DNJournal has reported today that Moniker.com an ICANN Accredited Domain Registrar has completed the sale of Guns.com domain name for $800,000 to an unidentified buyer. That ranks as the highest .com sale of the new year and is the third highest sale overall, trailing only Poker.org at $1,000,000 and Credit.fr at €587,500 ($851,875). Quite an odd twist to have Continue Reading

Entrepreneur paid $1000 for MP3.com domain name, got 10,000 unique visitors in the first day.

“I turn it [the domain] on,” Robertson explains. “The first day, 10,000 unique visitors. All I did was turn it on.”

In minutes 54:00 to 58:00 of the above thisweekinstartups.com’s show, Robertson discusses how he bought the domain name MP3.com Continue Reading

Domain name wire, a domaining industry watch dog  has reporting today that DNForum is the best domain name forum, according to a survey of 500 domain owners in the 5th Annual Domain Name Wire Survey.

37% of respondents who have visited a domain forum selected DNForum as the best. In the five years of the Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia has rejected Pakistan’s nominated diplomat as his name translates into ‘Biggest Dick’ in Arabic.

metro.co.uk

Akbar Zib, a high profile Pakistani diplomat was nominated for the Saudi post but after some hand-wringing the country had to reject him due to the unforunate loss in translation.

The Pakistanis should have been prepared for the rebuff, given that he

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