Autos.de Wins Weekly Sales List at $166,800
Autos.de,sold for $166,800,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the last week,ending May 7,2014.
Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 8 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,GoDaddy/Afternic took 2 of the top 20 positions .
.COM dominated once again the list,with 17 of the top 20 positions.
Here are the top 20 positions for the two week ending May 7,2014:
1.Autos.de $166,800
2.Maimaiche.com$80,000
3.Kalamata.com $62,550
4.Lolly.com$50,000
5.472.com$43,700
6.tieFreeHookups.com$40,000
6.tieSuan.com$40,000
8.RDH.com$29,000Sedo
9.3DWorld.com $27,800
10.RiverSoftware.com
11.Aifa.com$24,588
12.Dentiste.fr $20,850
13.Chisel.com$20,000
14.Ziran.com$19,300
15.Certifications.com$17,100
16.Wnjpin.net$16,300
17.tieRenergy.com$16,000
17.tieThrough.com$16,000
19.EOH.com$15,799
20.3539.com$14,603
See here the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales .
Afternic Reports $1,87 Million in Domain Name Sales, Led By MaiMaiche.com at $80,000
Afternic/ GoDaddy have just sent in their weekly sales list. All sales for the week totalled $1,878,819 and the highest domain name sale was MaiMaiche.com at $80,000.
Other notable domain name sales include :
.COM Sales
FreeHookups$40,000
thecruise.com$12,000
slot3d.com$10,000
fashioniq.com$10,000
ahtd.com$9,995
makemefit.com$9,500
sonarfestival.com$8,000
rapidfire.com$8,000
odfw.com$7,550
customsystems.com$7,000
closetspace.com$7,000
line5.com$7,000
nobleinc.com$6,300
delcidgallery.com$6,000
CHICKENFINGERS.com$5,720
drive4prime.com$5,699
studiosix.com$5,000
dawnofwar.com$5,000
drinko.com$4,999
Click4Food.com$4,975
icbn.com$4,888
MIAMIMOTOS.COM$4,750
freescan.com$4,500
boulderoralsurgery.com$4,500
medicalprofessional.com$4,488
patientbenefits.com$4,250
bazer.com$4,250
tellr.com$4,200
daletec.com$4,000
tularosa.com$4,000
bridgeedu.com$4,000
handsacrossamerica.com$4,000
wordpresstutorials.com$4,000
worldcorp.com$4,000
blackapp.com$3,999
modelhealth.com$3,995
asln.com$3,988
conferencesolutions.com$3,920
yogadance.com$3,900
ad7.com$3,900
visionarywomen.com$3,888
hairrestorationsolutions.com$3,888
crashcourse.com$3,850
hdsi.com$3,800
robotbase.com$3,788
simplewater.com$3,750
rhythmsolutions.com$3,688
shopeando.com$3,500
zoomeducation.com$3,500
frameonline.com$3,500
9levels.com$3,500
VisaMerchant.com$3,450
dd3.com$3,299
touchinc.com$3,250
allrss.com$3,174
thebookdc.com$3,150
s-d-n.com$3,088
doctorsunion.com$3,000
coinluck.com$3,000
microbiomematters.com$3,000
ssro.com$3,000
sailpaddle.com$3,000
mpiremedia.com$3,000
beachblankets.com$3,000
Non .COM Sales
heirloom.net$4,802
amparo.org$4,088
Hatteras.us$3,900
drilling.net$3,800
wiretapmag.org$3,750
lms.org$3,350
familytravel.org$2,988
m33.net$2,888
flvsft.net$2,534
healthexpress.net$2,500
ahn.us$2,000
gadu.org$1,988
thehdmt.org$1,675
firststop.org$1,488
acteam.net$1,288
heartware.net$1,288
dzj.net$1,225
prop.co$1,200
emia.org$1,200
thewhistle.net$1,200
nesoft.org$1,175
commodoreusa.net$1,025
giveitbackgeorge.org$1,025
Tacom.net$1,000
studentcare.org$1,000
vetro.org$1,000
SnapNames Spring Premium Auction Closes Today ! Over $300,000 in Bids So Far
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Won.com Current bid $75,000
HI.net Current Bid $40,000
XTS.com Current Bid $18,500
VCR.com Current Bid $11,611
TKQ.com Current Bid $7,750
Model.tv Current Bid $5,000
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TravelSite.com
Poster.com
Boards.com
Text.com
Trophy.com
Bop.com
Crosses.com
GasPrices.com
Tie.com
Jail.com
Won.com
XFactor.com
ComputerParts.com
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ICANN: Notice of Potential Grant of Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request
Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd. (“Blacknight”) submitted a data retention waiver request under the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (the “2013 RAA “) on the basis of its contention that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Specification violates applicable law.
The Waiver Request was accompanied by a legal opinion from Irish counsel asserting that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Specification violates Ireland Data Retention Acts 1998 – 2003.
Following receipt of the Waiver Request, and in accordance with the 2013 RAA , ICANN , through its staff and legal counsel, and Blacknight, through its staff and legal counsel, discussed the matter in good faith in an effort to reach a mutually acceptable resolution of the matter.
The outcome of those discussions is that Blacknight is seeking a waiver with respect to Sections 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 of the Specification that would reduce from two years to one year the period for which those specified data elements must be retained after the Registrar’s sponsorship of the Registration ends, and is seeking a waiver with respect to Sections 1.2.1 through 1.2.3 of the Specification that would reduce from 180 days to 90 days the period for which those specified data elements must be retained following the relevant interaction.
ICANN is posting Blacknight’s proposed waiver for a period of thirty (30) days to seek feedback and input from the community on the proposed data retention waiver. After the thirty (30) day period following this posting has expired, ICANN will consider all feedback and input received before making a final determination on whether to grant the Waiver Request.
