The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published [PDF, 2.88 MB] the findings from its Phase 2 Global Consumer Research Survey. The key findings are listed below. Conducted by Nielsen, the study measured …
Read More »Learning the Basics of Buying Expired GoDaddy Domains (video)
Heather Dopson, a community builder at GoDaddy, and Joe Styler, the aftermarket product manager at GoDaddy, chatted about the basics of buying Expired Domains on GoDaddy’s auctions. They talked about the timeline of when and …
Read More »Breaking: ICANN & Verisign Propose 6-Year Extension Of The .COM Registry Agreement Until 2024
ICANN is posting for public comment the proposed amendment to the .COM Registry Agreement with Verisign. This proposal is a result of discussions between ICANN and Verisign, Inc. and will extend the .com registry agreement …
Read More »Some Domains You Can Buy Cheap On The Undeveloped.com New gTLD Auction
The Undeveloped.com New gTLD auction is underway with just 7 days left so the Undeveloped team shared the most undervalued names that they currently have in auction. The auction runs from the 20th June to …
Read More »Sedo: Number Of Sold Domains Is On A Steady Decline Since 2010 (Down 38,7%)
I wrote an article 2 days ago called “Is Sedo Slowly Dying?” and Andrew Allemann from DomainNameWire.com added more stats on this article. So here are a few more numbers I found about the amount …
Read More »Google Domains Offers A Free Domain Name
Google Domains wants to grow its domain name business so they are now offering one free domain name (.com, .net, .org, .biz, or .info, a $12 value) to each of their customers. The free domain …
Read More »How DigitalTown Will Use 11,000 .City Domains (DT Bought 400 .City Domains In The Aftermarket)
Robert Monster, CEO of DigitalTown.com and Epik.com, made a lengthy comment (and then a few more smaller comments) on the article I wrote about the announcement of the new DigitalTown platform involving 11,000 .City domain …
Read More ».CO Has Its First Auction In China On 22.CN (CY.co, XD.co, XN.co, etc.)
.CO, part of Neustar, Inc., will launch its first Chinese auction on July 5. The auction, which will be held exclusively on Chinese auction platform 22.cn, will offer many two-letter domains like CY.co and XN.co. The auction concludes …
Read More »Is Sedo Slowly Dying?
I have been following the Sedo domain name sales reports for years now. This week’s report was the smallest I have seen. Sedo domain name sales have been on a steady decline for 3-4 years …
Read More »Video: Summary of Global Domain Summit in Hangzhou, China
Pinkard Alan ‘Pinky’ Brand attended the Global Domain Summit in Hangzhou, a conference with over 1,000 attendees. On behalf of ChopChop.domains, he put together the following video summary that will give you a little taste …
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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