Domain Name News

NameJet is now offering an exclusive list of 68 premium domains, all priced to sell at low or no reserve. Namejet has partnered with Find Your Domain to offer this list of low and no …

Sedo Holding AG published its Annual Report for the year 2012 today that reveals that while overall revenue is up by 6.6%, sellers and consequently buyers are leaving the Sedo domain platform for other services. …

This week, Google announced that its Public DNS service fully supports DNSSEC validation. From their blog post: “We now fully support DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) validation on our Google Public DNS resolvers. Previously, …

The Delaware Department of State sent a letter to ICANN and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), that is part of the US Department of Commerce, on the 5th of March regarding applications for new …

The Generic Names Supporting Organization Working Group tasked with addressing the issue of locking of a domain name subject to Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) Proceedings has published its Initial Report for public …

The domain name GMEurope.com was dropped by General Motors and it was caught and auctioned at Namejet. The domain that was used as the official website for General Motors Europe AG had an original registration …

Demand Media opens domain services office in Dublin, Ireland and names David Ryan as General Manager to oversee efforts for the New TLD Launch. Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), a leading digital media and domain services …

This week, 865 transactions (837 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.47 million ($1.7 last week). Only 271 domains (278 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) today announced the acquisition of Creativebug, the go-to source for high-quality, online video art and craft instruction.  Creativebug’s network of exceptional designers and library of educational videos complements the crafts-related content …

eDoctor.com, a domain that was dropped by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, sold for $43,310 at Namejet in an auction last month. The winning bidder didn’t pay the winning price within the 28 days provided by Namejet after the …

ICANN‘s 2013 Nominating Committee (NomCom) will be attending the 46th ICANN Meeting in Beijing, China, (http://beijing46.icann.org/) and conduct a number of open meetings to provide detailed information to the community about the NomCom’s work and …

Key-Systems GmbH (domaindiscount24.com) introduced a new feature in the dd24 login area: the dd24 dashboard. The dashboard provides many important details about your dd24 account at a glance. The dashboard shows you for example if …

EURid, the .eu registry, will attend WorldHostingDays (WHD.global) from 19 – 21 March in Rust, Germany, to raise awareness of .eu and liaise with .eu registrars and other industry professionals. WorldHostingDays (WHD.global) is the most …

SSC.com sold for $50,299 at Namejet. The auction had 296 bids from 283 bidders. There were 6 bidders with a $10k bid or higher and 3 of them actually made it above $50k. The domain name has …