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Porn.com Strikes a Deal for Porn.xxx

David Goldstein — Sat, 25 May 2013 11:41:56 +0000

PimpRoll plans to roll out Porn.xxx as a full tube site with the same high-quality content that has helped it become a leader in the .com adult entertainment arena.

[news release] ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, announced that they have struck a deal with one of the most recognized companies in the online adult content industry, PimpRoll, for the coveted Porn.xxx domain.

PimpRoll, the entertainment giant with significant, high profile presence in the .com adult content industry, following their reported $9.5 million dollar acquisition of Porn.com a few years ago is now creating a .XXX destination that marries PimpRoll’s high quality content and safe payment options with the ever growing world of the .XXX community.

PimpRoll plans to roll out Porn.xxx as a full tube site with the same high-quality content that has helped it become a leader in the .com adult entertainment arena. The decision to launch Porn.xxx puts PimpRoll among a growing list of content providers that are helping grow the Internet’s hottest top-level domain.

“PimpRoll is a company that has always made bold moves to better our brands and improve the user experience for our audience” said Phil Bradbury, Vice President of PimpRoll. “The .XXX domain market has been a controversial one in the eyes of some, but as responsible business owners we have done our own due diligence and believe there is value in expanding our presence with the launch of Porn.xxx for the benefit of adult entertainment consumers and our marketing partners as well.”

Adult industry attorney Corey D. Silverstein whose office represents PimpRoll was equally pleased with this deal. “This deal is a perfect example of how two companies can collectively engage in a transaction that makes them both stronger, in the present and in the future.” Silverstein said. “Both companies have demonstrated a tremendous amount of foresight and entrepreneurship in completing this transaction.”

“Porn.xxx is an important and influential domain within the adult industry and our friends at PimpRoll recognize the power it can bring to develop a content-rich site on this new domain. As the operators of Porn.com, they have exemplified best practices within the online adult content industry and were the obvious best fit for Porn.xxx.” said Steve Winyard, Vice President of ICM Registry.

PimpRoll’s decision to participate in the .XXX TLD comes shortly after ICANN announced their upcoming rollout of a slew of new generic TLDs. By securing Porn.xxx now PimpRoll will also automatically qualify for Porn.sex, Porn.porn and Porn.adult under ICM’s ““Grandfathering Program” should ICM be successful in gaining those new TLDs from ICANN.

Porn.xxx will now be searchable through ICM Registry’s adult content only search engine, Search.xxx. Search.xxx offers a clean user interface and intuitive keyword searches. Search.xxx, which uses the same technology as usual mainstream search engines but is for adult content only, allows you to set your language preference and your sexual orientation preference, as well as to control the “look and feel” of your style preference.

More on PimpRoll

Since 2001 PimpRoll has made its mark in the world of adult entertainment by continually developing innovative products while simultaneously demonstrating the highest ethical standards. The company continues to operate hundreds of lucrative pay sites, an industry leading affiliate marketing program and several other key products in a fully integrated empire of digital traffic monetization.

Recently PimpRoll released the game-changing HostedTube.com affiliate tool allowing tens of thousands of new tube sites to be built by affiliates over the course of only a few months. Later the company announced the creation of TrafficForce.com, a state of the art source for premium traffic, free of any of the difficulties associated with third-party digital property brokerage. Content producers have also benefited greatly from the work done by PimpRoll with the launch of PaidPerView.com, a system that allows publishers to display their own content across a wide range of networked PimpRoll sites in return for direct payments on a per video view basis along with additional indirect monetization via traffic leads sent from advertising displayed on the site video pages. Now PimpRoll is continuing their long history of successful evolution by taking over the Porn.XXX web address as well.

More on ICM Registry

ICM Registry, headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is the registry operator for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain as approved by ICANN in 2011. ICM Registry provides the management and supporting infrastructure for this extension offered via registrars around the world.