The scope of the proposed waiver would be to permit Blacknight to maintain the information specified in Sections 1.1.1 through 1.1.8 of the Specification for the duration of its sponsorship of the Registration and for a period of one (1) additional year thereafter rather than two (2) additional years thereafter, and to maintain the information specified in Sections 1.2.1 through 1.2.3 of the Specification for a period of 90 days after the relevant interaction rather than for 180 days thereafter. In all other respects the terms of the Specification would remain AS-IS.
The specific change to the Specification would be that, for the duration of the Waiver, the retention requirement of Section 1.1 of the Data Retention Specification be changed from “two additional years” to “one additional year” and the retention requirement of Section 1.2 of the Data Retention Specification would be changed from “one hundred eighty (180) days” to “ninety (90) days.”
If ICANN does make a final determination to grant the Waiver Request sought by Blacknight, the provisions of Section 3 of the Specification would apply to similar waivers requested by other registrars located in the same jurisdiction. Section 3 of the Specification provides as follows:
If (i) ICANN has previously waived compliance with the requirements of any requirement of this Data Retention Specification in response to a Waiver Request from a registrar that is located in the same jurisdiction as Registrar and (ii) Registrar is subject to the same applicable law that gave rise to ICANN ‘s agreement to grant such wavier, Registrar may request that ICANN to grant a similar waiver, which request shall be approved by ICANN , unless ICANN provides Registrar with a reasonable justification for not approving such request, in which case Registrar may thereafter make an Wavier Request pursuant to Section 2 of this Data Retention Specification.
A public comment period will remain open until 23:59 UTC, 7 June 2014. Public comments will be available for consideration by ICANN staff and the ICANN Board.
Blacknight’s Waiver Request and supporting documents are available here: Blacknight Data Retention Waiver Request and Supporting Materials [PDF, 1.73 MB]
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This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-07may14-en.htm
Still Think .brands Might Be a Waste of Time? Google Doesn’t! by Ryan Baker, ARI Registry Servies
Like many, I’ve been watching the rollout of the first 150+ new TLDs with interest.
The new TLD program was designed from the outset to enhance competition and foster innovation.
It was a great result for the wider industry to see approximately one-third of the applications received by ICANN submitted by some of the world’s largest companies seeking to own and operate their own .brand TLD.
Even with organisations such as Apple, Citibank and IBM applying for their respective TLDs, scepticism remained on the potential for .brands to succeed.
Where would the utility come from? How would customers embrace such a change? How would large organisations be able to incorporate this into their marketing mix?
Finally perhaps most ominous, what will it mean for search and will there be any advantages for .brand applicants?
While it’s still very early in the process, a few trailblazing true innovators have given us some preliminary answers and the news is extremely positive.
Evidence of real success
French insurance giant AXA recently launched their .axa TLD to the world and offer the best evidence to date that .brand TLDs have a definite future in the digital marketing landscape.
Less than two weeks after registering annualreport.axa and rapportannuel.axa in their .brand TLD, AXA now appear on the first page of Google search results. When searching for “axa annual report”, the .axa domain is the third result in English and “axa annuel rapport” appears in the fourth position for French searches.
Beyond just Google, Bing shows the result at number two and Yahoo at number eight.
This is a truly impressive result given the number of applicable web properties for this topic and the short amount of time the domain has existed. Yes, this has a lot to do with the relevance of the content – as it has been and will continue to be.
However, the domain is clearly reinforcing some level of credibility here and despite being new, hasn’t negatively impacted the rankings of the page.
The AXA annual report example also illustrates other key benefits of .brand TLD ownership. Using differing language versions of the same domain, they have been able to provide customised content for differing user bases.
With these included, the list of tangible benefits .brand TLD operators can realise immediately from their new asset are compelling:
1. Control
Being completely in control of domain name allocation within their TLD. No more competition for domain names in the open market, as well as the ability to define intuitive parameters for users to find content (eg. annualreport.axa for English, rapportannuel.axa for French).
2. SEO
Globally applicable search benefits. While the sample size is admittedly small, the reality that Google, Bing and Yahoo are actively embracing .brand TLDs for their authenticity and showing strong search results has the potential to be a huge boon to brands and end users.
3. Messaging
Guaranteed authenticity for messaging from the channel. Customers can rest easy knowing with 100% certainty that the content on annualreport.axa is sanctioned by AXA, since no one outside the corporation can register an .axa domain name. Keep in mind that it’s entirely possible for bad actors to register domains in competing TLDs with the aim of confusing end users, and a .brand is a new and extremely strong tool to combat this confusion.
AXA’s .brand strategy actively combats bad actors.
While we’ve already seen three new .brand applicants sign registry agreements (.sharp and Google’s .gmail and .youtube) this month, the last several months have seen 256 total TLDs delegated, with only a handful (five total, or less that 2%) being .brands.
This is in addition to the world’s first .brand TLD, .monash for the Australian University and the recently signed .bmw and .samsung TLDs which are soon to join the digital landscape.
All in all, it’s really positive news for those innovators that took the plunge by applying in 2012.
So why wait?
There is no denying that ICANN has made the path through contracting and delegation complicated with various hoops to jump through.
The good news for .brand applicants is that there is help available should they require it. The upside is that the carrot is very real and very attainable.
Delegating and realising the benefits of a .brand TLD as soon as possible should be the goal of every brand marketer worth their salt, as .brand applicants push to delegate their TLDs and non-applicants clamour to apply to ICANN in the second round.
This article by Ryan Baker, Domain Name Industry Consultant at ARI Registry Services was sourced with permission from:
www.ariservices.com/blog/still-think-brands-might-be-a-waste-of-time-google-doesnt
