Andrew Rosener, domain broker and CEO of Media Options, announced 5 big domain name sales today. Before doing so he talked about working while on vacations: “The best part about the domain industry is we …
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Domain investor shares his 4 year .NYC experience
Matt Gill of Developed.nyc shared his experience selling .NYC domain names since October 2014. First of all I would like to say that .nyc has smaller investor competition as you can only register this New …
Read More »There were 712 complaints for .uk domains in 2017 – 55% of the complaints resulted in a domain transfer
Nominet, the .UK registry, released the 2017 annual summary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). A total of 712 complaints relating to 783 domains, which represents just 0.0065% of the domain names …
Read More »3.1 million .au domain names move from Neustar to Afilias
3.1 million .au domain names moved overnight from Neustar to Afilias, the new .au registry and domain name infrastructure. .au Domain Administration Ltd CEO, Cameron Boardman, said the transition of the registry to Afilias Australia …
Read More »Some very interesting domain name statistics
Afnic has published its 2017 study on the global domain name market, based on ICANN statistics, registry figures, specialized site information and internal research: At the end of 2017, the global domain name market represented …
Read More »New domainer of the day!
I vote for this guy to be new domainer of the day. Or maybe of the month! This summarizes all the misconceptions that people have about domain names and all the mistakes you can make …
Read More ».CO domains get approved in China
The .CO country code top-level domain (ccTLD) has been approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) to proceed with full commercial operations in China. This allows Chinese entrepreneurs and companies who own …
Read More »Michael Cyger explains all the features of the new Efty (video)
The New Efty went live just a few weeks back. Pretty much all of the new features they shipped over the past few years were build on top of the original framework that was developed …
Read More ».EU suspends over 11,000 abusive domain names
On 21 June 2018, EURid, the .EU registry, suspended 11,760 domain names that were registered with non-eligible registration data, of which some have been reported for abuse. With actions as such, .EU says that its …
Read More »Big spending continues: ICANN meetings 67, 68 & 69 will be at Mexico, Malaysia & Germany
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the locations for the 2020 ICANN Public Meetings. Cancun, Mexico, has been selected as the location in the Latin America and Caribbean region to host ICANN’s …
Read More »What is your oldest domain name?
What is the oldest domain name you own? Mine is from 1994. Of course I only started domaining in July 2002, (almost 16 years back) but I have bought hundreds of domain names that have …
Read More »NamesCon Europe 2019 will be held in Lisbon, Portugal
A few days back the 10th anniversary of Domaining Europe ended. Founder Dietmar Stefitz handed over the reins to NamesCon. The host city for NamesCon Europe 2019 will be Lisbon, Portugal. The conference will be …
Read More »Donuts makes it easier to register .Travel domains
Donuts Inc. announced the re-launch of the .travel top-level domain (TLD), which it had acquired earlier this year. Donuts has simplified the registration process, making it much easier for registrars to offer the domain for sale, and easier …
Read More »Tucows and Enom make whois unnecessary difficult for some extra cash
Tucows and Enom (owned by Tucows) gave some more details on how their gated whois will work after GDPR. Tucows claims that they will ensure that only those with a legitimate interest are given access …
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