We are almost 4 years into the New gTLD program and domain name registrations have fallen below the 20 million mark. These are the domain name registrations that according to NameStat.org are in the zone …
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Radix expected to make $12 million in revenue in 2017
Radix revealed that it has reached $11.7 million in annual revenue and will surpass the $12 million milestone before the end of the calendar year 2017. This is the first time that Radix, a self-funded …
Read More »Neustar moves its website from Neustar.biz to Home.Neustar
Neustar, Inc. today announced that it has revamped its global website and that it is moving to its own .brand extension. Neustar’s new website is moving from Neustar.biz to Home.Neustar All of Neustar’s digital assets …
Read More »Radix shares renewal rates for .Online, .Tech and .Site (no data for its other 6 extensions)
Radix registry shared the renewal rate for three of its most popular TLDs, .ONLINE, .TECH and .SITE. Launched in July and August 2015, these 3 TLDs are up for subsequent (2nd cycle) renewal and are …
Read More ».Club sells 452 domain names for $380k (porn.club, basketball.club, coin.club)
In the third quarter of 2017 .CLUB sold a total of 452 domain names, generating $325,743.31 in single payment sales and another $55,050 in topline value of new “Easy Payment” subscription sales at www.get.club for …
Read More ».London launches marketing campaign on London Underground, billboards, digital & TV advertising
.London is launching a new marketing campaign. This new localised campaign aims to encourage London’s small businesses to show pride in their association with the capital, to help increase brand awareness, encourage new registrations and …
Read More »CentralNic secures contract to 14 New gTLDs, .sk acquisition has been delayed
CentralNic has agreed with Germany’s KSregistry GmbH for CentralNic’s wholesale division to provide its services for 14 Top-Level Domain extensions currently managed by Open Registry, which KSregistry acquired from Group NCC in 2017. Under the …
Read More ».NYC announces the 5 winners of the Best of Boroughs contest (plus some .nyc stats)
The City of New York, on behalf of .nyc, crowned the winners of the first-ever Best of Boroughs contest. The Best of the Boroughs 5 website winners are: Best of Bronx – NewDayChurch.nyc is committed …
Read More »DigitalTown acquires JustLegal.com, hires Frank Robles, Braden Pollock joins as an investor/advisor
DigitalTown, Inc. and Congo, Ltd., have entered into an agreement for DigitalTown to acquire technology, expertise, and other assets of Congo. Congo’s flagship product is JustLegal.com, an online service for legal service provider discovery. “The …
Read More »Less than 1,500 .Boston domains were registered on general availability
Less than 1,500 .Boston domain names were registered on general availability day 1, October 10 2017. According to Namestat there are now 1,619 registered .Boston domain names. The total includes 1,429 registrations from general availability …
Read More ».CLUB to release 380 domains tomorrow (BB.club, HR.club, etc.)
.CLUB will be releasing 380 domains tomorrow, October 11, at 1500 UTC (11:00 EST), through the registrar channel. The domain names are predominantly LL and NN names such 12.club, 16.club, AB.club, BB.club, CD.club, DV.club, ET.club, HR.club …
Read More »My thoughts on the Donuts New gTLDs and their stated 71% average renewal rate
Donuts published a health check on its TLDs and this time it includes all 40 of the newly acquired Rightside extensions. “Taking a glance at year-to-date numbers (through August 2017), the indicators are all positive. …
Read More »Funniest domain name story of the month! wtf@wtf.wtf (???)
This is one of the funniest stories I have heard in the past few months! Imagine this: You are having issues with your email and then out of anger you try to send an email …
Read More »Was the $41.5 million price tag for .Shop domains worth it?
.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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