ICANN should heed the FTC’s warnings about the potential dangers of the proposed domain name system and ultimately decide against the proposed free-for-all.

As many as 170 people became ill in the days following the DOMAINFest Global Conference, which was held in Santa Monica, California from Feb. 1-3.  This according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which is investigating the mysterious illnesses. The conference wound up in grand fashion, culminating in a grandiose party/fundraiser at [...]

As the calender year winds to a close, the domain industry appears to have weathered the financial storm that is the year 2010.  With just a few days remaining until the start of 2011, the industry has compiled a very impressive list of notable sales from the past twelve months. While some of the big-money [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has apparently been shutting down dozens of websites and seizing control over the respective domain names over the past few days, according to the website Torrent Freak. The Feds appear to be targeting sites that allegedly help facilitate [...]

The domain name Guns.com has sold for a whopping $800,000 (U.S. Dollars). The sale of the premium, one-word domain name about guns was brokered by Moniker, according to DNJournal’s year-to-date sales reports. The enormous selling price makes Guns.com the fourth-highest sale of a domain name to occur in 2010. The others are (in descending order): [...]

Covington, Louisiana, USA – Home to Fat Lester’s Annual Post-Christmas Bonfire and Oyster Extravaganza Every year, on the day after Christmas (December 26, for those of you in Rio Linda), I host an all-day and all-night gathering (read: “party”) way out in rural unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. By day, we eat several sacks of [...]

Follow-up story: Analysis of the WhyPark-Parked Acquisition 50 Days Post-Sale BREAKING NEWS: What may be perhaps the biggest news story involving domain names all year broke this morning, Tuesday April 28, 2009. Domain name development company WhyPark.com has been purchased by domain name parking provider Parked.com. WhyPark is a domain development company that was founded [...]

Follow-up Post to:  Brains behind McCain’s flop now targeting domain industry Some interesting developments have transpired since my last post regarding the legal dispute between billionaire former Ebay CEO and McCain Campaign co-Chairman Meg Whitman, and Thomas Hall the 50 year-old California resident whose registration of five domain names related to Whitman set off a [...]

While there are many things a new entrant into the domain industry should know before investing a lot of money into buying domain names, I will refrain from reiterating the common 101-level advice found within most blog posts on the topic and instead focus on two domaining tips that I have had to learn the [...]