GoDaddy had a Google Hangout yesterday and the subject was “how to value a domain”. The guest valuators were Ammar Kubba and Page Howe “who have a great eye towards using the data to drive …
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“Here’s How Hover Domains Are Actually Being Used”
Hover published an article detailing how domain names that are registered with them are used. How many Hover domains are set up with websites? “Though it would be great if 100% of domains were actively …
Read More »Dear Coward, You Didn’t Invent The Words In the Dictionary!
I got a comment, on this “wonderful” post, that went straight to spam because the writer used a fake name, fake email address and a fake website. Here is his/her wonderful and cowardly comment: KZ …
Read More »Donuts Domain Name Collision Releases Are Over – I Bought A Few – What Did You Get?
This summer, Donuts released for registration 1.369 million previously reserved domain names in 144 gTLDs. The domains were initially reserved because of collisions. The company made these names available in batches each week between June …
Read More ».NYC Domain Meetup – Summary & Photos
.NYC Domain Meetup was held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The meetup celebrated the 1st year anniversary of the rise of the .NYC. Art Mal, owner and organizer of the .NYC Domain Meetup, gave a …
Read More »Flippa Weekly Domain Sales: QEI .com $14,500, Testing .org $4,999
Highest domain name sale this week at Flippa was QEI.com that sold for $14,500. Post-Auction Negotiation was the method of sale for 5 domains of this week’s list. There were 11 domains that were sold by Buy-It-Now and …
Read More »If You Want To Pay For A Domain In 3 Months You Need To Tell Me!
I had an inquiry from someone from Scotland that didn’t end well. I mention the country as I am not familiar with all the customs in different countries but I believe this situation is pretty …
Read More »Verisign Report: 296 Million Domain Names Registered Worldwide, 2 Million Added In Q2
VeriSign, Inc. announced two million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 296 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) …
Read More »Chinese Domaining: The Lucky Number Eight (8)
TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the fourth installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. TLD Registry presented the world’s first, …
Read More »Sedo Is At The DMEXCO 2015 Online Marketing Conference
Sedo is at dmexco in Cologne, Germany. Today, September 16, and tomorrow Sedo will be at booth D011 in hall 6. DMEXCO is the Digital Marketing Exposition and Conference. This is an event that attracts thousands of …
Read More »Facebook Just Used A .XYZ Domain – Not A Very Good One…
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced on its Facebook page the next Townhall Q&A. He used a .xyz domain name, and not a very good one, for the streaming video: hacktv.xyz. Here is the link Mark used:
Read More ».Online Puts Ads On Bus Shelters & Trucks in San Francisco
Radix registry has put .Online ads on over 35 bus shelters in San Francisco. They also have a fun digital truck doing the rounds in San Francisco with .tech and .online videos. The truck will …
Read More ».NYC Domain Meetup On Wednesday, September 16, 2015
There is a new .NYC Domain Meetup coming up tomorrow Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The meetup celebrates the 1st year anniversary of the rise of the .NYC. This meetup’s title is “1st Anniversary [The Rise …
Read More »ICANN: There are no underlying infrastructure obstacles to the accessibility of any TLDs
ICANN, in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the availability of a new report: An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance. Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers …
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