The Domain Name Association (The DNA), the Internet domain industry’s trade association, announced that it conducted its inaugural Healthy Domains Initiative (HDI) summit last week, a meeting focused on healthy growth within the domain name …
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PIR (.ORG Registry) Looking For New Back-End Domain Service?
Public Interest Registry, the not-for-profit operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong domains, today announced the upcoming issuance of a Request for Information for the procurement of its back-end registry services. Afilias, the current PIR …
Read More »Comments Are Working Again! Oh The Irony!
I wrote a post asking readers to submit their comments on the upcoming changes on OnlineDomain.com and some recent updates I did. I asked readers to inform me of any problems and the only (not sure) …
Read More »A Lot Of Changes Coming On OnlineDomain.com – Please Post Your Suggestions
You may have noticed that I have not been posting as much as I am used to in the past 2 weeks. It is not like I don’t have anything to write, trust me I …
Read More »Sedo Sells 534 Domains For $1 Million: VacationUSA.com $20,000, iii.co $3,000
In the past week 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million. Sedo does not report domains that are part of private sales or domains that sold for less than 700 USD/EUR/GBP. Over 57% of total sales were the …
Read More ».Com & .Net Domains Ended 2015 At 139.8 Million Registrations (6.3% Increase & 71.9% Renewal Rate)
VeriSign reported domain name business and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. Business Highlights: Verisign Registry Services added 4.6 million net new names during the fourth quarter, ending with 139.8 …
Read More »THE Domain Conference Offers Valentine’s Day Special For Married Couples
THE Domain Conference has a limited Special deal on Admissions to TDC 2016. From now through February 14th, you and your spouse can attend for the low price of $399 (+ tax) for both you …
Read More »Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM & .NET Registrations in January (China Related Keywords Dominate .COM)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of January 2016 were published by Verisign. China related domain names dominate the .com list. “Smith” and “Lock” are the only common …
Read More »Donuts Partners With The MPAA To Reduce Online Piracy
Donuts and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) jointly announced an agreement to help ensure that websites using domains registered with Donuts are not engaged in large-scale piracy. Under the terms of the agreement, …
Read More »New gTLD Utilization Report (.brands, “suspicious” new gTLDs & .bank)
The latest edition of CSC’s New gTLD Utilization Report shows .brand launches continuing to pick up speed, more new gTLDs climbing up the Alexa rankings and some interesting examples of new gTLDs in use. They …
Read More »Do You Want To Activate Astoria .nyc Or Harlem .nyc? A “Without Cause” Clause Might Stop You!
The deBlasio Administration’s licensing initiative for the neighborhood domain names is currently accepting applications. So if you’re a neighborhood activist or budding media mogul, and want to activate Astoria.nyc, ConeyIsland.nyc, GreenwichVillage.nyc, Harlem.nyc or any of …
Read More »Göran Marby Named as ICANN President and CEO
Göran Marby, an experienced business executive and government leader has been named the next President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). “I’m delighted to announce Göran as …
Read More »GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE Is The 1st New Domain In A Super Bowl Ad (GodsOfEgyptMovie.com Is Parked)
During yesterday’s Super Bowl coverage, a trailer for the upcoming film Gods of Egypt aired that directed viewers to the domain name GodsOfEgypt.MOVIE. This was a first time that a New TLD domain name was …
Read More ».CLUB Sells 408 Premium Domain Names For $142,470
.Club had another 6-figure month with $142,470.52 in premium name sales for January. While not as dramatic as November and December, the January sales were still over 13% higher than then record breaking October sales. …
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