China Market Consulting has released a video interview of one of China’s most well-known, influential, and successful domain investors, Peibi Wang 王培陛, or “Domain Captain”, in which he is known locally. Domain Captain is also the Founder of …
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Oops! TheDomains.com Blog Is Offline And The Domain Is For Sale At Afternic!
The popular domain name blog TheDomains.com is temporarily not displaying its usual content from what seems to be a glitch. TheDomains.com is currently displaying PPC ads and is offered for sale at Afternic.com. GoDaddy bought …
Read More »IDNs Represent 2% Of Domain Names Registered Worldwide
EURid released the 2015 EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names. According to the findings of the report, IDNs represent 2% of domain names registered worldwide. .eu is in the Top-20 TLD list for IDNs …
Read More »“You are not the only one interested in this domain, as I’m sure you’re aware.”
This is a kinda of a funny story about a domain name inquiry with a surprise ending! I always try to be nice with buyers but sometimes I can’t help myself. Sometimes I use some …
Read More »Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM & .NET Registrations in November (China, Google, Drone)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of November 2015 were published by Verisign. “Download” is the only common keyword in the 2 lists. This is the holiday season …
Read More »Should You Make Bulk Domain Name Sales? The Hard & Sweet Truth…
When you are selling domains in bulk you can’t expect to get an average price that is close to the domain’s actual value. Not even close. A bulk deal could mean 10 or 20 domain …
Read More »ThePirateBay.org Has Been Suspended Pending ICANN Verification
The Pirate Bay’s original .org domain name has stopped working as the domain name has not passed the ICANN email verification as TorrentFreak is reporting. “Many people still used the .org as a redirect to …
Read More »Why Did Michael Berkens Keep Adult Domains & New gTLDs?
Michael Berkens announced today the sale of most of the Worldwide Media, Inc. domain name portfolio to GoDaddy. In a blog post he revealed that he sold the domains because of personal reasons and not …
Read More »GoDaddy Acquires 70,000 Worldwide Media, Inc. Domain Names (373.com, Faculty.com)
GoDaddy Inc. announced its acquisition of the vast majority of domain names in the Worldwide Media, Inc. domain name portfolio. This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, including 373.com, Faculty.com, CarAuctions.com, and iBill.com. It …
Read More »Radix Closed Holiday Sales With Over 35K Domain Name Registrations
Radix closed the holiday sales with 35,000+ paid registrations across the .online, .site, .website, .space, .tech, .press and .host TLDs. Radix has been actively working behind the scenes to create a splash across the domain …
Read More »State of the Domains Magazine Now Available In Chinese!
State of the Domains, the magazine that is published by the Domain Name Association, is now available in Chinese. It was translated from the original English version that was distributed at ICANN 54. Issue 4 of the …
Read More »New Domains .Cars, .Car, & .Auto Launching On January 12th
Cars Registry, a joint venture between XYZ and Uniregistry, announced the availability of three new domain extensions: .Cars, .Car, and .Auto. Between December 9th and January 12th, these domains will first be made available exclusively to trademark holders …
Read More »Bodis Improves FOR SALE Landing Pages
Users have asked Bodis for better and improved for sale landing pages for their parked domains, and Bodis has delivered. They have rolled out new for sale pages that not only improve the aesthetics and …
Read More ».CLUB Sells $1,622,164 Worth Of Domains (including a 7-figure deal with a Chinese investor)
November was a record breaking month for both regular .CLUB registrations and premium name sales. It was the registry’s first month with more than $1 million in Premium Name sales, with strong deals coming from …
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