Looking to buy the domain name fashion.blog, music.blog or news.blog? You are out of luck… The .blog domain name registry has registered for itself and its partners about 90 .blog domains. 27 of the domains correspond …
Read More »Namejet sold 158 domains for $770,667 in October (MoneyExchange.com, RealEstate.nyc)
Namejet released it’s October 2016 domain name auctions report that includes a lot of 3L and 4L and numeric domains. The list also includes some of the .nyc domains from the 1st auction the City …
Read More ».Blog domain name Landrush has started
The .Blog registry (owned by WordPress) launched the Landrush Phase for purchasing .blog web addresses. This phase marks the first time non-trademark owners can apply for early access to a .blog domain name. That means anyone …
Read More »GoDaddy’s revenue up 15% in Q3 2016 (domain revenue is up 10%)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. GoDaddy reported that overall revenue grew by 15% while domains revenue of $236.6 million, is up 10.0% year over year. 1 …
Read More »3.8 million .EU domains registered, average renewal rate over the past ten years is 80%
2016 marked ten years since EURid opened general registration of the .eu TLD on a first come – first served basis. In June of 2016, EURid welcomed a new member to the .eu family, that …
Read More »What the F*CK is wrong with GoDaddy?
I am so angry with GoDaddy. I am mostly angry with myself because I thought Godaddy had changed and become a serious and trustworthy company. I thought (by talking to a few hard working people …
Read More »What would have happened if my sold New gTLD domain had a higher renewal price?
I sold a New gTLD domain after a long dry spell. We agreed on the price after the buyer got back to me after a month and made a new offer. He offered 3 times …
Read More »Top 10 searched keywords for October 2016 on Flippa Domains
Flippa shared the top 10 searched keywords for October 2016 on Flippa Domains. Trending keywords are always interesting to see. This is what domain name buyers are searching for on Flippa. This month “Game” was …
Read More »Pheenix announces partnership with Escrow.com, domain seller platform and new backorder pricing
Pheenix announced some new features and changes that have just been completed. It announced a new partnership with Escrow.com, a new domain seller platform and new pricing for domain name backorders. Escrow.com and Pheenix.com are …
Read More »Donuts can reject DPML Plus applications of certain 3-character or common dictionary terms
On October 1, 2016, Donuts announced upcoming price changes to its legacy DPML service and launched DPML Plus, a new and enhanced service for blocking trademarked terms, available for a limited time. In the original …
Read More »Delegation of new gTLDs did NOT degrade the security and stability of the root DNS system
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.74 MB] a draft report regarding the Continuous Data-Driven Analysis of Root Server System Stability (CDAR). The study examines the technical impact of the …
Read More »Results from the premium .NYC domain name auction (RealEstate.nyc $21,300)
Auctions.nyc and the City of New York had their first auction of premium .NYC domains. The auction featuring 20 domain names ended today on Namejet and 19 out of 20 domains were sold for a …
Read More »VeriSign reports $288 million of revenue in Q3
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2016. Verisign ended the third quarter with 144.1 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base. The final …
Read More »ICANN published plan for domain name Thick Whois in .com and .net
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 66 KB] a proposed plan for implementing policy recommendations regarding Thick Whois. The plan requires gTLDs currently providing thin Whois services – .COM, .NET …
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