Corporate America. They still have a lot to learn when it comes to domain names. A reader informed me that they were in the auction for MySpace.co and that the domain sold for $25,000. The whois record now confirms that Twentieth Century Fox, which is owned by NewsCorp, which also owns MySpace.com, is the new owner of the domain. Of course as the trademark holder, Fox could have just applied for the domain in …
The following 103 domain names are expired and available to register at the time of writing this. As usual, all names are linked to the Godaddy buy screen for quick Read more
Over the weeks I have posted the results from the land rush auctions and other stories about .Co. Many of the comments I have received, are along the lines of no one will ever build out .co domains as stand alone sites. The reasoning goes that .Co will only be used for defensive registrations by .Com holders and by those looking to get traffic on typo’s on their .com equivalent. Wrong. Just a month or so after launch …
The domain name CO2.com is going to hit the auction block at the Epik.com Domain Developers Conference. From a press release from Epik today: “CO2.com, is the chemical formula for Carbon Dioxide, a gas emitted by gas-combustion engines, refrigerants, welding, pharmaceutical and chemical processing, oil recovery and commercial agricultural and biological applications. CO2 emissions are at the center of the global controversy concerning the rise in greenhouse gases, expansion of atmospheric reduction and …
Anyone who owns or has registered more than a handful of domain names has probably owned one or more names that infringe on the trademark of another company, whether its intentional or unintentional. Figuring out what domain names are dangerous to a domain portfolio is a big part of doing business as a domain investor. Sometimes blatant trademarks pose no threat because the trademark holder doesn’t seem to care, and other times seemingly generic domain …