Domain Name News

Wishful thinking by many people in the domain name industry will not change how domain names have been used in the past, how they are used now and how they will be used in the …

So I won an auction for an expired domain name at GoDaddy for $2,605 on the 1st of May. I did the mistake and didn’t check out the domain name before made my bid and …

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. Domains revenue of $240.8 million, up 10.0% year over year. “GoDaddy delivered another very good quarter, with strong customer growth, …

Rick Schwartz has been tweeting non-stop lately sharing his view of the domain name industry and giving domain name advice to whoever that wants to listen. On Sunday Rick made the following tweet: “If you …

DigitalTown won a UDRP complaint for the domain name Gorgonzola.City. The complaint was made by Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola of Novara. That is an organisation that oversees the production and marketing of all …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial and domain name registration results for the first quarter of 2017. The final .com and .net renewal rate for the fourth quarter of 2016 was 67.6 percent compared with …

The domain name Fly.com sold for $2.89 million by Travelzoo according to SEC filings. The sale price was for the domain name only and not any other assets. Following the Company’s strategic decision to focus on …

I got an inquiry on a 1-word .com. It is kinda of scifi, science, brandable and dictionary all mixed together word. Before I had a chance to reply to the inquiry, and I know that …

These are the 10 things I examine when deciding what domain names to renew and what domain names to drop. I am always reevaluating at renewal time and dropping domain names. This takes time but …

The Domain Name Association (The DNA) announced today the results of its commissioned study titled “Hidden Advantages of a Relevant Domain Name” to understand the impact top-level domain name extensions (TLDs) may have on organic …

Complainants from China tried to recover 74 domains, that they claim were stolen, using a UDRP complaint and failed. And it is only natural that it failed. UDRP was not designed for recovering stolen domain …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2016. Commenting on the results Toby Hall, CEO of MMX said: “To understand the key market drivers of the …

Rick Schwartz, aka the “Domain King”, made a tweet describing his domain name portfolio and how he values his 7,000 domain names. “I own 7000 #Domains 750-1000 of them valued over $100k. 150-200 valued over …

The .CLUB team was at the WHD.global conference in Rust, Germany. The conference took place in the Europa-Park in March 25-31, 2017. Attendees came from industries spanning hosting and cloud services (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS), …