Verisign pays $5 million annually to the Government of Tuvalu to be the sole registry operator of .TV. Verisign has the rights to sell .TV domain names up to December 31, 2021 that its contract …
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Video Documentary: “Selling Domain Names in China”
A glimpse of life on the road in China for those in the domain name industry. Follow key executives from ChopChop.Domains‘s parent company, TLD Registry, Ltd. (and their marketing partners from .CLUB) as they spread …
Read More ».EU has 3.76 million domains (renewal rate is 79% & other interesting statistics)
.EU published its Q4 2016 Progress Report that measures some interesting findings about the developments of the extension and the registrar community. During Q4 2016, the number of .eu registrations decreased by 32 655 domain …
Read More ».ink domains get Chinese MIIT approval
On February 6th, Top Level Design’s .ink received the official approval by China’s MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). This is the 6th new gTLD in the Latin alphabet approved for sale in mainland …
Read More »Trump dominates the top 10 trending keywords in .com and .net
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of January 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. There were 2 common keyword in the .com …
Read More »TLD Registry gets Chinese accreditation for .在线 (Dot Chinese Online) and .中文网 (Dot Chinese Website)
TLD Registry Ltd., owner and operator of two fully Chinese domain name extensions, .在线 (Dot Chinese Online) and . 中文网 (Dot Chinese Website), announced that its Beijing-based wholly foreign-owned entity (WFOE) company has received full …
Read More »92% of global NGOs have a website and 68% use a .org domain name
The 2017 Global NGO Online Technology Report was published and it has some very interesting findings on how NGOs worldwide use domain names, web and email communications, online and mobile fundraising tools, and social and …
Read More »Internet Society calls for hearings on .NYC contract renewal with Neustar
The New York Internet Society passed a resolution that called for the city of New York to hold public hearings before renewing its contract with Neustar Inc. for the operation of the .nyc TLD. The …
Read More »Donuts extends agreement for back-end registry services with Rightside
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ:NAME), and Donuts Inc. announced today the extension of their agreement, which provides back-end registry services to Donuts’ broad array of nearly 200 new generic Top Level Domains (new gTLDs). “We have …
Read More ».Club sells 39 premium domains worth $150k (with the new financing & broker program)
During NamesCon in Las Vegas .Club launched some new things at www.get.club: Universal .CLUB Search – search for any .CLUB domain and get WHOIS information if it is registered, or find easy purchase options if …
Read More ».Global has an idea that can help domain name investors sell more New gTLD domains
.Global has an idea that can help domain name investors sell more .global domains. But this is an idea that other registries can follow too. The .Global registry designed a “domains portal” specifically for domain …
Read More »Top 30 New gTLD Domain Name Sales Of 2016
These are the 30 highest selling New gTLD domain names of all 2016. All 30 domains below were sold for $33,000 or more either by the respective registry or by a domain name reseller. There …
Read More »Minds + Machines reports $15.8 million in billings (100% growth)
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) reported topline billings growth of 100% for the year ended 31st December 2016. Total billings of $15.8 million were achieved for FY 2016 compared to $7.9 million for FY 2015, with the …
Read More ».Club ends up with nearly $1 million of premium domain name sales in 2016
The .club premium name sales continued at a steady pace for .CLUB in Q4 2016 and throughout 2016. During 2016 nearly 2,000 premium .CLUB names were sold, via auctions, through the registrar channel and aftermarket …
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