Last month CentralNic announced in an email that it will be deleting several sub-domains (and websites) from 8 of their domains like .GB.COM and .NO.COM. CentralNic (LSE: CNIC) sent out this chilling email informing several …
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.VIP Domain Registrations Up 49% From Friday To 404,892
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), reported a significant increase in domain name registrations in the .vip top-level domain. As of 1600hrs UTC on 6 June 2016, .vip domain registrations taken by the Company had …
Read More »How Bob Parsons Almost Went Broke Building GoDaddy
Bob Parsons, founder of GoDaddy, gave an interview on Golf Digest that I just discovered. He mostly talks about his new venture that has to do with golf clubs but he also gives a peak …
Read More »Copyright Alliance Asks The .ORG Registry To Suspend ThePirateBay.org Domain Name
Keith Kupferschmid, CEO of Copyright Alliance, is asking the .org extension registry to suspend the Pirate Bay domain name: ThePirateBay.org. Based in Reston, Virginia, Public Interest Registry (PIR) is a not-for profit organization created by …
Read More »Namejet Sells 167 Domains For $1,274,656 (281.com, commodore.com, ng.net)
Namejet released it’s May 2016 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3L .com and a few numeric domains. Namejet sold 167 (187 domains in April) domains for a total of $1,274,656 ($1,250,443 in …
Read More »Chinese Domaining: The Number One (1)
TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, and ChopChop.domains is releasing the 8th installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. Here are the previous seven installments: the number 7 …
Read More ».CLUB’s Jeff Sass At Domaining Europe: “Haters Gonna Hate” (video)
At the 2016 Domaining Europe Conference in The Hague (Den Haag) Netherlands, .CLUB CMO Jeff Sass gave a presentation about opportunities for Domain Investors with new domain extensions, as well as an update on the …
Read More ».XYZ Domain Registry: “How To Blow 1 Million Dollars In 2 Days” (Plus Cheap Renewals At West .cn)
The .XYZ registry decided to blow more than a million dollars in 2 days to boost they registration numbers. Also a new renewal deal with West.CN and .XYZ domains comes to light. .XYZ $0.01 Domain …
Read More »Domaining Europe 2016 – Day 2 (Summary, Domain Auction & Photos)
Domaining Europe 2016 continued on Tuesday with the second and final day that was the “NOT COM DAY” powered by Radix. (Domaining Europe 2016 – Day 1 (Summary & Photos)) The day started with Ingrid Baele, Vice President of …
Read More »Keyword Domain Names Get Better Search Click-Through Results
Verisign published a study today that describes how Verisign sought to understand whether or not having a keyword-rich domain name that shows up in search results provides any benefits over domain names appearing in search results …
Read More »Domaining Europe 2016 – Day 1 (Summary & Photos)
Domaining Europe 2016 officially started on Monday with the event organizer Dietmar Stefitz welcoming the attendees arriving from all over the world: USA, France, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Australia, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Cayman Islands, Bulgaria, Ecuador, …
Read More »The Next Web (TNW) Europe Conference – Day 2
Second day at the The Next Web (TNW) Europe conference was as good as the first day. I think there were even more people attending the second day and final day. People in Amsterdam sure like …
Read More »Here Is What Mark Hershiser Does These Days!
Ever wondered what happened to Mark Hershiser from DomainPicks.com? Well you are not alone. Last post from Mark on his blog was on January 25 2015. That is almost a year an a half with no …
Read More »The Next Web (TNW) Europe Conference – Day 1
First day at the The Next Web (TNW) Europe conference was intense. Registration was easy and fast and the location is amazing. TNW has been in the same location for the last 5 years, but they …
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