Domain Name News: “Andrew Rosener Cashes Out of DX.com Site 2 Weeks After Launch” plus 1 more

Andrew Rosener Cashes Out of DX.com Site 2 Weeks After Launch

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 11:06 AM PDT

Domain name broker Andrew Rosener recently delved in to building out an online business, launching a daily deals aggregator at DX.com. I ventured over to the site to see how things were progressing and noticed a dramatic change to the layout and what appeared to be new ownership in the whois. DNN contacted Rosener who confirmed with us that the domain name was sold.

Rosener told us “I’ve only owned the domain for 60 days and the site hasn’t even been up for 2 weeks but DealExtreme.com made us an offer we couldn’t refuse.” DealExtreme.com, based out of Hong Kong, is one of the oldest deal sites for electronics. Fellow blogger Andrew Alleman questioned whether the domain name would help stand out in that space. The rarity of 2 letter domains like this obviously caught DealExtreme’s attention, so I guess we found out that the domain stands out.

Rosener told DNN he’s been looking for new projects to invest in like his daily deals site. Since DealExtreme.com wanted the domain only, Rosener intends to continue offering his daily deals service under a new name, DailyDeal1.com. He also revealed that he has plans to launch a new video game site soon.

.FR Registry, AFNIC, Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Posted: 02 Sep 2011 06:55 AM PDT

The .FR registry AFNIC, is celebrating their 25th anniversary today. As a birthday present to itself, the company has updated its logo, webdesign, anniversary magazine and is launching a contest “The French Connection” that rewards five .FR websites to “showcase the best Internet experiences in .fr domain names“.

The highlight of the program will be a special event held on 11 October on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower with the French internet community to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the .fr namespace. There will an award ceremony for the winners of the contest, at which more than 300 guests are expected.

[via Press Release]