Pheenix announced some new features and changes that have just been completed. It announced a new partnership with Escrow.com, a new domain seller platform and new pricing for domain name backorders. Escrow.com and Pheenix.com are …
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Donuts can reject DPML Plus applications of certain 3-character or common dictionary terms
On October 1, 2016, Donuts announced upcoming price changes to its legacy DPML service and launched DPML Plus, a new and enhanced service for blocking trademarked terms, available for a limited time. In the original …
Read More »Delegation of new gTLDs did NOT degrade the security and stability of the root DNS system
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.74 MB] a draft report regarding the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (CDAR). The study examines the technical impact of the …
Read More »Results from the premium .NYC domain name auction (RealEstate.nyc $21,300)
Auctions.nyc and the City of New York had their first auction of premium .NYC domains. The auction featuring 20 domain names ended today on Namejet and 19 out of 20 domains were sold for a …
Read More »VeriSign reports $288 million of revenue in Q3
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2016. Verisign ended the third quarter with 144.1 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base. The final …
Read More »ICANN published plan for domain name Thick Whois in .com and .net
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 66 KB] a proposed plan for implementing policy recommendations regarding Thick Whois. The plan requires gTLDs currently providing thin Whois services – .COM, .NET …
Read More »PotatoParcel.com – Website sold on Flippa to be featured on Shark Tank
A website called PotatoParcel.com, that was sold on Flippa last year, will be featured on ABC’s Shark Tank this Friday. Potato Parcel is a quirky site where you can send anyone an anonymous (or not …
Read More »Buying a $3,000 per year New Domain and not registering the .COM for $10? Good luck!
Some people really don’t have a clue as it comes to domain names. Not a clue! And they will probably need all the luck in the world to get the right domain for the right …
Read More »Uniregistry released 3,636,440 domain names
Uniregistry released over 3.5 million previously withheld domain names across 19 TLDs, including 1.2 million premium names. The 3,636,440 domains were released today at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC). Most of the Uniregistry …
Read More »Front running in GoDaddy domain name auctions
I got an email from someone trying to sell me a similar domain name to one that I already own. The domain is not even remotely similar to mine but anyway… The domain was SO …
Read More »DomainTools was targeted by email harvesting campaign
DomainTools sent out an email today informing its account holders that a high volume user email harvesting campaign targeted its system and correctly matched a few hundred current or historic DomainTools account email addresses. This …
Read More »How to get a price and a discount for a domain name owned by NameFind (GoDaddy)
I visited a domain name owned by NameFind LLC, a GoDaddy company, to get a price for it. At the top it read: “The domain animalrights.org is for sale. To purchase, call Afternic.com at +1 …
Read More »Who won here? New gTLD owner refuses $2,000 offer, buyer goes for .com for $2,100
The owner of the New gTLD domain name howtoget.money got an offer for $2,000 through Godaddy “Domain Buy Service”. The New gTLD owner rejected the offer. He later got email from a GD domain broker …
Read More ».US to host its annual town hall meeting
.US and Neustar are hosting a Town Hall meeting this month for the United States’ country code Top-Level Domain, .US. The virtual .US Public Stakeholder Town Hall Meeting will take place on October 26, from …
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