Dutch startup Undeveloped.com was acquired by US-based Epik Holdings Inc. to introduce a full-service solution for buying, selling, leasing and managing domains. Undeveloped.com announced today that it has been acquired by Epik Holdings inc. The …
Read More »30 New gTLD domain names sell for $143,129
This is the weekly New gTLD domain name sales report courtesy of Sold.Domains. This week 30 New gTLD domains were sold. 3 domains were sold for 5 figures: fashion.nyc, shop.nyc and bitcoin.casino. The total sales …
Read More »Domain name people: Joe Styler of GoDaddy
Joe Styler serves as product manager for the aftermarket at GoDaddy. He is responsible for marketplace products including any purchase, sale, or monetization of a domain name. Joe received his B.A. from Moody Bible Institute …
Read More »NamesCon India going to Mumbai on May 19th, 2017
On May 19, 2017, NamesCon India is going to Mumbai — the largest city in India and the cultural home along the Ganges River to the third largest economy in the world. NamesCon India is …
Read More »My favorite new domain extensions (562 domains in 82 extensions)
Many readers ask me what my favorite new extension is. There is not a definite answer as I strongly believe in good left-right combinations and not so much in individual extensions although it is clear …
Read More »Rightside’s 2016 results: total domains are up while the renewal rate drops
Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016. “In the fourth quarter, we executed on our strategy to deliver revenue growth in our higher margin …
Read More »New gTLD weekly domain name sales report (2 domains sell for $20k+ each)
This is the weekly New gTLD domain name sales report courtesy of Sold.Domains. 2 domains sold for $20k+ each: op.media and act.today. You can read all about the sale of op.media and read all the …
Read More »Internet grows to 329.3 million domain names in Q4 of 2016
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), announced that approximately 2.3 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the fourth quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of domain name registrations to approximately 329.3 million …
Read More »Results of the fashion .nyc domain name auction: Shop.nyc $33.5k
The fashion .NYC premium domain auctions ended today at Snapnames and 23 of the 24 domains sold. Fashion.nyc and Shop.nyc were the top sellers. (UPDATE: Fashion.nyc and a few other domains were not paid for.) …
Read More »Rick Schwartz: “Underwater domain investors FORCED to sell cheap.”
Rick Schwartz is not a big fan of New gTLDs as I guess you might have heard over the past few years. He had been very critical on new extensions on his blog but then …
Read More »What is happening with the @dotnyc twitter account and today’s .nyc domain auctions?
Sometimes I am just amazed at how some companies do digital marketing. This is one of these days. The 2nd premium .nyc domain auction ends today and little effort has been given to promote the …
Read More »Mike Mann shares his most trafficked domain names (Tasty .com, Office .co, etc)
Mike Mann shared the most trafficked domain names from his large collection. These 28 names (seen below) average about 2000 visitors per day while the top ones have about 10,000 visitors per day. The list has …
Read More »Fashion .NYC domain auctions end tomorrow and bids are disappointing
Fashion .NYC premium domain auctions end tomorrow at Snapnames and bids so far are disappointing. Only 7 of the 24 domains have bids and these bids are just above the $500 opening bid. Auctions.nyc and …
Read More »DomainMarket.com new domain brokerage and appraisals
Mike Mann just posted a lot of details on the new DomaiMarket.com domain brokerage and appraisal process on his Facebook page. You can see what we knew up to today (including how the landing page …
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