Domain Name News

I am always interested to know what other domain investors are doing and which of their domains are getting the most inquires. We often read about the sold domains but most of the time these …

The domain name NewYork.Cab is at auction at Flippa with 2 days left. There have been 41 bids already and the domain name has a $11,500 bid but things are not so simple as they …

I am sorry if I have replied to a few emails lately. After I came back from Namescon I immediately got involved in a big project. I am under a lot of pressure as the …

Flippa announced today two updates which aim to make the Flippa experience safer and more secure (Flippa Escrow) and even faster to find the best opportunities to buy (Editors’ Choice):

Jeffrey Sass, CMO of .CLUB, wrote a very interesting article on CircleId called “We’re Asking the Wrong Questions”. Here are some of the points he made: “The story so far has been fairly predictable: registries …

Verisign launched a new monthly blog series: Top 10 Keywords Registered in .COM and .NET. These are not actually the top 10 keywords but actually the keywords with the most growth in the previous month. This …

This is how companies are calling a price increase these days: “standardized discounting schedule”. Moniker announced some improvements, some released and some upcoming, yesterday and thanked its clients for their patience with Moniker over the …

I am sorry if I have replied to a few emails lately. After I came back from Namescon I immediately got involved in a big project. I am under a lot of pressure as the …

The funniest Flippa auction ever ends in a few hours and it it getting a few bids because people find it hilarious. This is the title of probably the funniest Flippa auction ever: “New gtlds …

This week 5 New gTLDs enter General Availability, 0 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and 1 strings enter the landrush phase. Afilias launches .LGBT on the 10th of February. Minds & Machines launches

Heritage Auctions Sells 13 Domain Names For $984,965 (NL.com $575,000) 10 Things I Learned About Chinese Domain Names Flippa 2014 Review: $2.15 Million In Domain Name Sales 34 Million New .Com & .Net Domains Registered …

In the past week 616 (559 in the previous week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.9 million ($1.2m in the previous week). Only 215 (211 in the previous week) domains …

ICANN 52 conference is underway in Singapore. Watch here the “Welcome Ceremony” from ICANN 52 in Singapore on Monday, February 9, 2015 and the ICANN 52 press conference where President and CEO Fadi Chehadé, Board …

Heritage Auctions premium domains auction was held today at the prestigious Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City and 13 domain names were sold for a total of $984,965 including the 15% buyer’s premium. NL.com sold …