Domain Name News

Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), that owns Archeo Domains, announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014. Marchex sold $1.9 million worth of domains through Archeo. “As the first quarter demonstrates, advertisers are increasingly …

Dot London, the new domain for London, launched marking the first time that businesses, organisations and individuals can apply for a web address ending in .london as an alternative to .com or .co.uk. There is …

Eric Ludwick from What Box?, the company that has registered hundreds of domain names in the New gTLD sunrises using over 30 fake trademarks, is on the board of directors of the Domain Name Association …

The Centralized Zone Data System (CZDS) that is the system that provides all the New gTLD zone files is down for the past 36 hours. ICANN send an email yesterday informing CZDS users that there …

Sedo announced today the sale of the domain name autos.de for 120,000 Euro or $166,367 USD. The domain was bought by DAY Investments GmbH from Austria. The company owns domains such as charts.com, gutscheine.com, routenplaner.com, …

I noticed today that Sedo, that is using the Google feed, has started displaying banner ads on the domain names that are parked there. Instead of always getting a list of text ads you now …

I got an email today from Moniker announcing some updates that are coming soon. They promise a transformation with a new website that “better caters to your needs and new tools to manage and grow …

The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) are delighted to announce that following the private auctions held last week for .deals, .garden, .property and .yoga, the Company has secured the uncontested application rights …

The .club registry released an ad called “Invest in a great Domain Name!”. The ad was released last week and according to The Frager factor it is now being shown on TV. The ad description …

Deadline coming up in a week: “Call for Public Input: Draft Proposal, Based on Initial Community Feedback, of the Principles and Mechanisms and the Process to Develop a Proposal to Transition NTIA‘s Stewardship of the …

The domain name realestate.agency was purchased by someone from Texas on the 3rd day of Donuts Early Access Program (EAP) pricing. The domain was registered at Enom for about $4,800. This price includes a $1,200 …

General availability for the New gTLD .build starts today and anyone that cares about domaining should stay away. You should not support the same people that steal from domainers. Plan Bee, LLC, the .build registry, …

GoDaddy announced that it is now offering localized products and support in 14 new languages. New countries served with this expansion include Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, …

An attempt to grab the domain name Rock.co.uk using a DRS complaint, the equivalent to UDRP for .co.uk domains, was denied as the Complainant failed to prove that it had rights to a mark and …