deals
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The highlights include the year's first…
• Registration Opens and Keynote Speaker Named for 2010 GeoDomain Expo in New Orleans
  The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will be held in the Big Easy at the luxurious Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel Ap…
• Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia is Featured on Bloomberg's UTV Network
  Directi Co-Founder & Skenzo Founder, 28-year-old Divyank Turakhia, runs one of the fastest growing c…
• Exclusive: Poker.org Buyer Reveals They Also Bought the 2nd Most Expensive .Org Domain Ever
  The owners of PokerCompany.com made history last week when they purchased Poker.org for $1 million,…
• After 3 Weeks Away From Home It's Payback Time + Sedo Confirms $1 Million Poker.org Sale
  After being away from home three of the past four weeks covering domain conferences (T.R.A.F.F.I.C.…
• Creating Goodwill for Your Business and GeoDomain Websites Through Community Involvement
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A case study in how to create goodwill for your business and…
• No Blockbusters But the Middle of the Domain Aftermarket Boomed Over the Past 7 Days
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Though no 6-figure sales were reported t…
• The Royal Connection Between Ron Jackson, King Tut and the Castello Brothers
  The Castello Brothers have developed successful websites on a number of great domain names including…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Forecast: Cold & Wet With a Few Missing Guests But Rain Won't Stop This Parade
  The Domainer Mardi Gras conference gets underway tonight in New Orleans. The forecast calls for a st…
• First Video Interview in Morgan Linton's New Domain TV Series is Online - Dozens More to Come
  At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas and DOMAINfest Global Morgan Linton shot dozens of video interviews for…
• Biking.com Brakes At #1 on This Week's Domain Sales Chart - South African ccTLD Takes #2
  The new Weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Biking.com raced to the top of our all e…
• Traditional Media Execs Met the Castello Brothers Today & Found Out Who Ate Their Lunch!
  The Castello Brothers, David and Michael, spoke at Borrell Associates' Local Online Advertising Conf…
• Stars Lining Up For Domainer Mardi Gras - Saints Super Bowl Win Will Take it to a New Level
  The Domainer Mardi Gras conference will be held in New Orleans Thursday through Saturday. With the M…
• Opportunity is Knocking & DOMAINfest Attendees Ready to Answer After Record Breaking Show
  DN Journal's comprehensive review of the DOMAINfest Global conference that ran January 26-28 in Sant…
• New Leader, New Venue & New Format Made T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas a Pivotal Event
  DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference has just been publ…
• .SE Registry Claims Victory Over .Com - New Report Says .Com Losing Foothold in Sweden
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sweden's .SE Registry claims victory over .Com. According to…
• With the ccTLD Market Booming Drop.com.au is Zeroing In On Expiring Australian Domains
  With the ccTLD market on an upward trajectory, dropcatching service Drop.com.au has joined the growi…
• The ccTLD That Represents a Place Where No One Lives!
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The ccTLD that represents a place with a population of ZERO!…
• Quarter Million Dollar Sale of Boating.com Tops Latest Domain Aftermarket Action
  The latest domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Boating.com docked at $250,000 to top domain…
• Total Reported Domain Sales for 2009 Fall 12.5% But ccTLD Sales Soar 28%
  DNJournal.com's new monthly newsletter is out. It reports that total reported domain sales dropped 1…
• AOL Loses Battle in TM War With Advertise.com - Will It Impact Aborted $1.4M Ad.com Sale?
  A Federal Appellate Court has ruled against AOL and given Advertise.com the right to continue doing…
• Domain Auction to Raise Funds for Haiti Earthquake Victims + Mr. Latona's Wild Ride
  An online domain auction to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims will get underway Friday... the…
• Companies in the News: T.R.A.F.F.I.C., DOMAINfest and Mocus.com
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Pre-Bidding opens for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas auction, D…
• With Back to Back Domain Conferences Starting This Week We're Playing Beat the Clock!
  Back to back domain conferences get underway Thursday when the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in La…
• 16 Domain Experts Sound Off in DN Journal's 6th Annual State of the Industry Report
  The January Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com and as we do at the start of every year, we asked so…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Keynote Speaker Promises to Help You Succeed in Your Business
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas names the Keynote Speaker for next week's conference at the Hard Rock Hotel…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com Topped by ccTLD Blockbuster
  The New Year's first full week of domain sales is now in the books. Sedo helped get 2010 off to a ro…
• DOMAINfest Global Hotel Sells Out and IDNTools.com Takes a Bow in Times Square
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Rooms have sold out at the host hotel for DOMAINfest Global b…
• HyperLocal Online Media Sites Soaring While Old Platforms Continue to Sink
  While newspapers have been decimated by the economics transforming today's media industry, Web sites…
• 2010 DOMAINfest Global Preview: An Inside Look at What DFG Has in Store For You This Year
  DOMAINfest Global 2010 is coming up later this month and all indications are that attendees will be…
• Howard Neu & Danny Pryor Join Domain Aftermarket Competition With New Sales Platform
  Another competitor joined the domain aftermarket fray Wednesday when T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howar…
• $350,000 Deal at NoktaDomains Tops New Weekly Domain Sales Chart at DNJournal.com
  The final week of the 2009 domain sales season saw the kind of light overall activity you expect ove…
• Hypnotic New Album from Domainer's Daughter Lizzy Grant Now Available on iTunes
  The debut album from recording artist and domainer's daughter Lizzy Grant (stage name Lana Del Ray)…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Offers Private Test Track Option & DomainState Goes Up For Sale
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference introduces a…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas 2010 Preview: DN Journal Interview With Show Promoter Rick Latona
  There have been many landmark shows in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. series and the upcoming show at the Hard R…
• Reflections on the End of a Year (and a Decade) and the Start of New Ones
  A fleeting masterpiece appeared in my backyard this morning. I was struck by how appropriate it was…
• The "Decade From Hell" Ends Friday But I'll Have Fond Memories of the Aughts
  Another decade will end less than 36 hours from now and according to a new report from the The Pew R…
• .Com GeoDomain and 8 ccTLDs Dominate DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart 
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A nice .com geodomain set the pace with…
• RootOrange.com Contest Offers Free Ticket and Hotel Room for DOMAINfest Global
  In an effort to persuade people to try their new domain leasing monetization system, Root Orange is…
• Plunge in Parking Revenue Spurs Spate of New Domain Monetization Options
  A plunge in parking revenue this year left domain owners hunting for new monetization options that m…
• Biggest Online Shopping Day Ever!
  Though overall Christmas retail sales were sluggish, online sales were a bright spot this year. comS…
• North Carolina Domainer Launches New Non-Profit Domain Name Knowledge Base Site
  North Carolina based domainer Abdu Tarabichi has launched a new non-profit website - the Domain Name…
• .INFO Annual Report Says the World's #7 TLD Tops All New TLDs With 5.3 Million Registrations
  .INFO registry operator Afilias released its 2009 .INFO Annual Report this week. The extension curre…
• For the 2nd Week in a Row a Record IDN Sale is Reported and It Leads the New DNJ Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out DNJournal.com. A pair of previously unreported .de (German…
• The Sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - Part 3 - "Going to the Dogs"
  Elliot Silver has announced his latest site development project at DogWalker.com.This site exemplifi…
• The Sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - Part 2
  My last Lowdown post on Friday was about 4 domain owners who are taking control of their own destini…
• Life in the Fast Lane: Rick Latona Got a Late Start But He's Quickly Closing In on the Competition
  The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. This exclusive profile of a man who seems to b…
• The Economy is Bad and PPC is Worse But The Sky is Bright for These Domain Owners Who Diversified
  The economy is crippled and PPC has fallen off a cliff, but skies are blue for many domain owners wh…
• January Conferences Unveil Attractive Agendas & Verisign Plays Scrooge Again
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The 2010 domain conference schedule gets underway next month…
• Is Holding Out a Tin Cup the Best Way to Monetize a Website With 5 Million Visitors a Month?
