OnlineDomain.com Domain Name News & Opinions
Escrow.com released the Domain Investment Index Q3 2019 report. Sales rose in Q3 despite the fact that summer is the slowest part of the year in terms of domain name sales. I expect sales in …
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Mike Mann sells 6 domains for $125,940 in September
Mike Mann reported selling 6 domain names in September for a total of $125,940. Prices started at $4,888 and went up to $29,888. Mike Mann sold 6 .com domains which you can see further below. …
Read More »Hey Namejet! I want my domain name. Now!
I won the auction of a domain name back in May for $79. Today after 5 months I still don’t have access to the domain name kymata.com. The domain name is not something remarkable and …
Read More »Front-running and domain names
What is front-running and how does it apply to domain names? Last month the 10-day auction for domain name detour.com was supposed to end at GoDaddy. The bids were above $30k but the domain was …
Read More »Most abused domain name extensions
Spamhaus has named .com the most abused top-level domain name extension in Botnets in Q3-2019. But it is not that simple as some additional stats show. The amount of newly detected botnet command & control …
Read More »Namecheap was most abused domain registrar in Botnets
Spamhaus has named Namecheap the most abused domain registrar in Botnets in Q3-2019. The main problem here is that Namecheap is number one abused registrar by a very wide margin from the other registrars. The …
Read More »Radix adds .UNO to its Domain Portfolio
Radix announced that it had acquired .UNO, a top-level domain that was previously operated by Dot Latin LLC. The ownership transfer was completed in September 2019. The domain extension will be available across Radix’s 200+ …
Read More »MOZ has a new domain analysis tool
MOZ launched a new free tool giving a quick overview of top SEO metrics for any domain name: Domain Analysis. The new Domain Analysis tool is 100% free but is limited to 3 reports/day. Moz …
Read More »ICANN will try and kill future comment periods
David Olive, Senior Vice President, Policy Development Support published a blog post called “Public Comment Guidelines for the ICANN Organization“. There was not obvious reason for David to write this post now as no discussion …
Read More »How to correctly setup domain name pricing at DAN
DAN.com (by Undeveloped) has some great pricing features that are especially useful for domain name sellers (and buyers) that are located in Europe. But sellers outside of Europe also need to tweak a couple of …
Read More »Nominet wants feedback on 3 .UK issues
Nominet announced a new .UK Policy Consultation, inviting feedback from all interested stakeholders. The .UK policies provide the framework of principles for the .UK namespace. They are developed in consultation with a wide variety of …
Read More »EFF: ICANN staff violated the Bylaws
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wrote a letter to the ICANN Board Accountability Mechanisms Committee to address certain errors in the ICANN Ombudsman’s September 7, 2019 “Substantive Evaluation” of EFF’s Request for Reconsideration. EFF claims …
Read More »Hilco Streambank integrates Escrow(.)com into IPv4 auction platform
Escrow.com and Hilco Streambank today announced they have partnered to integrate Escrow.com’s Escrow Pay API into the IPv4.Global marketplace. The partnership combines Escrow.com’s escrow agency with Hilco Streambank’s IPv4 marketplace. “Together, the integrated auction platform …
Read More »New reports for video results in Google Search Console
Video is an important and growing medium used to consume information online. Google introduced today two new tools to help you understand your videos’ performance in Search and identify opportunities to improve your video markup. …
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