Domain name sales picked up in late January and early February with three six-figure sales according to Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales in the fortnight to 6 February. The sales were action.com ($270,00 through Sedo), TS.com ($186,00 also through Sedo) and stockbrokers.com ($185,000 in a private sale)

A quiet week in the week to 16 January for the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales that saw no six-figure sales.

ICANN is likely to push back the date for which it begins taking applications till at least August according to documents published by ICANN this week, and reported on by Domain Incite. The documents give two timelines for the “New gTLD Launch Scenarios”. The documents state, and Domain Incite reports: If the Board were to approve the Guidebook after the January/February meeting, the announcement and communications campaign launch would be made shortly thereafter

Almost half of trademark-conscious companies are considering a “.brand” top-level domain, according to a survey carried out by World Trademark Review magazine reports Domain Incite.

09|01|2010 2:28 pm EDT Breaking: Buyers of DomainName.com Registrar Revealed by Frank Michlick in Categories: News – 9 Comments Share Tags: Tags: DomainManager.com , DomainName.com , namecheap.com , richard kirkendall , Richard Lau . 9 Comments Frank Michlick September 1, 2010 @ 2:28 pm EDT Maybe they bought it because it uses a word from each of their main sites?