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All The Day's News…From The Domaining Experts
I’ll Bet You Didn’t Know About These .CO Sales! TravelRes.CO – $8,725, EnergyWatch.co – $20,000
Jul 30th
Women With World’s Smallest Waist Wins Cybersquatting Lawsuit
Jul 30th
A domain name is a terrible thing to waist.
Cathie Jung, who is in the Guinness Book of World Records as having “The Smallest Waist on a Living Person” at 15 inches, has won rights to the domain name CathieJung.com.
Who Are They? Now We Know! Readers Help Us Match Names With Industry Faces
Jul 30th
In my last Lowdown post I asked readers to help us identify some people in our massive industry photo archives that I did not have names for. I started the quest with a shot of two lovely ladies. As I expected, our readers came through like champs! En route to getting the IDs I needed I also had an interesting brush with ESP!
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Top 15 Industries Domainers Should Pay Attention To
Jul 30th
The only way to spread word of the value of a good domain name is to reach out to the public. There are many industries, businesses and individuals buying domain names daily, yet they are widely ignored by the domaining community.
New UDRP Provider Applies to ICANN, UDRP Status Back on Agenda
Jul 29th
UDRP on the docket for ICANN meeting next week.
ICANN’s Board of Directors will again consider its contractual relationships with Uniform domain-name Dispute Resolution Policy providers at its August 5 meeting, as well as consent to post an application from an entity wishing to become a UDRP provider.
The topic of contractual relationships with UDRP providers was on the April agenda but was tabled because the board ran out of time. It wasn’t on the agenda in Brussels (which was an open meeting during an ICANN meeting). But it’s there again for August 5, albeit the last item on the agenda. Which means it could be tabled again.
QuinStreet Buys Insurance.com Web Site and Domain Name
Jul 29th
Publicly traded Quinstreet acquires Insurance.com.
Lead generation company QuinStreet has purchased the Insurance.com web site and domain name.
A notice on Insurance.com states “Insurance.com has changed ownership. Click here to review our updated privacy policy.” The privacy policy notes that site is owned by Quinstreet.
Raising Kids to Be Entrepreneurs
Jul 29th
This video will resonate with a lot of domainers.
If you’re a domainer, you’re probably an entrepreneur. Maybe not a full time entrepreneur, but at least you take your future into your own hands.
Which is why I think you’ll appreciate this video from Cameron Herold speaking at a TEDxEdmonton. A warning: it’s 20 minutes long, so watch it when you want to take a break. But watch the whole thing, including the video at the end from Grasshopper.com.