Neustar, Inc. announced it has acquired Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd (Bombora), based in Australia, for AUD $118.5 million, or approximately USD $86.9 million. Bombora and its subsidiaries, which include ARI Registry Services, provide registry services for …
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XYZ Registry Is Running A Parallel .COM & .XYZ Domain Registration Contest
Think you can register the best .COM or .XYZ domain name and win $1,000? Then you can take The Challenge at TheChallenge.xyz while you hand-register the best domains you can find and submit your entries …
Read More »Minds + Machines To Register 30,000 Of Its Premium Domains Under “Emerald Names”
Minds + Machines Group Limited provided an update of its operations for Q2 2015. The Company’s unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 June 2015 will be published in September 2015. Antony Van …
Read More »40+ Pioneers Signed On For .TECH By Radix – General Availability Starts On August 5th
Radix, announced leading pioneers for .tech as it entered the Early Access Phase (29th July) at 16:00 UTC. Radix has switched from Landrush to the EAP model, for its latest batch of new TLDs. EAP …
Read More »OnlineDomain.com Turns 3: 2,645 Posts, 600,000+ Views & 10,500+ Comments
OnlineDomain.com turned 3 years old this month. I have made 2,645 posts, had more than 600,000 views and more than 10,500 comments have been made so far. I started writing in July 2012. The views …
Read More »Afternic Integration With GoDaddy (video)
A new GoDaddy hangout series has started. It is called “On The Dot!” and its first episode features the domain name aftermarket and specifically Afternic. Afternic Integration with GoDaddy: Get the low down on how …
Read More »Chinese Domaining Masterclass: “The Number Seven”
TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the first installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. In January 2015, TLD Registry presented …
Read More »Sedo Sells 499 Domains For $1 Million: newy.com $66,000, philae.com $22,000
In the past week 499 (480 in the previous week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million ($1.5m in the previous week). Only 169 (188 in the previous week) domains …
Read More »Flippa Weekly Domain Sales: Clickbait.com $9,000, Gift.info $8,500
Highest sale this week at Flippa was the domain names Clickbait.com that sold for $9,000. Post-Auction Negotiation was the method of sale for 1 domain of this week’s list. There were 6 domains that were sold …
Read More »Verisign Q2 2015 Report: 133.5 Million .Com & .Net Domains With 3.1% Increase
VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015. Second Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9 percent …
Read More »Changes To .UK WHOIS Policy – Nominet Introduces New Privacy Services
In response to the increasing desire for privacy online, following a consultation, Nominet is planning to introduce a new framework for privacy services within .UK. At the same time, Nominet will be clarifying the criteria for …
Read More »Top 25 New gTLD Domain Name Sales Of The 1st Half Of 2015 (From Sold.Domains)
These are the highest selling New gTLD domain names of the first half of 2015. All domains were sold for $10,000 or more either by the respective registry or by a domain name reseller. You …
Read More »“10 Signs You Own Way Too Many Domain Names”
Hover published a funny article by Michael Keshen called “10 Signs You Own Way Too Many Domain Names“. Michael describes what happens to most of the domainers: “you find an unbelievable domain name that was …
Read More »Premium .London Domain Auction: All Domains Have Bids, Rooms.London Is At 5,100 GBP
The premium .London auction featuring 50 .London domain names is underway and already one domain is over the 5,000 GBP mark and 3 are in 4 figures. With more than a week left in the …
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