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VeriSign Registers Record Numbers

October 17, 2013January 6, 2010 by nancy

VeriSign recently announced that it registered a record number of visitors for online sales during the year-end holidays this year. These numbers clearly indicate an increase in traffic on e-commerce sales.

Online shoppers saw the VeriSign seal approximately 789 million times, up roughly 50% year over year. VeriSign seals are common fixtures on web pages of leading merchants. The VeriSign Secured Seal indicates that the Web site is secured by SSL encryption and the identity of the business has been authenticated. VeriSign is the authorized directory provider for roughly over 89 million .com, .net, .cc, and .tv domain names.

VeriSign earlier announced an increase in registry domain name fees for .com and .net,

Why would someone buy anyway ?

October 17, 2013January 4, 2010 by maxime

If, as a domainer, you want to focus on selling high priced domains, you need to remember why someone would want to buy such a name.

According to SmallBizTrends, there are only three reasons:

Happy New Year from all of us at Above.com!

October 17, 2013January 1, 2010 by David Warmuz

Just a quick note to wish all of our clients a very happy and prosperous new year/decade!!

Google Loses Domain Name Dispute

October 17, 2013December 31, 2009 by nancy

Google, the American public corporation,has lost an arbitration over the domain name Groovle.com.

Google contended in the complaint that the dispute domain name is confusingly similar to its trademark.

Small Canadian start-up claims victory.

City of Paris Sues Paris.org Owner

October 17, 2013December 29, 2009 by nicholas

The City of Paris has recently filled a lawsuit against the owner of
Paris.org, who has owned the domain since 1995. A UDRP dispute would not
be effective, as the domain is not parked or being used in bad faith, so
they have decided to take it to French Court.

This is part of the City of Paris’ continuing venture to find a court
who will grant them exclusive rights to any domain containing the word
“Paris.” Judging by the results of their previous lawsuits and UDRP
disputes, it is not likely that they will be awarded the rights to
Paris.org.

Celebrity Domain Names

October 17, 2013December 23, 2009 by brooke

Similar to the Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods domain name rush a huge amount of domainers have been quick to register Brittany Murphy domain names, after she recently passed away.

Whenever something happens in the celebrity world or there is a celebrity scandal it make people buy domains names. Celebrities draw domain traffic; Paris Hilton is a celebrity known for scandals and KeywordDiscovery states that the search term ‘Paris Hilton’ is searched for approximately 19,398 times a day!

As soon as there is a scandal from a celebrity there is a sudden rush to register domain names appropriate to the scandal. For example, Tiger Woods has recently been in the spotlight for indiscretions he made and on the day the Wood’s scandal was publicized, 30th November 2009, the domain name: TigerWoodsCheater.com was created.

5 places where to sell domains

October 17, 2013December 22, 2009 by maxime

At some point you will want to sell your domains. Here are five places where you can do it:

Forums. Domain forums are probably the most common and popular way to sell domains. Please note that most of the members of forums are people like you: domainers and people looking to resell domains. This is not the right place to find end users in search of a specific domain.
Brokers. They are specialist in selling domains, like an estate agent is a specialist at selling houses. They will typically keep 20% of the selling price but know a lot more people than you do so can probably find better buyers. Also, as they are paid on commission, they want to get the best price for the domain.

VeriSign to Raise .COM & .NET Prices

October 17, 2013December 21, 2009 by nicholas

VeriSign has recently announced that they will be raising .COM and .NET annual fees as of July 1st, 2010. ICANN has an agreement that VeriSign is allowed to raise their .COM fees by up to 7% per year. VeriSign took advantage of this in the first two years of its contract, raising .COM registration from $6.00 to $6.86. It was assumed that VeriSign would increase its prices every year to maximize profits, but it did not in 2009.

What is the Root Server?

October 17, 2013December 21, 2009 by brooke

The root servers are name servers on the Internet which contain data for the DNS.

The root server system is vital in the Internet’s successful functionality; if a name server cannot find a particular domain it will ask the root server.

DOMAINfest releases agenda and names PITCHfest and LAUNCHfest judges

October 17, 2013December 18, 2009 by nancy

Domainfest logo.png A complete agenda has been released including the selection of Frank Schilling, Ron Sheridan and Adam Riox as contest judges.The PITCHfest contest will uncover new, innovative products or services designed to enhance the value of parked or developed domain names by driving increased traffic and revenue. The prize — the DOMAINfest Global 2010 PITCHfest Service Innovator trophy — will be awarded for the idea with the most creativity, viability, originality, and revenue potential. Individuals or businesses interested in entering the PITCHfest competition can find contest rules and an online submission form.