Mike Mann said on Facebook that the average premium domain sale prices have doubled in the last 18 months. Appraised values have doubled as well. Mike Mann is the owner of DomainMarket.com that offers more …
Read More »Luis Carlos Sarmiento, the wealthiest man in Colombia, wins a domain name dispute
Luis Carlos Sarmiento, the wealthiest man in Colombia with a net worth of USD$11.6 billion as of 2016, won a UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy) complaint today for the domain name luiscarlossarmiento.com. Complainants were two of his …
Read More »Namejet sold 164 domains for $724,762 in November (peb. com, confusing .com)
Namejet released it’s November 2016 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3 letter .com and a lot of numeric domains (especially 5N). Namejet sold 164 (158 domains in October) domains in November …
Read More »Registrars and their support team don’t know enough about the new ICANN domain transfer policy
The new ICANN policy on domain WHOIS changes is active and the worst thing is that not even registrars and their support team know enough about the changes yet. I wrote about the emails I …
Read More »GoDaddy publishes eBook to help people boost their web presence
GoDaddy published today a new eBook, The Significant Seven, to help people learn about seven online essentials that will boost their web presence into the upper echelons of the internet. The Significant Seven tackles 7 …
Read More ».KIWI’s managing director Angus Richardson replies to fear tactics and inflated numbers accusations
.KIWI’s managing director Angus Richardson replied to accusations of inflating .kiwi domain name registration numbers and using fear tactics to force people to register .kiwi domains. This is the reply of a PR person and …
Read More »Want to keep auctioning your domains at Namejet despite the 60-day ICANN lock?
Want to keep auctioning your domains at Namejet? You need to accept the new Namejet terms. On December 1st the new ICANN policy on domain name WHOIS changes was introduced and industry companies along with …
Read More »West.cn offers free .VIP transfers but only for premium domains
West.cn is celebrating the .VIP government approval in China by offering free .vip domain name transfers. But the offer is good only for certain .vip domains that are considered Chinese premiums: 1-3 letter domains 1-3 …
Read More »Using digital fear to get more domain name registrations!
It seems that the .KIWI registry is using a new technique to get more domain name registrations. Digital fear along with some old fashioned domain name inflated registration numbers. Umbrellar.nz, a New Zealand hosting and …
Read More »ICANN 57 had 3,182 attendees (70% from Asia!)
Today, ICANN published the results of the ICANN57 participant survey, and the technical, demographic and attendance statistics. There are two reports – the Community Feedback report and the By The Numbers report. These reports summarize …
Read More ».EU domains: The first decade (eBook)
Want to know the origins and development of .eu domains? Then this 209-page eBook is for you. This book tells the story of how .eu was born and developed. “This book captures our story and …
Read More »Top 10 domain articles in November 2016: Mike Mann, GoDaddy, .XXX, .Blog, Matchsuite
These are the top domain name articles from November 2016. The most popular articles were Mike Mann’s opinion on New gTLDs, GoDaddy, .XXX domains, the .Blog disastrous launch, New gTLD premium pricing, the launch of Matchsuite.com …
Read More ».Storage domains launch on January 10 – Here are 8 developed websites from the Founders Program
.Storage had an extensive Founders Program offering the opportunity to companies to register their desired .storage domains ahead of everyone else and develop them into functional websites. Participation was on a ‘first come, first served’ …
Read More »GoDaddy enters agreement to acquire Host Europe Group for US$1.79 billion
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for €1.69 billion (US$1.79 billion), including €605 million paid to the selling shareholders and €1.08 billion …
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