This ICM Registry news release was sourced from:
www.icmregistry.com/press/porn-com-strikes-a-deal-for-porn-xxx/

ICANN: Pre-Delegation Testing: Beta Testing & Resources Update

David Goldstein — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:56:11 +0000

ICANN has extended Beta Testing invites to over 200 applicants and published an updated set of resource documents as part of our continuing effort to help applicants prepare for Pre-Delegation Testing.

Applications eligible for PDT Beta Testing have passed Initial Evaluation, are not involved in string contention and have no open objections. Test appointments are available through 15 July 2013. However, once the Registry Agreement is approved and ICANN begins the contracting process with applicants, any scheduled Beta Testing will be cancelled and we will transition to official Pre-Delegation Testing.

Applicants are encouraged to download and use the most current versions of our PDT Resources, which include input templates and test specifications. We’ve also created a PDT Materials Update Guide (v.1.5) [PDF, 36 KB] to explain which of the documents differ from previous versions.

View Updated Resources »

ICANN is targeting publishing the next update to the PDT Resources in the late June/early July 2013 timeframe.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-24may13-en

ICANN: Applicant Responses to GAC Advice from the Beijing Communiqué are Available for Review

David Goldstein — Sat, 25 May 2013 07:52:33 +0000

In the GAC Beijing Communiqué [PDF, 156 KB], the Governmental Advisory Committee issued advice to the ICANN Board of Directors regarding New gTLD applications. ICANN notified applicants and the community about the GAC’s advice on 18 April 2013, thus opening a 21-day applicant response period. Applicant responses have been made public.

View applicant responses to GAC Advice »

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee will consider the applicant responses in formulating its response to the GAC advice.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-23may13-en

Guardian Newspaper Rebrands Itself Online Under .COM

David Goldstein — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:48:31 +0000

The Guardian newspaper, one of the world’s most popular online, and the only non-.com domain suffix in the top ten Google News list of digital news outlets, has announced this week it is moving its global branding online from a .co.uk domain to .com. The move reinforces the importance of a .com domain for global brands.

The newspaper website has just seen three consecutive months of record traffic with 81 million unique browsers accessing their site a month, growing four-fold five years, and over 470m page views, and, says The Guardian, “testament to our digital-first strategy, which we announced nearly two years ago.”

However while The Guardian is a British newspaper, their online audience is accessed from almost every country in the world, with UK users now only accounting for a third of their total audience.

For this reason they bought the domain name theguardian.com from US-based financial services company Guardian Life for an undisclosed sum.

The newspaper believes their “move to theguardian.com will only strengthen [their] global presence and is a loud signal of [their] status as a leading digital news provider and of the breadth and depth of our content.”

Under the new domain name, the media group will amalgamate its existing online properties “Guardian.co.uk, mobile site m.guardian.co.uk, US homepage guardiannews.com and the soon-to-launch Australian digital edition – into one core web destination.”

Small Business Can’t Get Domains They Want

David Goldstein — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:36:18 +0000

Many small business owners cannot get their preferred domain names, a study commissioned by the .co registry has found in what appears to be a plug for .co and is probably only relevant to the United States.

The research found many small business owners have settled for less than perfect alternatives, and it is claimed, leading to dissatisfaction, and in some cases, lost business.

The research, conducted by Wakefield Research among 500 small business owners, found:

49 percent of small business owners tried more than one domain name before settling on their current one
55 percent believe they have lost business by not having their first choice domain name
52 percent would change their current domain name given the opportunity
85 percent of small business owners do not consider ease of access to mobile devices when choosing a domain name
63 percent do not consider the length of a domain name
63 percent do not consider the TLD they are registering in.

The survey does not make clear where it was conducted, but most likely the United States, where most registrants of any type would obviously consider .com for their preferred domain name. Registrants in other countries considering a local ccTLD, or those in the US considering .us, would find it easier, making the survey findings skewed to the US.

“It has never been more important for small business owners to understand and leverage the power of a good domain name,” said Lori Anne Wardi, co-founder and VP at .CO. “The right web address, built on a global, credible domain extension, can make it easy for people to find, remember and refer you customers – and to drive your business forward.”

However to a lesser extent, registrants may find it difficult, or have to be a little creative, when choosing their domain name.

