Domaining News

It is the first anniversary today since the official launch of the .xxx TLD. Since ICM Registry’s mistake, putting 1000+ premium priced .xxx up for sale just before .xxx turns one, I have reevaluated my investment on …

About 2 weeks ago Sedo did the obvious and started including the offer amount in the notification email. At first I thought why this wasn’t done 10 years ago. Then I wondered why the optional …

Fabulous is NOT currently offering registration for a major gTLD like .biz and other gTLDs and ccTLDs like .us but is already ready to jump on the bandwagon to the new TLDs? Fabulous promised me …

For the past couple of months I have been testing the domain parking and domain sales platform at InternetTraffic.com. Results are pretty good and the only thing missing is a generic lander. Internet Traffic is …

This week, 928 transactions (951 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 million ($1.6 last week). Only 222 domains (264 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

The domain name 2013.com just sold at NameJet. Highest bid was $13,760. The auction had 343 bids from 302 bidders. There were 3 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. I wish the buyer an …

Go Daddy confuses buyers by presenting unpriced domains as being in an 80 day auction. Most of these domain names are being send by Go Daddy’s partners such as Afternic and Sedo that recently started …

Here is a list of the latest .info auction results: freelancer.info $2,052 (Pool) Drop brenner.info $454 (Pool) Drop qtr.info $410 (Namejet) Expired nas.info $394 (PremiumSale) Drop lawoffice.info $321 (Pool) Drop bodybuilders.info $301 (Pool) Drop lid.info …

The domain name programs.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $65,100 but the reserve wasn’t met. The auction had 355 bids from 344 bidders. There were 8 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. Yin.com …

On November 30th Verisign, Inc., the registry operator for .com, got it’s contact renewed for another 6 years. The U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign’s agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned …

As of December 1, 2012 Fabulous moved to Actual Earn reporting for parking revenue (PPC). All revenue data reported after this date are based on the daily per domain reporting Fabulous receives from their upstream …

The domain name liu.com didn’t sell at NameJet. Highest bid was $40,300 but the reserve wasn’t met. The auction had 342 bids from 329 bidders. There were 8 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. Yin.com …

Extension .xxx is approaching its first anniversary on December 6th and it is time to renew your .xxx domain names. Many people like me used backordering and pre-registrations last year. Some may choose to transfer …

“Sedo’s Select 50 Domains” for December were released. Sedo includes the price suggestions set by each seller, so that buyers don’t have to worry about going through long negotiations. My favorite from the list is SanMarino.com …