Louis Vuitton Files a WIPO Case For Domain Name

Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), in particular Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton or LV for short, recently filed a complaint with WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for the domain: go-vuitton.com

LV is a large international French fashion and luxury brand, with well know famous Trade Marks. Louis Vuitton specializes in leather handbags, shoes and accessories.

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Sedo Launches A New Website Look

sedologo.gifJust noticed that Sedo.com home page has received a facelift. A brand new website. But that is not all, after you login you are greeted with a whole new interface. Everything has been changed…

This will take some time get used to…

However from the first feel of things it is a substantial improvement for end users trying to find things.

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You want more money ? Develop the domain

Usually domain parking brings only a very low amount of money every month. If you are lucky, this amount may cover the registration fee, but this is not always the case.
You then have a decision to make:

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NameDrive Releases NDX 6 Months Sales Figures

namedrivelogo.gifSince launching in May 2009, 4526 domains totaling $4.64 million have been sold and successfully transferred using NDX Market’s brokerage and sales platform.

Name Drive reported that 24 different TLDs have been sold on NDX Market. The dominant TLDs were  .com and .de domains, making up 40% of the sales between them.

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Above.com Parking Manager Servicing Over 1 Million Domains

abovelogo.gifThe Above.com Domain Parking Manager has reached and surpassed a major milestone this November. Optimizing and reporting on over 1 million parked domains. 1.2 million domains to be exact.

These domains are parked via 15 different Parking Companies and for good reason. Each domain parking service has strengths and weaknesses. Some are Google based and some are Yahoo based, some do better on US traffic, some do better on International traffic, some do better on adult or gaming domains others do better on travel or finance domains.

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Are Trademark Typo Domains a good idea ?

trademarks.gifWith the amount of traffic that is generated everyday from people missepelling common brands, it may be tempting to register lots of domains containing words such as startbucks, macdonad or micosoft.
While this strategy used to prove successful when domain names first became popular back in the 1990s, this is now a very dangerous business.

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How to estimate traffic

Apart from the revenue, the most important figure related to a domain name is the traffic it gets. Sometimes you just want a rough idea of the traffic of a site to decide whether the domain could be a good buy.

There are a few basic tools which can give you an indication of the traffic:

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Register, Registrar, Registrant, Registry.. What does it all mean?

These are terms you’ve probably heard used, when talking about domains.
But what do they mean? What’s the difference? Although they sound
similar, they refer to very different things. When talking about
domains or reading articles about domains, these terms will often be
used, so it is important that you understand what they each mean.

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