Domain Extensions

This is a story on how a domain investor can acquire a domain name he wants from another domain investor, without breaking the bank. I talked to Tim a few weeks back and I asked …

We are past the first year anniversary of the first New gTLDs and already 2,229 marks have expired at the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). So far 35,131 marks have been submitted to the Trademark Clearinghouse as …

Donuts made a second post about New gTLD renewals: “Donuts Renewal Trends: Day 2”. Day 2 does not refer to anything other than it is the second post that Donuts does on renewal rates. This …

Donuts made a post today about New gTLD renewals: “Donuts Renewal Trends: First Definitive Report”. Donuts said:

NameStats is showing that .guru lost 1,624 domain names today because of expiring domains that were removed from the zone file. .Guru now has 76,689 domains after losing domains for 10 consecutive days. .Guru last …

Jonathan Leane, founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Alternative Media, told his story involving SEO and Exact Match Domains (EMDs) on an article published by AUS Registry, the .au registry. Jonathan manages one of Australia’s …

Tim Culpepper, a Military Intelligence officer in the U.S. Army and a domain investor operating out of San Antonio, Texas, began his online business in 2009, so he could pay off his college loans. He …

With startups in mind, the .Club registry took to the streets of San Francisco for the Launch Hackathon and Festival, held at the Fort Mason Center. This was .Club’s first participation in a hackathon and …

Rightside is releasing today, March 18, 20,000+ two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. These two-character domain names, such as 2b.social, …

Following the launch of the new .cymru and .wales domains, all remaining Premium Names will be available from Tuesday 31st March at 12.00 noon on a first come, first-served basis. This means that over

Nominet, the .uk registry, is consulting on a proposed policy to clarify what data about domain-holders is published in the .UK WHOIS and, regardless of what’s published, ensure they have the accurate data essential for …

Donuts launched its first advertising campaign today called “Freedom of Choice”. Here is the first video released.

Today the “Freedom of Choice” advertising campaign launched by Donuts “to shake up the domain name space by shining the spotlight on the breadth and depth of new, creative choices now available in Internet naming.” …

Anti-Phishing Working Group, Inc. published the Global Phishing Survey “Trends and Domain Name Use in 1H2014“. This report examines all the phishing attacks detected in the first half of 2014 (January 1 to June 30). …