Gregory Ricks loses three character domain name.
Long time domainer Gregory Ricks has lost the domain name BME.com to BMEzine.com, LLC. Ricks lost the case because of the content of recent parked pages on the domain and because the panel found that his initial registration in 2000 was not relevant because he transferred the domain between entities since then.
BMEzine.com is an ezine about body piercing, tattoos, etc. For the past couple years the domain has shown parked pages including ads for “Tattoo supplies” and “body piercing”. That didn’t look good to the panel.
Auction at TRAFFIC conference will allow for remote bidding.
Rick Latona announced that his auction at next month’s TRAFFIC conference will be simulcast on the web. The auction will use Proxibid, which Latona calls the “biggest and best online auction company in the business.”
Latona’s auction will include his own domains, including some real winners such as SecurityAlarms.com, LotteryNumbers.com, and Cyberspace.com. It is unclear how the reserves and pricing will work.
So here’s what the auction scene at TRAFFIC will look like:
Rick Latona - offering his own domains. He’s hired a live auctioneer and will simulcast on the web. [update: Rick says he’s offering other people’s domains too.]
John Oliver explores anti-Clinton sites, only to find that the best domains are taken.
Daily Show fans are getting a dose of the Mile High City this week as the show covers the Democratic National Convention in Denver. On last night’s episode correspondent John Oliver tried to help Clinton supporters heal from their loss and support Obama.
The Clinton supporters he heard all had their own anti-Obama domain names:
ClintonsforMcCain.com
DemocratsforMcCain.com
HigherHeels.com
Puma08.com (Party unity my ass 08)
I may have misunderstood the first and third domain names as they don’t seem to resolve to anything.
Moniker shortens length of exclusivity period and changes auto-renew clause.
In an e-mail announcement sent to customers, Moniker announced it is changing the exclusivity period for domains submitted for its live and silent auctions. These changes are likely due to increased competition at upcoming auction events, including five separate auctions taking place at TRAFFIC in Brooklyn next month (although only two are accepting submissions from domainers).
The new period is 60 days from the date of submission or 60 days after the conclusion of the auction, whichever is later. The terms seem to indicate that this exclusivity period applies to all domains, not just those that are accepted for auction. The previous terms called for 120 days after the submission or 60 days after the auction, whichever was later.
