Domain Name News

The fTLD registry posted two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to allocate previously reserved names in .BANK and details are available at https://www.ftld.com/request-for-proposal-rfp-to-allocate-reserved-names/. Here are some RFP highlights: –  Proposals for Domain(s) of Interest must be …

Mark Monitor published its latest gTLD (NgTLD) Quarterly Report, which delivers unique insight into the new gTLD Program. The report provides detailed information on .Brand registration and marketing activity, current trends and news relevant to businesses …

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. “GoDaddy posted strong top-line growth and exceptional cash flow throughout 2015. Our revenue topped $1.6 billion and we …

Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015. Business Highlights: Rightside’s 39 owned and operated gTLDs in general availability ended 2015 with over 400,000 registered …

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 …

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 …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …