Starting with August 29, 2016 nic.at releases one and two character domains under the TLD .at. Until now the minimum length of a domain name under the top-level domain .at has been three characters. This …
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DomainTools: Membership Cancelled
I just cancelled my DomainTools account. Price is going up for me from $49,95 to $99 per month today the 21st of July. This date is not the same for all customers. Some might have …
Read More »Escrow.com Now Offers Support In Russian, Spanish, Hindi, Punjabi & Korean
Escrow.com announced that from July 2016, an additional three new agents will be joining the Customer Service team to assist customers in completing their transactions online. The Escrow.com team has grown rapidly in the first …
Read More »Domain Name Owners Are Not GoDaddy In 1999
I got an inquiry for a 4 letter first name .org domain name. I quoted a high 4-figure price and never heard back. I believe my price was appropriate for the domain name if you …
Read More »Internet Now Has 326.4 Million Domain Names (12 Million Added In Q1 2016)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that approximately 12 million domain names were added to the internet in the first quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of registered domain names to approximately 326.4 million …
Read More »Shark Tank And The Importance Of Domain Names
I have been watching Shark Tank, the TV series on ABC, for the past 3 weeks. Never watched a single episode before that. I know, I know… How is this possible? Well we don’t get …
Read More »Flippa Domain Sales Report: BOA.com $60k, Bitcoin.co.uk $30k, Reply.io $7,000
There were a lot of .io domains sold in June at Flippa, just like last month. There are other ccTLDs in the sales report as well but of course sales are dominated by .com. Highest …
Read More »Rightside Made More Than $1 Million In Q2 Selling Premium Domains
Rightside announced some of the highlights of the first half of 2016 regarding premium domain name sales. They also announced “The Power of Two” campaign for September that will be the release of previously unavailable two-letter …
Read More »The Domain Name PokemonGo.net Was Auctioned For $20,950
The domain name PokemonGo.net was auctioned on Saturday, July 16, for $20,950. The domain PokemonGo.net was originally registered in 2008, it expired in 2011 and re-registered. Then this July it expired and was again available …
Read More »Pheenix Introduces .XYZ Backorders For $4.99 & Increases Other Backorder Prices
Pheenix announced that it is increasing the price of domain name backorders and is also introducing .xyz backorders. “Due to price increases by both ICANN and registries, beginning August 1, 2016, pricing for Gold backorders …
Read More »“How to Choose a Domain Name That Works For SEO And Branding” (video)
Rand Fishkin, of MOZ, posted a video on “How to Choose a Domain Name That Works For SEO And Branding”. Here are Rand’s 8 rules: Make it brandable. Make it pronounceable. Make it as short …
Read More »eShow Brasil 2016: .CLUB CMO Jeff Sass on “How New Domain Names Are A Marketer’s Best Friend” (video)
At the 2016 eShow Brasil conference in Sao Paolo Brazil, .CLUB CMO Jeff Sass gave this presentation on “How New Domain Names Are A Marketer’s Best Friend.” (Thanks to Andres Varona of AM Global for …
Read More »Uniregistry Releases Android App
Uniregistry released today the much anticipated Android app. The app lets you register, renew, manage and transfer domains in your Uniregistry account using your mobile phone. The app is now available on Google Play. Here …
Read More »Nintendo, Developer Of Pokemon Go, Bought The Domain Name Pokemon.Club For $10
Nintendo, the owner of the newly released game Pokemon Go, bought the domain name Pokemon.Club. The domain name was bought from the .Club registry as the domain name was reserved by the registry due to …
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