  MiamiHerald.com is about to find out. In an effort to survive the historic media shift from traditio…
• Big Sale of Barns.com & Landmark IDN Deal Top DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Report
  A pair of nice six-figure sales headline this week's domain sales report at DNJournal.com. Barns.com…
• PPC Revenue is Finally Expected to Begin Rebounding in 2010
  Many domain owners have seen their PPC revenue drop by 75% or more, but we may finally witness an en…
• Misadventures in Brick & Mortar Land + WhyPark Charity Auction Opens at Latonas.com
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Ron Jackson is back from a family visit to the frozen north.…
• 6-Figure Sale at Sedo Sits Atop DN Journal's Latest Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo.com took the pole position on our l…
• Online Ad Spending About to Bounce Back? New Survey Indicates a Turnaround is Near
  A new survey of more than 1,000 global business leaders indicates that online ad spending will final…
• Conference in L.A. This Week & Free Webinar Aim to Help You Cash in on Local Advertising
  Are you among the many domain developers who are building sites aimed at attracting revenue from loc…
• New Domain Sales Site Launched by Industry Heavyweight Andrew Miller
  The number of options for buyers in the domain aftermarket continues to grow. Andrew Miller, co-foun…
• Antivirus Company Names the World's Most Dangerous Domain (.Com Gets Dinged Too)
  McAfee, one the of largest manufacturers of anti-virus software, just named Cameroon's .cm country c…
• 7-Figure Sale Rules This Week's Domain Sales Chart Backed By Two Big 6-Figure Deals
  The new weekly domain sales chart is out at DNJournal.com. There are three heavyweights totaling $2.…
• Websites to Replace Retail Stores Within 5 Years? If Prediction Comes True Domains Will Rule
  Imagine what domain names that define various categories of products and services would be worth if…
• New York Times Weighs in On the "Kids" Who Are Taking Over the Media World
  New online media platforms have siphoned away much of traditional media's audience, but a New York T…
• Great Domains & VC Dollars Are Helping 30-Year-Old Jay Penske Build a New Media Empire
  With acquisitions of Mail.com, Fan.com, Deadline.com & others, the 30-year-old son of auto racing le…
• When Millions of Americans Gather to Give Thanks Thursday 17 Members of Our Family Will Be Among Them
  We're getting the decks cleared here so we can join the rest of the U.S. in celebrating one of Ameri…
• 3-Letter Swedish ccTLD Sells for Six Figures to Top DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was another solid week led by one of…
• Former Fabulous.com Exec Dan Warner Named CEO at DomainAdvertising.com
  DomainAdvertising.com has named industry veteran Dan Warner as the company's new CEO. Warner is a we…
• German GeoDomain Website Wins $7,500 First Prize in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A German geodomain website has won the $7,500 First Prize in…
• SnapNames Shill Bidding Scandal Leads to Another Class Action Lawsuit Against Oversee.net
  The insider shill bidding scandal at SnapNames.com has resulted in a 2nd class action lawsuit being…
• Domain Aftermarket Options Are Expanding As Industry Players Launch New Sales Platforms
  Options in the domain aftermarket are expanding with the launch of several new sales platforms by es…
• With IDNs Finally on the Fast Track the Global Domain Market May Get a Boost
  DN Journal's new monthly newsletter features an interview with two IDN experts on what the new fast…
• ccTLD Boom Fuels Interest in Canada's .ca & Howard Neu Gets on the Development Bandwagon
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The boom in ccTLD sales is fueling interest in many extension…
• Whiskey.com Bellies Up to the Bar For a 6-Figure Deal That Tops DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Whiskey.com washed down $185,000 to whip…
• Domain Attorney Ari Goldberger Goes Hollywood With an Appearance on HBO
  If you were watching HBO's hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm Nov. 8th, you may have noticed a familiar…
• First Known Criminal Indictment of a Domain Thief Has Been Handed Down by NJ Attorney General
  In August we told you about the arrest of Danny Goncalves, the man accused of stealing P2P.com and s…
• After 7 Months Away on a Military Mission, Steve Morales is Back on the GeoDomain Beat
  Steve Morales has resumed his geodomain duties at SimplyGeo.com LLC after a U.S. Army mission abrupt…
• Bad News Comes in Threes? eNom Founder Paul Stahura Leaves Demand Media
  After reporting the departure of two NameMedia Senior VP's earlier today, we now convey the news tha…
• A Second NameMedia Senior VP, Brian Carr, Has Reportedly Left the Company
  Earlier today we reported that NameMedia Senior VP Pete Lamson, who was also General Manager of the…
• AfternicDLS and BuyDomains General Manager Pete Lamson Leaves NameMedia
  Senior Vice President Pete Lamson has left NameMedia where he ran two of the domain industry's bigge…
• GeoDomain Giant Skip Hoagland Teams Up With Databanq to Launch ChamberOfCommerce.com
  Skip Hoagland's company, Domains New Media, has teamed up with Databanq to launch a major new site a…
• Sedo Sweeps the First 8 Positions on DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There were no blockbusters this week but…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Posts the Initial Agenda for their February 2010 Show in New Orleans
  Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference have posted the Initial agenda for their February 2…
• Latest Developments in the SnapNames Shill Bidding Scandal
  The first class action lawsuit has been filed in the shill bidding scandal at SnapNames that continu…
• 2009 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference Marks the End of an Era
  DNJournal's comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, including dozens of prev…
• Companies in the News: Sedo, Moniker, Neustar, Pool.com and eBusinessDomains.com
  Today in t he Lowdown at DNJournal.com: News from Sedo, Moniker, Neustar, Pool.com and eBusinessDoma…
• Photos of Alleged SnapNames Shill Bidder Nelson Brady & Our Thoughts on the Scandal
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos of alleged SnapNames shill bidder Nelson Bra…
• Best.com Bags Top Spot on DNJ Domain Sales Chart Covering the Past Two Weeks
  I was away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so we have published a double-l…
• Sedo's First Ever Two-Character .Com and .Net Domain Auction Gets Underway Thursday
  Sedo will open a week-long online auction featuring only two-character .com and .net domain names on…
• Finalists Named for 2009 .INFO Awards - Top 3 in Public Voting This Week Will Split $15,500
  Owners of ten .info websites have been named finalists in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest. That group…
• Photos & Highlights from the Closing Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
  The Lowdown at DN Journal has photos & highlights from the Closing Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York: A…
• Photos and Highlights from the 1st Full Day (and Night) at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference
  Tuesday was a busy day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, starting at 10am and running into…
• Photos & Highlights from the Opening Night at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York + Breaking News
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference opened with a welcoming cocktail party last night. In private…
• The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference Gets Underway This Evening
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference gets underway this evening at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. W…
• MythBuster: Former Farmer Gregg McNair Proves Opportunties Still Abound in the Domain Business
  The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Some say the really BIG opportunities in the do…
• Sedo Provides Evidence Showing DDOS Attack Had Little Impact on GreatDomains Auction
  Sedo has provided us with statistics and individual auction logs showing that DDOS attacks against t…
• Newspaper Reporters Urge Publishers to Move More Quickly from Print to Online Distribution
  Though owners of traditional media outlets may still be hostile to the web, a new study says nearly…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York - the Last Conference That Will Feature 2 Competing Live Auctions 
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York gets underway Monday evening and this will be the last show to feature multi…
• One of 2009's 20 Biggest Sales & The Year's 2nd Highest ccTLD Sale Top New DNJ Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo tops the chart with a pair of six-f…
• Video Drives New Traffic to Chicago.com & Afilias Offers Big Cash Prizes to the Best .Info Websites
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new video featuring a local comedian is driving traffic to…
• Partners in Paradise: Our Review of the 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum in Key West, Florida
  The 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum was held at the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Flo…
