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Francois Carrillo the man behind Domaining.com and other sites in the domain industry just launched a new domain name registrar, DONA.com which is offering what its calling “UDRP Insurance” with every registration, plus is contributing 30% of all profits to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA).

Here is what Francois had to say about the new registrar:

“As you know each day, we are hit by more and more abusive UDRPs from people that try to steal our names.
“It costs a lot of money to defend our assets and I am afraid as more people become aware of this ugly method to get domains, this plague dramatically grows.”

“This is why I am pleased to announce that we’ll offer “UDRP INSURANCE” to everybody registering domains at DONA.com!”

“If you are hit by an UDRP:

- You will get free legal assistance to estimate your winning chances.

- A list of attorneys offering special rates to our members.

- And if you won the UDRP, we’ll reimburse you the legal fees spent to defend you!

This way you no longer have to be afraid about this plague. If you register your domain in good faith, you should no longer spend money defending against domain hijackers.

I am also proud to announce that 30% of the profit generated by DONA.com will be reversed to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) who defend the domain industry interest at ICANN and Washington.

So when you register names at DONA.com, you are also indirectly contributing to have laws changes to our advantage.

We really need to have our voice heard to influence ICANN and governments to change rules and better defend our rights. It’s
critical and urgent that we unite and have a strong association to defend us. Without big changes things can only get worse, much worse…

Our rates are not the cheapest but are very competitive, watch here and compare with your registrar.”"

The registrar is a Enom.com reseller, with .com rates of $11.15.…

Here's an app every domain investor will want to have on their smartphone. Simply called "Domain Sales" the app provides access to more than 72,000 historical domain & website sales dating back over 10 years. It covers multiple extensions including .com, .org and .net as well as ccTLDs and filters let you refine search results.

Here are some sales from NameJet.com from this past week:

DomainLoan.com $8,200

StyleMaker.com $6,756

AdultWebsites.com $4,655

RainDance.com $4,402

3dWorld.com $4,311

Ktec.com $4,200

DraftingTable.com $3,800

foreclosedrealestate.com $3,800

7833.com $3,600

LandscapeCompany.com $3,121

washingtongolf.com $2,988

BeachLiving.com $2,300

PCNN.com $1,710

ThePosse.com $1,211

ideaology.com $1,112

iRow.com $1,010…

The law enforcement recommendations for storing additional information related to domain name registrations that are supposed to make their way into ICANN’s new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) might be against German data privacy laws, as Heise.de (German tech publication) reports. According to the response to Heise’s inquiry,  The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information confirmed that the storage of domain name registration related data for two years would be illegal in Germany. The requests include to store address information, changes to any information, payment information, a full account history and a number of other items for a period of two years after the end of the contract.

European data protection advocates have already been fighting a long fight against the publication of whois data, leading to an introduction of a “Whois Procedure for Conflicts with National Laws” at ICANN in 2007.

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The ZA Central Registry has applied to administer four new gTLD’s, one for each of South Africa’s three biggest cities and for .Africa.

According to a story in on techcentral.co.za, the ZA Central Registry (also known as UniForum) will administer the .Africa domain on behalf of the African community as a whole. Its bid to run the .africa domain system is backed by the .za Domain Name Authority and the Department of Communications. It also has the support of the African Union (AU) and 40 African countries.

There are other announced applicants for .Africa and it will be interesting to see how that one gets resolved.

ICANN requires that geographic names require 60% of the states within the region support the bid.

If ZA wins the big for .africa, they say  domains will cost $18 a year to register.

City domain pricing has yet to be decided.

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According to a post on Most Wanted Domains newly launched Facebook page and a corresponding tweet, Michael Berken’s company is going to be reporting information on their domain sales through social media in real time, starting next week. It also appears that the company bought mwd.com for an undisclosed price – the domain currently redirects to MostWantedDomains.com. The domain used to host a blog called “Mixed Web Data”.

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Facebook priced its IPO at $38 a share, raising $16 billion which will be the third largest IPO in U.S. history and the largest ever IPO by a U.S. technology company.

It will start trading tomorrow under the symbol:  FB

At $38 a share Facebook is valued at $104 Billion dollars.

