Aftermarket.com’s home base of Seattle may have been cold and frozen over the past week, but, things continued to heat up at the live auction with the market leader in sell-through rate. Thought Convergence, Inc. is pleased to announce that Aftermarket.com has been selected as the premier auction house for Domainer Mardi Gras (DMG).
The live event is set to take place February 21, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana. DMG is being sponsored by our friends at Parked and Modern Domainer with an agenda focusing on “Risk Management for the Modern Domainer”. This is your opportunity to submit your risk management related domains or names akin to Mardi Gras for consideration in the auction!
Verizon likes to play both sides of the fence. For that we give it an award.
With just a few days left in 2008, I thought I’d write about a couple of the more egregious stories in domain names this year. Think of it as the dumbest moments in domains.
The first winner is telecom giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ).
Verizon, a member of Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA), aggressively pursues cybersquatters that infringe on its trademarks. There’s nothing wrong with that. The company should aggressively pursue cybersquatters.
NameMedia’s withdrawn IPO more painful than it looks.
It may appear that NameMedia’s decision last week to to drop its planned initial public offering is just a temporary setback. Aside from the costs of filing its S-1 to go public, going on the investor roadshow, and obliging quite period regulations, did it really cost the company anything? The answer is yes. And it’s not the time, money, or decreased morale that hurts the most. It’s the disclosure.
