DAN’s Open Domain Distribution Network has launched. The advanced, easy-to-implement & feature-rich domain distribution network is now out of Beta and available for enterprise-level integrators. With this new network, DAN aims to create a pool …
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CentralNic acquires NameAction
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced that it has acquired the domain name and brand protection business trading as NameAction in an asset deal for a consideration of c.$1 million in cash from NameAction Inc. …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: November 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More »The Afternic / GoDaddy / DomainTools domain name pricing problem is now fixed
Last month I wrote about a disastrous mixup with GoDaddy and Afternic domain name pricing at Domain Tools. Generally, when you do a whois search at Domain Tools and the domain name is listed for …
Read More »Dynadot announces aftermarket domain sales
Dynadot has started announcing aftermarket domain name sales. The report includes domain name sales from Expired Auctions, Backorder Auctions, User Auctions, Last Chance Auctions, and Marketplace listings. See the top 10 Aftermarket sales from September …
Read More »GoDaddy’s hosting was hacked 2.5 months ago!
GoDaddy’s Managed WordPress hosting was hacked and up to 1.2 million customers were exposed. Email addresses, customer numbers, usernames, passwords and SSL private keys were all exposed. And somehow GoDaddy either found out about this …
Read More »Namecheap launches new domain name market
Namecheap announced the launch of its new domain market. Developed by the technology team at Namecheap, the platform allows professionals to search, find, and purchase domain names via in-house auctions or ‘Buy it now” listings. …
Read More »Public Interest Registry named 4 new members to its Advisory Council
Public Interest Registry (PIR) announced the selection of four new members to its Advisory Council, which is composed of leaders and activists from a broad spectrum of mission-driven organizations around the world. The Advisory Council …
Read More »Nominet appoints Paul Fletcher as CEO
Nominet announced that Paul Fletcher will join as CEO. Paul Fletcher is currently CEO at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, an organisation with 60,000 members. He will join Nominet in February 2022, bringing vital experience of working with a wide variety of …
Read More »Bodis implies ParkingCrew and Sedo are copying its templates
Matt Wegrzyn, founder & CEO of Bodis, wrote a blog post implying that other PPC companies are copying its landing page templates and thus confusing Bodis customers. The companies mentioned were ParkingCrew and Sedo. You …
Read More ».US Town Hall and the Secure WHOIS Gateway Proposal
The .US ccTLD extension had its live town hall forum with the .US Stakeholder Council. The Town Hall had a rundown of the current state of the domain industry and .US specifically plus policy considerations …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 7 domains for $125,276 in October
Mike Mann reported 7 of his domain name sales in October 2021 for a total of $125,276. Reported prices started at $10,000 and went up to $34,000. Mike sold 7 .com domains. The average reported …
Read More »Namecheap announces price increases
Namecheap announced that price increases are coming in most of their services in November 2021. Here is the announcement: After careful analysis of the market, and the impact it’s having on our growing hardware and …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: October 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
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