Efty announced it has completed the acquisition of competitor DomaHub Domains LLC. DomaHub is domain name management software maker. DomaHub was founded in 2016 by Wonmin Lee and Wonkyu Lee as a platform that allowed users to rent …
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Mike Mann sells 7 domains for $122,700 in March (LinkChecker[.]com, AmVis[.]com)
Mike Mann reported selling 7 domain names in March for a total of $122,700. Prices started at $7,800 and went up to $40,000. Mike Mann sold 7 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price …
Read More »Constantine Roussos and DotMusic win the rights to .Music domains!!!
DotMusic Limited managed to win the exclusive rights to the .music extension and domain names outbidding 2 giants: Google and Amazon. There were originally 8 competitive applications in contention. The contention was resolved a few …
Read More »Rick Schwartz reveals domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s
Rick Schwartz revealed on Twitter some of his domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s. He started by saying that domain name acquisition cost has nothing to do with sales price, something that I completely …
Read More »The ICA is organizing a public webcast
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is organizing a public webcast which will highlight the ICA’s policy positions and interests. The webcast is scheduled for April 12 at 1 PM EDT. Registration is now open. Among the topics ICA will …
Read More »GoDaddy domain auctions: The problems never end
So GoDaddy supposedly fixed the problem where domains would get renewed or transferred out after a GoDaddy auction had ended and paid for. But today I was going through my bank statement from March and …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: blockchain ,stadia, chain, assistance
Is blockchain back? Some people that have started registering loads of blockchain domains seem to believe it. I know that it was never gone but the big hype has subsided. The top 10 trending keywords …
Read More »Efty introduces 3 new for-sale landing templates
Efty introduces 3 new for-sale landing templates: Fresku, Nubia & Nobo. Efty has found over the past 4+ years that “mobile-first, stunning graphics, crisp typography, bold call-to-action buttons and a customizable message focused on benefits …
Read More »Neustar and .Biz domains want no price caps too!
ICANN is now proposing lifting price cap provisions for .biz domains too. This came shortly after the proposals to lift price caps for .org and .info domains. Of course Neustar, the biz registry, would sure …
Read More »VPN.com hires Darryl Lopes as senior domain broker
VPN.com announced today that Darryl Lopes has been brought on as a Senior Domain Broker. Before coming to VPN.com, Lopes spent four and a half years as a Domain Broker at Uniregstry and one year …
Read More »MMX revenue was up 5% in 2018 because of the ICM acquisition
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2018. It seems that 2018 was not really a good year for MMX as the acquisition of ICM for …
Read More »So Donuts lied and is now increasing renewals to 220 domain extensions
On April 1, 2019 Donuts announced that it will be changing standard prices for the majority of its TLDs. The changes will go into effect October 1, 2019. Until that time all registered domains may …
Read More »Joseph Peterson resigned from Epik
Joseph Peterson, Director of Operations at Epik, announced on Namepros that he has resigned and is leaving Epik.com. Joseph said he resigned on last Tuesday, just a few days after the latest Rob Monster/Epik NZ controversy …
Read More »Rob.Monster was registered today and it is for sale!
.Monster, one of the most ridiculous New gTLD extensions, launched today by the XYZ registry. Nobody really cared about these domains except than to get a good laugh especially since the registry chose April Fools’ …
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