Following a similar announcement by the .ORG registry a few days ago , the .ME Registry announced that they will also help domain name holders located in Japan by waiving renewal fees for one full year for all names that expire or will expire between March 11 and April 30, 2011.  Read the press release after the jump : “The recent devastating disasters in Japan have left many registrants without the ability to renew their domain names.  The .ME Registry would like to alleviate concerns amongst Japanese .ME domain name holders by waiving renewal fees for one full year for all names that expire or will expire between March 11 and April 30, 2011.   “This is a small gesture we can make to help show support for our friends in Japan,” said Predrag Lesic, executive director of the .ME Registry, based in Montenegro. “In the weeks following this tragic crisis, truly heroic stories of survival and commitment have surfaced in Japan

04|13|2011 3:14 pm EDT Domain Madness 3 Live Auction Results by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Auction – 0 Comments After the first attempt at a live auction for Domain Madness 3 encountered technical difficulties last week, the auction is going to conclude live again today. DNN will be was live blogging the auction events without any guarantees on accuracy

04|05|2011 9:34 pm EDT Domain Sales of the Last Week by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments Last week’s sales report includes sales from Cax, Sedo, Afternic and Flippa. The top 10 are: mind.com 2011-04-01 120,000 EUR Sedo sylt.com 2011-04-01 35,000 EUR (appx

03|30|2011 8:10 pm EDT Bad News for Kevin Ham’s GoodNews.com by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Development – 1 Comment According to an email signed by Kevin Ham, CEO of GoodNews.com – better known as the man behind Reinvent , the relatively young deal-a-day website with a local charity spin, will be shutting down operations in Vancouver effective April 4th, 2011.

03|30|2011 3:42 am EDT Weekly Domain Sales Report by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments And again DNN provides you with a list of reported sales over the course of the previous week. The top 10 sales this week were: shield.com 2011-03-28 190,000 USD Sedo mariage.com 2011-03-22 92,000 EUR (= $129,500 USD) Sedo juegostonic.com 2011-03-23 95,000 USD Sedo stradivarius.com 2011-03-25 60,000 EUR (=$84,500 USD) Sedo violet.com 2011-03-23 65,000 USD Sedo sportsbetting.in 2011-03-28 30,000 EUR (=$42,250 USD) Sedo newcoupons.com 2011-03-22 20,000 USD Sedo livedots.com 2011-03-28 20,000 USD Sedo endoftheworld.com 2011-03-24 20,000 USD Sedo creditcard.co 2011-03-22 17,000 USD Sedo See the full list after the jump. Tags: Tags: Afternic , bido , DomainMarket , Flippa , sedo

03|22|2011 6:01 pm EDT Combined Domain Sales Report for the Previous Week by Frank Michlick in Categories: Domain Sales – 0 Comments This week’s combined domain sales report includes domain sales from the Afternic, Flippa (1) and Sedo platforms.

Sedo and Afternic were so kind to share a selection of their reported sales with us – here are the top ten reported sales of the previous week: DoorHardware.com $85,000 (Sedo) FotosGratis.com $25,000 (Sedo) ZappIt.com $25,000 (Sedo) 3J.com $24,500 (Afternic) Shop.co $22,000 (Sedo) kortingen.nl (Discounts in Dutch) $21,952 (Sedo) love.co $20,000 (Sedo) SoccerStar.com $20,000 (Sedo) Service.net $19,000 (Sedo) StellenAngebote.net (Job Offers in German), $15,500 (Sedo) See the full sales report after the jump.