Following the recent signing of the .PORN and .ADULT registry contracts and after a lengthy negotiation with ICANN, ICM Registry, the .XXX registry, provided today its launch dates for .PORN and .ADULT. Starting March 1, …
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Moniker Adds New Security Features But It Is Too Little, Too Late
Moniker announced some new security features to help customers protect their domains from theft that was common practice there over the past couple of months. I say: “Too Little, Too Late”. Problems started with the …
Read More »Daily Domain Sales (11-05-2014): Cowell.com $3,596, RedCars.com $2,715, CubaOnline.com $2,649
I won a domain at Go Daddy Auctions on the 3rd of November. I went to pay for it yesterday but I couldn’t find it. I did a whois check to see if it was …
Read More »Rightside Q3 Report: 15 New gTLDs With $2.5M In Sales, $8.6M From New gTLD Withdrawals
Rightside Group, Ltd. today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2014 increased 7% to $48.8 million compared to $45.5 million for …
Read More »66% Of Domainers Are Buying New gTLD Domain Names
521 people voted and the poll results are in: A third of domainer investors don’t buy New gTLD domains but the other 2 thirds of domainers do buy them. The first New gTLDs went live …
Read More »New gTLD 1st Day Domains: .Capetown 1425, .Joburg 1080, .Durban 738, .Market 1229, .Mortgage 674
Here are the 1st day domain name registration results from this week’s first 5 New gTLD launches: On the 4th of November 3 South Africa geo New gTLDs launched: .capetown, .durban and .joburg. .Capetown got …
Read More ».CLUB Launched Startup.club Offering 10 Year Payment Plans & Coffee.club Sells For $100k
.Club announced at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Miami the launch of Startup.club – a new program to help entrepreneurs get a .CLUB name and additional marketing and PR support for their business. With Startup.club .CLUB …
Read More »GoDaddy Opens European Customer Care Centre
GoDaddy announced it has opened a new customer care centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new centre will provide localised customer care to the company’s EMEA customer base. “At GoDaddy, we truly believe we can …
Read More »Daily Domain Sales (11-04-2014): MGP.com $25,000, OAL.com $19,999
I was bidding for a lot (10+) of domains today and I lost most of them. I only got the cheapest one. Well… Prakhar Bindal of Axsiom made a guest appearance at my post “iWire.com …
Read More »Marchex Q3 2014 Report: $1.6 Million Domain Sales & $49.2 Million Revenue
Marchex, Inc. announced today its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. During the third quarter of 2014, Archeo domain sales yielded $1.6 million. During the second quarter of 2014, domain sales …
Read More »Rightside Selling The Domain Cleveland.mortgage For The Cost Effective Price Of $59,500 Per Year
Rightside is launching .MARKET and .MORTGAGE today and they send out a press release. In the part of the press release that refers to the .mortgage launch it says: The launch of .MORTGAGE signifies an …
Read More »Donuts Sends Comment To ICANN Complaining About A .Shop Community Application
Donuts sent ICANN a comment regarding the Community Priority Evaluation Application by GMO Registry, Inc. for .Shop New gTLD. From what I have seen most community application have no merit, including the controversial .gay application. …
Read More »New gTLD Weekly Launch Review: .Capetown, .Market, .Restaurant, .Gifts
This week 5 New gTLDs enters General Availability, 3 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 4 strings enter the landrush phase. On the 4th of November 3 South Africa geo New gTLDs launched: …
Read More »Daily Domain Sales (11-03-2014): Pager.com $45,000, TRO.com $20,500
Prakhar Bindal of Axsiom made a guest appearance at my post “iWire.com Winning Bidder For $7,777 Tries To Sell The Domain Before He Pays For It At Snapnames” and with 20+ entertaining comments explained that …
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