DomainTools is making a huge change in memberships and is increasing the price of personal accounts from $49 to $99 per month. In 60 days, DomainTools will begin sunsetting all existing membership levels and add-ons …
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Company Accidentally Buys Domain Name For $400,000
You have heard of impulse purchases or drunk domain name registrations but this one is really remarkable. Mike Mann, owner of DomainMarket.com, announced on Saturday on Twitter that he had just sold a $400,000 domain …
Read More »The Next Web (TNW) Conference In Amsterdam Will Have A Strong Domain Name Presence
On May 26 & 27 2016, the city of Amsterdam at the Netherlands will host to the 11th annual The Next Web (TNW) Conference. Ticket prices for the conference increase today so anyone that wants …
Read More »Amazon Wants To Turn Its New Domain Extensions Into Closed Generic TLDs
Amazon attempts to make one, but ultimately all, of its new extensions restricted despite ICANN’s ban on closed generic TLDs. Amazon Registry Services, Inc., the Registry Operator of .MOI TLD, has filed to ICANN a …
Read More ».Tech Hits 100,000 Domain Name Registrations (Infographic)
.Tech, the New gTLD from Radix registry, reached 100,000 domain name registrations this morning. According to NameStat .tech is the 22nd new extension in terms of domain name registrations. Radix has several partners like GoDaddy, …
Read More »The Evolution Of A Nameserver: 15X.NET -> HostingNet.COM -> UniregistryMarket.Link
Frank Schilling and his company NAME ADMINISTRATION INC. (BVI) have once again moved their domain names to new nameservers that reside on a New gTLD: .link. Since the end of March 2016 all of Frank’s …
Read More ».Homes Registry: Domain Investors Are Not Invited
Dominion Registries, the .Homes domain name registry, has made it clear that domain name investors are not invited in their namespace. But at the same time the registry has reserved numerous premium domain names that …
Read More »Heritage Auctions Sells Domains Quick.com For $299,000 & Blaze.com For $253,000
Heritage Auctions (HA.com) held a premium domain name auction today in San Francisco. The highest price paid in the auction was for the domain name Quick.com that was sold for $299,000. Not far behind, the …
Read More »Most Companies Don’t Know What To Do With Domain Names!
Sorry to say this but most companies don’t know what to do with domain names. I am not exaggerating. They simply don’t know what they can do with them. I am not only talking about …
Read More »New gTLD Report Shows A 30% Increase Of Domains In Alexa Top 1M (Plus .Seat, .BMW, .Movie)
The latest edition of the bi-monthly CSC® Digital Brand Services’ New gTLD Utilization Report shows both the number of .brands and generic TLDs in the Alexa Top 1M increasing by over 30% since the February …
Read More »Efty Redesigns Its Domain Marketplace & Wants You To Pick The Design
Efty is doing a massive redesign of its custom domain name marketplace and wants you to pick the best design. The custom marketplace is one of the features in Efty for which they receive a …
Read More ».Homes Registry Opens Request for Proposal (RFP) Period For Premium Domain Names
Dominion Registries, the .homes registry, announced today that a special Request for Proposal (RFP) period has opened for a group of premium .Homes domain names. The domain names are being considered for release for registration …
Read More »auDA Will Soon Introduce First Level Domain Name Registrations In .AU
Soon Australians will be able to make first level domain name registrations in .au, for example, “MyName.au”. The .au domain extension is the country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) restricted to use by individuals, organisations, …
Read More »Squarespace Starts Selling Domain Names From $20
Squarespace announced the launch of Squarespace Domains, that allows its customers to buy their domain names without leaving the Squarespace website. Squarespace has been known for building websites for more than 10 years but now you …
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