• Going for the Gold: Domain Developers Report Growth in Their Enterprises Despite the Recession
  A number of domain owners who have headed down the development path are reporting major product laun…
• Final Agenda Released For T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York + Other Tidbits to Tide You Over This Weekend
  The final agenda has been released for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference coming up in New York City Octo…
• How Rick Schwartz, Rick Latona & 3 Other Industry Figures REALLY Made Their Money
  I have always assumed that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Rick Schwartz, all-around industry impresario R…
• Previously Undisclosed 600K Sale is One of 3 Blockbusters at Top of DN Journal Sales Report
  The new weekly DN Journal domain sales report is out (this one actually covers two weeks since we we…
• Castello Brothers Join Fred Mercaldo To Launch Another Development at Manicure.com
  The Castello Brothers have joined Fred Mercaldo to launch another developed website at Manicure.com.…
• More T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NY News, Plus Links to Free Passes for a Pair of Appealing Domain Webinars
  Tonight in DN Journal's Lowdown: Ron's on the late shift after spending the day replacing a totaled…
• CNN Anchorman Rick Sanchez to Speak at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
  CNN Anchorman Rick Sanchez will deliver the keynote address at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conferenc…
• Exclusive T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York 2009 Preview - This Year's Theme is "Survival"
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is returning to New York October 26-29. At last year's NYC show, the e…
• Photos & Highlights from the Final 24 Hours at the SedoPro Partners Forum in Key West
  This weekend in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from from the final 24 hours at…
• 3rd Quarter Domain Sales Equal Year Ago Level and Rise 15% From the Previous Quarter
  Despite the recession, third quarter domain sales matched the year ago level for the same quarter an…
• Photos & Highlights from the 2009 MeetDomainers Conference In Warsaw
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the 2nd Annual MeetDomainers Confe…
• ICA Legal Counsel Says New Agreement Likely to Delay New gTLDs As Focus Shifts to IDNs
  Internet Commerce Association Legal Counsel Phil Corwin says the new Agreement of Commitments betwee…
• .Biz Banks Big Bucks, Sedo Co-Founders Sell Out & U.S. Loosens ICANN Leash
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .Biz bags over $360,000 in an auction of 1-character domains…
• Six-Figure Country Code Sale Beats All Comers in This Week's Domain Aftermarket Action
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A British ccTLD reigns over our weekly T…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Hand Five of Next Year's Six Shows Over to Rick Latona
  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu say they will turn responsibility for five o…
• Castello Brothers Secure the Services of a Legendary Local TV Personality for Nashville .com
  GeoDomainers continue to raid traditional media for talent as the Castello Brothers secure the servi…
• People Who Use the Internet Have a More Positive View of PPC Than SEO. Really?
  Do people who use the Internet have a more positive view of PPC ads than SEO? A search engine called…
• Companies in the News: DOMAINfest Global, Neustar and Sedo
  DOMAINfest Global has named the Keynote Speaker for their January conference in Santa Monica, Califo…
• The High End of the Domain Aftermarket Stages a Comeback With Five 6-Figure Deals
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the aftermarket staged a…
• New ICANN CEO Takes a Slap at Domain Investors in Letter to Congressmen
  Those who have been wondering where new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom would come down on the organization…
• The Domain Auction Houses Will Be Hopping the Remainder of This Week
  The remainder of this week will be exceptionally busy ones for most of the major domain auction hous…
• Despite Repeated Setbacks Aron Meystedt Never Quit & Now His Persistence is Paying Off
  The new September Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Despite nearly a dozen false starts, 29-year-…
• New Verisign Report Says the Total Number of Registered Domains Rose 9% Since Last Year
  Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief reports the total number of registered domain…
• New Study Provides Good News for Domain Owners Who Are Developing Content-Rich Websites
  A new six-year study provides good news for domain owners who are developing their own content-rich…
• Expect ICANN's Planned Rollout of New gTLDs to Be Delayed Again
  ICANN plans to begin its rollout  of an unlimited number of new gTLDs in the first quarter of 2010…
• Free Webinar Offers to Show You "How to Sell Domain Names Fast and for Maximum Value"
  A free webinar next week is offering to show you How to Sell Domain Names Fast and for Maximum Value…
• Highest Hyphenated Domain Sale Ever Reported Leads This Week's Top 20 Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Hyphenated domains have always been view…
• New Conference Aims to Help You Sell More of Your Online Ad Space to Local Businesses
  A new conference coming to New York City in February plans to provide expert advice on selling your…
• Blog Publishers See Ad Revenues Soar & .Biz Gets a Boost from 1-Letter Domain Development
  A New York Times report says ad revenues for popular blogs soared in the first half of 2009 while th…
• TrafficZ and GM Jonathan Boswell Part Ways, Boswell to Run His Own Monetization Company
  TrafficZ and General Manager Jonathan Boswell have parted company. Boswell has now turned his attent…
• Conference Promoters Sweeten the Pot With Added Incentives to Attract Early Bird Registrants
  Organizers of next month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York City and the Domainer Mardi Gras co…
• Wild Week for Domain Sales: $2.8 Million ccTLD Sale Revealed + 600K .com & BIG .Mobi Deal
  The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it was an especially interesting week wit…
• Spreading the News: How a Home Grown Media Corps Helped Trigger a Boom in the Domain Business
  Domain blogs, forums, publications, podcasts and video productions have provided the tools that have…
• Moniker Brokers 6-Figure Sale of Casino.mobi
  Oversee.net has announced that its Moniker.com division has successfully brokered a 6-figure sale of…
• Should We Declare War on Domaining.com?
  The content on Domaining.com consists of headlines culled from industry blogs and publications (incl…
• Has ICANN Opened Pandora's Box? New gTLD Lawsuits & Recriminations Already Underway
  New gTLDs are still months away but the lawsuits and recriminations have already begun. Turf battles…
• Year's 6th Reported 7-Figure Deal Tops DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report
  Sedo rang up the year's 6th reported 7-figure domain sale this past week and went on to sweep the fi…
• Neustar Gets Nod to Operate .CO Registry & Creates .BIZ Buzz By Releasing 1 & 2 Character Domains
  With announcements yesterday and today, Neustar, the operator of the .BIZ registry, laid out plans t…
• Industry Pioneer Warren Weitzman Regains Stolen Domains - Explains How Theft Happened
  Last month we told you about a major domain hijacking incident in which more than a dozen names were…
• Rumble in the Domain Jungle: 2010 To Open With 3 Domain Conferences in Less Than 4 Weeks
  TRAFFIC is going back to Las Vegas for a big show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino January 21-23. Tha…
• Public Company Merges With Minds + Machines to Chase New Top Level Domains
  Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. today announced that it has completed a merger with Minds + Machines…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Announces Dates and New Location for 2010 Conference in New Orleans
  Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference announced today that they will be back in the Big E…
• Richard Gabriel Sells DropShippers.com for $1.5 Million - His 2nd Seven-Figure Sale in 5 Months
  Richard Gabriel, the man who sold Auction.com for $1.7 million in March has just closed another bloc…
• .Pro Set to Offer 1, 2 and 3-Character Domains & .Mobi Launches New Resource Center
  RegistryPro, the operator of the .pro TLD, says it has reached an agreement with ICANN that will all…
• AfternicDLS Continues Expansion With New Partnership & Latona Releases Catalog for Next Auction
  The AfternicDLS has expanded its global domain sales network again, this time through a partnership…
• Four 6-Figure Sales Lead the Pack as the Aftermarket Continues to Defy the Dog Days of Summer
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The new column actually covers the past…
• Wedding Bells Ring for Rubber Duck (AKA Dave Wrixon) & New GM Exchanges Vows With Oversee
  Marriages made in heaven? Veteran domain industry exec Craig Snyder (Internet REIT & Marchex) exchan…
• My Supernatural Vacation: A Remote Beach, A Victorian Mansion & A Ghostly Encounter
  Ron Jackson is back from vacation with an account of a diverse week divided between one of the world…
• Sedo Reports Strong 2nd Quarter Domain Sales: Their Average .Net Price Topped .Com!
