Mike Mann reported 9 of his domain name sales in December for a total of $146,064. Reported prices started at $8,888 and went up to $25,400. All 9 domains were .com. The average reported domain …
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Nearly a million new .nl domain names registered in 2020
Last year saw the registration of 995,000 new .nl domain names. That’s 20 per cent up on 2019, when 827,000 new .nls were created. Thanks to the registration surge, the total number of .nl domain …
Read More »ICANN launches audit of 183 registrars
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced the launch of an audit program aimed at reviewing how registrars are fulfilling their contractual obligations related to addressing reports of potentially abusive domains. This …
Read More »GoDaddy statement regarding AR15.com
GoDaddy issued a statement regarding the removal of the website AR15.com from GoDaddy registrar and hosting. Why did GoDaddy suspend services to AR15.com? On January 8, we received a complaint regarding certain content on AR15.com. …
Read More »“Want to change the world? Register a sweet domain.”
Today it was Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, that made a tweet about domain names. 2 days ago it was Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, that tweeted about domain names. This is what Chad Hurley …
Read More »Elon Musk tweets about domains
Elon Musk tweeted yesterday once again about domain names. The tweet has a link to x.com and an image that shows how much someone hurts when the domain name they bought for a side project …
Read More »CentralNic acquires SafeBrands
On 9 January 2021, CentralNic acquired SafeBrands, a France-based award-winning innovator and technology pioneer for a total cash consideration of up to EUR 3.6m ($4.4m), representing 0.9x its FY2019 revenue. SafeBrands operated at approximately breakeven …
Read More »Liquid domains report: $11M+ in Escrow(.)com domain sales
Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com published the 17th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call “liquid”. The objective of the report is to present key …
Read More »DAN 2.0 is coming soon with a new domain registrar
Dan.com will be showing a preview of DAN 2.0 at CES2021. (Dan.com will showcase their “Tech Solutions for Global Challenges” at CES2021. Dan.com have been selected to represent the delegation from The Netherlands at CES.tech …
Read More »Rick Schwartz’s 10 lessons in domaining
Rick Schwartz has been tweeting non-stop in the past few days providing very important tips and lessons about domain names. Here are Rick Schwartz’s 10 lessons in domaining so far: Lesson 1: If you give …
Read More »81,000 .EU domain names were SUSPENDED
On 1 January 2021, following the notices EURid, the .eu registry, published on their website since June 2020 and the emails they sent to affected registrars and registrars, over 81 000 domain names whose registrants …
Read More »DNWE is switching to a subscription model
DNWE 2.0 is launching on January 10th, 2021. Here are all the announced upcoming changes to the platform: Platform Subscription DNWE will be switching to a subscription model for all users. The 2021 subscription price …
Read More »Epik update on Afternic fast transfer status
See below Epik’s update on Afternic fast transfer status after GoDaddy terminated the Afternic/Epik partnership. Today is the day the agreement was set by GoDaddy to terminate. Regarding Afternic Faster Transfer and Epik’s Commitment to …
Read More »Stats about the .blog New gTLD extension
The .blog registry, Knock Knock WHOIS There, shared some stats about the quality of the New gTLD extension. Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC is a subsidiary of Automattic, the parent company of WordPress.com and Jetpack. It …
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