Domain Name News

The 2019/2020 auDA Annual Report was released, with data from the Australian domain name administrator showing an increase in domain name registrations as the impacts of COVID-19 were felt across Australia and activities moved increasingly …

ICANN, a useless organization that does pretty much nothing all year around, managed to “only” spend $126 million in the financial year ending 30 June 2020. Almost all of its policy development is done by …

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 …

Donuts announced 17 more New gTLDs were licensed to sell in China. Donuts now has 42 New gTLDs licensed in China. The following Donuts New gTLDs were selected for licensing in collaboration with strategic registrar …

CENTR has released an animated video on ccTLDs and their technical role in relation to online content. Due to increased legislative interest in this topic, the need for comprehensive educational material outlining the role and …

GoDaddy released today its first domain name sales report in years! GoDaddy stopped reporting domain name sales when it went public. (NYSE: GDDY) You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for June …

NamesCon will soon announce 3 domain name events for 2021: “While the pandemic is keeping so many factors in flux, we’re confident that we can deliver top-notch experiences for the domain industry while keeping everyone …

Beware of the “Comparable domains sold” shown at GoDaddy domain name appraisals. It seems some of these domain sales are older than 2006. Maybe some are even a lot older than 2006! When I get …

The European Commission is launching the process to select the next Registry for the .eu Top-Level Domain (TLD), one of the largest “country” TLDs worldwide. The subject of this call is to select the Registry …

Efty.com launched its new domain name marketplace today. Efty created a consolidated marketplace, offering a place where buyers can search for, negotiate and purchase domains from all Efty users combined. The Efty.com marketplace is a …

Sahil Gupta gets his Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster courtesy of Rick Schwartz! HallofShame.com reveals new Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster! New poster boy for 2020: Sahil Gupta. You can read the whole story of …

Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced the Group’s unaudited interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2020. Commenting on the results, Toby Hall, CEO of MMX, said: “As a Group …

Sahil Gupta, wanna be thief of the domain name Spase.com, falsely reported me on Twitter yesterday. He blocked my account for 12 hours. This is Sahil Gupta’s story of attempting to steal a domain name …

Mike Mann has released 4 new videos on YouTube with guests like Braden Pollock, Ari Goldberger and Mike Bahlitzanakis. These are videos #5, #6, #7 and #8 from Mike Mann’s new live series that is …