Afternic Reports $1,77 Million in Domain Name Sales Led by Heard.com at $40,000

Afternic/GoDaddy have just sent in their weekly sales report. Sales add up to a total of $1,77 million .Heard.com was the highest selling domain name at $40,000.

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM Sales

hellomoney.com     $24,000
bwm.com     $15,000
irishgold.com     $11,950
onefoot.com     $10,000
mjcolorado.com     $8,650
mygolfrewards.com     $8,400
zitan.com     $8,000
acnecenter.com     $7,495
outletclub.com     $6,500
myblogs.com     $6,077
goldboutique.com     $5,995
yourwishisyourcommand.com     $5,600
lbq.com     $5,500
carbonxt.com     $5,500
compsoft.com     $5,050
123apps.com     $5,000
presentit.com     $5,000
agrafood.com     $4,900
worldmovies.com     $4,900
steelmesh.com     $4,888
n2w.com     $4,790
reni.com     $4,500
farmtokettle.com     $4,500
defaire.com     $4,500
studentdebtconsolidation.com     $4,480
pensionsjobs.com     $4,313
gobill.com     $4,250
myslate.com     $4,200
independance.com     $4,200
dailyentertainment.com     $4,188
appliancesearch.com     $4,088
canyouhelpme.com     $4,000
buildapp.com     $4,000
beurban.com     $4,000
careerco.com     $4,000
artofcheese.com     $3,988
cpctraining.com     $3,915
youquit.com     $3,900
dreamcrew.com     $3,888
todayinparis.com     $3,750
justgreen.com     $3,750
financebusinesses.com     $3,588
simplysoft.com     $3,500
completecontractors.com     $3,500
alabamakids.com     $3,500
herbology.com     $3,500
luv8.com     $3,400
spyer.com     $3,388
communitycares.com     $3,388
propertysearches.com     $3,288
critically.com     $3,200
innovativelighting.com     $3,000
peoply.com     $3,000
gemway.com     $3,000
techfield.com     $3,000
buylocalonline.com     $3,000
moneymatterstv.com     $3,000

Non .COM Sales

hui.net     $8,125
onlineboutiques.net     $3,250
presidential.net     $3,221
immointernet.org     $2,990
leadernet.org     $2,888
hazard.us     $2,800
coughdrop.net     $2,800
wpti.org     $2,569
templates4u.net     $2,551
luster.net     $2,500
rainmaker.tv     $2,495
credithelpny.org     $2,400
movere.net     $2,088
alarabiya.org     $1,800
worldnewsstand.net     $1,800
droo.net     $1,725
parties-and-elections.de     $1,600
ilist.org     $1,500
ecigarettereviews.net     $1,500
enerconindia.net     $1,477
opennetwork.net     $1,429
socialpresence.net     $1,377
meet.net     $1,277
coin.biz     $1,200
mygrade.org     $1,200
lifechangechurch.org     $1,200
goodfortune.org     $1,188
entrepeneur.co     $1,100
freessh.org     $1,000
robotic.me     $1,000

Mail Online Switches to .COM Domain Name

Mail Online (DailyMail.co.uk) is switching to a .COM page, after negotiations with Charleston Daily Mail, the US paper that owned the domain name, according to The Guardian.

According to whois records, DailyMail.com has been owned by Charleston Daily Mail since 1996.

Rumors say that Mail Online paid £1m-plus to acquire the .COM domain name from Charleston Daily Mail.Charleston Daily Mail is using now CharlestonDailyMail.com and informed it’s readers about the change :

“Dear Reader,

The Daily Mail has recently changed its website address to www.charlestondailymail.com. If you’re reading this message then you have arrived at The Charleston Daily Mail using our old website address. In a few moments, you will be automatically redirected to the Charleston Daily Mail news website where you can continue to read our news.”

Congratulations to both the seller and the buyer.

.SCOT Likely For GA This Summer, With A Little Help From James Bond

If high profile support counts in getting your new gTLD approved, you can’t beat James Bond’s support of .scot.

Former James Bond Sir Sean Connery is one of a number of high profile Scots supporting the campaign to get .scot up and running, which also has the support of First Minister Alex Salmond and the Scottish government. Another high profile supporter is Scottish businessman Sir Tom Farmer.

And it may well be possible that general availability for .scot will come about this northern summer. Previously it had not expected until 2015.

On Sunday (26 January) the Dot Scot Registry (DSR) announced it and ICANN have formally agreed terms that allows DSR to operate the new dotSCOT domain. And just in time as the debate as to whether Scotland should become independent and secede from the United Kingdom.

“2014 is an exciting year for Scotland, and I’m delighted that this distinct online identity for the nation, and all who take an interest in Scotland, will become available this summer,” said First Minister Alex Salmond.

“The .scot domain is long overdue in this digital age, and the worldwide family of Scots who have been waiting patiently since it was first proposed, will soon be able to have this marvellously expressive domain as their online identity of choice.”

The new TLD will be used to promote Scotland and its culture to the world.

“Scotland and Scottishness conveys a whole range of positive connotations, which could not really be portrayed on the web before, but with a .scot domain there will be a new option anyone involved in Scottish business, arts and culture and others to identify themselves more clearly as Scottish to the online world,” said Gavin McCutcheon, director of Dot Scot Registry.

“We aim to make .scot domains as affordable as possible and our not-for-profit structure means we will be able to do so.

“We hope that .scot will become the first choice for the worldwide family of Scots, allowing them to demonstrate for the first time their affinity to Scotland and for Scottish societies and organisations wherever they are in the world to make .scot their home on the internet.”

Another point made by Domain Incite is that if the Scots vote to become independent, they will then become entitled to a ccTLD, but this will not happen until at least a year after .scot is up and running.

Don’t Mock Rightside; French Registrar Granted Data Retention Waiver

If you register a domain name in one of Rightside’s gTLDs, you will be banned from “banned from using it to mock the company or any of its employees or shareholders” reports Domain Incite, quoting the company’s Acceptable Use Policy.

The Acceptable Use Policy was published by ICANN Monday. Domain Incite notes the policy “as well as prohibiting the usual kinds of malicious hacking and spamming activity, child abuse material and so on, the policy bans: ‘holding of [United TLD Holdings] (including its affiliates) or their employees or shareholders up to public scorn, ridicule, or defamation.”

It does seem a bit precious. Also banned, notes Domain Incite is “impersonating any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a UTLDH official, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation.”

As noted in an ICANN announcement earlier, ICANN has granted a data retention waiver request to the French registrar OVH SAS. According to the ICANN announcement, “Pursuant to Section 2 of the Specification, OVH SAS submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request (‘Waiver Request’) on the basis of OVH SAS’s 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 French counsel asserting that compliance with the data collection and/or retention requirements of the Specification violates Article 6-5 de la loi du 6 janvier 1978 ainsi que la Directive 95/46/CE (Article 6-5 of the law of January 6th 1978, as the European directive 95/46/CE).”

Interested parties have 30 days to comment. “ICANN is posting this preliminary determination 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.”