Domaining News

In response to the increasing desire for privacy online, following a consultation, Nominet is planning to introduce a new framework for privacy services within .UK. At the same time, Nominet will be clarifying the criteria for …

These are the highest selling New gTLD domain names of the first half of 2015. All domains were sold for $10,000 or more either by the respective registry or by a domain name reseller. You …

Hover published a funny article by Michael Keshen called “10 Signs You Own Way Too Many Domain Names“. Michael describes what happens to most of the domainers: “you find an unbelievable domain name that was …

The premium .London auction featuring 50 .London domain names is underway and already one domain is over the 5,000 GBP mark and 3 are in 4 figures. With more than a week left in the …

I get plenty of inquiries by people that are clearly confused asking me to book a room for them or get them a taxi at the airport or looking for a used part for their …

With the coming of many new generic top level domains (gTLDs), Google would like to give some insight into how these are handled in Google’s search. They have heard and seen questions and misconceptions about …

The latest of CENTRs ‘DomainWire Stat Report’ is available (Quarter 2, 2015). The report provides a global status update on top level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs) with a focus on European ccTLDs. …

With Sedo’s Direct Auction tool you can auction off domains at any time and now they’re implementing further improvements to the tool, which are based in part on user feedback. Direct Auction Improvements:

Domain Name Association (DNA) announced it is launching DNA University to support the domain name industry. One of the first initiatives of the DNA University will be to roll out a webinar series that will …

Neustar, Inc. today celebrates the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension. .Co released some interesting statistics and 3 infographics. .CO Birthday Milestones:

In the past week 480 (501 in the previous week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5 million ($1m in the previous week). Only 188 (189 in the previous week) domains …

Highest sale this week at Flippa was the domain names MADZ.com that sold for $5,500. 4 New gTLD domain names were sold at Flippa this week including Get.Digital for $1,100 and were added in the Sold.Domains …

Dot London, the city’s Top-Level domain name, recently caught up with some of its leading Dot Londoners to get some insights into what benefits they felt having a Dot London domain name has brought to …

I got an inquiry that started OK with a “Interested in this domain.” message and a $500 offer. The domain in question was a 2 word .com. The potential buyer continued with a message that …