Our friends at Skenzo sent us this note (pre press release):
"Skenzo, a leading provider of technology, in the traffic monetization business, today announced the completion of a significant minority investment from the Ashmore Group . The Ashmore Group is one of the world’s leading Investment Firms managing funds over US$36.5 billion.
Filling the Void with DNZoom: Security, Portfolio Management, and New Beginnings
By: Sean Stafford, Director of Product Development for DNZoom By Bido Author: DomainGraduate – Tapping the Online Mines
In the bad ‘ol days
Four years ago when I started domaining I had very little cash. During my initial domaining stages, registrations prices were a huge concern for me. Every time I registered a domain I would look for specials, coupons, and discounts. I knew if I could save a few dollars at a certain registrar that I could register more domains and ultimately make more money by investing those savings.
Verisign to Increase Prices for .Com, .Net Domain Names
An anonymous friend sent in this note, direct from Verisign:
"Subject: Advisory: Notice of Fee Change
March 27, 2008
VIA Email and Express Delivery
Re: Notice of Fee Change
To All Registrars,
VeriSign, Inc. and it’s wholly owned subsidiaries (”VNDS”) is hereby notifying all registrars of a fee change for .com and/or .net domain names effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with our contract, ICANN has already been notified. Details as follows:
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"Subject: Advisory: Notice of Fee Change
March 27, 2008
VIA Email and Express Delivery
Re: Notice of Fee Change
To All Registrars,
VeriSign, Inc. and it’s wholly owned subsidiaries (”VNDS”) is hereby notifying all registrars of a fee change for .com and/or .net domain names effective October 1, 2008. In accordance with our contract, ICANN has already been notified. Details as follows:
The Next Big Thing for Domainers is..
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Contrary to what many domainers believe, the next big opportunity isn’t in developing sites and services, not because there isn’t money there (there definitely is a lot of money there!) but because it takes a different kind of skill-set than acquiring domains and quite frankly, just as being a medical doctor or a test pilot is not for everyone, running a full scale business operation isn’t either. What does it take to develop a business? here are few posts written by RMG associates to read from the archive:
Autograph.com Goes for USD 55K. is it a Good Buy?
According to Sedo , domain name Autograph.com sold for USD 55K:
Frank Schilling, commenting on this domain few days ago on his blog , had this to say:
DOTMOBI ADVISORY GROUP (MAG) TO SPEARHEAD GLOBAL OUTREACH FOR "ILOVEMOBILEWEB" CAMPAIGN
London, England - March 27, 2008 - The dotMobi Advisory Group (MAG) and Bango today announced the successful "ilovemobileweb" (http://www.ilovemobileweb.com) global awareness campaign launched in October 2007 will now be managed, operated and supported by the MAG.
With the joint announcement, 25 global ilovemobileweb charter members including Bango, the Mobile Marketing Association, the dotMobi company and Winksite are joined by over 100 MAG members to promote the mobile web as a great place to do business with a common goal of raising awareness of mobile web benefits to consumers around the world. Joining the ilovemobileweb campaign is free; with sponsorship for events, gatherings, publications, memorabilia and outreach programs available to all interested parties.
ilovemobileweb supporters campaign to:
WIPO says Unprecedented Number of Cybersquatting Cases in 2007
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced there were an unprecedented number of cybersquatting cases in 2007. WIPO
also said the evolving nature of the domain name registration system is causing growing concern for trademark owners around the world.
In 2007 there were a record 2,156 complaints alleging cybersquatting filed with the WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center (Center).
This was an 18% increase over 2006 and a 48% increase over 2005 in the number of generic and country code Top Level Domain
(gTLDs and ccTLDs) disputes.
Fusu sells first Domain on The Domain Stock Exchange
First sale of a Fusu-listed domain brings returns of 55-80% to its investors.
Today marks another milestone for Fusu, the Domain Stock Exchange: A domain listed on the Exchange was sold, bringing its shareholders a significant return for their investment.
KPY.com was listed on the Exchange during the public Beta cycle with a value of $5,000 and found 14 investors buying 45% of the domain. In the trading, the market value of the domain rose to $5,800.
WIPO Domain Dispute Decisions - March 25th - March 28th '08
Most recently notified WIPO Domain Name Decision(s) between March 25th and March 28th:
- http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/dfr2008-0006.html
huggies.fr
> Transfer - http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2008/dfr2008-0005.html
termozeta.fr
> Transfer
Trademarknews.com goes live!
Munich, 28th March 2008 - Trademarknews.com was established to cover exclusively Trademark news, events and activities.
As a partner of Domainnews.com, the well-known and recognized source of information for the domain industry, Trademarknews.com is keeping track of the fast growing interest in trademark news providing users worldwide with the latest news and reports.
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