Heritage Auctions To Hold Another Domain Auction
The first auction at Heritage Auctions was held in November 2013. Over 2 million dollars in domain names were sold during the live auction and after the auction.
Now,the organizers scheduled another auction for mid March,2014.If you have 1 and 2 word category domain names,generic branding names priced from $1,000 to $100,000 and up and you want to sell it, you should submit the domains at
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Final Agenda Announced for NamesCon Conference
NamesCon organizers released the final agenda for the inaugural NamesCon conference.The conference will be held in Las Vegas, January 13-15 at the Tropicana Hotel.
The conference has a very ambitious program , with 30 different business sessions and many keynote speakers,including Duane Forrester (Sr Product Manager at Bing), Frank Schilling (Managing Director,Uniregistry) and Jodee Rich (CEO,PeopleBrowsr,dotCEO,dotBest,dotKRED).
You can see here the final agenda.
The conference has an exceptionally low registration fee – just $399 through January 7,2014.From January 8 to January 13 ,the fee is $599 and the onsite registrations – at the door is $749.
Sunrise Period for شبكة. Ends With Very Few Registrations
According to dotShabaka Registry, the Sunrise period for شبكة., which means .WEB in Arabic was not a success. The company said that there were very few registrations in the 60-day Sunrise period.
According to Domainincite.com, the failure was largely due to poor promotion of the Trademark Clearinghouse in Arabic-speaking regions.
Here is what dtShabaka Registry said in a statement:
“We always knew – with the convoluted process for registration and lack of information out to the MENA [Middle-East/ North Africa] region on the Trademark Clearinghouse – that this was going to be a quiet time for us. We have seen very few applications through the Sunrise period.
We know that the managers of the TMCH and ICANN are working hard to promote the TMCH. However, as a pioneer we have unfortunately not enjoyed the fruits of this labour. At the same time it should be noted that we have been buoyed by the level of interest from trademark holders and businesses in the region and expect this interest to translate into registrations once we move into Landrush and are free of the TMCH sunrise eligibility requirements.”
Yahoo Gets Their Hands on Yahoo-EG.com Domain Name
Yahoo won the UDRP case it brought seeking transfer of the domain name Yahoo-EG.com. The company submitted the complaint with the National Arbitration Forum on October 20,2013.
Yahoo owns many trademark registrations for the “Yahoo” mark all over the world. Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,the company managed to demonstrate that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interest in the disputed domain name and that the respondent used the domain name in bad faith .
The arbitrator assigned to the case ruled in favor of Yahoo,indicating that the company has full rights to the disputed domain name .The respondent’s loss was also partly due to the fact that he failed to submit a response in this proceeding ,accepting these way Yahoo’s allegations as fact .
You can read the decision here .
The 20 Most Expensive Domain Names of 2013
In 2012, Investing.com was the highest selling domain name at $2,450,000. By comparison, the highest selling domain name this year is IG.com and cost $4,7 million.
In the first half of 2013, Booker.com was the highest selling domain name at just $375,000.Most of the big-value domain name sales were brokered in the second hald of 2013.
The top 20 domain name sales add up to a total of $18 million in 2013,compared to $9,7 million in 2012.
Here are the highest reported domain name sales of 2013:
1.IG.com$4,700,000
2.KK.com$2,400,000
3.114.com$2,100,000
4.eBet.com$1,350,000
5.tieFix.com$850,000
5.tieHot.com$850,000
7.MathGames.com$725,000
8.ReverseMortgages.com$600,000
9.tieFinances.com$500,000
9.tieHousing.com$500,000
11.Brand.com$500,000
12.tie Jobs.ca $450,000
12.tie Shout.com$450,000
13.Teen.xxx$400,000
14.Body.com$380,000
15.Booker.com$375,000
16. Ride.com$325,000
17.tieDJI.com$300,000
17.tieYinhang.com$300,000
17.tieMojo.com$300,000
20.Moms.com$252,000
