ICANN Turns on Next-Gen IP Addresses
The great migration from Internet Protocol version 4 to IPv6 has officially begun, after the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers added the first addresses...
eBusiness News | Posting 02/05/2008 | Domaineering

Dell Suit Reveals Lucrative Domain-Name Trade
A civil suit filed by Dell sheds light on typosquatting, creating ad-filled Web pages with URLs that are similar to brand-name sites.
eBusiness News | Posting 02/05/2008 | Domaineering

Are Domain Names Recession-Proof?
Global markets are in a state of panic. Credit markets are all but closed. And recession fears are everywhere. But at the conference I attended in Hollywood this week...
eBusiness News | Posting 01/26/2008 | Domaineering

Google to Kill Domain Tasting
A confidential informant says Google will stop monetizing all domains if they are less then five days old. This potential new policy change by Google could stop...
eBusiness News | Posting 01/25/2008 | Domaineering

Deal Of the Day: CNN Pays $750,000 For Web Address
CNN just made self-styled "Domain King" Rick Schwartz a happy man. The network paid $750,000 to acquire urls ireport.com and i-report.com from Schwartz, ...
eBusiness News | Posting 01/18/2008 | Domaineering

Domain Registrar Network Solutions Front Running On Whois Searches
A story is developing regarding domain name registrar Network Solutions front running domains. According to multiple sources on DomainState.com, it appears ...
eBusiness News | Posting 01/09/2008 | Domaineering

Insider Domain Name Snatching Probed
The Internet's key oversight agency is investigating suspicions that insider information is being used to snatch desired domain names before an individual or business...
eBusiness News | Posting 10/25/2007 | Domaineering

"WallStreet.com" Does Not Sell at Auction
As it turns out, porn is much more exciting than Wall Street. About three times as exciting. Yesterday, the Web address wallstreet.com went up for auction, but...
eBusiness News | Posting 10/13/2007 | Domaineering

Man on a Mission: He Made a Fortune When He Sold BuyDomains
Michael Mann is driven. He wants to make money - lots of money. Of course, that doesn't exactly make him unique. The thing that's different about Mann...
eBusiness News | Posting 9/12/2007 | Domaineering

How New Sales Platforms are Sending the Domain Aftermarket Into Orbit
The domain aftermarket is soaring. Of course, if you follow our weekly domain sales reports, you already know that but you may not know the reasons why it is happening...
eBusiness News | Posting 8/20/2007 | Domaineering

New York Domain Name Bill to Become Law
In May 2006, Domain Name Wire reported that New York state senator Betty Little, R-Queensbury, was working on a bill to make cybersquatting on a person's name...
eBusiness News | Posting 8/09/2007 | Domaineering

ICANN Wants Your Feedback on Registrar Reform
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is making progress on revamping its contract to better protect customers from registrar meltdown...
eBusiness News | Posting 7/30/2007 | Domaineering

Hot property -- Web Domain Names
Inside a midtown hotel, Larry Fischer is on his cell phone with a financial backer as his partner Ari Goldberger does quick research on a laptop computer.
eBusiness News | Posting 7/25/2007 | Domaineering

CADNA Steps up Assault on Domain Name Owners
The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) released its first news release today, which also identifies members.
eBusiness News | Posting 7/24/2007 | Domaineering

Internet Domain Names The 21st Century Real Estate
Inside a midtown hotel, Larry Fischer is on his cellphone with a financial backer as his partner Ari Goldberger does quick research on a laptop computer.
eBusiness News | Posting 7/21/2007 | Domaineering

The Domain Business Takes a Bow on the World's Biggest Stage
Just over two and a half years after they started the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference in a Delray Beach, Florida Marriott with a little over 100 registrants...
eBusiness News | Posting 7/16/2007 | Domaineering

Domaining & Subdomaining In The Local Space, Part 2
In the earlier installment of this article I covered the topic of local-oriented subdomaining. In this second installment, I'm covering domaining.
eBusiness News | Posting 7/02/2007 | Domaineering

Is Google Breaking The Law In Providing Ads On Typosquatting Domains?
Lawsuits against Google come at a pretty regular pace, with some being more interesting than others. Often, companies blame Google for something someone else ...
eBusiness News | Posting 7/02/2007 | Domaineering

Marchex Unveils Network of 100,000 Local U.S. Sites
Marchex Inc. said on Wednesday it is looking to make a splash in the local U.S. online advertising market by introducing 100,000 memorable Web sites featuring...
eBusiness News | Posting 7/01/2007 | Domaineering

The Most Expensive Web Addresses
The bidding started at $300,000 and blasted through the seven-figure mark before settling at $1.8 million. No, this wasn't Sotheby's--nor was the object d'art...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/29/2007 | Domaineering

Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read
A thought-out domain name can save you a lot of time and bring you a lot of traffic. Search engines love topic-related domain names and they seem to be an ...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/29/2007 | Domaineering

More Than Just Squatting (on Domain Names)
One of the less reputable sectors of the Internet economy that has been growing rapidly is domain name parking. Entrepreneurs register names that are either...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/27/2007 | Domaineering

What's In A Domain Name?
Internet start-ups seem to be having as much trouble acquiring names as they do venture financing. Nowadays, these start-ups are built on the cheap, employing...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/25/2007 | Domaineering

Twas The Night Before The Auction
Twas the night before the auction and the reserve was too high. I wandered by this sign today and I wondered how many of the names that were on this...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/22/2007 | Domaineering

SEO.com Domain Purchased for $5 Million
Mike Mann is a prominent internet entrepreneur who sold BuyDomains company a few years ago for more than $65 million. His latest tech venture is just that, a venture...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/18/2007 | Domaineering

