Domaining News

I have been debating for 4 days if I like Braden Pollock’s post “Why I Invested Six Figures in .WS Domain Names” or not. I read the post and all the comments, including the crazy …

Domain Holdings had a strong Q4 2015. Q4 Highlights and Sales Summary Include: Total Sales: $6,358,902 Average Weekly Sales: $489,146 Average Sales Price (ASP): $105,982 Sales Summary Q3 vs Q4: Domain Holdings experienced growth across …

I run a test counting all domain name inquiries in a month to see what TLDs are getting the most inquiries compared to the percentage that each TLD represents in my domain portfolio. I only …

Radix’s domain extension .space surpassed 125,000 registrations in just about a year from launch and is all set for its next big mission –growing customer awareness. After the January 2015 launch, Radix now introduces .space …

.site that was launched by Radix a few months ago saw an enormous surge in registrations on Wednesday morning. The TLD received over 140,000 new domain name registrations in a single day. The large jump …

While selling a domain name at the NamesCon/RightOfTheDot/Namejet auction I discovered a big security flaw at Enom. But let’s start from the begginning… I submitted my first domain name in a NamesCon auction this year. …

The report shows that .com is used as top level domain by 49.6% of all the websites. The only two New gTLDs that are used in more than 0.1% of websites are .xyz and .club. …

I got an inquiry and as usual I submitted my quote. It was an 8 letter .com for $25,000. What I got back was another crazy response from someone not familiar with domain names or …

Escrow.com is now offering a new Concierge Service that assists sellers and buyers to transfer domain names. The person starting a new domain name transaction will now have to choose between two options. Do you …

There was a press release today by Minds + Machines announcing that Antony Van Couvering is no longer the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr Van Couvering was removed from office with immediate effect …

Namejet released it’s January 2016 domain name auctions report. Namejet sold 301 (383 domains in December) domains for $2,459,845 ($2,964,861 in December). Namejet only reports domains that were sold for $2,000 or more. I am …

Mike Mann wrote a Facebook post expressing his views on the .com Vs New gTLDs issue: The new gTLD domains can sound very good and their industry can grow a bit for a while, but …

Radix, the portfolio registry behind several new extensions including .site, .tech & .online announced they are gearing up for the launch of the first TLD to focus on the e-commerce market – .STORE A trillion …

The fTLD registry posted two Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to allocate previously reserved names in .BANK and details are available at https://www.ftld.com/request-for-proposal-rfp-to-allocate-reserved-names/. Here are some RFP highlights: –  Proposals for Domain(s) of Interest must be …