  Sedo says that, despite the recession, demand for premium generic domain names remained strong at th…
• Companies Owned By One of World's Richest Men Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking
  This was not a good week for one of the world's richest men - Hong Kong based billionaire Li Ka Shin…
• Wikipedia Wakes Up: Stops Redirecting Domaining Searches to a Cybersquatting Page
  Wikipedia had yielded to protests from the domain community and stopped redirecting people to a page…
• ICA Says Congressional Challenge Could Delay New gTLDS Planned By ICANN
  Major Breaking News: ICANN's plans to break ties with the United States has hit a roadblock as sever…
• Strong Week of Domain Sales Overcomes the Summer Doldrums
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, A pair of blockbusters headline our new…
• Open Season on Domainers: L.A. Times & Wikipedia Abandon Objectivity and Accuracy
  It is apparently open season on domainers and domaining. An overtly biased article on the L.A. Times…
• Domaining is Cybersquatting? Wikipedia Thows Its Credibility Out the Window
  New DN Journal Newletter: Domainers were stunned when Wikipedia recently started redirecting a searc…
• Domain Thief Lands in Jail After Picking the Wrong People to Steal From
  A New Jersey man has been arrested for hijacking a 6-figure domain name from an ownership group that…
• Local Directory Services Provider Local Matters Helps Put America.us on the Map
  Providers of local directory services are helping domain owners ramp up development at a rapid pace.…
• An Inside Look at Bruce Marler's Effort to Build an Online Local Media Empire at Missouri.me
  We believe the best way to build a successful online business is to find a niche and fill it. Missou…
• Rick Latona Auctions Seeking CPA, Lead Gen & Affiliate Marketing Domains for Online Auction
  Rick Latona Auctions is looking for submissions for a themed online auction coming up August 21-28.…
• Weekly DN Journal Sales Report: .de Leads the Top 20 & .US Makes Its 2nd Straight Appearance
  DN Journal’s new weekly domain sales report is out and ccTLDs turned in another strong showing, ta…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Will Return to Las Vegas in 2010 & They Want Your Help in Picking the Dates
  The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference bypassed Las Vegas this year but the show will return to the popular d…
• Michael Berkens - The Untold Story Behind The Best Kept Secret in the Domain Business
  DNJournal.com Cover Story - Michael Berkens is one of the most successful investors in the history o…
• Sedo's New Monthly Industry Spotlight Page Highlights Deals On Real Estate Domains
  Sedo has just announced a new monthly Industry Spotlight feature that will highlight domains current…
• Sedo's New Domain Price Suggestion Tool - Can Automated Appraisals Be Taken Seriously?
  Sedo is about to unveil a new Price Suggestion Tool aimed at providing domain owners with guidance o…
• A Domain Industry Family Member Has Died in a Portland, Oregon Auto Crash
  A one-car crash in Portland, Oregon has taken the life of 38-year-old NetXposure CEO Devin Donnelly.…
• eNom Issues Official Statement on Domains Stolen from Warren Weitzman's Account
  eNom has issued an official statement on the domains stolen from industry veteran Warren Weitzman's…
• $228,000 .Com Sale and Year's Biggest .US Deal Headline DN Journal's Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A trio of six-figure sales led by one th…
• HIJACKING ALERT! Over a Dozen Domains Stolen From Industry Pioneer's Account
  Warren Weitzman's worst nightmare has just come true. He has been in the domain game since 1994 but…
• Long Weekend Getaways Are Great But There Is No Escaping Domain Names!
  I took my wife on a romantic getaway this past weekend and though I rarely went online I couldn't he…
• Dates and New Location Announced for the 2010 DOMAINfest Global Conference
  Dates and a new location for the 2010 DOMAINfest Global Conference have been announced. Oversee.net'…
• New White Papers Promote SEO Benefits of Generic Domains & .ME as a Marketing Platform
  A pair of new white papers (available at no charge) make cases for 1) the value of generic keyword d…
• Marketers Plan More Cuts in Traditional Media Spending As They Shift Money Online
  A new survey of business marketers from Forrester Research says that 60% of respondents intend to in…
• Two of the Year's Highest Ranking Sales Set the Pace in the Domain Aftermarket This Week
  The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of 6-figure sales highlighted the act…
• Domain Website Owners Have Been Busy This Week - Here's a Look at 7 Interesting Updates
  Over the past 24 hours we've seen 7 major updates at domain industry websites that are worth checkin…
• Castello Brothers Announce PalmSprings.com Partnership Pairing New Media With Old
  Geodomain owners who hope to replace traditional media outlets in their cities are testing a variety…
• See Africa With Fellow Domainers & Learn How to Save Thousands of Lives Along the Way
  Waterborne diseases kill 2 million children every year. Most of these deaths can be prevented by giv…
• Exclusive from DNJournal.com: Dates and Location for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo Are Revealed
  Big news about the GeoDomain Expo. DN Journal reveals the dates and location for the 2010 show - cho…
• Online Auction Wars Heat Up With Bido's Makeover and a New Monthly Sale at SnapNames
  Oversee.net is combining the resources of two of its key companies, Moniker and SnapNames, to produc…
• Aftermarket.com Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's Weekly Chart & $380,000 Deal is Done
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The #1 position on our Top 20 chart went…
• Well-known Domainers Are in the Audience at the Michael Jackson Memorial Service in Los Angeles
  The domain community was represented at the Michael Jackson public memorial service in Los Angeles t…
• The High Value of Generic Domains: Hundreds of Corporations Finally Get It
  You know how valuable generic domain names are for attracting highly targeted traffic, but will the…
• Endangered Assets: Post a Protest By Monday or it May Be Open Season on Your Domains
  Monday is the last day you can lodge a protest with ICANN that may keep over-reaching trademark inte…
• DN Journal Reports 2Q-2009 Domain Sales Results: Total $ Volume Falls 25% from 1Q-2009
  Domain sales results from the just concluded 2nd quarter of 2009 are in and they aren't pretty. The…
• Reverse Osmosis: A Publicly Traded American Corporation Switches from .Com to .US
  A publicly traded American corporation has changed their name and moved from their .com website to t…
• A Half-Million Dollar .Com Sale & the Year's Biggest .Net Sale Top New DN Journal Chart
  After taking a breather last week, six-figure sales returned this week with a $500,000 blockbuster a…
• Oakville.com: A Case Study on How to Efficiently Build and Promote a GeoDomain Website
  The owners of Oakville.com have developed a custom platform they plan to use to build out approximat…
• ccTLDs Are Soaring - Will the Boom Help Bring America's .US Country Code to Life?
  .US fans have often said that America's country code is a sleeping giant. The current global ccTLD b…
• Rodan Media Reconfigures to Handle Growth in Their Domain Development Business
  The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in rece…
• Is This Man ICANN's Next CEO? Plus an ICANN VP Admits They Want to Kill the UDRP
  The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candid…
• Another Big Deal in the Partnership Parade: The Castello Brothers Join Forces with LZ Domains
  For the second day in a row, a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report from DNJournal.com: ccTLDs Still Rocking
  After a quartet of six-figure sales last week, the aftermarket downshifted a gear this week with the…
• Partnership Preacher Skip Hoagland Signs Two New Deals to Develop Top Generic Domains
  He is best known for his developed geodomains but thanks to new partnership deals, Skip Hoagland is…
• 2009 Domain Roundtable Provides Rousing Conclusion to the Amazing Conference Race
  Domain Roundtable was the 6th major conference in the past 6 months. Could there possibly be anythin…
• ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin Reports from Sydney Where Domain Owner Rights are Under Attack
  The 35th public ICANN meeting is underway in Sydney, Australia and the agenda includes several criti…
• ccTLDs Sweep the Top Three Spots on DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
  Country code fans have three more reasons to party down this week. ccTLDs, including the biggest cou…
• Promoters Gone Wild - With Plans to Double Their Show Count is the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Team Tripping Out?
  Here is Ron Jackson's view of the new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. alliance between Rick Latona, Rick Schwartz and…
• Photos and Highlights from the Closing Day and Night at Domain Roundtable
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos and highlights from the closing day (and nig…
• DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Past 24 Hours at Domain Roundtable
  Today in the Lowdown at DNournal.com: Photos and highlights from Monday and Tuesday events at the 20…
• DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Start of Domain Roundtable in Washington D.C.
