BuyDomains and Afternic Partner With Fabulous.com To Sell 500,000+ Domains
NameMedia's BuyDomains and Afternic domain sales platforms announced that they will become the premier sales distribution channel for Fabulous.com's portfolio of more than 500,000 domain names.
Fabulous.com confirmed the deal and advised that the domains, which are currently listed at Fabulousdomains.com, are actually owned by an affiliate.
ICANN Launches Blog
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, started its own blog today to facilitate ongoing discussion between ICANN staff and the Internet community. The blog's initial post presents ICANN's first annual report, which makes for an interesting read.
New Domain Forums Launched
The past few days saw the birth of two new discussion forums where domainers gather and discuss the latest domain-related topics: The Spanish Forumdominios.com and the Indian INForum.in.
Oversee.net Secures $60 Million Credit Line
Oversee.net, the parent company of domain name parking provider DomainSponsor, has arranged a $60 million line of credit from Banc of America Securities LLC. Bank of America, N.A. will serve as administrative agent. A syndicate of lenders and financial institutions is participating in the facility with Bank of America, including Comerica Bank, California Bank and [...]
Analyst Predicts "Rocky Performance" For Marchex
Shares of direct navigation company Marchex fell Tuesday after JMP Securities analyst William Morrison downgraded the stock from "Market Outperform" to "Market Perform" and predicted "a few quarters of rocky performance".
The Chinese didn't lose 10,000 domains after all
According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, the China Internet Network Information Center (CINNC) had said that Chinese domain owners lost about 10,000 .com domains due to disruption caused to domain name servers by the recent Taiwan earthquake.