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Domain Name Journal

• DN Journal Reports 2Q-2009 Domain Sales Results: Total $ Volume Falls 25% from 1Q-2009
  Domain sales results from the just concluded 2nd quarter of 2009 are in and they aren't pretty. The total dollar volume of sales reported to us in 2Q-2009 fell 25% from the previous quarter. A big part of the decline came from a pullback at the ultra high end of the market. Median prices were down less than 5%.

The Domains

• TheJayLenoShow.com Goes To the Rightful Owner
  It seems like a no-brainier to me, but I have seen at least 10 stories in the mainstream media about this today and no one reported it on domaining.com, so I’ll bite. TheJayLenoShow.com was ordered transferred to Mr. Leno in a WIPO action today. The domain was originally registered by Guadalupe Zambrano of Texas, back  in 2004, [...]

Domain Bits

• First Canadian Reverse Domain Hijacking Finding
  Globe Media International Corporation tried to grab the generic domain ForSale.ca from Bonfire Development, Inc., through a CDRP proceeding (the Canadian equivalent of the UDRP) and failed.  Not only did it fail, but it resulted in Canada’s first ever finding of Reverse Domain Hijacking. Background In January of this year, the domain ForSale.ca dropped.  After it was [...]

Domain Name Wire

• ICANN Asks for Feedback About Its Web Site
  Survey asks how ICANN can improve its web site. ICANN’s web site is outdated, and the organization knows it. It has hired an outside firm to perform usability analysis and improve the web site. The organization is serious about the effort; I spent 30 minutes on the phone today with its outside consultants discussing [...]

Domain Name Expert

• 04 June 2009 Free List Of 80 Expired Domains

Domainer Income

• 3,459 Michael Jackson .COM Domains Registered
  Where do you draw the line between registering a domain name to mourn or honor an individual, vs profit from their death? Since MJ died, there have been 3,459 .com domain names registered with the word “michael” in them. Don’t believe me? Well, here is the list I compiled (please give me credit if you use [...]