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Photos and highlights from the Domain Roundtable conference t…
• New DN Journal Cover Story: ccTLDs Take Center Stage
  The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out…
• Live Domain Auction in San Francisco Goes Down in Flames - Here's What Went Wrong
  Our post mortem on the real estate related domain auction that flamed out Thursday in San Francisco…
• Final Countdown to Domain Roundtable, A New Face at NameMedia & the Latest on .NYC
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The Domain Roundtable conference gets under in Washington D.C. l…
• Real Estate Domain Auction - Will it Flop or Fly? Also, Why ICANN May Become Even More Unaccountable
  A heavily advertised auction of geo-targeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Franci…
• Pair of 7-Figure Blockbusters Headline DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week's hit parade is led by a pair…
• People in the News: Skip Hoagland, Dan Warner, Simonetta Batteiger, Gregg McNair & Rick Schwartz
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Domain industry people in the news including geodomain giant Ski…
• T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Slashes Early Bird Prices for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York to New Lows
  With a successful show in Amsterdam now behind them, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers slash early bird pric…
• Photos and Highlights from the Farewell Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam & The Day After
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from the closing night party at the T.R.A.F.F.I…
• Final Day Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference in Amsterdam
  Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the final day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C…
• Wednesday Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C Amsterdam Including Kevin Ham's Keynote
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from Wednesday's schedule at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C.…
• Photos & Highlights From the First Full Day of Business at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  DN Journal has just posted photos and highlights from the the first full day of business at the T.R.…
• DN Journal's First Report from Amsterdam Where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference Begins Tonight
  Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: our first report from Amsterdam where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs…
• Jay Westerdal Launches a New Website Devoted to His Legal Battle With Thought Convergence
  Jay Westerdal has set up a new website to post developments in the ongoing lawsuit filed by Thought…
• Shows.com Leads the Cast on This Week's DN Journal Top 20 Domain Sales Chart
  Sales from the two live domain auctions at last month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference sta…
• Domain Roundtable to Help Raise Funds for the ICA By Selling Donated Domains During Live Auction
  Thought Convergence, the organizers of the Domain Roundtable conference coming up June 14-17 in Wash…
• The Latest GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday Afternoon & the AfternicDLS Expands Its Reach
  Sedo's latest GreatDomains premium domain auction ends Thursday afternoon at 1pm (U.S. Eastern time)…
• Miracle Man: How German Domainer Markus Schnermann Beat the Odds and Hit It Big
  German domainer Markus Schnermann is the picture of good health: physical, mental, financial - you n…
• DN Journal's New Monthly Newsletter Previews T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features an exclusive interview with RickLatona.com President…
• Holiday Weekend Gets Off to a Good Start at the Jackson Household But the Party is Already Over
  Ron and Diana Jackson kicked off the long Memorial Day Weekend enjoying a visit from a domain indust…
• Michael Mann and Rob Monster Will Make Speaking Debuts at Domain Roundtable
  Attendees at next month's Domain Roundtable Conference in Washington, D.C. will see two industry hea…
• Year's Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sale & 3rd Highest ccTLD Deal Top DN Journal's Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market returned this…
• Sedo Begins Month-Long Auction Binge & TRAFFIC Amsterdam Enters the Final Countdown
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Sedo begins a month-long auction binge on Thursday, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C…
• Companies in the News: The AfternicDLS, DirectNic, NameJet and PremiumDomains.com
  The AfternicDLS has expanded its reach thanks to a new registrar partner, Directnic.com, NameJet wil…
• Thought Convergence Issues Statement on Jay Westerdal Termination.
  While we believe that employment matters should be dealt with internally rather than in a public dis…
• Breaking News: Thought Convergence Has Filed Suit Against Jay Westerdal
  A search of court records shows that Thought Convergence filed suit against Jay Westerdal, his fathe…
• High End of the Aftermarket Missing This Week But the Low to Mid Range Marches On
  The price tag on the #1 domain on DN Journal's new weekly sales chart is the lowest we have seen for…
• Breaking News: Jay Westerdal Terminated by Thought Convergence
  Jay Westerdal, who sold his company, Name Intelligence, LLC (which included DomainTools.com and the…
• Dr. Kevin Ham Makes a Major Move Aimed at Becoming a Global Leader in Interactive Media
  Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology is making a bold move toward becoming a major player in the conv…
• DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
  The 15th show in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference series was staged April 27-30 in the Silicon Valley.…
• 2009: The Year PPC Gives Way to New Methods of Domain Monetization?
  In any case, it looks like 2009 will at least be The Year of New Domain Monetization Initiatives. Th…
• Ron Sheridan is Back With a New Company That Says It Can Cure the Domain Monetization Blues
  Ron Sheridan is back in the saddle again. Less than 3 months after the legendary director of busines…
• Sunny Days for GeoDomains: DN Journal's Review of the 2009 GeoDomain Expo
  The annual GeoDomain Expo, staged by Associated Cities, has a history of presenting exceptionally hi…
• Domain Aftermarket Stages Strong Rebound in the Opening Quarter of 2009
  Domain sales in the 1st quarter of 2009 rebounded sharply from a dismal showing in the closing quart…
• World's Most Famous Domainer Will Be The Keynote Speaker at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
  In a coup for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up in Amsterdam June 1-4, show promoter Ri…
• Atlanta.com Owner Skip Hoagland Stages a Talent Raid on that City's Local Newspaper
  In another sign of the times, Atlanta.com is making a bold attempt to lure writers, reporters and ma…
• Double Length Report at DN Journal Covers Domain Sales Reported Over the Past Two Weeks
  After a week off for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley, DN Journal has published a double length domain…
• "Zappy" Zapolin Unleashes Internet Warrior & New Video Captures Main Street View of Domainers
  Mike Zappy Zapolin has opened the doors at InternetWarrior.com where the widely respected domain inv…
• $1.4 Million Ad.com Auction Win Puts Divyank Turakhia in the YouTube Spotlight
  YouTube spotlights Skenzo/Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia in two videos from the Ad.com auction…
• Sedo Sweeps the First Five Spots on This Week's Top 20 Sales Chart at DN Journal
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo was firing on all cylinders this we…
• New Articles Provide More Evidence of What Time Calls "The New Internet Start-Up Boom"
  A small business start-up boom continues to gain steam in the midst of the recession as laid off emp…
• Bad Environment for Business? Owners of Three New Domain Related Companies Think Not
  With the severe downturn in the general economy this might not seem like the best time to open a new…
• Is Twittersquatting the New Cybersquatting?
  Is Twittersquatting the new Cybersquatting? Pingdom.com says it is and they have some interesting fa…
• First Newspapers, Now Magazines. New Data Shows the Bloodbath Expanding in Old Media
  The Internet is the ONLY media platform expected to see a growth in ad revenues this year. Everyone…
• Keynote Speaker Named for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
  The keynote speaker has been selected for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference coming up Apr…
• GoDaddy Sued for Alleged Cybersquatting in Their Domain Parking Program
  GoDaddy is being sued for alleged cybersquatting in their domain parking program. Ubid, Inc. filed t…
• $250,000 Domain Tops New DN Journal Chart & ccTLDs Take 3 Spots in the Top Ten
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Last month Richard Gabriel sold Auction.…
• Moniker Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Auction Catalog With Over 5,500 Domains
  The complete catalog for Moniker's live and extended online domain auctions at this month's T.R.A.F.…
• Good News for Domains: Time Says "The New Internet Start-Up Boom" is Underway
  Last month we wrote about seeing a nice uptick in domain sales to small business end users. The new…
• New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: Who Neu? The Life of a Multi-Talented Domainer
  DN Journal's new Cover Story profiles domain attorney & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu. As a t…
• Physicians.com Sells for $250,000 & Hot Water Rises Around ICANN's Plan to Flood the Web with New TLDs
  Physicians.com changes hands for $250,000. Plus, hot water continues to rise around ICANN's plan to…
• New Study Shows Generic Domains Give Search Engine Ad Campaigns a Huge Boost
  A new study underscores the value of generic domain names, especially with respect to using them to…
• 2009 GeoDomain Expo Preview: Development To Take Center Stage in San Diego
  The 2009 Associated Cities GeoDomain Expo will be staged in San Diego April 23-25. To get the inside…
• Industry Standard Says "Latest Plan for Domain Names is as Doomed as .coop and .mobi."
  ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new global domain extensions continue…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the first time since early February,…
• USA Today Quotes DN Journal on ICANN's Plan to Flood the Internet with New TLDs
  A new USA Today article was published today about ICANN's plans to roll out an unlimited number of n…
• New OzDomainer.com Podcast Puts Ron Jackson on the Other Side of the Interview Table
  Australia's Ed Keay-Smith has released a new interview in his popular podcast series at OzDomainer.c…
• Domain Roundtable Releases the Agenda for Their June Conference in Washington D.C.
  The Domain Roundtable Conference, coming up June 14-17 in Washington D.C., has announced the agenda…
• A Popular Domain Industry CEO is Stepping Down and.the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Agenda is Out
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: The popular CEO of Fabulous.com's parent company, Dark Blue Sea, is s…
• Bido Helps Bail Out the Burros, The Smart Method Behind Domain Madness & An Appealing Expo Agenda
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: A Bido charity auction raises over $2,000 for an endangered animal sh…
• $300,000 Domain Claims the Top Spot on DN Journal's Weekly Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A $300,000 sale that ranks among the yea…
• Another Major Newspaper Goes Bankrupt & Free Videos from DOMAINfest Global Go Online
  Both of Chicago's daily newspapers are now in bankruptcy after the Sun Times files for court protect…
• Rick Schwartz Issues a Forecast for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley & The Industry at Large
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what…
• Rick Schwartz Says Some Domainers Will Get Rich in the Recession, But Not With Domains!
  In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes b…
• Shocking New Data Shows Theme for Next Month's GeoDomain Expo Couldn't Be More Timely
  The theme for next month's GeoDomain Expo in San Diego will be Freefall! (How to Monetize the Collap…
• The Ultimate Guide to Everything Twitter - Twemendous Tips for Tweaking Your Tweets
  A sizeable community of domainers has taken over a corner at Twitter.com, the increasingly popular s…
• A New Combatant Enters the MiniSite Wars & Bido.com Announces Another Format Change
  The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story go…
• New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DN Journal Led By Year's Third 7-Figure Sale & Surging ccTLDs
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Our latest Top 20 Chart is led by the ye…
• In the Lowdown at DN Journal Today: .Tel, Rick Schwartz, Kevin Ham, the ICA and the Grim Reaper
  The new .tel extension opened for public registration today...Rick Schwartz will appear on a live we…
• Don't Be an Ass - Befriend a Burro! Domainers Fight to Save an Animal Rescue Facility
  This industry attracts more good-hearted people than any I've ever been a part of. Another example o…
• New Companies Are Making the Dream of Affordable Mass Domain Development a Reality
  Domain name owners have long dreamed of a day when it would be possible to affordably develop their…
• The Hatchets Have Been Buried: Associated Cities Leaders Announce A Major New Agreement
  Disagreements among leaders at Associated Cities (operators of the GeoDomain Expo) broke into public…
• Time for a Pity Party? Sorry, No Time for That in This Business!
  The past couple of days I've talked about improving sales in the domain aftermarket this month. Mayb…
• March Surprise: Is the Domain Aftermarket Uptick a Blip or the Beginning of a Rebound?
  Is that a ray of light we see at the end of the tunnel or a train coming our way? Things are looking…
• Spring Fever Hits the Domain Aftermarket with Solid Sales at Every Level
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DN Journal (this one actually covers two weeks since we…
• "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Poorhouse" - Alternate TLDs Are Finally Paying Off
  Six months ago it looked like the financial world was ending. Now I'm having my best month ever and…
• Full Steam Ahead: The GeoDomain Expo is a Go and We Have a First Look at the Show Agenda
  The decision is in - after several days of uncertainty due to boardroom bickering, Associated Cities…
• Tomorrow Will be a Landmark Day in the Media World (and for the Domain Business Too)
  Tuesday will be a landmark day in the media world (and an important one for the domain business as w…
• Latest on the GeoDomain Expo: Indications Are the Board Will Vote Monday to Proceed With the Show
  In an update to a story we posted earlier today, we now expect the remaining board members at Associ…
• Photos & Highlights From a Vacation Visit to Charleston SC (With a Domain Twist Of Course!)
  I just returned from spring vacation visit to one of America's most history rich and picturesque cit…
• GeoDomain Expo Update: Three Board Members Resign and Attorney's Advice Sought
  An official statement on the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo may be delayed until the attorney…
• Go or No Go? Official Status of GeoDomain Expo Remains Unresolved Amid Conflicting Reports
  Associated Cities Co-Founder Josh Metnick says an official statement regarding the status of next mo…
• Transfer of Toys.com Completed Over the Weekend and Sedo Announces a $450,000 Sale
  The transfer of Toys.com to Toys R Us looks to have been completed over the weekend. That $5.1 milli…
• Industry Execs Comment on Domain Investing in 2009 and Beyond
  DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter has comments from executives at Sedo, Parked.com and Neustar…
• Condolences to Veteran Domain Investor Marc Ostrofsky and his Family
  It has been a week of highs and lows for veteran domain investor Marc Ostrofsky. He had dinner with…
• Toys.com Sale Continues to Bring Mainstream Media Attention to Domains with ABC News Story
  The $5.1 million sale of Toys.com to ToyRUS last Friday continues to draw mainstream media attention…
• The BBC Reports on the Domain Aftermarket: Has the Recession Really Cut .co.uk Prices in Half?
  The BBC has issued a report on the domain aftermarket and the recent $5.1 million sale of Toys.com i…
• German ccTLD Flattens the Competition to Lead DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week a German country code domain f…
• Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: 2009 GeoDomain Expo Registration Opens + News from Sedo and the AfternicDLS
  In DN Journal's Lowdown today: Registration opens for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San Diego, Sedo's n…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Lets the Good Times Roll: DN Journal Reviews the Big Show on the Bayou
  When someone tells me they are thinking of starting a new domain conference I tell them think of som…
• ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey Announces He Will Leave ICANN at the End of the Year
  ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey today announced that he will leave the organization after hi…
• Newspapers Close Their Doors as New Report Predicts Local Advertisers Will Double Their Spending Online
  More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kel…
• Afilias Publishes a Major Progress Report on the .Info Extension and a Team of Domainers Scores an Upset Win in India
  The operator of the .info registry, Afilias, has released a detailed new report on the progress the…
• High End of the Market Shows Some Life As 3 Sales Totaling Over $700,000 Lead New DN Journal Weekly Chart
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market stirred from…
• The Recession is Producing a Huge Wave of New Search Traffic for Financial Keywords (and Related Domains)
  New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms…
• On the Road Again - Some Travel Notes as We Head Home from the Frigid North
  We are en route back home to Florida after stops in New Orleans and Ohio. Some things you need to kn…
• Photos and Highlights From the Closing Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Saturday in New Orleans
  The first Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed Saturday. We have photos and highlights from the fin…
• Bourbon Street Balcony Bash Caps Day 2 at the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
  Here is a link to DN Journal's Friday photos and highlights from the Domainer Mardi Gras conference…
• Photos and Highlights From the Opening Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
  We have photos and highlights from the opening day of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orle…
• Verisign Reports Worldwide Domain Registrations Rose 16% in 2008 with Country Codes Growing at an Even Faster Clip
  Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 4th quarter of 2008, is now out…
• Sedo Books a Sale of More Than $380,000 to Lead This Week's Top 20 Chart at DN Journal
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.The report is headlined by the second big…
• Domainer Mardi Gras Ready for Its Debut Thursday Afternoon in New Orleans
  Final preparations are underway for the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference that opens in New Orleans Thu…
• Huge Opportunity for Domain Owners: 56% of Small Businesses STILL Have No Presence Online
  New research shows there is a great opportunity for domain owners to profit from a huge untapped poo…
• The Babe Ruth of Business Development: Ron Sheridan's Rise from Orphan to MVP
  The February Cover Story is out at DN Journal. It is the story of Ron Sheridan, the highly regarded…
• Bido.com Plans to Return to the Domain Auction Wars Next Week
  Bido.com is set to make a comeback next week. The one-name-a-day auction platform debuted early last…
• Still Another Top Yahoo Search Exec Jumps to Microsoft - the Third to Switch Sides Since November
  Though Yahoo spurned Microsoft's offer to buy the company last year (and subsequent overtures to buy…
• Michael Gilmour Asks Domainers to Help Victims of the Wildfires That Are Devastating His Australian State
  Massive wildfires are raging through Australia's Victoria state destroying lives and property. Victo…
• RT.TV Tunes in $62,500 to Lead This Week's Action in the Domain Aftermarket
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of strong country code domains he…
• Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Jumps from DOMAINfest Global to Dancing With the Stars!
