.Shop domain names turn one year old and as .shop celebrates its first anniversary, we take a look if the $41.5 million price tag paid by the registry was really worth it. It seems that …
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Websites still don’t recognize all New gTLD email addresses
Today, the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) released two reports aimed at measuring the state of popular browsers and websites and their ability to handle all domain names – including new, longer, or non-Latin top-level …
Read More »Google starts using HTTPS Strict Transport Security (HSTS) for all its 45 TLDs
Google announced that they want the internet more secure and because of that they have added another tool in their toolbox, the HTTPS Strict Transport Security (HSTS) preload list. The HSTS preload list is built …
Read More »A fundamental mistake in domain name investing
This is a fundamental mistake in domain name investing and even experienced domainers do this mistake even without realizing it. Some people think that the simple the fact of owning many domain names will sooner …
Read More »I had a failed domain purchase at Afternic & DomCollect, Sedo, New Ventures Services, Web.com are involved
I bought a .com domain name for $1,500 using the BIN price at Afternic on the 28th of August. The domain name was then refunded 2 days later with little to no explanation as to …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 7 domains in August for $124,188 (Buys LinkedTin.com for $10)
Mike Mann reported selling 7 domain names in August for a total of $124,188. Mike had 5 5-figure sales and another 1 sale very close to $10k. Highest reported sale was NorthLife.com that sold for $32,500. …
Read More »WordPress recommends you get a .COM domain name
WordPress and Automattic, the parent company of WordPress and the new .blog extension, are recommending that you should get a .com domain name if both the .com and .blog domains are available. Automattic has setup …
Read More »Mike Robertson returns to Fabulous!
Mike Robertson is returning to Fabulous, the Australian domain name registrar, after nearly 7 years. Mike will be permanently joining the Fabulous team in mid/late October 2017 at which time more news about Fabulous may …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in August 2017: Namejet, Andrew Rosener, Uniregistry, Rick Schwartz, Mike Mann, DropCatch
These are the top domain name articles from August 2017. August was a good month for OnlineDomain.com in terms of views, even better than July. Also more than 200 comments were made by readers. OnlineDomain.com celebrated its …
Read More »Fashion.nyc that sold in a domain auction for $37,000 was never paid for
It seems that a few of the domains that were in the 3 .NYC auctions in the past year were not paid for. I got a tip that the highest selling domain name from the …
Read More »And the profit from selling 29 Million worth of domains in 2017 for Uniregistry has been???
Uniregistry Market announced today that it has sold 3617 domains totaling more than 29,000,000 USD in the first 8 months of 2017. In 2017 the average prices dropped marginally for the first time ever to …
Read More »Rick Schwartz is buying AND dropping domain names all the time!
Rick Schwartz, the Domain King, is constantly buying but also dropping domain names all the time. He shared a list of his purchases and also tweeted today that he dropped 100 domains from 1997 saving …
Read More »Top 10 Trending Keywords in .com and .net in Q2 2017: coin, crypto, fidget spinner
Verisign released the top 10 trending keywords in .com and .net in Q2 2017. .COM .NET 1. coin coin 2. crypto fashion 3. jumbo tube 4. fidget crypto 5. spinner viral 6. smiles soccer 7. …
Read More »Trouble in paradise? Uniregistry staff departures continue!
It seems that 2017 is a tough year for Uniregistry. Many people have left the company. It is not clear if these departures have been lay-offs or resignations. Or if this is normal for Uniregistry …
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