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.CA To Be Released Domain Picks for February 29th, 2012

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:29:19 CET

Below are our "top picks" from this week's CIRA TBR (to-be-released) domains list.The TBR for February 29th, 2012 has lots of great names, so pre-book your favourite .CA domains early.We publish a "top picks" list each week after CIRA publishes its...

.CO Gets (Free) NASCAR Exposure

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:39:53 CET

Brandt is an agriculture company that “helps farmers mitigate risk.” The company recently changed its website url to Brandt.CO, and it appears that they are using their NASCAR sponsorship to get the word out. As you can see, the new url is prominently located on the hood of the #31 car, driven by Justin Allgaier (photo [...]

DomainTools Ugg Boots Surprise

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:17:38 CET

As you may know from some of our previous "Best of Support" posts, DomainTools Support receives a wide variety of inquiries via our online support portal. Some of the inquiries are appropriate membership-related questions and other inquiries are not related to DomainTools at all.

With that said, we recently had a package delivered to DomainTools that contained a hand-written letter and...a pair of fake Ugg boots.

Comcast Announces Streampix But Doesn’t Own Matching Domain Name

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:27:05 CET

Apparently Comcast has Netflix in its sight, as the company announced it will be launching a new streaming video service to compete with Netflix. Unfortunately for Comcast, it appears that they do not own the matching domain name, which I believe will be problematic, especially in the short term. According to the Media Decoder blog [...]

Which Presidential Candidate Has More Klout?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:03:24 CET

I think Klout is pretty cool, although I don’t know of a beneficial application for it in the domain investment space. Anyway, I wanted to see how the presidential candidates (and former candidates) compared when it comes to Klout. Here are the results in order: President Barack Obama – 91 Mitt Romney – 86 Newt [...]

2012 Technology Impact Awards Call for Submissions

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:11:36 CET

Open to BC technology companies of all sectors and sizes, the Technology Impact Awards is an annual event organized by the BCTIA to recognize the achievements of the technology industry. Approximately 800 people from the BC technology community are expected...

Recent Acquisitions & Registrations

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:02:13 CET

I haven’t done this in a while, so I thought I would share a few domain names I recently acquired (that I still own) and several that I recently hand registered. I am always buying great domain names at solid prices because my business model requires me to keep buying and selling. If you’d like, [...]

Domain Name News - February 19, 2012

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:22:26 CET

Here is a selection of recent items: As part of its planned implementation of Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in the .CA domain, CIRA has released a DNSSEC Practice Statement (DPS). The DPS "provides an operational outline of...

Contest Results

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:48:25 CET

Whether you submitted a name, made a comment, or logged a vote, thank you again for participating in the contest. I was surprised at the number of submissions, happy that three sales have been reported so far, and hopeful that the additional exposure from a Domaining.com sponsored headline will help the winning name sell. There [...]

Vote for the Contest Winner

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:08:52 CET

Thank you once again for submitting so many domain names for the contest I am sponsoring to try and help you sell a domain name. I will pay for a Domaining.com sponsored headline for a DNForum sales post where the winning domain name will be listed for sale. I am also willing to help the owner [...]