  That is the improbable leap that Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak is about to make. Fresh off…
• Sedo Ready to Run Their First No Reserve Online Domain Auction
  Sedo has announced its first No Reserve online domain auction will be held February 26 - March 5. It…
• Triumph in Tinseltown: DOMAINfest Global 2009 Raises the Conference Bar (DN Journal's Definitive Show Review)
  DN Journal has just published its comprehensive review of last week's DOMAINfest Global 2009 Confere…
• DN Journal Previews the New Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Coming Up This Month in New Orleans
  The latest addition to the domain conference line-up, Domainer Mardi Gras, will run for the first ti…
• The Decline of Ad Spending and the Rise of SmartPhones (and Why Those Disruptive Forces Will Affect You)
  A new survey of top media and advertising execs says the decline of ad spending and the rise of smar…
• Toys.com Could Change Hands for $1.25 Million if Creditors OK Bankruptcy Auction Results
  Today in DN Journal's Lowdown - an inside report from an under the radar bankruptcy auction where To…
• Sedo Says They Sold More .Infos Than .Orgs in 2008 and That Dollar Volume for .US Domains Jumped 40%
  Sedo has just issued a fascinating study of the 2008 domain aftermarket. Some of the surprises inclu…
• Year's First Reported 7-Figure Domain Sale Tops DN Journal's Latest Weekly Report
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There was one blockbuster sale but high…
• Wrong Number? The .Tel Land Rush Got Under Way Today But Its Appeal to Domainers Is Limited
  Another new TLD land rush has just gotten underway but most domainers are likely to sit this one out…
• DomainSponsor's Legendary Business Development Director Ron Sheridan Steps Down
  After successfully completing a two-year quest to throw a party for domainers at the Playboy Mansion…
• On the Road Again - Notes on DOMAINfest Global, Domainer Mardi Gras and Europe's 1st T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
  With the DOMAINfest Global Conference running this week in Hollywood, California, we're on the road…
• Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and HitFarm Parking Service Are Opening a New Office in Dubai
  Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and the company's domain parking service provider, HitFarm.com,…
• Michael Collins Resigns His Position as Executive Director of the ICA
  Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to…
• Sendori.com is Acquired by the Operators of Ask.com, a Division of Barry Diller's IAC
  In the first major domain company acquisition of 2009, Ask Sponsored Listings (operators of Ask.com)…
• A Major Domain Industry Acquisition Is About to Be Announced
  The acquisition of a well-known domain industry company is about to be announced, DOMAINfest Global…
• Domain Buyers Still Picking Up Low to Mid Range Names But High Ticket Items Stay on the Shelf
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Continuing a trend we saw develop in 200…
• Kentucky Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Gambling Related Domain Names
  The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a local judge's controversial order that 141 gambling r…
• Parked.com Replaces Account Reps With New Account Management Teams - "Developer" Included
  Parked.com introduced a new account management system today. In the past each client had just an acc…
• 15 Domain Industry Experts Break Down What Went Wrong in 2008 and Predict What Will Happen in 2009
  DN Journal's annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. After 4 years of robu…
• Domain Industry Layoffs Are Creating a Rich Talent Pool for Companies Seeking to Fill Key Positions
  While no one likes to see domain industry layoffs, there is an upside for start up companies and exi…
• Oversee.net - Parent Company of DomainSponsor, Moniker & SnapNames - Announces a Major Layoff
  Oversee.net, the parent company of three of the best-known brands in the domain industry, DomainSpon…
• TDNAM Gets a New Name, Bob Parsons Dishes About His Average Workday and .US Gets a Plug in TV Guide
  GoDaddy's TDNAM aftermarket domain auction site has a new name - it's now GoDaddy Auctions. In a rel…
• Domain Sales Activity is Light in the First Full Week of the Aftermarket's 2009 Season
  After two weeks that were shortened by major holidays, the domain aftermarket just logged its first…
• New CEO at Yahoo Spurs Hope for a Stronger PPC Competitor & Domainers Doubt Multi-Million $ .Travel Sale
  In DN Journal's Lowdown today: New Yahoo CEO brings hope of a stronger competitor to Google, free vi…
• After Being Shut Down by School Administrators, a High School Newspaper Beats the System by Publishing Online
  The old system of media gatekeepers deciding who can report the news and what news will be published…
• Markus Frind Works Less Than an Hour a Day But His Website Rakes in $10 Million a Year
  A new article in Inc. Magazine profiles PlentyOfFish.com founder Markus Frind who, working by himsel…
• The Atlantic Ponders the Death of The New York Times and What the New King - Web Journalism - Will Look Like
  With a story called End Times (in the latest issue of The Atlantic), writer Michael Hirschorn has pe…
• 6-Figure Sale at Sedo Leads DN Journal's 1st Weekly Chart for 2009
  Sedo wound up sweeping the top three spots on DN Journal's new weekly Top 20 chart and piled up 10 o…
• No Recession at Directi/Skenzo as They Rank Among Asia's 500 Fastest Growing Companies for the 4th Year in a Row
  Directi/Skenzo continues to defy the recession as the red hot India-based company just landed on Del…
• A Bright Spot in the Current Recession: Marketers Plan to Spend Big on Content Creation This Year
  Despite the recession many marketers are planning to increase their spending in several areas online…
• BusinessWeek Magazine Says Only One Ad Medium - Online - Will Grow in 2009 & The Others Will Never Be The Same
  The success of many domain and website owners is based on online ad spending. While ad budgets in ge…
• 4th Quarter Tailspin Saddles 2008 Domain Aftermarket With a 10% Sales Decline From 2007
  DN Journal's latest free newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers today. With the close of…
• For the First Time the Internet Has Passed Newspapers As a Preferred Source of News
  The Internet has passed newspapers and now trails only TV as the most popular source for news accord…
• The Final Weekly Domain Sales Report for 2008 is Now Out at DN Journal
  The final weekly domain sales report for 2008 is now out at DNJournal.com. Moniker closed a $275,000…
• Ari Goldberger Called It 3 Years Ago: New Data Shows WIPO Cases Have Doubled Since the Current Domain Boom Began
  A new analysis of WIPO cases shows that the number of domain disputes has doubled over the past five…
• Comics.com Plays a Key Role in the Comic Strip Industry's Bid to Survive by Migrating from Print to the Web
  Yet another institution from traditional media, the venerable comic strip, is looking to the web for…
• The Location and Dates for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo Have Been Announced
  The geodomain industry's premier event will be moving to the West Coast in 2009 for a spring time co…
• What Was OnlineNic Thinking!? And How Does Verizon Keep Getting Away With the Same Thing?
