CSC published the latest “New gTLD Utilization Report” that shows some interesting activity among .brands, with more .brand sites launching and many climbing up the Alexa rankings (including a new entry by Google). They also …
Read More »Donuts Inc. Featured On The Discovery Channel (video)
Donuts Inc. was featured on The Discovery Channel. The video features short interviews with Paul Stahura, CEO and Co-Founder of Donuts Inc., Richard Tindal co-founder of Donuts, and Jeff Davidoff, Chief Marketing Officer. See the …
Read More »Report: Domain Secondary Market Prices Far From Collapsing, Transactions Still Dominated By .com
Afnic just published the latest edition of its report on the Secondary Market for Domain Names focusing on current issues and trends. Sedo helped preparing this white paper. The 2010 report analyzed the trends but …
Read More »Google: “Answers to Common Questions About New Domain Name Endings”
Google made a blog post answering some common questions about New Domain Name Extensions. “Creating a website or getting a custom email address with Google Domains starts with a search for a domain name. With …
Read More »An Interview With The “Domain Captain” On Chinese Domaining (video)
China Market Consulting has released a video interview of one of China’s most well-known, influential, and successful domain investors, Peibi Wang 王培陛, or “Domain Captain”, in which he is known locally. Domain Captain is also the Founder of …
Read More »Oops! TheDomains.com Blog Is Offline And The Domain Is For Sale At Afternic!
The popular domain name blog TheDomains.com is temporarily not displaying its usual content from what seems to be a glitch. TheDomains.com is currently displaying PPC ads and is offered for sale at Afternic.com. GoDaddy bought …
Read More »IDNs Represent 2% Of Domain Names Registered Worldwide
EURid released the 2015 EURid-UNESCO World Report on Internationalised Domain Names. According to the findings of the report, IDNs represent 2% of domain names registered worldwide. .eu is in the Top-20 TLD list for IDNs …
Read More »“You are not the only one interested in this domain, as I’m sure you’re aware.”
This is a kinda of a funny story about a domain name inquiry with a surprise ending! I always try to be nice with buyers but sometimes I can’t help myself. Sometimes I use some …
Read More »Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM & .NET Registrations in November (China, Google, Drone)
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of November 2015 were published by Verisign. “Download” is the only common keyword in the 2 lists. This is the holiday season …
Read More »Should You Make Bulk Domain Name Sales? The Hard & Sweet Truth…
When you are selling domains in bulk you can’t expect to get an average price that is close to the domain’s actual value. Not even close. A bulk deal could mean 10 or 20 domain …
Read More »ThePirateBay.org Has Been Suspended Pending ICANN Verification
The Pirate Bay’s original .org domain name has stopped working as the domain name has not passed the ICANN email verification as TorrentFreak is reporting. “Many people still used the .org as a redirect to …
Read More »Why Did Michael Berkens Keep Adult Domains & New gTLDs?
Michael Berkens announced today the sale of most of the Worldwide Media, Inc. domain name portfolio to GoDaddy. In a blog post he revealed that he sold the domains because of personal reasons and not …
Read More »GoDaddy Acquires 70,000 Worldwide Media, Inc. Domain Names (373.com, Faculty.com)
GoDaddy Inc. announced its acquisition of the vast majority of domain names in the Worldwide Media, Inc. domain name portfolio. This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, including 373.com, Faculty.com, CarAuctions.com, and iBill.com. It …
Read More »Radix Closed Holiday Sales With Over 35K Domain Name Registrations
Radix closed the holiday sales with 35,000+ paid registrations across the .online, .site, .website, .space, .tech, .press and .host TLDs. Radix has been actively working behind the scenes to create a splash across the domain …
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