Eric Borgos on why he’s selling domains, help the tornado victims, and a “cool” rebranding. Here are a few domain stories I read today that I think are worth reading. Eric Borgos has published an interesting perspective about 10 Reasons Why I Am Eager To Sell My Domains. Last year Borgos’ company had sales of [...]

Just about 48 hours after one of the worst Tornado’s in US history hit the ground in Moore Oklahoma killing children, adults and causing over $1 Billion in damage, we found over 30 .com and .net  and .org domain names registered which gives the indication they are for charitable or relief purposes. However scanning though all the registrations and sites on the domains only three seem to have been set up by charities or good doers. We start with the good: The domain name Mooreoklatornado.com, encourages people to donate to the American Red Cross and has the RedCross website and short code to text contributions and it appears to have been registered by a Good Samaritan by the name of Qlossal Media Tornadorelieffund.com, is being directed to the American Red Cross and seems to be have registered by a Good Samaritan, Brownstone Strategies The domain name Mooretornadorelief.com is being directed to Charity International which says its a 501-c-3 charity but the site is directed for the collection of money for the poor not the victims of the storm.  While the registrant is a charity I’m not sure that it is any better than anyone else who registered a domain to park it, since the funds collected would not appear to be going to the victims. Now for the Ugly: Helpmooreoklahomatornadovictims.com, was registered under privacy and goes to a site for a building contractor out of Tampa, which also operates the site restoringfloridahomes.com Oklahomatornadorelieffund.com is going to a commercial, totally unrelated website, that we can only assume is trying to get extra traffic from the disaster. Oklahomatornadofund.org is likewise also going to a commercial, totally unrelated website, that we can only assume is trying to get extra traffic from the disaster. Okctornadodonate.com website says “I purchased this site to prevent a bogus donation scam. ” “If you are a legitimate charity contact me to purchase this domain. Otherwise go to redcross.org to donate.” Hum maybe you should offer to contribute the domain name to a legitimate charity if you really want to help. As for the bad, these domains are being parked with the registrants making money from people searching for information on the disaster and some are also listed as being for sale: usatornadorelief.com tornadosoklahoma.com tornadodonation.com oktornadorelief.com okctornadorelief.com usatornadorelief.org The rest of the domain names are either going to a registrar placeholder, not resolving and in general not doing anything that is going to help the victims of the disaster (of course they could have been registered to take them off the market as well).…

PIR, the .org domain Registry, has revealed that in a recent poll among domainers, a serious operating issue became evident. While there is no doubt that the overall success of .org domains over the years is paramount, particularly since .org domain registrations exceed 10 million, few domainers actually know how ‘ORG’ is pronounced. “A lot [...]