EURid 2012 Annual Report Reveals 5.4% Growth in 2012

David Goldstein — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:20:39 +0000

2012 saw registrations of .eu domain names rise by 5.4 per cent to a total of 3.7 million domains, EURid’s 2012 annual report revealed.

“2012 was a very productive year for Europe’s top-level domain, despite the challenges faced by the industry,” said Mr Van Wesemael, EURid’s General Manager. “The domain market grew more slowly in 2012 than in previous years, probably as a result of the financial crisis that is raging worldwide.”

Other highlights noted in the annual report include:

Accreditation to the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
A significant fee reduction for .eu Alternative Dispute Procedures
The launch of .eu’s YADIFA open-source name server implementation
The World report on Internationalised Domain Names, produced in collaboration with UNESCO
A revised, simplified transfer procedure for .eu domain names.

To check out the annual report in full, go to:
www.eurid.eu/en/about-us/publications/quarterly-progress-reports

ICANN Heads “Home” To LA For October 2014 Meeting

David Goldstein — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:04:58 +0000

At the ICANN Board meeting held on 18 May, the Board agreed the October 2014 meeting will be held in Los Angeles.

The meeting, the third for the year, will be held from 12 to 17 October and follows “a thorough review of all available meeting venues in North America and finds the one in Los Angeles, California to be the most suitable.”

The meetings in 2014 will therefore be held in Singapore (23-27 March), London (22-26 June) and LA.

Among other decisions in the board meeting, the Board also approved “the application of ACDR [Arab Center for Dispute Resolution] to become a UDRP provider, and advises the President and CEO, through the General Counsel’s Office, to enter into discussions with ACDR regarding the process for ACDR’s provision of UDRP services.”

ICANN: NGPC Progress on GAC Advice

David Goldstein — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:46:42 +0000

The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) wishes to share with the ICANN community its progress in consideration of the GAC advice and what steps are still to be taken. The NGPC met on 8 May to consider a Plan for responding to the Governmental Advisory Committee’s advice on New gTLDs, transmitted to the Board through its 11 April Beijing Communiqué. The Plan is in two parts: Part 1 shown below consists of actions for soliciting input from Applicants and from the Community.

	Item	Resp.	Start Date	Compl. Date	Status
1	Publish GAC Communiqué and notify applicants of 21-day GAC Advice Response Period	Staff		18 April	Complete
2	Applicants 21-day response period to GAC Advice	Applicants	19 April	10 May	In progress
3	Publish GAC Communiqué to solicit input on how the New gTLD Board Committee should address GAC advice regarding safeguards applicable to broad categories of New gTLD strings	Staff		23 April	Complete
4	Public comment period on how Board should address GAC Advice re: Safeguards	Public	23 April	Comment: May 14 Reply: 4 June	In Progress
5	Collect and summarize applicant responses to GAC Advice	Staff	11 May	31 May	Not Started
6	Summarize and analyze public comments on how Board should address GAC Advice re: Safeguards	Staff	5 June	12 June	Not Started
7	Review and consider Applicant responses to GAC Advice and Public Comments on how Board should respond to GAC Advice re: Safeguards	New gTLD Program Committee	13 June	20 June	Not Started

Part 2 consists of actions for responding to each advice given by the GAC. In so doing, the NGPC is developing a GAC scorecard similar to the one used during the GAC and the Board meetings in Brussels on 28 February and 1 March 2011.

Each GAC scorecard item will be noted with a “1A”, “1B”, or “2″:

“1A” indicates that the NGPC’s proposed position is consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard.
“1B” indicates that the NGPC’s proposed position is consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard in principle, with some revisions to be made.
“2″ indicates that the NGPC’s current position is not consistent with GAC advice as described in the Scorecard, and further discussion with the GAC is required following relevant procedures in the ICANN Bylaws.

Part 2 of the Plan is not yet finalized and, with respect to some of the advice, cannot be finalized until after the review of the Public Comments due to be completed on 20 June.

