GGRG Brokerage Consulting published the first edition of the Liquid Domains Quarterly Overview partnering with Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com. This first report is focused on the 2nd quarter of 2016 and presents key …
Read More »New gTLDs have no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registrations (except for the regional new gTLDs)
ICANN has published findings of a study exploring whether the New gTLD Program has affected competition in the domain name marketplace. The study shows that the New gTLD Program has had no apparent effect on legacy gTLD registration …
Read More »Anyone can register a .DOCTOR domain name but…
.DOCTOR domain names open for general availability October 26. Donuts is the registry for the extension. Donuts has encountered some questions about the availability of this name—specifically, whether it will be open for registrations to …
Read More ».Law has sold and verified 6,000 domain names to law professionals
Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the “.law” top-level domain, announced that since launching a year ago, .law has registered more than 6,000 first-choice and premium .law domain names. The registry also …
Read More »Efty adds more customization options for your domain marketplace
Efty launched its improved marketplace feature back in June and now 4 months later over 430 unique domain name marketplaces are powered by it. Efty announced the first batch of the new updates coming to the …
Read More »1000+ premium .LA names released, domain concierge service, available names lists
.LA registry announced that more than 1000 new premium names have been released including We.LA, Great.LA and Beer.LA. These dictionary words, business categories, first and last names and other internet brands, are available to shop …
Read More »The preliminary agenda for NamesCon 2017 was just published
The preliminary agenda for NamesCon 2017 was just published. This year you can register and pick up your badge on Saturday, January 21st, before the conference starts on Sunday. Network Lane makes a comeback after …
Read More »Rightside talks about New gTLD domain renewals (and re-renewals)
Since the first New gTLDs started launching in early 2014 and since two Rightside-owned gTLDs, .dance and .democrat, went live in May of 2014, the question many domain-industry watchers were asking is how popular new …
Read More »Epik announces support for Bitcoin domain name transactions
Epik Holdings, Inc. today announced it has integrated Bitcoin as a supported method for payment and disbursement. Effective immediately, customers may pay for domain registrations, marketplace purchases, escrow, SSL certificates, web development, hosting and other …
Read More »Brands and Domains event in Valencia, Spain
The Brands and Domains event has been announced and will take place in Valencia, Spain on December 1st. Attendees are also invited to attend for free TheName.SHOW on December 2nd. The Name.Show event is targeted …
Read More »GoDaddy releases new TV commercial for the presidential election
GoDaddy released the 2nd TV commercial of the campaign running until the 2016 US presidential election on November 8. The campaign is co-sponsored by Verisign, the .COM registry. The two different TV commercials were produced …
Read More »Stop taking financial advice from someone posting domain auctions with affiliate links!
Here is a simple tip: don’t take advice about buying domains from someone posting (on the same page) domains for sale with his affiliate code in the link! A couple of weeks back I read …
Read More »Trending Keywords In .COM & .NET Domain Names (page and self driving cars)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of September 2016 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry.. The only common keyword in the .com and …
Read More »Connecting.nyc disappointed with the upcoming .NYC domain auctions
Connecting.nyc, is extremely disappointed with the New York City’s and Neustar’s decision to auction several premium .NYC domains starting with 20 domains later this month. Connecting.nyc Inc. is a NYS nonprofit education organization advancing the operation …
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