Domain Name News

I went to GoDaddy to check the price of Sex.Shop. (.Shop launched getting more than 50,000 registrations.) I immediately saw that the price for Sex.shop was $139,999.99 per year but then I saw that many …

Namejet released it’s September 2016 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3L and 4L and numeric domains. Namejet sold 153 (90 domains in August) domains in September for a total of $655,831 …

The domain name sex.guru expired, was deleted and is now available to register. But why isn’t it taken yet? .Guru domains were a few of the first New gTLDs that launched in early 2014 by …

This is a video from STARTUP Saturday 2016 from The Domain Conference called “Lessons From The Edge”. This topic was meant to be a deep discussion of how the speakers faced unbelievable challenges came close …

Starting October 1, .CLUB will no longer recapture and reserve deleting domain names as the registry As you may know, in the past, as a registry .club has often recovered certain valuable deleting names and reserved …

.GLOBAL domains turned 2 this month. .Global was launched 9 September 2014. The number of premium domains sold is 253. The average sales price per premium domain sold is $ 2,751 USD. 8189 domain are …

Sedo is updating its Domain Parking Terms & Conditions and the revised terms will go into effect November 1, 2016. You can preview the updated agreements here: Domain Parking Terms & Conditions. You can see …

Rightside had a .Games and .Live auction on Namejet but people had doubts about what the domain name renewal prices are. Maybe that affected bidding. The auction included 15 reserved domain names and 11 of …

nTLDStats posted an Infographic with many interesting facts about the .shop launch. You can see the infographic below. Here are a few of the findings: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the …

A domain name drop catching service founded in 2014 is for sale and the asking price is $1,500,000. The service is described as “well-known and highly profitable business in the domain speculation and backordering niche.” …

Undeveloped is launching today the next big iteration of its marketplace. Undeveloped’s mission is “to professionalize the domain industry and to introduce more liquidity in the market.” I especially like the new “Domain Is For …

Donuts Inc., announced today that for three months beginning October 1, it will offer DPML Plus, a three-month promotion that builds on its legacy Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) program. For the first time brand …

You probably read about the glitch that allowed Home.nyc, a domain that was supposed to be auctioned on Namejet, to be registered for $30. But do you know that Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com is the …

.Shop domains opened for General Availability today. Here is a look at results in the first hours of GA and the .shop launch phases. In the first 30 minutes 39,801 .shop domain names were registered …