Posts Tagged ‘auction’






The .me event calendar

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Mathya Say

The registry recently announced the different phases of .me registrations (read our previous article “.me and you? be ready for Montenegro domain names!“). The schedule appears to be similar to .asia launch. However, a Montegrin Sunrise will be first set up and restricted to Montegrin entities. Thus Trademark holders may be preceded by local companies and residents. (more…)



.asia: updated application and auction lists

Monday, February 11th, 2008 by Mathya Say

DotAsia has updated the list of .asia domain applications (view application list). The new list includes .asia domains submitted during SR2b, SR2c and SR3 phases. Amid the 30,000 .asia applications, short domains (between 1 and 3 characters) and numeric domains (1.asia, 10.asia, etc.) have been hugely requested.

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Domain industry conference: and the winners are…

Friday, February 1st, 2008 by Mathya Say

awardsAs the Webby Awards honor websites, interactive advertising, online video and mobile, the Domainer’s Choice Awards reward domain services, industry actors and much more. Domainer’s Choice Awards occurred within the DOMAINfest GLOBAL’s 08 conference, which took place January 21-23 at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, California. That event aims at improving domain industry cooperation and collective thinking.

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eBay: auction platform for domain names?

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 by Mathya Say

domain auctionIf you are looking for a laptop on eBay, you can narrow your results by selecting Computers & Networking. Then appears a sub-category named Other Hardware & Services where you will find … domain names for sale! Some eBayers dare to specify domain shipping costs.

Domain auctions on eBay concern by far .com domain names (93%). Domains for sale are frequently related to porn industry (bestdamnpornstars.com) and often exploit events (US primaries and caucuses 2008, ClintonObamaIn2008.com).

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