  Verizon wins the biggest cybersquatting judgment ever - more than $33 million in a suit against regi…
• NameMedia Withdraws Its Planned $172 Million IPO
  Name Media has decided to pull their planned IPO offering citing market conditions. The Massachusett…
• Domains Defy Christmas Sales Slump With Five 6-Figure Sales Closing This Week
  The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. In contrast to retailers who are sufferi…
• The 100 Oldest .Com Domains on the Internet: PC World Takes Us Back to the Beginning
  Do you know what the first .Com domain ever registered was? PC World magazine took us back in time w…
• A Veteran Domain Investor Meets Israel's President and Explains Why Domains Rock (Even in a Recession)
  Veteran domain investor Mike Zappy Zapolin of the Internet Real Estate Group met Israeli President S…
• How Acquiring and Developing High Quality Domain Names Gave Warren Royal Control Over His Own Destiny
  The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. The plunge in parking revenue over the past ye…
• ICANN Plan for New gTLDs in More Trouble as U.S. Government Joins the Skeptics
  ICANN's plan to roll out an unlimited number of new global domain extensions starting next year has…
• Results from Thursday's Sparring Match Between GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons and Company Critic Andrew Allemann
  GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons invited a critic of his company, Andrew Allemann of DomainNameWire.com, to b…
• GreatDomains Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
  A huge batch of completed sales from Sedo's GreatDomains.com premium auction site dominate the new w…
• GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons, Fresh Off a $2 Million Party for Employees, Spars With a Company Critic Today on His Radio Show
  GoDaddy celebrated a 42% jump in sales this year by throwing a spectacular $2 million holiday party…
• National Advertisers and TM Owners Call on ICANN to Stop Its Planned Roll Out of New gTLDs
  A powerful trade association representing thousands of famous brands has called on ICANN to halt its…
• Why There May Be a Silver Lining in the Dark Cloud Google Placed Over Parking Companies Last Week
  Google put a dark cloud over the heads of domain parking companies when they went into direct compet…
• Are the PPC Companies Toast? DN Journal's Take on Google's New Parking Plan
  Anyone in North America (and eventually the world) who wants to park a domain can now go directly to…
• Tribune Bankruptcy: "The notion that the local newspaper will always be there - no matter what - is no more."
  The ongoing migration of ad money to the web played a major role in the Tribune Company's stunning b…
• Many Domain Owners Depend on Online Advertising But the Recession is Killing Ad Revs, Right? Wrong!
  The advertising industry's top forecasters are predicting that online advertising will keep growing…
• Past Week Produces a Trio of Six-Figure Sales Including One of the Year's Ten Biggest ccTLD Sales
  Domain buyers were busy last week, ringing up three six-figure sales including one of the ten bigges…
• DOMAINfest Global Registrants Are Looking Forward to a Special Party at the Playboy Mansion Next Month
  Those going to the DOMAINfest Global conference in Hollywood, California January 27-30 will be treat…
• A Webinar You Won't Want to Miss: Michael and David Castello on Developing Domains
  Brothers Michael and David Castello (who were the subject of a popular DN Journal Cover Story two ye…
• Domain Thieves Becoming More Brazen with Hijackers in the Ukraine and Iran the Latest to Strike
  Tis the season to be jolly - unless you are victimized by one of several domain hijackers currently…
• New Reports from Verisign and Nominet Size Up the Domain Registration Market as ccTLDs Continue to Rock
  New reports from Verisign in the U.S. and Nominet in the UK show total domain name registrations con…
• Jon Lumpkin Leaves Richmond.com to Help Skip Hoagland Build an Ambitious Dual Purpose Site on Alexandria.com
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• Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs
  This video will resonate with a lot of domainers. If you’re a domainer, you’re probably an entre…
• Domain Hack DealsPl.us Loses Case for DealsPlus.com
  Company tries to get “proper” version of its domain through UDRP but fails. I’ve argued many,…
• Rick Latona Discusses TRAFFIC Dublin
  Here’s the scoop on the next TRAFFIC conference. TRAFFIC is taking the show on the road again next…

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• ICA: Watch The Federal Online Privacy Legislation: It May Effect Domains
  Phil Corwin the attorney who represents the ICA just posted its site, an article about Federal Onlin…
• .Co LandRush Notices Finally Go Out To Applicants
  Finally last night I got an e-mail from the .CO registry concerning the land rush applications I pla…
• Did You Know Sedo.com Is A Public Company? Our Domain Parking Stock Index Updated: Sedo.com is In, Dark Blue Sea is Out
  We just updated our Domain Parking StockIndex tracking the prices of public companies. We dropped Da…
• The Trademark Typo Linkdin.com Sells For 22K at SnapNames.com
  The trademark typo domain, Linkdin.com just sold on SnapNames.com today for $22,000. $22K There were…
• Quick Poll: Which Domain Priced $500K-$1M WIll Sell At DomainFest?
  I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live dom…
• Fortune.com: “Google: The Search Party Is Over”
  A new post by Fortune.com, entitled Google: The Search Party Is Over” is an  interesting read esp…
• If We Did This We Would Get Sued: BlackBerry Grabs Blackpad.com
  According to MobileCrunch.com, the company that makes  Blackberry  phones Research In Motion or Ri…
• Oversee.net Share Price Is Falling Like A Rock
  We wrote about some insiders at Oversee.net were offering shares in the company for sale on SharesPo…
• ASK.COM Starts Asking Its Users To Answer Search Requests
  Ask.com has begun testing a new service that lets users of its search engine submit questions to oth…
• NameJet.com Starts 1st Public .Co Domain Auction
  Namejet.com just announced the  “”First Aftermarket names available for Public Auction” “Th…

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• DNS BE Warns Registrants to Watch Out For False Online Business Directories
  DNS BE have advised they have received several complaints of Belgian business and organisations that…
• ICANN: Expressions of Interest for 2010-2011 Nominating Commmittee Chair - Deadline for Submission Extended to 30 August 2010
  
• Nominet Celebrates .UK’s 25th Birthday As Second Largest ccTLD
  Nominet, the national registry for .UK domain names celebrates 25 years since the first .UK domain n…
• Freemarket and Fiction Top Reported Weekly Sales
  A slow week for domain name sales saw no sales above the $100,000 mark in the week to 11 July accord…
• Global Internet Security Update Aims to Prevent Cybercrime
  A critical upgrade to the internet’s infrastructure that will help make it more secure has been ma…
• ICANN: Public Comments Requested on Interim Paper on Policy Aspects Regarding Introduction of Single Character IDN TLDs
  The joint ccNSO and GNSO IDN working group (JIG) is pleased to announce the publication of the worki…
• ICANN: Call for Independent Experts – Preserving Security, Stability and Resiliency of the DNS Review (AoC)
  Deadline: 6 September 2010 – 23:59 UTC The Affirmation of Commitments calls for a periodic review…
• ICANN: Call for Independent Experts, Law Enforcement Representatives and Global Policy Experts – WHOIS Policy Review (AoC)
  Deadline: 6 September 2010 – 23:59 UTC The Affirmation of Commitments calls for a periodic review…
• Australian Registrar Bottle Domains Termination By auDA Confirmed By Court
  auDA, the.AU policy and regulatory body, has terminated the registrar accreditation of Australian St…
• ICANN Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries
  The GNSO Vertical Integration Working Group is seeking comments on its Initial Report on Vertical In…

• Gambling is Big Money as OnlineCasino.dk Sold for $580,000
  Online gambling is big business. This year the domain name slots.com has been the biggest sale to da…
• ICANN Calls for Applications for 2011 Meetings - But What About Vegas?
  ICANN has called for applications for upcoming meetings to be held in North America, Asia Pacific an…
• .CA Gambling Domain Tops Weekly Sales List
  Slots.ca topped the Domain Name Journal weekly list of top reported domain name sales, selling for $…
• Google to Rank .CO As Generic TLD
  .CO Internet, the registry for the recently relaunched .CO country code Top Level Domain, is pushing…
• IBM Interested in New gTLD
  IBM, the global IT and IT services company, is likely to apply for their own gTLD when they become a…