Domain Buzz: This Week in Domaining (Issue #7)

[DotSauce]

The latest in domain industry news from the week of June 14th to the 21st summed up into one article resource.

Via: http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/06/21/domain-buzz-7/

• DotSauce - The .ME Landrush is coming to an end! Just 1 week left to pre-register your .ME domains: “Landrush officially closes on June 26th, don’t delay.“
• DNW breaks the news that TDNAM and NameJet allow employees to participate in auctions: “Two of the major services let employees compete with domainers.”
• TheDomains reports on sales at DomainerMeeting Paris Live Auction: “The live auction just completed in Paris and the auction netted $361,375.“
• Sahar shares a DomainerMeeting preview audio podcast: “Dan Kimball of Bido/DNZoom On WebmasterRadio.FM“
• Dominik reports that Volkswagen is allowed to register “VW.de” domain: “Volkswagen has recently sued Denic for the domain. The Frankfurt court now entitled Volkswagen to VW.de“
• Amazingly, China’s .CN domain surpasses .NET in number of registrations: “.CN overtook .NET sometime in the first quarter of 2008 says Verisign.“
• DotSauce - Bido auction service sells DiscountImages.com on opening day: “DiscountImages.com” was successfully sold at Bido auction for $911 to TheMadHat“
• NameBio reports that Sexe.org sells for $151,400: “Makes this one of the highest non .com adult domain sales of all time.“
• The 2008 VeriSign Domain Industry Brief is released: “According to the report, the base of domain registrations has grown 26 percent in the past twelve months and six percent quarter over quarter.“
• NameClerk releases Available Domains List #66: “Another email list will be going out this weekend, be sure to sign up.“
• DNCartoons.com launches fun domain industry website: “We hope you enjoy. We are looking forward to your domain and internet cartoon concept submissions.“
• DomainerDeveloper has published an extensive editorial on why we need multiple TLDs: “The evolution of the Internet will demand new gTLD’s primarily because the evolution of the Internet is experiencing the influx of so many new types of content.“