Sedo just reported that over the past week, 799 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.26m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: •         Top .com: 3dcity.com at 29,500 USD •         Top ccTLD: creditos.com.mx at 19,000 USD •         Top “other” TLD: mika.net at 3,888 EUR   <!-- table { }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: windowtext; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { font-weight: 700; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: normal; }.xl64 { text-align: left; white-space: normal; }.xl65 { text-align: left; }.xl66 { font-weight: 700; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; white-space: normal; }.xl67 { text-align: left; white-space: normal; }.xl68 { }.xl69 { text-align: left; } -->Domain name  Price  Currency .COMs 3dcity.com  29,500   USD chicagoblues.com  14,750   USD wacky.com  11,750   USD mpact.com  11,400   USD phonecloud.com  10,000   USD pangalan.com  9,999   USD mesbla.com  9,001   USD ccards.com  9,000   USD casino5.com  8,000   USD mcube.com  8,000   USD travelcurator.com  7,500   USD welltravel.com  7,250   USD metranet.com  6,500   USD 9bet.com  6,000   USD vietrisulmare.com  6,000   USD iamstrong.com  5,300   USD boldmind.com  5,000   USD keyideas.com  5,000   USD universalstar.com  5,000   USD healthmarketplace.com  4,999   USD coinx.com  4,900   EUR medicalcredentialing.com  4,500   USD orewards.com  3,995   USD galwayhotels.com  3,750   GBP wrapmasters.com  3,500   USD kumapon.com  3,500   USD myocean.com  3,200   USD mamati.com  3,000   USD chinalink.com  3,000   USD chilemedia.com  3,000   USD safemobility.com  3,000   USD brassmodeltrains.com  3,000   USD agelessrx.com  3,000   USD dodol.com  3,000   USD simore.com  3,000   EUR egian.com  3,000   USD envirofusion.com  2,999   USD 0-1.com  2,800   USD qualitytraffic.com  2,750   USD thegritty.com  2,700   USD asdfk.com  2,595   USD t66.com  2,500   EUR markintel.com  2,500   USD yacht-charters.com  2,500   USD mineralwarehouse.com  2,500   USD jazminchebar.com  2,500   USD yosolo.com  2,500   USD lookr.com  2,388   USD wapka.com  2,300   USD vacanzeregalo.com  2,295   USD aquafilters.com  2,250   USD quecomemos.com  2,222   USD depositinsurance.com  2,200   USD decoda.com  2,200   USD easycoin.com  2,100   EUR citymoney.com  2,100   EUR virtualneurology.com  2,000   USD wisconsinassistedliving.com  1,999   USD minetime.com  1,995   USD historystuff.com  1,995   USD nicebeauty.com  1,900   EUR northbrand.com  1,895   USD socialadvertiser.com  1,850   USD assurerx.com  1,850   USD perfectvideo.com  1,800   USD epistles.com  1,800   EUR trueast.com  1,800   USD hollywoodhaunts.com  1,795   USD titlis.com  1,750   USD manzilla.com  1,750   USD blvdmedia.com  1,750   USD gelly.com  1,700   USD absorbed.com  1,698   USD mobilebusinessapps.com  1,600   USD breastdensity.com  1,599   USD pushtalk.com  1,577   USD metrovac.com  1,500   USD treinen.com  1,500   USD selag.com  1,500   USD corinriggs.com  1,500   USD puregreed.com  1,500   USD cuisto.com  1,500   EUR excelens.com  1,500   USD amillionwaystodieinthewest.com  1,500   EUR engagem.com  1,500   USD umsetzen.com  1,500   USD frendix.com  1,500   EUR betriebsratswahlen.com  1,499   EUR cucme.com  1,400   USD my-hit.com  1,300   USD incidentmap.com  1,277   USD hearingaidshop.com  1,277   USD nationalapartments.com  1,277   USD mecinc.com  1,275   USD gotzombies.com  1,250   USD memobooks.com  1,250   USD tools4school.com  1,250   USD removable.com  1,222   EUR fashiontrader.com  1,200   USD qr3.com  1,200   USD baseproject.com  1,200   USD ready2travel.com  1,200   USD einstok.com  1,195   USD n-tech.com  1,195   USD macroclimate.com  1,125   USD solelec.com  1,100   EUR mobilpizza.com  1,100   EUR bitcoiney.com  1,100   USD dermotherapie.com  1,095   USD ticme.com  1,095   USD icelandincentives.com  1,095   USD iakona.com  1,095   USD bali-property.com  1,000   