The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of May 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are 2 common keyword in the .com and .net …
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Donuts buys Rightside for $213 million (purchase includes 40 New gTLDs & Name.com)
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME) and Donuts Inc., today announced that the two companies have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Donuts will acquire Rightside for $10.60 per …
Read More ».Club is releasing 4,500 new premium domain names
On June 14th at 15:00 UTC, .Club will be releasing 4,500 NEW premium domain names into their tiered premium inventory at the registrars. These are predominantly names that were previously registry reserved and have never been available through the …
Read More ».Club auction started at eName with 62 domains including 8.club
The eName platform launched its first and the largest .CLUB auction yet. The auction started today and ends in 1 week. A total of 62 names are in the auction, comprised of 32 names from …
Read More ».Vip expects a 70%+ domain name renewal rate
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), announced that first year renewal rates for its .vip domain in China will at about 70%. MMX says that would be significantly ahead of those typically seen by …
Read More »2017 new domain research & tactics (video)
A new video came out presented by the SEMPO Education Committee called “2017 New Domain Research & Tactics”. SEMPO is a nonprofit trade organization serving the search and digital marketing industry and marketing professionals engaged in …
Read More »Another reputation disaster: .XYZ takes back tens of NNN.xyz domain names
This is getting ridiculous from all aspects. I can’t even keep up with all the ridiculousness. Just after .XYZ launched this ridiculous promotion offering 1.111 billion numeric .xyz domain names at under a buck, a …
Read More ».CLUB at Domaining Europe 2017 – Jeff Sass and Tanya Loh (video)
At the 2017 Domaining Europe conference in Berlin, Germany .CLUB’s CMO Jeff Sass presented an introduction to the recently launched .CLUB broker program, and 60-month easy payments on premium names at www.Get.Club. In addition, Jeff …
Read More »Tucows stops support for 9 Uniregistry New gTLDs
This is another hit to the Uniregistry New gTLD extensions. Tucows/OpenSRS will stop offering 9 of the Uniregistry extensions on September 8th, 2017 because of price increases. Registrants will not be able to register or renew …
Read More »Just dropped 198 New gTLD domains and saved $45,000
Just saved about $45,000 of future renewals by dropping 200+ domains, including 198 New gTLDs. This is the review of my domain name renewals and drops in the months of March and April 2017. I …
Read More »Results of the tech .nyc domain name auction: web .nyc $8,638, startup .nyc $3,300
The tech .NYC premium domain auction was held at Snapnames and 18 of the 26 domains sold. Web.nyc and Startup.nyc were the top sellers. The 18 domains sold for a total of $28,872. The average …
Read More »DigitalTown partners with .London domains to launch Smart.London
DigitalTown, Inc. announced a major strategic partnership with Dot London Domains Limited and Minds + Machines (LSE: MMX), operators of the .LONDON top-level domain name. The ambitious partnership aims to align the .LONDON domain extension, …
Read More »Rightside results: Q1 2017 revenue down, registry domain renewal rate at 59%
Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. Total revenue decreased to $14.4 million compared to $16.6 million. The final registry renewal rate for the fourth quarter of …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: jumbo, solar, visit, spinner
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of April 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There are no common keyword in the .com …
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