Domain Name News

CentralNic announced today that the acquisition of SK-NIC, the manager of the exclusive country code top-level domain for Slovakia, .sk, has now been completed. The Company’s agreement to acquire SK-NIC, the manager of the exclusive …

DropCatch.com has received a fair amount of criticism in the past few weeks because of some non-paying bidders and re-auctions. They said there was a glitch with a bidder’s account that allowed him to not …

Namejet released it’s November 2017 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3-letter .com domains. People seem to liquidating these. Namejet sold 96 (112 domains in October) domains in October for a total …

Mike Mann said on Twitter that he is about to move his 300,000 domain names from Tucows to GoDaddy. Mike Mann operates the DomainMarket.com marketplace. Not sure what triggered his decision but it might be …

Meet Robin Hood LTD, the company that provides unsolicited expired domain name suggestions for tips! I got an email yesterday that at first thought it was the usual email that is either selling a newly …

I have been really worried lately with the current state of domain name brokers. You may have read how “I don’t like brokers”. The problem is that most of the brokers know very little about …

October was a very busy month and had many important articles. Yes, this is the October post. I was so busy in November that I totally forgot to write this so for completion I do …

GoDaddy released a new domain valuation tool. The new GoDaddy Domain Appraisals are still in best testing. GoDaddy is launching a new domain valuation tool and wants to help people determine the value of their …

Neustar, Inc. today announced that it has revamped its global website and that it is moving to its own .brand extension. Neustar’s new website is moving from Neustar.biz to Home.Neustar All of Neustar’s digital assets …

Escrow.com released a payment gateway for WooCommerce. With over 2 million online stores worldwide running WooCommerce, it is the top ecommerce platform for WordPress. The new extension will bring Escrow.com payments in your online store, …

There is a new scam circulating fast using the Viber instant messaging app. The scam promises a 250 Euro gift card for Sephora in Greece and I was told there are more similar targeting other …

Yesterday the domain name SocialApp.com sold for $25,000 at GoDaddy auctions and that is an all time record price for a *app.com domain name. (together with wapp.com that also sold for $25k last year) Of …

Rick Schwartz talked today about the time he met Mark Cuban. 11 years ago Rick Schwartz won an auction for Make a Wish Foundation Children’s Charity on Ebay. The winning bidder ($6500) got to have …

There are an estimated 311 million domains under management over 1,500+ top-level domains globally. Over the past 2 years, quarterly growth rates have been decreasing since peaks in early 2016. The slowdown is the result …