We have made a correction to the Oversee.net layoff article. The previous article mentioned in the last paragraph “The news of Oversee executives being canned comes in the wake of . . . ” Domain Name News was made aware of the rumored news of Oversee layoffs on Friday and had received rumors of layoffs at [...]

Forbes published an article today discussing the power of domaining. The article mentions Steven McDonald, a teenager from Conneticut who has grossed $325,000 by flipping domains this year; Ron Jackson, the publisher of DNJournal; Jeremiah Johnson, the chief operating officer of Sedo; and Adam Dicker, the owner of DNForum.com. [via Forbes] Share

MightyThink, a cooperative group of writers specializing in business writing, has opened its doors and looks poised to take the internet by storm. Kindha Gorman, the Chief Brain behind MightyThink, has spent over 10 years writing and marketing for magazines, newspapers, websites, retail chains, health care organizations, financial instituations, high tech outfits, and the domain industry. [...]

Sedo has released their pre-selection list of 350 domains (German) for the live auction at DomainVermarkter Forum in Germany next month. Users are now invited to express interest for the domains they would like to see participate in the live auction. Share

The Domain Roundtable conference announced today their 2009 conference dates and location.  The show is scheduled for June 14-17, 2009 in Washington, D.C.. Previous Domain Roundtable events have been hosted in DomainTools home turf of Seattle and more recently in San Francisco. Share

Bido.com, a website launched earlier this year by Sahar Sarid focused on selling 1 domain per day, has announced the creation of a new service called Portfolio Help. Details of the service are fairly vague and emails to company officials by Domain Name News have gone unanswered. However, based on the loose information [...]

For all you gold (or should I say Silver) diggers out there, this news is for you. Our good friend and fellow domainer Elliot Silver is going off the market tomorrow (Saturday).  His bride-to-be has already figured out how life is with an entrepreneurial domainer. Elliot interviews her on his site where she explains : 4) [...]

After working with Sedo for over six years in various senior roles, Matt Bentley, Sedo’s Chief Strategy Officer, will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. “It has been an incredibly rewarding experience to participate in Sedo’s worldwide growth and witness the company’s emergence as a dominant player in the market,” said Bentley. “I’m definitely [...]

According to an email sent to Resellers, Tucows (AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC) has now re-branded their wholesale services to use the old OpenSRS (SRS = Shared Registrar System). The new site resides under the OpenSRS.com domain, whereas the original site used to be hosted under OpenSRS.org. The change will also be announced at HostingCon, which is currently being [...]

Tim Chen, an online media and advertising specialist, has joined Thought Convergence and is expected to be heavily involved in all the company’s business units including TrafficZ and DomainTools. “Tim is well experienced in the domain space and comes with a lot of knowledge and skills in dealing with domain monetization and acquisitions”, said Jay Westerdal [...]