Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Domain Auction of WI-FI.BIZ Starts At $10

Nielsen Technical Services owner Chris Nielsen has decided to auction off their domain, wi-fi.biz at Namepros.com. He has placed a starting bid of only $10 and a "Buy It Now" or BIN price of $275. While the economy has slowed in general, high tech domain names are still popular and commanding prices somewhat higher than domains on other topics.

"This is a good domain and we think it's priced right. The low starting bid price is designed to get domainers and other investors interested and make sure we sell the domain. Someone could walk away with a great deal.", said Nielsen. "While the .biz TLD is not overly popular, all the other TLDs are taken. And the domain contains a hyphen which tends to lower domain value in general, but with wi-fi most people that search for the term use a hyphen and that is the most common spelling. In this case, the hyphen should help the value or at least not detract from it."

The domain has been "incubated" under the care of the company's DomainIncubation.com division, which works to increase domain name value for clients and their own portfolio. Those interested in the domain can find all the details about this 7 year old, PR1 domain that has over 400 backlinks at:
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?p=3144620

Friday, October 31, 2008

Combating Cyber Crime: Too Little, Too Late?

EstDomains, Inc Combating Cyber Crime -- Thousands Domain Names Suspended

In September 2008 EstDomains, Inc, (
http://estdomains.com), a US-based domain name Registrar, announced a great cleanup season among the accounts registered under the name of the company. The new advanced account monitoring system has been applied in order to reveal the possible presence of corrupted data outgoing from the domain names purchased from EstDomains, Inc and every single account has been scanned thoroughly; thousands of domain names were irreversibly suspended as a result.

Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) October 24, 2008 -- In September 2008 EstDomains, Inc, (
http://estdomains.com), a US-based domain name Registrar, announced a great cleanup season among the accounts registered under the name of the company. The new advanced account monitoring system has been applied in order to reveal the possible presence of corrupted data outgoing from the domain names purchased from EstDomains, Inc and every single account has been scanned thoroughly; thousands of domain names were irreversibly suspended as a result.

As it has been announced previously, EstDomains, Inc management has carefully revised the Acceptable Usage Policy and several critical amendments have been applied. Once again it should be noted that the company has its ultimate right to act against account holders who: involve their domain in spam messages sending, storing or spreading materials of certain abusive content, and using the unlawful software that provides an unauthorized access to private and billing information. Storing or distributing malicious software, such as worms and viruses and deliberate misleading website visitors into giving away credit card details officially, also known as phishing, officially falls under criminal law and is strongly prohibited by EstDomains, Inc policy.

One should proceed to EstDomains, Inc homepage at:
http://estdomains.com in order to find more details about aspects prohibited by the AUP. In accordance with amended policy, all the domain names registered with EstDomains, Inc had to undergo the thorough checkup for possible traces of prohibited activity presence.

The company's statistics shows that about thousands of domain names have been suspended for being privy to threatening Internet user's safety. The owners of suspended domains were immediately deprived of their accounts along with the rest of domain names and funds without any right to claim the compensation. In order to prevent such customers from being able to continue with their illegal activity, the new advanced and more efficient account monitoring system has been applied to the services provided for domain name registration. Various details, such as IP addresses, minute payments descriptions, personal data analysis, accounts sign up logs and so on, are used for the creation of a common pattern, which indicates characteristic features of one particular person.

These patterns are used for further investigations that are being led in order to recognize corrupted account holders from other law-abiding customers. EstDomains, Inc (
http://estdomains.com) will not tolerate the involvement of its good name in spamming or malware distribution and will cease suspected accounts without dispute.

In order to avoid unpleasant incidents and long-term arguing EstDomains, Inc management team once again asks its current and potential customers to read through the company's Acceptable Usage Policy before registering a domain name. Only the close cooperation of the online services providers and webmasters will make Internet safer and is greatly appreciates by common users. The company also addresses the online-oriented community and asks to submit the reports for the domain names that are exposed as the infringement of Internet user's security or interests to:
https://support.estdomains.com.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Konstantin Poltev
+1 302 722 4217


In The News Today:

EstDomains on the chopping block; 280000 domains seek new home
Heise Online, Germany - 4 hours ago
ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is shutting down the controversial domain registrar EstDomains – and as a result.

ICANN De-Accredits EstDomains Washington Post
ICANN Targeting Notorious Domain Name Seller Wired News
EstDomains fighting for life VNUNet.com
The Industry Standard - eWeek

EstDomains Loses Accreditation, 280k Domains up for Grabs
Domain Name Wire, TX - Oct 29, 2008
EstDomains also resold Directi services including its whois privacy service. (Directi is parent company of domain parking service Skenzo).

New Phishing Attacks Target Legitimate Web Domain Owners
Dark Reading, NY
They say it may be the work of worried customers of EstDomains, which was terminated as an Internet domain registrar by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names.

One criminal Internet registrar down...
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 29, 2008
EstDomains has finally lost its Internet Registrar accreditation due to the criminal activity of its CEO. Well, he *was* already in jail.

280 000 clients of Estonian cyber scamp may lose their domains
Baltic Business News, Europe
The page EstDomains.com is linked with company Esthost and contact person is Vladimir Tšaštšin. In the spring Tartu county court found guilty in falsifying ...


 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Premium Domain Treasure Chest Pried Opened With Yummy Name

Tucows Opens Hidden Treasure Chest of Premium Domains with YummyNames

Allows marketers to search and select from thousands of superior domain names to enhance marketing and branding initiatives

TORONTO, Oct. 29 - Tucows Inc., (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today announced the launch of YummyNames, a new service providing exclusive access to a large selection of premium domain names from the Tucows Domain Name Portfolio. Created especially with marketers in mind, YummyNames allows people to search for and obtain the perfect domain name for their organization from tens of thousands of high-quality domain names.

A few of the YummyNames domain names available include countryrock.com, divorced.com, lemons.com, listener.com, mygarden.com, thepub.com, tool.com and veggies.com.

Marketers seeking high-quality domain names for their company, clients or campaigns can go to
http://www.yummynames.com and search through a large portfolio of premium domain names. They have the option of purchasing a name outright or leasing the domain name for a finite period of time, the latter being a payment option particularly advantageous for short-term or seasonal marketing campaigns.

Developed and managed by a team of marketing and domain name veterans at Tucows, YummyNames is also a useful resource for SMB owners who recognize that obtaining a high-quality domain name is critical to the success of their business. "It's important for marketers and organizations to realize they don't need to settle on a lousy domain name," said Bill Sweetman, General Manager, YummyNames. "Domain names are a vital component to successfully marketing a brand - whether it's the launch of a new company, website or marketing campaign. A high-quality domain name is short, relevant and most important, easy to remember. We're excited to open the Tucows portfolio of premium domains to the public through YummyNames. We're confident users will find their perfect name."

"YummyNames, the public face of our domain portfolio service group, provides an additional means by which to realize the value of our domain portfolio assets to drive continued growth for the Company," said Elliot Noss, President and CEO, Tucows.

About Tucows
Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over eight million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 9,000 web hosts and ISPs. Our Retail group sells services directly to consumers and small businesses through Domain Direct, It's Your Domain and NetIdentity. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Tucows.com remains one of the most popular software download sites on the Internet. More information can be found at
http://tucowsinc.com.

For further information:

Contacts:
Lauren White, LEWIS PR, laurenw@lewispr.com, (202) 349-3799;
Leona Hobbs, Tucows, lhobbs@tucows.com, (416) 538-5450


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