Afternic and Go Daddy published their combined weekly domain name sales. The total sales for week 3-24-14 to 3-30-14 were $1.940.630. A lot of domains sales were not reported because the seller and/or buyer asked …
Read More »Donuts drives domainers out of the New gTLD domain name game
I checked exactly 115 domain names from the 5 Donuts New gTLDs that entered Early Access Program Program (EAP) pricing this week: .house, .coffee, .international, .florist and .solar. From these 115 domains I am only …
Read More »Uniregistry Starts New Domain Name Affiliate Program
Uniregistry, the new registrar by Frank Schilling, has started offering a new domain name affiliate program. The program is called “Uniregistry Affiliate Plus” and here is the introduction: “Making money by selling domain names just …
Read More »Outage or not, “Go Daddy Auctions” is not working for me
Yesterday Go Daddy Auctions had an outage that caused all auctions to be moved by 1 day. All yesterday’s auction end today. But I am still having problems with the Go Daddy auctions website. I …
Read More »21 more New gTLDs were delegated: .NYC, .London, .Miami, .Vegas, .Black, .Vodka and .Consulting.
ICANN announced that 21 more New gTLDs were delegated for a total of 201 new gTLD strings. Here are some of the more important of the 21 new gTLDs: .NYC, .London, .Miami, .Vegas, .Black, .Vodka …
Read More »New gTLD Domain Sales: 4 sold for $12,500+, 6 for $3,000+ and 7 for $1,200+ (airconditioning.repair)
This past week the following 5 Donuts New gTLDs entered general availability with EAP: .camp, .education, .glass, .institute and .repair. The total Donuts EAP purchases from the first 3 EAP days is at about $76,400 …
Read More »ICANN sends notice of breach to SiliconHouse.Net registrar because of past due accreditation fees
Please be advised that as of 28 March 2014, SiliconHouse.Net Pvt Ltd. (“SiliconHouse”) is in breach of its Registrar Accreditation Agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) dated 26 April 2011 …
Read More »Minds+Machines: Sunrise starts on 15 April for .FISHING, .VODKA, .RODEO, .COOKING, .COUNTRY, .HORSE
Minds + Machines Group gave out a gTLD Launch Programme and Sales Channel Update: The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) are pleased to provide an update on the launch programme of …
Read More »Flippa Recent Sales: KYM.com sold for $14,000, Sticker.net at $2,501, etc.
Flippa announced some recent domain name sales. Over the past two weeks, .COM sales have stayed-steady, thanks to strong keyword movement (OmahaAptartments.com @ $1,200), as well as brandables delivering at three-figure price points (uFirm @$351). And …
Read More »General Availability Started Today: .Coffee, .House, .Florist, .International and .Solar
Donuts entered EAP general availability for the following 5 New gTLDs today: .Coffee, .House, .Florist, .International and .Solar. The most promising New gTLDs is probably .International and then .House. These 2 can have various types of domain …
Read More »Domain names caught by a SnapNames registrar will be managed by Network Solutions (.COM renewals at $9.59)
SnapNames announced today that all domain names that are acquired at SnapNames, through a SnapNames registrar credential, will now be managed through the Network Solutions interface. Snapnames and Network Solutions are sister companies, both owned …
Read More »Blogger Pulls Off $30,000 Sting to Get Stolen Go Daddy Domain And Website Back
Blogger Jordan Reid, founder and host of the lifestyle site Ramshackle Glam, pulled off a $30,000 sting to get her stolen website and ramshackleglam.com domain name back where she found out that it was being …
Read More ».FR: renewal rate is ~100% for domain names registered more than 5 years ago
The .fr TLD is young: the average age of a domain name under the .fr TLD is 3.8 years, according to Afnic. This month’s issue of the Report focuses on the age of domain names …
Read More ».XXX Registry Simplifies Membership Process
ICM Registry, the .xxx registry, has modified the Membership Process for owning and making an .xxx domain name active. Membership Portal has been shut down. So if you need your .XXX Member Token, you simply …
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