At $38 Facebook will trade at more than 100x of earnings or PE

For comparison sake here are the some market caps & PE of some other high tech companies based on today’s closing price:

Apple $495 Billion  PE 13

Microsoft $250 Billion  PE 11

Google $203 Billion PE 19

Yahoo $18 Billion   PE 17

Linked In $10 Billion  PE 718…

The SnapNames Moniker Spring Auction is set to end in less than 1 1/2 hours – here are the current domains and their bids:

Domain Name	Bidders	Current Bid	Order By	Status	ReserveRange	ReserveStatus
1800business.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
1800cruiseship.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
32a.com	3	470	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$201 - $500	Reserve Met
4gtablets.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
alumn.com	2	590	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Met
applicationhealth.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
approved.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
artdecolighting.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
attempt.net	1	300	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
bearings.net	1	510	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Not Met
bloody.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
boards.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$250,001 - $500,000	Reserve Not Met
brisket.co.uk	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
certifiedjewelers.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
civilunions.co.uk	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
companies.org	1	4005	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
creditadvance.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
curlyfries.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
customrobes.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
datingonline.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
dietarysupplement.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
drivinggloves.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
dvet.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
endusers.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
families.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
federalmarshals.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Not Met
femalecompanion.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
florists.info	2	1400	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
freedomtower.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
fva.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
gpsdevice.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
grilled.net	3	425	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
hdcamcorder.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
homemortgageloans.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
hqzs.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
hurricaneseason.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$25,001 - $50,000	Reserve Not Met
identitytheft.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$750,001 - $1MM	Reserve Not Met
iipo.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
italiandinnerrecipes.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
itrust.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$25,001 - $50,000	Reserve Not Met
izy.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
jobcity.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
joggingshorts.com	1	300	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
knittingyarn.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
kpin.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
licencednurses.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
livetrend.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
loaninterestrates.com	1	1100	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
mahogany.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$25,001 - $50,000	Reserve Not Met
makeanoffer.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
mama.com	2	155000	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$500,001 - $750,000	Reserve Not Met
medicalwarnings.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
mensproducts.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
metalfabrication.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
metalsigns.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
minidisc.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
minivan.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
movingcompany.com	1	150000	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$100,001 - $250,000	Reserve Not Met
muld.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Not Met
newyorkattorneys.net	1	300	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$201 - $500	Reserve Not Met
newyorktouristcenter.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
njlawfirms.com	3	575	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
nutmix.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
nxmd.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
nydefenselawyer.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
nytalentagents.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
oayb.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
obese.net	2	325	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
osp.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
overnightpriority.com	1	300	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
panic.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
partyline.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
permatemp.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
petpal.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
platinum.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$250,001 - $500,000	Reserve Not Met
promo.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1MM - $5MM	Reserve Not Met
puppyland.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
qmvu.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
scubadivinglessons.com	3	702	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Met
security.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1MM - $5MM	Reserve Not Met
sly.com	1	50000	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
snare.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
sportinggoodsstore.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$25,001 - $50,000	Reserve Not Met
swf.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
taxpreparer.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
tourbus.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$10,001 - $25,000	Reserve Not Met
tourpackages.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$2,501 - $5,000	Reserve Not Met
tujb.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
unplugged.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
upcbarcodes.com	1	300	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Met
vapa.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$50,001 - $100,000	Reserve Not Met
vco.net	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$501 - $1,000	Reserve Not Met
vegasflights.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$5,001 - $10,000	Reserve Not Met
vtyr.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
wasnt.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
weddingpictures.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$25,001 - $50,000	Reserve Not Met
winded.org	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
worldseriesapparel.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
wqhi.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
wqvj.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
wyvf.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
wyvn.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$201 - $500	Reserve Not Met
xabe.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	$1,001 - $2,500	Reserve Not Met
xelz.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
zqof.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met
zvzw.com	0	0	May 17, 2012 12:15:00 PM	In Auction	No Reserve	Reserve Not Met

 

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German based HEXONET, a domain technology solutions provider, recently announced that they are now managing over a million domains for clients, resellers and partners. The one millionth domain milestone is a goal that many registrars strive for and HEXONET reached this goal last month.

 

The company empowers resellers to privately brand many unique internet services, including domain names available in hundreds of ccTLD’s via an API and web at wholesale prices. This is all done through 1API, an ICANN accredited registrar operated by HEXONET. Today thousands of resellers, startups, and service providers world-wide make HEXONET their solution provider of choice when it comes to registering domains, web hosting, private label dns services and ssl certificates.

HEXONET is headquartered in Homburg, Germany and has a North American subsidiary, HEXONET Services Inc. based out of Vancouver, Canada. It was in February of 2009 when Robert Birkner founded HEXONET Services Inc., the North American arm of HEXONET GmbH with former Key-Systems CEO and founder Jens Wagner.

Before joining HEXONET, Robert held important posts throughout the domain industry including General Manager of Hostway Canada, General Manager of Domainpeople Inc., Director of Global Domains at Hostway Corporation, and Director of Sales and International Business at Key-Systems GmbH.

Robert is known throughout the domain industry for his expertise on the industry’s business policy, market insight, product development, and especially for understanding the needs of end users and registrars. Robert also consulted on the re-launch of the .ME domain registry in 2008.

In recent years, the company has had a strong presence in domain conferences such as Domainfest and DNCruise, as well as ICANN meetings. Getting some big domain investment companies and professional domainers to come on board and use HEXONET’s platform has surely helped the company reach the 1 millionth milestone much faster than they probably expected.

After the jump you can find some of the highlights from the recent blog post announcement by Robert Birkner, Chief Strategy Officer at HEXONET Global, and founder & president of HEXONET Services Inc. in Vancouver, Canada.

A Hard Journey to 1 Million Domains:

1. Like any expanding company we have seen growing pains when it came to our employees.  Looking back on both the good and the bad, HEXONET has definitely seen the benefit of bringing in new ideas and minds into our organization.  New blood in the company exposed areas we were weak and helped us identify where we could improve.  Today the team is as talented and as strong as ever.  And we are now looking to add even more amazing people to our team.  Many lessons learned and many issues overcome.

2. Handling security as we grow has been a challenge, but we are on top of it.  Our biggest attack was about a year ago when HEXONET was hit with a massive DDOS.  The attack was on a unprecedented scale with over 2 million queries per second on all our servers generating over 80 Gbits of bandwidth.  This DDOS even saturated our upstream provider’s datacenter, one of Europe’s largest Internet hubs.  We are happy to announce that through proactive measures and procedures no DDOS attacks has affected HEXONET since this last incident.

Many Successes Along the Way:

1. Our reseller and partner network is growing exponentially.  Hosting companies, registrar service providers, domain resellers, domainers, and small businesses are now realizing the strength of HEXONET’s advanced and PROVEN technology platform.  In our opinion, for TLDs and especially ccTLDs, no other platform or service compares.

More than a decade ago, nearly all companies designed their systems for a handful of dominant TLDs (COM/NET), HEXONET on the contrary believed that eventually hundreds if not thousands of TLDs would be the norm.  So today, while others struggle and even hack every new TLD into their in-congruent systems, HEXONET seamlessly adds new TLDs, as our platform was designed to scale from the very beginning.  Even more important is the many years of engineering and operational knowledge held by our staff and engineers.  We can answer questions about the smallest operational and architectural nuisances for TLDs, a skill that only reveals itself when working with a registry system for years and years.

2. Our Registrar Operations Center platform (RegistrarOC), has also been garnering a lot of interest as well as clients among large corporate customers.  These clients with their own accreditations and a large number of domains now realize that there is a huge cost (time and salaries) to update and maintain their own registrar platform.  This is where RegistrarOC steps in and not only saves these companies money, but eliminates a huge operational and engineering burden.  Interestingly enough, prominent law firms are now becoming ICANN accredited to manage their clients domains.  Since law firms are typically not technical, many have turned to RegistrarOC and HEXONET to manage their accreditations.

3. With HEXONET’s platforms gaining popularity, many newTLDs have even come to us asking for help with running a house registrar of their own.  As a result, some .BRAND TLDs have committed to running their own house registrar service through 1API (HEXONET’s house registrar) or through utilizing RegistrarOC.

The Journey Continues – What to Expect:

1. A new and more friendly website launching this summer.

2. A newer and easier to use “orderform” to be progressively released throughout the year.  With each release new features will be available for clients.

3. More Control Panel enhancements and upgrades.  All these updates are from direct feedback and requests from our clients.  Some cool new bulk management features are coming!

4. General public “Domain for Sale” listing service on HEXONET’s domain auction platform PremiumSale.com.  The site and auction service at PremiumSale.com has received tremendous feedback and now we are going to opening it up for members to auction off their own domains through the platform.

Even though we surpassed the 1 million domain goal for the company, we are not resting.  HEXONET continues to work hard for our customers.  Again to all our customers, resellers, and partners, thank you for your support and patronage.

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