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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
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Rescheduled
Domain Madness 3 Auction Ready to Go Wednesday
Afternoon, Japanese Domain Owners Aided By .ORG &
Domain Pioneer Scott Day Turns 40
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Technical
problems blew up
the
Domain
Madness 3 live auction that
had been scheduled to run April 5 as part
of the annual contest/conference/auction event
staged by Mike
Fiol and
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Boxcar.com.
The rescheduled auction is now set to go at 2pm
U.S. Central time Wednesday afternoon
(April 13). In a post on his blog at DomainConsultant.com
today Fiol said the company has beefed up it
server capacity several times over in an effort
to make sure things go as planned this time.
To
help re-ignite interest in the event, some
new
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names
have also been added to the catalog
bringing it up to 65 lots. The full list
includes Ocean.com, FinancialPlanners.com
and AutoRepairs.com to name a few. Mike
and his team put a great deal of work into
Domain Madness each year and it looks like they
are now well positioned to rebound from last
week's setback.
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.ORG,
The Public Interest Registry
(PIR), made a very nice gesture
Monday when PIR announced a plan to waive
renewal fees for Japanese domain
name holders who are unable to renew
their .ORG domain names due to the
aftermath of the disastrous earthquake
and tsunami that struck that country.
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participating
Registrars joined the PIR
effort by committing to automatically
renew (for one year at no cost) the
.ORG domain names that would
unintentionally expire due to the
inability of the owner in Japan to re-up
their registration. Affected names
will include those with expiration dates
falling between March 11 – June 11,
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Brian
Cute, CEO of .ORG, said, “The
recent earthquake in Japan and the
destruction that followed has shocked
and saddened everyone, including the
Internet community. Survivors have been
left without the basic necessities, let
alone Internet capabilities. By waiving
the renewal fees and working with our
Registrars, we are protecting .ORG
registrants in Japan from losing their
domain names during a time when they and
their country need to focus on
sustaining and rebuilding. PIR’s goal,
along with our valuable partners, is to
assist in any way we can.”
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One
other note today - domain
pioneer Scott Day of DigiMedia.com
is celebrating his 40th
birthday today. Of course his
friends couldn't resist having a
little fun at the friendly
Oklahoman's expense. That's why
Digimedia's Old.com is
redirecting to ScottIs40.com
as I write this! On the plus
side, the site let's you do
something nice - send your own
birthday wishes to Scott.
Scott
and Digimedia hold one of the
world's best domain portfolios,
one that is studded with generic
.com gems (several of them
already developed into thriving
businesses) including
Oklahoma.com (naturally!),
Jerky.com, Judo.com,
FantasyFootball.com,
Inventions.com, ChildCare.com,
Clinic.com and dozens of
others.
Scott
started buying domains in the
1990s while working with his dad
as a watermelon farmer (Watermelon.com
was one of his first
acquisitions) and he went on to
become one of the most
successful (and well liked)
domain investors in industry
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Scott
Day |
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(Posted April
12, 2011)
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