Afnic has been reappointed as the registry of .fr. The precise terms and conditions for implementing Afnic’s proposals for the management and development of .fr are currently being drafted as part of a new agreement …
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The Afternic premium network list is a MESS
You know that list of registrars that Afternic claims to have on their Afternic Premium Network that are using Fast-Transfer (FT)? Well it turns out the list is either completely outdated or it was inaccurate …
Read More »CentralNic acquires network of revenue generating websites
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a publishing network of revenue generating websites (“Publishing Network”) for a consideration of USD 6.5m in cash and assumed working …
Read More »Naomi Osaka was the keynote speaker at GoDaddy OPEN 2021
Today, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), hosted GoDaddy OPEN 2021, an online event for small business owners to learn, connect and grow their businesses. In a special fireside chat, GoDaddy CMO Fara Howard sat down with …
Read More »TLD Report Q2/2021: share of .com within all gTLDs has increased in the past 3 years
The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q2/2021 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 7 domains for $99,114 in August
Mike Mann reported 7 of his domain name sales in August 2021 for a total of $99,114. Reported prices started at $1,888 and went up to $30,000. Mike sold 7 .com domains. The average reported …
Read More »DAN and NamesCon announce 5 new awards
DAN.com together with NamesCon announced 5 new awards given to five domain community members for their great achievements and community-driven spirit. The winners are: The award for the most data-driven domainer of the year 2021 …
Read More »Epik hack update (plus a video)
According to what I have read and seen the Epik data leak includes credit card numbers, registered names, whois data, whois privacy data, usernames, emails, passwords, failed password attempts, auth codes, etc. Pretty much EVERYTHING …
Read More »Epik was hacked
Yes, it appears that the registrar Epik was hacked by a group called Anonymous. Yes, there was a website at epikfail.win with the info you can see below. (Website is now down.) Yes, there are …
Read More »DAN announces new features including unique and customized sales landers
DAN announced today many new features including the ability to set a unique and customized for sale page per domain and improvements to the SSL generation system. DAN shares below a brief description of the …
Read More »GoDaddy appraisals display comparable domain sales from 2004 (!!!)
I got an inquiry yesterday for one of my .com domain names. I asked the buyer to submit at a 5-figure offer and then I received a $3,500 USD offer. When I politely declined the …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: August 2021
This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current …
Read More ».FR celebrates its 35th anniversary
.FR, the French top level domain operated by Afnic celebrates its 35th anniversary and continues its growth, which has allowed it to increase by 7% in 2020. The result of 35 years of technical excellence, …
Read More »Q2 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain registrations (down 2.8 million year over year)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that the second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared …
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