The NGPC will next meet in Amsterdam on 18 May and will provide a further update following that meeting.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-10may13-en.htm

Six-Figure Sale Tops Chart For Third Week In A Row

David Goldstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:14:41 +0000

Breathalyzer.com topped the weekly Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the weekj ending 14 April, selling for $115,000 in a sale through Sedo/DomainHoldings.

The sale was more than double the second place getter, irondoors.com, which sold for $52,800 through Sedo while third was tabularasa.com, selling for $35,000 through Zenchi.net.

Sedo was quite dominant, returning to its old ways, being responsible for 16 of the top 21 sales, with a three-way tie for 19th place. Three of the sales were in conjunction with other sales outlets.

And .com was equally dominant with 16 sales on the chart, while there was one each for .de, .net, .co, .ch and .org.

To check out the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week ending 14 April, go to:
dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130424.htm

.PW Becomes Spammer’s Favourite

David Goldstein — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:48 +0000

.PW, the ccTLD for the tiny Pacific island state of Palau that has been rebranded for the “professional web”, has been accused of becoming a haven for spammers.

According to a report in TechNewsWorld, “antispam vendors are now working to update their filters, and the original registrar is assisting in their efforts.”

.PW domains are offered relatively cheaply, making them attractive to spammers.

“This came out of nowhere,” Eric Park, a senior antispam analyst with Symantec told TechNewsWorld.

“If you look at our TLD distribution, .com, .ru, .info — those are usually at the top of our list,” he said.

“But PW was by far the runaway number — even more than .com,” Park added.

According to the report, “not only is Symantec bolstering its filters to block the spam, but it’s also working with the owner of the domain to help curb abuse of it.”

“The registrar, from what I can tell, is interested in action to take the spammers down,” he said. “Not all registrars care, but these guys seem interested in working with us to shut them out because it’s damaging the brand they’re trying to push.”

To read the TechNewsWorld report in full, go to:
www.technewsworld.com/story/Island-Nations-Web-Domain-Now-Paradise-for-Spammers-78073.html

Donuts Commits 63 gTLDs To Private Auction

David Goldstein — Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:11 +0000

Donuts Inc. have committed to a private auction for 63 of the 307 new generic Top Level Domains it has applied for.

The new gTLD registry made its announcement in advance of next week’s commitment date for participation in the auction, which will be held on 3 June and is the first of a planned series of applicant auctions.

Of the strings being put up for auction, 33 are in two-horse races, 13 have three applicants, nine have four and three have five according to Domain Incite. The remaining four contention sets have six, seven, nine and 10 applicants respectively. Further, Uniregistry is involved in 17 of the contention sets, and told Domain Incite they do not intend to participate in the auction.

Since obviously not all applicants involved in the applications for strings in contention with Donuts are going to participate, and Donuts stating the auctions will occur only if all applicants for a specific string agree to participate, it is likely the auction will be a bit of a damp squib.

The applicant auction Donuts is holding has been designed by renowned auction expert Peter Cramton, is a voluntary mechanism to resolve contention sets, with the auction winner then becoming the sole applicant for the gTLD. Strings Donuts committed include .ART, .LAW, .SALE, .CHAT, .JEWELRY and others (full list below).

In the process leading to gTLD expansion, ICANN, directed competing applicants to resolve contention among themselves as often as possible. If resolution can’t be reached, ICANN will conduct an “auction of last resort.”

Donuts CEO and co-founder Paul Stahura said the company examined multiple contention resolution ideas but ultimately backed the applicant auction. “This model, similar to ICANN’s auction plan, is simple, understandable, and fair,” he said. “The auction not only allows the applicants to receive the benefits of the process, it helps move new gTLDs closer to delegation.”

