Domain Name News

Namejet had a .Menu auction that featured 32 .menu domain names but none of them sold. 6 of the domains got at least the opening $69 bid but none of them reached the reserve. Proteindiet.menu …

DomainTools announced a partnership with Malformity Labs that already incorporates DomainTools’ extensive database into the Maltego transform server and can immediately accelerate your investigations. The availability of a Maltego transform server makes it incredibly easy to …

Dynadot announced that it is running a drop catch sale for the month of July. They recently increased their registry connections and updated the technology behind our Dynadot drop catcher. I am not sure with …

.London says that they are expecting 50,000 applications until one month from now when .london will enter the launch phase. Those who have applied through the ICANN trademark clearing house will also be given priority. …

Sedo just announced that it sold the domain name Eat.club for $20,000 USD. The buyer is myeatclub.com from California. The Eat Club is an online food delivery company that started in 2010. The domain eat.club …

Google had a presentation on New gTLDs called “Who cares about new domain names? We do. If you want happy users, then you should too.” at the Google I/O in San Francisco. This is how …

GoDaddy unveiled Get Paid, a new offering designed to help small businesses ‘get paid’ anytime, anywhere, and by any digital method. With Get Paid, small business owners can create and send invoices and estimates, accept …

Rolling.Domains officially opened it’s doors today as the ‘Launch Pad for Digital Success’ for both domain investors and end users alike. It a new website that showcases both new and older TLD’s, offers meaningful premium …

With the Launch of the New .BAR New gTLD for Bars and Nightclubs, Domain Company Punto 2012 Commits to an Annual $10,000 Donation to the Meksiko School in Bar, Montenegro, until 2024. .BAR domain was …

Global registry services provider Afilias announced that July 22, 2014, is the sunrise start date for its newest generic top-level domain (gTLD): .BLACK. Following the close of sunrise, general availability is scheduled to commence on …

I have been using Fabulous and Dynadot for the past few years as my main registrars. I was using Moniker up until about 2007 but then I started transferring domains out. Their system was full …

Neustar, the .us registry, is increasing the price of .US domains tomorrow. So from July 1st 2014 all .us domain registrations and renewals will cost an extra $0.50 in wholesale. That is the registrar price …

This infographic was published by EURid, the .eu registry, and offers a quick overview of some key performance indicators for the .eu top-level domain in the year 2013.

In the past week (June 16 to June 22), 476 (520 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $0.9 million ($1m last week). Only 145 (177 last week) domains from …