So Verisign paid $135 million to get the exclusive rights to the .web new domain name extension. But why and what you should expect or rather NOT to expect? The price was very high but Verisign …
Read More »Nu Dot Co (Verisign?) Wins Auction For .WEB Domain Names For $135 Million
On 27 July 2016, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN’s authorized auction service provider, conducted a New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program auction to resolve contention for .WEB and .WEBS. Auction serves as the method of last resort for …
Read More »Verisign Q2 Report: Revenue Up 9.1% Adding 0.78 Million Net New Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2016. Business Highlights Verisign Registry Services added 0.78 million net new names during the second quarter, ending with 143.2 million .com and …
Read More »Minds + Machines Now Has 728,940 Domains Under Management (up from 217,200 last year)
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX) announced that the Group’s unaudited interim accounts for the six months ended 30 June 2016 will be published on 20 September 2016. During the first half of 2016 transformational …
Read More »ICANN Report: Very Few Trademark Holders Use The New gTLD Sunrise Periods
ICANN announced the publication of the Draft Report of the Independent Review of the Trademark Clearinghouse. Specific considerations related to the matching criteria, Trademark Claims service and Sunrise period are assessed in the review, conducted by …
Read More »The Best Comment I Have Seen Given With A Domain Name Quote
This is the best comment I have seen given by a domain name owner together with a domain name quote. It states some of the advantages of owning a premium domain name and how such …
Read More »DropCatch.com Now Accepts .ORG Backorders At $59
DropCatch is expanding its reach on backorders to include .ORG domain names. In addition to .COM, .NET, .CC, and .TV, you may now place regular backorders on dropping .ORG domain names through DropCatch.com. Backorders for …
Read More »149 New gTLD Domain Name Sales Added In Sold.Domains This Week
There were 149 New gTLD domain name sales added in Sold.Domains database this week. Sold.Domains lists all public New gTLD sales and has a search function to find sales by extension or keyword. 141 of …
Read More ».AT Will Release 1 And 2 Character Domains
Starting with August 29, 2016 nic.at releases one and two character domains under the TLD .at. Until now the minimum length of a domain name under the top-level domain .at has been three characters. This …
Read More »DomainTools: Membership Cancelled
I just cancelled my DomainTools account. Price is going up for me from $49,95 to $99 per month today the 21st of July. This date is not the same for all customers. Some might have …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales