Premium Domain Name CollegeBookStore.com Hits the Market

CollegeBookStore.com domain name is now up for sale .The domain name ranks already in Google and will be sold to the highest bidder .

"Believe it or not, Summer is winding down and college students all across the country are gearing up for a brand new Fall semester. In conjunction with the flock of students returning to classes, CollegeBookstore.com is going up for auction and the highest bidder has the opportunity to acquire a great domain name.

CollegeBookstore.com already ranks in Google and receives a steady flow of organic traffic coming into the site. The domain hosts a developed website that offers an extensive National college bookstore directory that contains a list of school bookstores for every state with the following information available for each store: Address, City, State, Email Address, Phone, Fax, Hours of Operation, School's Nickname, School Colors, Undergraduates, Post Graduates, Staff, Directions To Bookstore, Reviews, and a Google Map of the bookstore – the amount of content that is included in this domain is spectacular!

Along with the extensive college bookstore directory on CollegeBookstore.com, the premium domain auction will also include the built-in textbook price search engine as well as the free CollegeBooks iPhone app.

College students can visit CollegeBookstore.com and search for used and new textbooks via Title, Author or ISBN – the site will instantly return a list of online retailers that sell those textbooks with the prices that each one currently has them listed at.

In case a student needs to look up a college bookstore or textbook price on the go, CollegeBookstore.com offers the free CollegeBooks iPhone app that allows students to search the National college bookstore directory and use the textbook price search engine from any iOS device – the inclusion of the iPhone app makes this domain auction an excellent grab for anyone that wants a website that is 100% developed.

Gear up for the upcoming Fall semester by acquiring a great online college bookstore website that will surely be of great benefit to the millions of college students returning to class after a long Summer break.

About CollegeBookstore

CollegeBookstore.com was founded in 1999 and the company strives to offer college students a free resource to search for local college bookstores and buy cheap textbooks online. This premium domain is a great acquisition as the Fall semester is quickly approaching."

 

Geographic gTLD Applications Taking A Battering

Objections to a number of applications for regional generic Top Level Domains have meant that a few have seemingly bitten the dust.

First was the application for .swiss by Swiss International Airlines. The Swiss government objected to this application, and so the airline withdrew its application.

Then there were a few South American countries that objected to applications for .patagonia by the outdoor company and .amazon by the online retailer, and both seem to have been rejected.

For .patagaonia, Argentina and Chile protested while Brazil and Peru objected to .amazon. All of the countries objected to private companies having control of gTLDs and preventing individuals and organisations in these regions being able to register domains to benefit the regions.

The protests against the three gTLD applications have been most prominent at Governmental Advisory Committee. For example, the Swiss government set out its reasons for objecting and said "there is no doubt that the adjective/noun 'Swiss' and the management of the corresponding gTLD belong to the Swiss community and should not be controlled by a single private entity."

The governments of Brazil and Peru in objecting to .amazon said the application by the online retailer "has not received support from the governments of the countries in which the Amazon region is located. Therefore, the Governments of Brazil and Peru (GAC Members), with full endorsement of Bolivia, Ecuador and Guyana (Amazonic non GAC members) and also of the Government of Argentina, would like to request that the gTLD application be included in the GAC early warning process."

The governments of Argentina and Chile gave similar reasons for their objections to .patagonia.

In the case of both of .amazon and .patagonia, there was only one application for each. But in the case of .swiss, the Swiss government also applied through their Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications.

 

Moniker Premium Summer Auction Results

Domain name auction company SnapNames,managed to sell close to 66,000 ($65,770)  worth of domain names in its Summer auction .The highest sale is Ofex.com at 8,000 .

The auction featured 139 domain names .

Here are the results:

cita.com    $5,507

mzw.com  $6,300

uxz.com   $5,000

spunky.com   $4,200

pastas.net   $375

inspection.co   $385

appraisal.co   $425

anrd.com    $350

license.co   $325

ofex.com    $8,000

qrp.com   $5,500

jzv.com   $4,900

elegantflowers.com    $590

beavertown.com    $300

ccmk.com    $300

drummer.net   $300

etipping.com   $300

kmpm.com   $300

kuac.com  $300

marred.com   $300

paralyzing.com   $300

rzzr.com   $300

superlinking.com    $300

usedguns.net    $300

Bells.org  $480

Rainproof.com  $355

LongDrive.com   $785

Iave.com  $950

Addicts.net  $550

Clipart.info  $1,450

SportsNews.net   $726

KC.biz  $480

Jnjn.com  $1,313

Keywest.net  $5,800

2031.com   $3,612

2038.com   $3,421

DailyBiz.com  $691

 

ICANN Is Ready to Release New Web Domains

ICANN passed a major milestone Friday to broadening the world of domain names by the end of this year

The board of US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced freshly-approved benefits and responsibilities for registrars that essentially act as domain name wholesalers.  Changes to contractually enforceable rules include requiring registrars to confirm phone numbers or addresses of those buying domain names within 15 days.

"People who have stolen an identity or have criminal backgrounds obviously don't want to give you their name and address if their intentions are not kosher," said Cyrus Namazi, ICANN's vice president of industry engagement.  "The intent here is to weed out bad actors."

The New Roadrunner Domains Manager is Here!

At Roadrunner Domains, we have improved the way our customers work with their domain names. The new Domain Manager features a cleaner, friendlier interface and streamlined domain management processes. To help you, new help articles are available now.

Major League Baseball Buys Outstandings Domain Name

Major League Baseball Buys Outstandings.com

Major League Baseball purchased the domain Outstandings.com at a domain auction last week.  It has not been reported what they plan to do with the domain.  Maybe it could be for "outstanding" player awards. 

New generic top level domains and the Trademark Clearinghouse – this what you need to know

Buying Generic Top Level Domains and What You Need To Know

The world is entering into a period of great change in the internet domain name space.  Approximately 1,400 new generic (and not so generic) top level domains ("gTLDs") will soon be coming online. For trademark owners, this will create potential new opportunities for increasing the scope of their internet presence. However, it will also almost inevitably lead to increased costs and headaches for brand owners in terms of protecting their valuable brands online. There are presently approximately two dozen gTLDs, including .com, .net and .org, as well as numerous country code top level domains, such as .ca, .co.uk and .hk (for Canada, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, respectively). The new gTLDs that are in the process of being rolled out are of four general types, namely, brand names such as .canon and .chevrolet, geographic locations such as .amsterdam and .seattle, industries such as .software, and generic words such as .shop, .art and .book. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") is in charge of the gTLDs expansion and is expected to begin approving the first of the new gTLDs for use and registration later in 2013. A full list of all of the proposed gTLDs is available here.