The Domains Of The Day
How two Boston entrepreneurs are making millions from names as simple as chocolate.com. The fact that Andrew Miller and Michael Zapolin don't speak German ...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/16/2007 | Domaineering

The NameMedia Story: How They Are Rocking the Internet
The pioneers in this business have long preached that one day the corporate world and Wall Street would discover the untapped power in high quality domain names and make...
eBusiness News | Posting 6/11/2007 | Domaineering

Most Expensive Domain Names Ever
What's in a name? Your domain name defines your company's business and how your customers perceive you. It's your philosophy, your identity, everything that you are.
eBusiness News | Posting 6/02/2007 | Domaineering

Millions of Addresses and Thousands of Sites, All Leading to One
What Internet business has raised $120 million in financing in the last year and owns 725,000 Web sites?
eBusiness News | Posting 5/28/2007 | Domaineering

The Man Who Owns The Internet
Kevin Ham is the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of, reports Business 2.0 Magazine. Here's how the master of Web domains built a $300 million empire.
eBusiness News | Posting 5/22/2007 | Domaineering

Interview of Frank Schilling, the World Famous Domain Investor
Having coined the term domain investor, Frank Schilling is a recognized leader in the domaining field. He talks about domaining on his blog at frankschilling.typepad.com.
eBusiness News | Posting 5/18/2007 | Domaineering

Porn.com Sells for 9 Million
MXN Limited acquires Porn.com for $9 Million. Terms of the transaction were not fully disclosed, but this is the second largest adult domain transactions behind sex.com.
eBusiness News | Posting 5/15/2007 | Domaineering

How Domains Made Sahar Sarid's Dreams Come True
Eight years ago Sahar Sarid was working on an ice cream truck and sharing a mobile home with his sister in Houston, Texas.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/14/2007 | Domaineering

URL Buyers Hope to Cash in on Tragedy
When Fred McChesney heard about the Virginia Tech shooting spree on April 16, he was appalled. But what he did next has appalled many others.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/10/2007 | Domaineering

Congressional Hearings on Cybersquatting?
As we've reported recently, cybersquatting is attracting increased attention. A report released May 3, 2007 states that it is not just bloggers and business journalists that...
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/09/2007 | Domaineering

10 Tips For Investing in Domain Names
You may not have the genius of renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil who has been hired by Bill Gates on numerous occasions just to talk, but you can still predict the future...
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/09/2007 | Domaineering

Aftermarket Domain Valuation Factors
Consumers purchase domains for a variety of reasons. These unique motivating factors shape the value which is attributed to domains by individual buyers.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/05/2007 | Domaineering

Sedo Ranked as Top Domain Name Parking Service
Domain aftermarket and parking service Sedo took top honors for parking in the 2007 Domain Name Wire survey.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/04/2007 | Domaineering

'Brandjacking' on the Web
A new study by MarkMonitor finds that cybersquatting and other abuses against big companies with well-known brands are on the rise.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/02/2007 | Domaineering

Skype Goes After Skype-Watch.com
Phil of Skype Journal is reporting that an attorney for Skype has been involved in some not so friendly communications with independent Skype blogger Jan Geirnaert.
eBusiness Information | Posting 5/02/2007 | Domaineering

RegisterFly's Implosion Nears Its Bizarre End
In the world of domainers, it seems one name is on everyone's lips. The RegisterFly debacle has all the aspects of a front-page scandal: sex, CEO spending excesses...
eBusiness Information | Posting 4/30/2007 | Domaineering

More Domain Names Sell than you Think
The 'unreported' domain name market dwarfs reported sales. Each week Ron Jackson publishes the week's highest reported domain name sales for the week at DNJournal.com.
eBusiness Information | Posting 4/20/2007 | Domaineering

Domain Name System Shows Signs of Stress
Cybersquatting - the practice of registering Internet domain names that poach well-known trademarks - is profitable for just about everybody involved. Money is made off of...
eBusiness Information | Posting 4/17/2007 | Domaineering

His Companies Have Sold for Over $1.3 Billion: Can Demand Media's...
Despite having been founded less than a year ago (in May 2006), Demand Media has already become one of true giants in the domain industry.
eBusiness Information | Posting 4/11/2007 | Domaineering

Domain Registrars' Better Business Bureau Records Spotty
Domain Name Wire surveyed the Better Business Bureau records of the seven largest domain registrars with considerable North American consumer operations.
eBusiness Information | Posting 4/04/2007 | Domaineering

Domain name sale of the century
After a dramatic story of theft and retrieval of perhaps one of the most desirable domain names ever, it is now up for sale and expected to attract substantial bids.
eBusiness Information | Posting 3/23/2007 | Domaineering

How to Get Started as a Domainer: 28 Tips, Techniques and Resources
How does a salary of $10,000 per day sound to you? Webmaster and marketing extraordinaire Marcus Frind reportedly pulls in $10,000 per day in Google AdSense...
eBusiness Information | Posting 3/20/2007 | Domaineering

NameMedia Launches ActiveExchange Domain Sales Service
NameMedia, parent company of domain aftermarket Afternic, sales channel BuyDomains, and parking services ActiveAudience and GoldKey, just launched a new service called...
eBusiness News | Posting 3/17/2007 | Domaineering

Microsoft files lawsuits against cybersquatters
Microsoft has filed two new lawsuits against companies it accuses of registering domain names similar to certain of its trademarks.
eBusiness News | Posting 3/14/2007 | Domaineering

Moniker Domain Name Auction Rakes in $4.3M
The live domain name auction yesterday in Las Vegas resulted in $4.3M in sales; more to come in silent auction.
eBusiness News | Posting 3/11/2007 | Domaineering