by jothan | Oct 19, 2007 | Uncategorized
 auDA is releasing a list of reserved geographical names on October 21st.
According to the 2005 ballot, the names registered in the first 5 days will cost $825 (AU$ inc. GST) plus registrar’s registration fee. After the 5 day period, names will be charged $21.45 (AU$ inc. GST) plus the registrar’s registration fee.
Details on the process, timing, etc.
 The list of reserved names to be released on 10/21.
by jothan | Jun 20, 2007 | Domain Aftermarket, Domain Shows
The Domain Marketplace converged on New York this week for the Sedo User conference and T.R.A.F.F.I.C., with other events like the DomainJamNYC happening in the midst of it all.
Lots to report, though I am not there. Oversee.net completed the acquisition of Snapnames (which is like peanut butter and chocolate getting together), and Sedo announced their acquisition of GreatDomains from VeriSign.
Fabulous is gaining ground with their DDN, announcing that large regsitrar Tucows is coming aboard there. Tucows also completed a $3M(USD) premium portfolio sale, and announced their secondary market platform.
Moniker will be performing the worlds largest domain auction this week at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference.
DomainsBot is demonstrating new technology that categorizes or identifies the language of domains when submitted a list of names.
Pool.com has launched myrebel.com as a platform allowing consolidation and management of domains into a single registrar, but leasing one of the creds that are owned by momentous/pool.
DNZoom.com, a consolidated domain management platform, was announced by Modern Gigabyte, and looks promising as a central platform.
by jothan | May 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Released today, an announcement of a 35% increase in Internet Advertising by the IAB.
The announcement marks the total at $17B annual spends in 2006, which is a remarkable number, as most projections placed the number at $15B for 2006.