Selling hot air: Unscrupulous Domainer attempts to flip domain prior to making payment

When one buys a house or a car, that means putting down a deposit or making full payment before being able to resell it. In the world of domaining, it seems that some people have no scruples and attempt to circumvent this basic rule of commerce: unless you own it, you can’t sell it. The [...]

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NameJet getting busier

NameJet, the premier domain auction house, is apparently getting busier these days. When trying to visit NameJet.com we’re getting a “Server is too busy” message. Let’s hope that this won’t last long as there are several hundred domain auctions on a given day!  

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Therapy.org sells for $18 grand

As expected, domain name Therapy.org sold for big bucks at NameJet earlier today. The exact selling price was $18,766 with the user “southernboy” winning this premium .ORG The new owner beat Ammar Kubba among others. Congratulations to the seller as well.

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Some domainers need Therapy(.org)

It’s an on-going battle of the bidders over at popular domain auction house, NameJet. Top tier domain, Therapy.org is being auctioned and the battle of domain shrinks is heating up! While user “southernboy” has the highest bid so far with just over $7,500 and less than 20 hours left to go, popular domainer Ammar Kubba [...]

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Update: Domain now taken

It was only last week that we pointed out how a new definition of domain status has been used by eNom. Described as “reactivation period” it’s apparently just a euphemism for “pending auction at Namejet”. On the day we publicized the news, the domain name ReactivationPeriod.com was available but it was registered the very next [...]

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Reactivation Period: eNom’s new game

It looks like a lot of eNom domains that are pre-released on NameJet are now sharing the same, new contact information in the WHOIS: Reactivation Period (reactivation-pending@enom.com) +1.4252744500 Fax: +1.4259744791 15801 NE 24th Street Bellevue, WA 98004 US Looks like a method to “wrap” the status of these domains into some legal pretext as they [...]

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Shocking! Namejet repossesses domain after 80 days!

No matter how one wants to twist and turn this, it’s still shocking. Domain meta-marketplace Namejet has just clawed back a domain won by its highest bidder. What makes this case remarkable is the period of time that has elapsed since the domain was won: 80 whole days. The situation unfolded on DNForum, where the [...]

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Holy cow! Frank Schilling avoids yet another trademark trap!

We told you that 2011 will be the year of uber-domainer, Frank Schilling – one of the three pillars of domaining (the other two being Rick Schwartz and Dr. Kevin Ham a.k.a “The Man Who Owns the Internet“.) Frank started the new year with a smart move, as he avoided yet another trademark trap. We [...]

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Dr. Chris Hartnett: The Comics Edition

You’ve read the news about veteran entrepreneur and domain investor Dr. Chris Hartnett and the unpleasant experience he’s had with hackers and identity thieves on NameJet. It’s an unfortunate incident and we wish Dr. Chris Hartnett a quick and full recovery of his valuable assets. Here’s the comics edition that summarizes the incident, for those [...]

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How Snatcher.org Ruined my Domain Business

Normal people get up at 8:00 am and start their day with a mug of coffee and some hardy breakfast and what do I do? I go through thousands of domains expiring on NameJet and I manually filter out the junk, then post the dictionary results at my blog. Five weeks ago, I received an [...]

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Frank Schilling loses battle over Trademark domain

Why, oh why, oh why? We’ve been witnessing this quite often lately: Seasoned domainers aspiring to get domains that are obvious trademarks. What is an obvious trademark? Something that looks like a word made up from putting two words together. It takes less than a minute to look up such terms at the USPTO.gov – [...]

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Frank Schilling strikes back: A tale of Twin Cities dot net

Energized after a long weekend snorkeling in the Caymans, uber-domainer Frank Schilling returned to the auction arena. This time around, Frank – famous for owning the .com of every dish known to man – scored against the notorious “Namejet Reserve“, which he tore to pieces. “I could not let NameJet Reserve win again, no sir”, [...]

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