eName, the Chinese domain name registrar and marketplace, has officially gone public in China today as announced by the company. It claims to be the third listed domain-related company. Stock code is 838413 although I was …
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Owner Posts ‘Domain Buying Lesson’ On The Domain For Sale
A domain name owner got offended by a low ball offer and posted a ‘domain buying lesson’ on the domain for sale. The domain was registered in 2003 while the “buyer” ended up buying the …
Read More »Mike Mann’s Latest Domain Acquisitions & Sales (AnimalsUnited .com, GotBoobs .com, StopTheHate .org)
Here is a look at some of Mike Mann’s domain acquisitions and sales from the last month or so. Mike Mann is the owner of DomainMarket.com that offers more than 250,000 premium domain names for …
Read More »Namejet Sells 102 Domains For $616,344 (present .com, maggie .com, sandy .com)
Namejet released it’s July 2016 domain name auctions report that includes no 3L .com and very few numeric domains. Namejet sold 102 (127 domains in June) domains in June for a total of $616,344 ($578,419 in June). Namejet only reports …
Read More »Trending Keywords In .COM & .NET Domain Names (pokemon go, lives matter)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of July 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry.. The common keywords in the .com and .net …
Read More »Rightside Registry Revenue Grows 52% To $2.9 Million
Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. Rightside’s 39 gTLDs in general availability ended the quarter with approximately 523,000 registered domains, up over 70% from the …
Read More »‘Lease A City’ (LeaseA.City) Project Has 100+ .City Domain Names For Lease
Lease A City (www.LeaseA.City) is a new project (founded in 2016) that aims to offer city information to its online visitors through a network of .city domain names and directory websites. Lease A City owns some very …
Read More »Chinese Domain Sales Boom Helped Legacy gTLDs But Had Little Impact To European ccTLDs
The DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report’ (Q2, 2016) is now available for download. The report covers the global status and registration trends in all Top Level Domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs) with additional focus on …
Read More »Rightside Sells Sex.LIVE For $160,000 And Porn.LIVE For $120,000
Rightside announced today that last month it sold two of its Premium domains, which ranked as two of the largest per domain revenue transactions in Rightside’s history. Sex.LIVE sold for $160,000 and Porn.LIVE went for $120,000. [websites are NSFW] …
Read More »Afilias Acquires StartingDot’s New gTLDs .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI
Afilias announced today the acquisition of StartingDot, the Registry Operator for 3 new TLDs: .ARCHI, .BIO and .SKI. The acquisition agreement is part of Afilias’ ongoing program of acquiring new TLDs to add to its portfolio. …
Read More »Donuts Will Decrease Pricing for New .BUSINESS and .COMPANY Domains
Effective at 16:00 UTC on October 1, 2016, Donuts will adjust downward the standard wholesale price for new, non-premium registrations in .BUSINESS and .COMPANY. Donuts says that “This adjustment better aligns registration prices with emerging …
Read More »Did Courtney Love Fail To Grab The Domain Name CourtneyLove.com Again?
The domain name CourtneyLove.com expired and was auctioned yesterday at GoDaddy for $3,350. The GoDaddy auction for the 18 year old domain name attracted some interest and 38 bids were made from 12 bidders. The domain was originally …
Read More »Guy Wants New BMW Car In Exchange Of 10 Trademark Domain Names
Since 2002 that I have been in Domaining I have seen a lot. But this single page containing 100+ of trademark domain names was really a (bad) surprise. I have never seen anything like this …
Read More »Colin Campbell Gives A Talk Called “All In A Name” At HostingCon 2016 (video)
Colin Campbell, CEO of .CLUB Domains, gives a talk called “All In A Name: How New Meaningful Domain Extensions Can Drive More Business” at HostingCon 2016 in New Orleans. Watch the video here:
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