The full list of strings Donuts intends to put up for auction are:
.APARTMENT                        .JUEGOS
.ART                            .JEWELRY
.AUCTION                 .LAW
.AUDIO                                  .LEGAL
.BASEBALL                .LIVING
.BEAUTY                    .LUXURY
.BLOG                         .MARKETING
.BOATS                                  .MEDIA
.BROADWAY              .MEMORIAL
.CAFE                         .ONLINE
.CHAT                         .PIZZA
.CHURCH                   .PHONE
.CITY                          .PHOTOGRAPH
.CLUB                         .PLUS
.COLLEGE                  .RED
.CONSTRUCTION     .RUN
.DIRECT                     .SALE
.DISCOUNT               .SALON
.FISH                          .SCHOOL
.FOOTBALL                .SEARCH
.FORSALE                  .SHOW
.FORUM                                  .SITE
.FURNITURE              .SOCCER
.FYI                             .STORE
.GARDEN                    .STORAGE
.GLOBAL                    .STYLE
.GRATIS                     .TEAM
.GROUP                                  .THEATER
.GUIDE                                   .TRADING
.HELP                          .VOTE
.HOSTING                  .WEDDING
.HOT

ICANN: New gTLD Contracting Webinar

David Goldstein — Sat, 18 May 2013 13:00:58 +0000

Join ICANN staff for a New gTLD Contracting Webinar.

This webinar session is intended to focus on the Contracting process and identify what information must be provided by the applicant prior to executing a Registry Agreement.

Webinar Details

Date: 13 June 2013
Time: 21:00 – 22:30 UTC (2:00pm – 3:30pm PDT)
Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/newgtldwebinar/
Dial In: Will be published on the Webinars page once available.

This ICANN announcement was sourced from:
newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-2-17may13-en

Africa DNS Forum to be held in South Africa in July

David Goldstein — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:42:44 +0000

Forum will bring together registries, registrars, experts and policy makers to foster cross-border collaboration

[news release] The Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum will be held on 12 – 13 July 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The event aims to establish a platform for the DNS community across Africa and to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent.

Over the years, the Internet Society, AfTLD, and ICANN have supported the continued development and growth of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) in Africa through capacity building and technical support. Despite the support, the growth and sustainability of African ccTLDs and adoption of new technologies remains very low as compared to other regions of the world. To identify the bottlenecks that are keeping the industry from growing and the actions that can catalyze its growth, the three organizations determined the need for a forum to discuss these regional DNS issues.

The DNS Forum will foster cross-border collaboration between registries, registrars, registrants, DNS experts, Government representatives, and policy makers. Topics covered during the 1 ½ day event include trends, opportunities, and challenges of the DNS industry; strategies for registries and registrars; legal issues with cross-border domain registrations; ways Governments can support domain name growth; and benefits of standardizing accreditation to attract more cross-border registrars and registrations.

“The Internet Society’s African Regional Bureau has been working to strengthen the ccTLDs in Africa by improving sustainability, encouraging the implementation of automation solutions at ccTLDs, and promoting the use of technology such as DNSSEC at registries,” said Dawit Bekele, Internet Society Regional Bureau Director for Africa. “We are pleased to join together with AfTLD and ICANN to host this multi-stakeholder forum where participants can share experiences, gain new insights, and establish new business relationships with organizations from within and outside the continent. Such a forum is important to bring growth in the African domain name industry.”

Pierre S. Dandjinou, ICANN Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement for Africa, commented, “ICANN is partnering with other players in the region to implement its Africa strategy, which was developed in 2012 by the African community. Thus, this DNS Forum in Durban, as a partnership between AfTLD and the Internet Society and as a pre-conference event to the ICANN meeting, is another milestone that builds on the MIGworks event in Addis in March 2013, which sought to pave the way for the development of the DNS industry in Africa and to empower the African community for an increased accreditation of registrars from the continent. I believe the new gTLD program will help grow this industry on a global and regional level, and we hope that African business players can be part of this growing industry as much as they can. ICANN will present in this event several programs to support and incubate new business players in Africa to benefit out of the growing potential in this continent.”

“By working with and building on our partnerships in running the DNS Forum, AfTLD’s objective is to build on our thriving capacity building activities for ccTLDs in Africa so as to improve the DNS in Africa and the sustainability of ccTLDs,” said Dr. Paulos Nyirenda, President of AfTLD. “The DNS Forum will present a great opportunity for players in the domain industry to learn and to foster new and established relationships, including those among ccTLDs, registries, registrars, operators, policy makers and end users.”

