Media Options Acquires MJ.com Domain Name

Media Options announced recently that it has acquired the domain name MJ.com as part of its Ganjapreneur Network.

The company made the announcement on Twitter :

“MediaOptions is proud to say it has acquired the http://MJ.com  domain name as part of its Ganjapreneur Network! @GanjapreneurCom”

MJ.com is a valuable domain name and it is safe to say that it is a six figure acquisition.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in December, 1994.The domain name was offered for sale in April,2012 for $450,000 .

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

NameJet Reports $355,000 in Domain Name Sales for May,2015, Led By VEO.com at $36,100

NameJet has just sent in their monthly sales report for May,2015. Sales add up to a total of $335,982.

Here are the domain names that sold for $2,000 or more :

veo.com     $36,100
exx.com     $30,000
dailylottery.com     $25,101
keo.com     $25,000
filetmignon.com     $19,000
1085.com     $18,200
3960.com     $10,600
3920.com     $10,600
6674.com     $10,200
taxshelter.com     $9,566
4782.com     $9,500
1443.com     $9,377
1403.com     $8,850
businessradio.com     $8,792
1435.com     $8,650
4061.com     $7,280
jz.tv     $6,800
councilbluffs.com     $5,866
safebanking.com     $5,200
wlwl.com     $5,020
pz.tv     $5,000
utah.tv     $4,999
ohio.tv     $4,800
9nn.com     $4,520
illinois.tv     $4,450
businesswear.com     $4,102
gusa.com     $4,100
oooa.com     $3,055
maoma.com     $2,805
tohe.com     $2,700
temy.com     $2,700
kechi.com     $2,620
laona.com     $2,521
01d.com     $2,510
tejo.com     $2,500
tmcs.com     $2,377
exif.org     $2,222
pilot.org     $2,190
cstar.com     $2,100
ii4.com     $2,009
wagyusteaks.com     $2,000

ICANN Announces New Members Of The Public Interest Commitment Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP) Standing Panel

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected and entered into contracts with four new members of the Public Interest Commitments Dispute Resolution Procedure (PICDRP) Standing Panel.

The PICDRP was developed to address reports that a Registry Operator may not be complying with the Public Interest Commitment(s) in Specification 11 of their Registry Agreement.

Upon receipt of a Public Interest Commitments (PIC) report, ICANN may call upon the Standing Panel to evaluate compliance by the Registry Operator with its obligations under Specification 11 of its Registry Agreement. The Standing Panel has 15 days to make a determination and submit a report to ICANN.

ICANN would like to thank everyone who responded to the call for Expression of Interest. The PICDRP Standing Panel now consists of 7 individuals. New members include:

    Dr. Kevin P. Newmeyer is a consultant on cybersecurity, defense, and public policy issues in the Washington, DC area. He has extensive experience with development and implementation of cyber policy in the Americas with the Organization of American States and individual governments. He has more than thirty years of professional experience in academic, government, private sector, and international organizations.
    Ms. Megan H. Stifel is an experienced cybersecurity and operations attorney and policy professional. She spent 8 years with the U.S. Department of Justice advising on a range of criminal and national security matters involving the Internet as well as Internet governance.
    Mr. Reynaldo Urtiaga is a Mexican law professor, arbitrator, and counsel, with substantial experience interpreting international contracts, policies, and regulations, as well as adjudicating transnational business-to-business (B2B) disputes over goods, information technology services, intellectual property rights, among other subjects. He has resolved over 100 UDRP cases as WIPO Panelist since 2003.
    Mr. Scott R. Austin has broad expertise in intgellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark and copyright infringement disputes in federal courts and before administrative tribunals such as the International Trade Commission (ITC) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), as well as domain name UDRP proceedings, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) content disputes, and disputes involving antitrust, Internet law and ICANN policy and governance. Mr. Austin has programming and media law background helpful to the technology transactions aspect of his practice, which includes Software as a Service (SaaS), technology licensing, privacy, First Amendment, publicity rights, and data security counseling.

This announcement was sourced from :

https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-06-03-en

Sedo’s NO Reserve Domain Name Auction Ends Tomorrow ! Two bids so far

Sedo is hosting these days a No Reserve domain name auction. The auction features 47 domain names and will end tomorow,June 4,2015.

Out of the 47 domain names included in the auction, only two received bids :

Limodir.com     Current Bid   109 USD
WatchingPrice.com    Current Bid  109 USD

Other interesting domain names included in the auction are:

VPGaming.com
UFOEvolution.com
Station1.com
AlyBeauty.com
FindsDirectory.com

You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here.

Sedo Reports $1.1 Million in Domain NAme Sales! AoAo.com Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at $49,900

AoAo.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales list at $49,900. Highlights also include Optimize.me, leading the ccTLD category at $8,000 and a5.net, leading the “Other” category at $2,000.

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

lntv.com     30,000     USD
nkz.com     26,002     EUR
okbank.com     25,000     USD
enclosure.com     19,500     USD
vapebot.com     17,000     USD
endorsed.com     13,500     USD
desheng.com     10,750     USD
callofbooty.com     10,000     USD
qbrushes.com     9,000     USD
cruzero.com     8,500     EUR
mitsai.com     7,000     USD
acturus.com     5,000     USD
art2life.com     5,000     USD
faverate.com     5,000     USD
instamotion.com     5,000     USD
touchphone.com     5,000     EUR
trendify.com     5,000     EUR
voipin.com     5,000     USD
dermique.com     4,800     USD
blumenversand.com     4,200     EUR

ccTLDs

businessoffashion.cn     6,500     USD
stock.co.uk     4,102     EUR
appeler.fr     4,000     EUR
presta.me     3,900     USD
red-button.de     3,500     EUR
visite.fr     3,000     EUR
sdmo.pl     2,780     EUR
flipper.fr     2,000     EUR
zweiundvierzig.de     2,000     EUR
unix.de     2,000     EUR
coder.io     2,000     GBP
todos.cl     1,999     EUR
dorms.cn     1,999     USD
betstars.eu     1,999     EUR
bb.la     1,990     USD
umschreiben.de     1,950     EUR
420.cc     1,850     USD
loancompare.co.uk     1,750     GBP
wettenbonus.de     1,700     EUR
pz.cl     1,500     USD
gbd.ch     1,490     EUR
swissdoc.ch     1,490     EUR
steintreppen.de     1,455     EUR
mortgagecompare.co.uk     1,450     GBP
surfshop.fr     1,400     EUR
brandmakers.de     1,250     EUR
birthday.es     1,200     EUR
tour.cc     1,188     GBP
flower.cc     1,188     GBP
nup.co     1,188     USD

Other

ghx.net     4,800     USD
gotour.net     4,500     EUR
startjobs.net     2,400     EUR
canyon.club     1,500     USD
foto.club     1,500     USD
makers.club     1,500     USD
gkw.net     1,449     USD
tol.info     1,200     EUR
yjs.org     1,200     EUR
liebes-leben.info     1,000     EUR
egz.net     950     EUR
kind.red     860     USD
ahx.net     800     USD