Squarespace, Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023. “Squarespace surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the first time in its 20-year history in 2023, driven by new customer growth …
Read More ».UK: Reporting of malicious domains is down, but phishing still on the rise
Nominet, the .UK registry, released its annual update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to 31 October 2023. When alerted by law enforcement agencies, Nominet works with its registrars to …
Read More »Google stops monetizing adult PPC traffic
Companies offering domain name parking informed their customers that their main upstream advertising partner will discontinue monetizing traffic to adult classified domain names. The main upstream advertising partner for most PPC companies has been Google …
Read More »Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 5 domains for $331,957 in December
Mike Mann reported 5 of his domain name sales in December 2023. Reported prices started at $8,405 and went up to $294,888. Mike sold 5 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $66,391. …
Read More »Global TLD Market Report: 45% .com, 38% ccTLDs
The latest CENTRstats TLD Market Report has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market, and …
Read More »Tucows Q4 2023 report: “consistent performance of Tucows Domains”
Tucows Inc. reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “We finished 2023 at the high end of our range for Adjusted EBITDA guidance, a …
Read More »Escrow Q4 2023 report: .AI & 4 character domains hit record highs
This quarter, the total domain name volume on Escrow.com continues to ease slightly from $85M in 3Q23 down to $79M in 4Q23. For most domain categories, the median price has been maintained from the previous …
Read More ».ART moves over 1 million premium domains to standard
On February 21st, .ART transitioned over 1 million domain names from the premium tiers to the standard tier. This strategic move is designed to further democratize access to .ART domains, making it easier for artists, …
Read More »Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
Chris Koerner from Dallas, Texas shared his thought process for buying the domain name Cofounders.com. He said that it was a stupidly easy decision to spent $65k on a one word domain name. Here is …
Read More »Q4 2023 report: .com and .net lose 1.2 million domains
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report from DNIB.com, the fourth quarter of 2023 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), …
Read More »VeriSign reports Q4 and full year 2023 results
VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2023. Fourth Quarter Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $380 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, up 3.0 …
Read More »Efty revamps its domain name marketplace
Efty.com has launched a significant update to its domain name marketplace’s look and feel. The new marketplace has undergone a significant transformation with fresh branding. The new look is designed to enhance user experience, making …
Read More »Namecheap files suit against ICANN
Richard Kirkendall, Namecheap CEO, announced today that they filed a suit against ICANN. “After a previous ruling via a mediation process they have taken little action towards the recommendations of that ruling and so our …
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