For more information and to register for the Africa DNS Forum, visit: aftld.org/afdnsforum

About the Internet Society
The Internet Society is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership from around the world. With its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies, governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone. For more information, visit www.internetsociety.org

This ISOC news release was sourced from:
www.internetsociety.org/news/africa-domain-name-system-forum-be-held-durban-south-africa-12-13-july-2013

Swedish Prosecutors Ask Court For Right To Seize Pirate Bay Domains

David Goldstein — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:49 +0000

Swedish prosecutors are attempting to close down The Pirate Bay through having the domain names piratebay.se and thepiratebay.se deregistered.

The new attempt to close down the popular file-sharing site is the latest attempt by the global entertainment industry to block its activities.

However possibly pre-empting the new attempt to close them down, The Pirate Bay in recent weeks shifted its operations from .se to .sx, the ccTLD for Sint Maarten, a Dutch territory in the Caribbean.

“They have been used as a means to commit crime,” prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

“There is a significant criminal copyright infringement which causes a great deal of damage to many.”

The request to have the .se domains deregistered came around May Day, with the Swedish Prosecution Authority filing a petition with the Stockholm District Court requesting the seizure of two domain names.

While it was no surprise to The Internet Infrastructure Foundation, the organisation that manages the .se ccTLD, the new aspect in this case is the fact that the prosecutor has opted to pursue a legal process against the ccTLD manager, as if .se were party to the longstanding dispute between representatives of The Pirate Bay service and the copyright holders, wrote Danny Aerts, CEO of .SE.

“In the eyes of the prosecutor, .SE’s catalogue function has become some form of accomplice to criminal activity, a perspective that is unique in Europe as far as I know. There are no previous cases of states suing a registry for abetting criminal activity or breaching copyright law. Anyhow, Sweden strives to be the best and first in terms of the Internet, even if the country’s track record for this is highly questionable.

“And they want to do it quickly as well. Right before the Ascension holiday, we received the petition with two weeks to respond. The time to respond have now been prolonged until the beginning of June. The prosecutor believes that this is so pressing that the district court would be able to make a decision on the matters without deliberations.”

The aim of the prosecutor, writes Aerts, is to seize the two names from .SE and for the state to have ownership of these, or alternatively, that they deregister and subsequently block these domain names forever.

It is unclear whether all domain names under .se are the property of the Foundation. If that is the case, Aerts writes it means it is property that can subsequently be seized and fall under the guardianship of the state.

And if the domain names are blocked forever, Aerts says “it sounds as though it contravenes the National Top-Level Domains for Sweden on the Internet Act. Previous discussions with the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority and the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority regarding the blocking of domain names resulted in an understanding that this approach is not necessary.”

And “what would Stockholm’s address registry look like if you had removed all of the addresses where a crime had been committed? Probably like Swiss cheese,” Aerts continues.

Concluding Aerts writes .SE is not “part of a problem that exists between two parties. We are a quick fix but the wrong solution!

“.SE will naturally respond to the prosecutor’s perspective. We have an educational task ahead of us in explaining to the District Court what a domain name is, what .SE does and the fundamentally incorrect nature behind seizing a domain name forever.

“This will be an expensive process and, although our lawyers will find it an interesting case, these are funds that we would rather spend on our investments in schools or digital inclusion.”

Six-Figure Domain Sale Tops Chart For Second Week In A Row

David Goldstein — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:14:06 +0000

Connectnow.com sold for $120,000 through Sedo, topping the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week ending 7 April. But it dwarfed the competition, with the second placegetter being dublinhotels.com, which sold for £25,000 ($38,250) also through Sedo, being one of four domains selling for between $30,000 and $40,000.

Overall Sedo had a pretty good week, accounting for 12 of the top 20 sales, while .com accounted for 17 sales.

To check out the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales for the week ending 7 April, go to dnjournal.com/archive/domainsales/2013/20130417.htm.