Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately …
Read More »Intercap Holdings Inc. acquires the .inc new domain name extension
Intercap Holdings Inc. announced the acquisition of the new domain name extension, following ICANN’s consent to the change of control. As the first domain ending in the Intercap Holdings portfolio, .inc is being brought to …
Read More ».App domains are for dreamers
There is a lot of talk about the recent launch of .App domains by Google. It seems a bit ironic to me that there is so much optimism for the .app new extension. Apps are …
Read More »Namecheap offers monthly payments for buying New gTLDs like .CLUB, .SHOP, .MIAMI, .FASHION (Powered by Names.club)
Namecheap launched Namecheap Easy Payments, powered by the Names.club platform, in order to make premium domain names more accessible to startups, small businesses and everyone else. Namecheap Easy Payments adds a finance option to more …
Read More »Neustar and Sedo cancel domain auction for broadwaytickets.nyc
So long suckers! Neustar, the .nyc registry, and Sedo, the auction house responsible for the latest “travel” .nyc auction, have canceled the domain auction for broadwaytickets.nyc that was supposed to end on May 10. Why? …
Read More »Minds + Machines to acquire ICM Registry (.xxx, .adult, .porn, .sex)
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire membership interests of ICM Registry LLC (“ICM”), a US company, for a cash payment …
Read More »Half a million dollars spent on 40 .APP domain names
.App domain names officially launched yesterday as the new extension, run by Google, entered the EAP phase. EAP is the early access period when anyone can register available .app domains for an extra fee. The …
Read More ».NYC will have a travel and tourism domain name auction
.NYC will have a travel and tourism related domain name auction in May. The auction opens May 3, 1 PM ET and closes May 10, 1 PM ET. The auction features 25 domain names: boattour.nyc …
Read More »China added many 2nd level domains to the .cn extension
China has added many 2nd level domains to the .cn ccTLD extension. Allegravita wrote a blog post explaining the latest changes to Chinese domain names. “The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China …
Read More »How Neustar moved to .neustar – The New gTLD email problem remains
Neustar shared a guide with all the lessons learned from the launch of .neustar. One of the biggest challenges was moving to the .brand email addresses. Essentially they explained how they moved from their previous …
Read More »Top New gTLD domain name sales of 2017 (home.loans, the.club, casino.online, video.games)
These are the 41 highest selling New gTLD domain names of all 2017. Why 41? Because all 41 domains below were sold for $10,000 or more either by the respective registry or by a domain …
Read More ».Com and .info maintained consistent positive growth in 2017 (1 in 3 gTLDs contracted over 2017)
The DomainWire Global TLD Stat Report Q4/2017 has been published. The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European …
Read More »DigitalTown owns more than 100,000 New gTLD domains
DigitalTown, Inc. (OTC:DGTW) provided a condensed update on the status of the SmartWeb initiative and the start of Blockchain tokenization of the Company’s domain name portfolio. In May 2017, DigitalTown launched an initiative called SmartWeb …
Read More ».blog offers free sub-domains on 26 new websites (art.blog, movie.blog, music.blog, photo.blog, poetry.blog, video.blog)
Knock Knock Whois There (KKWT), the .blog registry, is teaming up with Automattic, its parent company and the company behind WordPress.com, to bring a higher awareness and usage of new TLDs through the launch of …
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