Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the second quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 339.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately …
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Buzzfeed threatens Mike Mann and his domain name Tasty.com
Buzzfeed is threatening Mike Mann and his Tasty.com. Seems like Buzzfeed, that is running Tasty.co, wants to upgrade from the .co to the .com by stealing a domain name that was registered and owned by Mike …
Read More »GoDaddy domain auctions and payments – Let’s set the record straight…
Last week Dispute.com was auctioned at GoDaddy auctions for $65,000 but the winning bidder could not make payment in the time frame that GoDaddy requires. Eventually the domain went to the 6th bidder that paid …
Read More »Liquid domains market: GDPR cools down Escrow.com reported sales
GDPR COOLS DOWN REPORTED SALES: As GDPR takes effect, Escrow.com reports the lowest volume of sales since the start of LXDO. GGRG Brokerage Consulting and Giuseppe Graziano published the 2nd quarter of 2018 Liquid Domains Market …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: vein, ton, globe, fashion, tesla
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of July 2018 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There was no common keyword in the 2 …
Read More »Christian.com sells at Sedo for $600k – It sold again for $600k in 2009!
Dave Evanson, a Sedo broker, announced today they the domain name Christian.com sold at Sedo for $600,000. The domain is still parked at Sedo and whois at GoDaddy still shows the Sedo Transfer Service as the owner, …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 6 domains in July for $82,440 (Spicy[.]net, Consumers[.]net, etc.)
Mike Mann reported selling 6 domain names in July for a total of $82,440. Prices started at $4,888 and went up to $29,888. 4 of the domains were .com and 2 domains were .net. Usually …
Read More »Domain Tools hits 1 billion domains and shares some interesting statistics
A few weeks ago DomainTools added in its database its one billionth unique domain name. Celebrating the unique occasion Domain Tools shared some very interesting and fun statistics about registration numbers and keywords: For context, there …
Read More »Tucows Q2 report: revenue drops because of bulk transfer of 2.65 million Namecheap domains
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “The second quarter once again saw solid performances from each of our businesses,” …
Read More »People keep registering bad domains
Donuts offered some insights about their premium domain names. The only insight I got, and that comes as no surprise, is that people have been and are (always) registering bad domains. Donuts is generally characterizing …
Read More »Escrow.com launches Escrow Pay
Escrow.com announced the launch of its latest feature “Escrow Pay”, a streamlined checkout payment system for buying and selling cars, boats, airplanes, domains and anything of value, in one line of code. Escrow Pay is …
Read More »German appellate court denies ICANN injunction
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) announced that a German appeal court (Appellate Court of Cologne) has issued a decision on the injunction proceedings ICANN initiated against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar …
Read More »MMX will integrate .luxe with Ethereum
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement that will enable Ethereum’s Ethereum Name Service (“ENS”) to be integrated into the services marketed by registrars to consumers …
Read More »GoDaddy Q2 report: $651.6M total revenue, $304.8M domain revenue
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018. “GoDaddy successfully delivered another solid quarter with continued customer, revenue, and cash flow growth,” said GoDaddy CEO Scott Wagner. “We are making …
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