USD stencilpro.com  1,000   USD underrock.com  1,000   USD next-usa.com  1,000   USD outdoorfurniturecover.com  1,000   USD todotool.com  1,000   USD escortmonaco.com  1,000   USD toronto-condo.com  1,000   USD zapizza.com  999   USD agilab.com  999   USD sunball.com  975   USD pixelred.com  960   USD poolleiter.com  950   EUR fastlog.com  950   USD super1.com  950   USD motipay.com  944   USD dxii.com  900   USD rotwild.com  900   EUR antiquelumber.com  899   USD 360tourist.com  895   USD prognosismesothelioma.com  890   USD askmelegal.com  875   USD gvyn.com  870   USD femaletv.com  850   USD extrafilms.com  850   USD worldprayercenter.com  850   USD robomart.com  849   USD finance-inc.com  805   USD trytry.com  800   USD alexzandra.com  800   USD teamholiday.com  790   USD olcm.com  789   USD winxs.com  788   USD goldview.com  787   USD memorg.com  783   USD bmc3.com  782   USD brazilinvestment.com  780   USD genesistechnology.com  775   USD sushito.com  750   USD reclinersdirect.com  750   USD viralevents.com  750   USD zenrecruiter.com  750   USD thegoodco.com  750   USD brandally.com  750   USD ventcorp.com  750   USD digitalaccounts.com  750   USD summiturgentcare.com  750   USD hledat.com  749   GBP rogueplay.com  749   USD 63000.com  700   USD e-vent.com  700   USD .ccTLD creditos.com.mx  19,000   USD garnki.pl  12,650   EUR cavalli.it  12,000   EUR springchicken.co.uk  12,000   GBP essentials.co.uk  10,000   GBP ticket.me  9,600   USD vikingcruises.co.uk  8,000   EUR digitalsignage.de  5,000   EUR lavie.de  4,800   EUR zeef.ru  4,000   EUR tls.se  3,800   EUR litecoin.de  3,800   EUR studyabroad.de  3,600   EUR oelfinder.de  3,500   EUR motorschaden.de  3,200   EUR bafometro.com.br  3,000   USD ping.ly  3,000   USD alexion.de  3,000   EUR scott-sports.cn  3,000   USD scott-sports.com.cn  3,000   USD math.co  2,800   USD roomorama.fr  2,800   EUR rosenstock.de  2,700   EUR overstapervaringen.nl  2,605   EUR padaria.com.br  2,500   USD hotel-sauerland.de  2,500   EUR texasholdem.org.uk  2,400   USD stuff.it  2,200   EUR minibook.ch  2,075   USD beep.me  2,050   USD ingenious.tv  2,000   USD bookkeeper.co  2,000   USD werbetaxi.de  2,000   EUR rügen-urlaub.de  1,950   EUR musical.eu  1,800   EUR provent.de  1,650   EUR greentube.it  1,500   GBP markttransparenzstelle.de  1,500   EUR cycling.se  1,500   EUR recht.eu  1,428   EUR devetex.de  1,400   EUR meinshirt.de  1,350   EUR tsp.co  1,250   GBP rechtsexperten.ch  1,250   EUR titleinsurance.in  1,200   USD autoankauf-direkt.de  1,200   EUR landparty.de  1,195   EUR bitumen.eu  1,150   USD liveagent.co.uk  1,100   GBP content-marketing.at  1,090   EUR lrt.at  1,001   EUR ueins.de  1,000   EUR mng.us  1,000   USD edelstahleinrichtungen.de  1,000   EUR wink.fr  1,000   EUR matrimoniofacile.it  1,000   USD geagroup.co.in  1,000   EUR ef.co.ke  1,000   USD anae.eu  999   EUR p.gs  990   USD spielwarenforum.de  980   EUR spielwaren-forum.de  980   EUR myrating.co.uk  969   GBP pang.us  950   USD fgy.de  940   EUR latam.es  900   EUR upfront.co.uk  895   GBP fw.to  880   USD hausbau-koeln.de  800   EUR spielzeugforum.de  800   EUR barthel.ch  800   EUR spielzeug-forum.de  790   EUR cbit.eu  780   EUR coolmathgames.co  770   USD posted.in  755   USD oilandgas.co.uk  700   GBP livecom.ch  700   EUR …

Board passes resolution that might delay certain new TLDs and approves a new UDRP provider. While most of us were hanging with our families or on the golf course this weekend, ICANN’s board was approving a number of resolutions that could have a big affect on some parts of the domain name industry. Here’s what [...]