Domain Name News

Following the previous 2 Premium Auction Events, GoDaddy is hosting another auction event. GoDaddy says that the event aims “to gather more feedback from investors before potentially opening the doors to other domain sellers.”. “With …

Dan.com announced today that it is merging with Afternic after two years of planning. The Dan.com/Afternic merger is a process that will start soon so Dan.com is closing new account sign ups. A four-week period …

Google just announced today on Google Ads advertisers that starting in October, new Google Ads accounts will be automatically opted out of serving ads on Parked Domains. Advertisers will have the option to opt in …

GoDaddy launches Afternic Boost, a new tool to increase domain sales for a 5% commission fee. Recent experimentation to increase exposure for Afternic domains on GoDaddy resulted in up to 10% higher conversion rates. (Based …

Mike Mann reported 10 of his domain name sales in May 2024. Reported prices started at $5,000 and went up to $24,888. Mike sold 10 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $10,522. …

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2024. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $387 million for the second quarter of 2024, up 4.1 percent from the …

EuRid, the registry manager for the .eu, .ею, and .ευ domain names, published its 2023 Annual Report. Key Highlights Annual Growth in 2022/2023 was -0.47% ↓ (-17444 DOMAIN NAMES) Current portfolio size: 3684820 domain names …

Escrow.com released its Q2 2024 Domain Name Investment Index. In 2Q24, Escrow.com facilitated domain name sales totalling $90 million, a 7% increase from the total of $84 million in domain name sales transacted in the …

In 2023, Afternic launched the Dan.com Custom Lander that displayed Buy it Now and Lease to Own purchase options. Today, Afternic announced a new Custom Lander that is transitioning to GoDaddy branding and introducing new …

Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com published the 32nd edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call “liquid”. The …

Afternic shared four new updates, covering advanced filtering, bulk search, price requests, and some user interface (UI) adjustments. Advanced Filtering Afternic is launching a set of advanced filters to help you manage your domains more …

Mike Mann reported 16 of his domain name sales in April 2024. Reported prices started at $3,000 and went up to $67,000. Mike sold 16 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $14,632. …

Identity Digital announced the release of more than 20,000 short premium domains. Available for the first time, this includes over a thousand one and two-character .info domains and hundreds of previously-reserved .vote domains. The Early …

Following the year-end auction in December 2023, GoDaddy will be hosting another domain name auction event. GoDaddy says that the auction intents to gather more feedback from investors before potentially opening the doors to other …