.CLUB Domains, LLC has launched the Trademark Sentry Unlimited Name Blocking Service, designed to offer qualified brands and trademark holders protection in the .CLUB namespace. The Unlimited Name Blocking Service (UNBS) protects a trademark from …
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Sedo removes the minimum fee through the end of 2019
Sedo created a fuss today about removing the minimum fee for sold domains. First of all, it is not for all domains AND this “promotion” runs only through the end of 2019! This promotion runs …
Read More »NamesCon Europe 2019 announces topics of expert panels
NamesCon Europe 2019 announced the topics covered by the expert panels. Some of the topics our expert panels will be covering include: Dark Horses and Long-Shot Opportunities: Where to Invest in Today’s nTLD Market On the …
Read More »Wake up people! ICANN and the registries want to steal your domain names!
This is not just about .asia that no one cares about. Not even .org. It is about ICANN and the legacy registries starting an attack on all our domain names. It started with Verisign asking …
Read More »Verisign .com monopoly reports an operating margin of 65.4%
The Verisign .com monopoly reported a huge operating margin that was 65.4 percent for the first quarter of 2019. Instead of being grateful for this gift that it is being given they are asking for .com …
Read More »My comment about price increases on Kevin Murphy’s post
Kevin Murphy wrote a blog post “ICA rallies the troops to defeat .org price hikes. It won’t work” that mentioned a few opinions that I don’t agree with. Kevin said that “the retail price of …
Read More »Namecheap opposes domain name price increases
Namecheap is the first registrar that I see opposing the removal of price caps on several legacy top level domains such as .org, .info and .biz. (Also don’t forget .asia.) If you see any other …
Read More »Say “No” to unlimited price increases on .org, .info, .biz and .asia domains!
The ICA has created an easy-to-use Form for you to submit your objections to ICANN regarding its proposed removal of all price caps on several domain name extensions. Although the form focuses on .org you …
Read More »Efty acquires competitor DomaHub
Efty announced it has completed the acquisition of competitor DomaHub Domains LLC. DomaHub is domain name management software maker. DomaHub was founded in 2016 by Wonmin Lee and Wonkyu Lee as a platform that allowed users to rent …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 7 domains for $122,700 in March (LinkChecker[.]com, AmVis[.]com)
Mike Mann reported selling 7 domain names in March for a total of $122,700. Prices started at $7,800 and went up to $40,000. Mike Mann sold 7 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price …
Read More »Constantine Roussos and DotMusic win the rights to .Music domains!!!
DotMusic Limited managed to win the exclusive rights to the .music extension and domain names outbidding 2 giants: Google and Amazon. There were originally 8 competitive applications in contention. The contention was resolved a few …
Read More »Rick Schwartz reveals domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s
Rick Schwartz revealed on Twitter some of his domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s. He started by saying that domain name acquisition cost has nothing to do with sales price, something that I completely …
Read More »The ICA is organizing a public webcast
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is organizing a public webcast which will highlight the ICA’s policy positions and interests. The webcast is scheduled for April 12 at 1 PM EDT. Registration is now open. Among the topics ICA will …
Read More »GoDaddy domain auctions: The problems never end
So GoDaddy supposedly fixed the problem where domains would get renewed or transferred out after a GoDaddy auction had ended and paid for. But today I was going through my bank statement from March and …
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