Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new domain names, like .guru, .media and .photography, said today that Google has added nearly 90 of the company’s domain options to its domain name sales platform, bringing a more diverse …
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.GR Domains I Bought This Year
I am buying .com, .org and New gTLDs but I am also buying a few ccTLDs. I own a few .co.uk, a couple .co (do these count as ccTLDs?) and of course a lot of …
Read More »Record Breaking Q3 For StartingDot Premium Names (.ski domain sells for 5 figures)
With all 3 of the StartingDot TLDs now rolled out, and more registrars than ever offering .archi, .bio and .ski, demand has been increasing for StartingDot domain names in general, and premium names in particular. …
Read More ».Club To Auction 25 Domain Names (c.club, PC.club, etc.)
Jeff Sass, CMO of .Club, revealed at The Domain Conference that the .Club registry will be holding an auction in China in November. The auction will feature 24 2-character .club domains and the 1-character domain name …
Read More »ICANN Publishes 1st Global Registrant Survey By Nielsen
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today published the findings of its first Global Registrant Survey, which was conducted on its behalf by Nielsen. The study demonstrates, among other things, that domain …
Read More »DNA Publishes 5 Videos Featuring Industry Leaders (Jeff Sass, Roelof Meijer)
DNA, the Domain Name Association, just launched the latest series of DNA videos, which they call ‘Industry Leaders’. They’re intended to be evergreen commentaries on the state of the industry, all coming in at around …
Read More »Donuts Domain Name Collision Releases Are Over – I Bought A Few – What Did You Get?
This summer, Donuts released for registration 1.369 million previously reserved domain names in 144 gTLDs. The domains were initially reserved because of collisions. The company made these names available in batches each week between June …
Read More ».NYC Domain Meetup – Summary & Photos
.NYC Domain Meetup was held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The meetup celebrated the 1st year anniversary of the rise of the .NYC. Art Mal, owner and organizer of the .NYC Domain Meetup, gave a …
Read More »Chinese Domaining: The Lucky Number Eight (8)
TLD Registry, the registry of Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains, is releasing the fourth installment of their Chinese Domaining Masterclass blog series. TLD Registry presented the world’s first, …
Read More »Sedo Is At The DMEXCO 2015 Online Marketing Conference
Sedo is at dmexco in Cologne, Germany. Today, September 16, and tomorrow Sedo will be at booth D011 in hall 6. DMEXCO is the Digital Marketing Exposition and Conference. This is an event that attracts thousands of …
Read More »Facebook Just Used A .XYZ Domain – Not A Very Good One…
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced on its Facebook page the next Townhall Q&A. He used a .xyz domain name, and not a very good one, for the streaming video: hacktv.xyz. Here is the link Mark used:
Read More ».Online Puts Ads On Bus Shelters & Trucks in San Francisco
Radix registry has put .Online ads on over 35 bus shelters in San Francisco. They also have a fun digital truck doing the rounds in San Francisco with .tech and .online videos. The truck will …
Read More ».NYC Domain Meetup On Wednesday, September 16, 2015
There is a new .NYC Domain Meetup coming up tomorrow Wednesday, September 16, 2015. The meetup celebrates the 1st year anniversary of the rise of the .NYC. This meetup’s title is “1st Anniversary [The Rise …
Read More »ICANN: There are no underlying infrastructure obstacles to the accessibility of any TLDs
ICANN, in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the availability of a new report: An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance. Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers …
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