Afternic Reports $1,67 Million in Domain Name Sales,Led by ToughPad.com for $37,000

Afternic/GoDaddy has just sent in their weekly sales report.The domain name sales for the week summed to $1,656,650. The reported sales were led by ToughPAD.com,sold for $37,000.

 

Other notable domain name sales include :

.COM

tamr.com $25,000

rags.com $20,000

industrycity.com $20,000

uniquerings.com $14,000

fanme.com $10,000

megatopics.com $8,800

peerpoint.com $7,500

onlythefacts.com $6,500

freelancenation.com $6,488

lv88.com $5,990

autoconnections.com $5,800

eliteops.com $5,256

brandlicensing.com $5,000

whistleblowerinfo.com $5,000

rehabcenterreviews.com $5,000

businesslunch.com $4,995

politesociety.com $4,995

tradefire.com $4,800

one7.com $4,750

montec.com $4,750

boosty.com $4,701

propertyhelp.com $4,500

woodstockhomes.com $4,500

drook.com $4,500

Non .COM Sales

propel.org $9,788

megashop.net $3,688

bestrehabcenters.org $3,500

bitcch.net $3,333

constructiondefects.org $3,000

hd-fx.net $3,000

ludis.co $3,000

jeno.me $3,000

myearth.org $2,400

wellbeinginstitute.org $2,000

treasurejewelers.co $1,995

spritzen.org $1,875

livingwagecampaign.org $1,800

bocajuniors.org $1,650

christmaswish.net $1,600

istream.net $1,515

skylook.net $1,511

pokerdorado.net $1,300

enlaceacademico.org $1,225

globalopportunities.org $1,200

icarrd.org $1,100

interiordecorator.org $1,088

survivorcorps.org $1,025

creditcounseling.co $1,000

 

Sedo Signs New Deal with Donuts for New Domain Name Sales

Sedo announced that it has recently signed a deal with Donuts to make new domain extensions available to the public.

 You can read the press release after the jump:

“Sedo, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace and monetization provider, and Donuts, Inc., the industry’s largest applicant for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), today announced a partnership to bring Donuts’ new domains to market. From the conclusion of Donuts’ first sunrise period, Sedo will manage contention resolution for competing trademarked domains, and will also assist in auctioning premium names that will be reserved from general registration.

The new domains being launched by Donuts will be among the first publicly offered as part of the new gTLD program being managed by the Internet’s governing body, ICANN. The program will add hundreds of domain extensions to the Internet – joining traditional ones such as .com, .net and .org – over the coming months and years.

“The launch of new gTLDs has been a long time coming and with such a large, historic expansion all at once, we expect strong demand after the gates are opened,” said Donuts co-founder and Executive Vice President Dan Schindler. “To meet that demand, we needed a trusted partner, and Sedo is one of the oldest and most experienced companies in the domain industry.”

Donuts will commence Sunrise periods in November 2013 and they will continue through the middle of 2014. Sunrise provides an opportunity for trademark holders to secure their names before domains are opened for public availability. In instances where there are multiple claims for the same mark, Sedo will assist in resolving conflicts between applicants. These sunrise auctions are expected to commence in February 2014. The company will also manage auctions for premium-priced domains that Donuts reserves from general registration.

“Donuts may be a young company, but it’s comprised of domain industry veterans that clearly have a strong vision for where they can lead the Internet under the new gTLD program,” said Tobias Flaitz, CEO at Sedo. “This is truly a historic time for the Internet and we’re honored to be on-board with Donuts, which is one of the companies paving the way.”

 

 

 

 

ICANN Delegates 7 More gTLDs

 

AusRegistry: Why Choose A .AU Domain Name

[news release] There are several options available to Australians who want to establish a presence on the Internet.

 

One of the easiest, most effective and authoritative methods is registering a domain name and hosting a website.

In Australia, the .au domain name is Australia’s home on the Internet. But why do Australians choose .au for their online presence?

Last month, AusRegistry released the results of a survey of more than 10,000 Australians which sought to provide a baseline performance standard to profile .au domain name owners.

The survey found:

• Of the survey respondents who do own a domain name, 74% of Australians choose .au for their online presence, a reflection of the trust built into the namespace.
• A discrepancy exists in the uptake of domain names between genders, with males almost twice as likely to own a domain name compared to females.
• When it comes to age, 35 to 64 year-olds lead the way in domain name ownership, with more than a quarter of respondents in this age group owning a domain name.
• 84% of .au domain name owners say registering a domain name is an easy process.

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This AusRegistry news release was sourced from:
www.ausregistry.com.au/news/why-choose-a-au-domain-name

ICANN Blocks 9,8 million new gTLD Domain Names

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) decided recently to block 9,8 million new gTLD domain names,due to risk of damage from name collisions.

 

ICANN will block all the domain names that are in mutually exclusive contentions sets with other strings,according to DomainIncite.com .Take for example .Unicorn and .Unicom.

More information about this subject will be posted as soon as it will be available.