Rightside announced today financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016 reporting a net loss of $4.4 million for the 3rd quarter. Business Highlights Rightside has 40 gTLDs in its portfolio and ended …
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The .Blog registry is not releasing ANY 1, 2 and 3 character domain names!
.Blog domain names are currently in the Landrush phase but it seems that thousands of domains have been reserved by the registry including ALL 1, 2 and 3 character domain names. Per ICANN (Internet Corporation …
Read More »The .Blog registry registered the best .blog domains for itself!
Looking to buy the domain name fashion.blog, music.blog or news.blog? You are out of luck… The .blog domain name registry has registered for itself and its partners about 90 .blog domains. 27 of the domains correspond …
Read More ».Blog domain name Landrush has started
The .Blog registry (owned by WordPress) launched the Landrush Phase for purchasing .blog web addresses. This phase marks the first time non-trademark owners can apply for early access to a .blog domain name. That means anyone …
Read More »What would have happened if my sold New gTLD domain had a higher renewal price?
I sold a New gTLD domain after a long dry spell. We agreed on the price after the buyer got back to me after a month and made a new offer. He offered 3 times …
Read More »Donuts can reject DPML Plus applications of certain 3-character or common dictionary terms
On October 1, 2016, Donuts announced upcoming price changes to its legacy DPML service and launched DPML Plus, a new and enhanced service for blocking trademarked terms, available for a limited time. In the original …
Read More »Delegation of new gTLDs did NOT degrade the security and stability of the root DNS system
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.74 MB] a draft report regarding the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (CDAR). The study examines the technical impact of the …
Read More »Results from the premium .NYC domain name auction (RealEstate.nyc $21,300)
Auctions.nyc and the City of New York had their first auction of premium .NYC domains. The auction featuring 20 domain names ended today on Namejet and 19 out of 20 domains were sold for a …
Read More »Buying a $3,000 per year New Domain and not registering the .COM for $10? Good luck!
Some people really don’t have a clue as it comes to domain names. Not a clue! And they will probably need all the luck in the world to get the right domain for the right …
Read More »Uniregistry released 3,636,440 domain names
Uniregistry released over 3.5 million previously withheld domain names across 19 TLDs, including 1.2 million premium names. The 3,636,440 domains were released today at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC). Most of the Uniregistry …
Read More ».Blog got more than 1,000 domain name registrations in sunrise
The .Blog registry announced that since beginning the Sunrise Phase on August 18th, more than 1,000 .blog domain sites have been activated. The number is higher than the expectations of the registry and is “signaling …
Read More »New gTLDs have no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registrations (except for the regional new gTLDs)
ICANN has published findings of a study exploring whether the New gTLD Program has affected competition in the domain name marketplace. The study shows that the New gTLD Program has had no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registration …
Read More »Anyone can register a .DOCTOR domain name but…
.DOCTOR domain names open for general availability October 26. Donuts is the registry for the extension. Donuts has encountered some questions about the availability of this name—specifically, whether it will be open for registrations to …
Read More ».Law has sold and verified 6,000 domain names to law professionals
Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the “.law” top-level domain, announced that since launching a year ago, .law has registered more than 6,000 first-choice and premium .law domain names. The registry also …
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