Verisign today announced that five million domain names were added to the Internet in Q4 of 2013, bringing the registered domain names total to 271 million worldwide. Compared to last year, worldwide registrations have grown …
Read More »Heritage Auctions Sells 28 Domains For $448,551 (LK.com $287,500, GunParts.com $57,500, Smart.org $20,125)
Heritage Auctions (HA.com) held it’s 2nd domain name auction today. The auction had 100 domains for sale and 28 domains sold. The other 72 domains didn’t reach the reserve. Highlights include the sale of LK.com for …
Read More »ICANN sends 2nd notice of breach to NameJuice.com responsible for the “Domain Registry of America” scam
ICANN sends 2nd notice of breach to registrar NameJuice.com that is responsible for the “Domain Registry of America” scam. NameJuice.com got another notice of breach this past December which I believe that was fixed because …
Read More »The Future of Internet Governance: A Discussion with ICANN’s CEO and the Head of the NTIA
President and CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé, Lawrence Strickling of NTIA, Robert M. McDowell, and Ambassador Daniel A. Sepulveda discussed the ICANN transition and its consequences for the evolution of internet governance. In March, the …
Read More »New .uk registration policy comes into effect from 4 May 2014
Amendments to the terms and conditions governing registrations of popular .uk domain names such as .co.uk and .org.uk will take effect next month, to formalise procedures for suspending domain names used to carry out online …
Read More »Sedo confirms sale of Gab.com for $200,002 USD at the Great Domains Auction
Sedo just announced that it sold the domain name gab.com for $200,002 USD. The domain, registered in 1998, was sold in the March Great Domains Auction and was confirmed as paid today. The domain seems …
Read More »4 Reasons Why Your Nonprofit or NGO Should Register .ngo and .ong Domains
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the .org registry, published a list of 4 reasons why your nonprofit or NGO should register a .ngo and .ong domain name. PIR is the registry that will operate the New …
Read More »Sedo sells Zaker.com for 45,000 EUR and lossless.com for 30,000 EUR
Sedo just announced two mid 5-figures sales: zaker.com 45,000 EUR lossless.com 30,000 EUR Zaker.com was sold by a company called ZAKER, C.B. from Spain. The buyer is using privacy whois and the nameservers have not …
Read More ».eu 8th Anniversary (Infographic)
.Eu opened for registrations in April 2006. This year .eu celebrates it’s eighth anniversary and eight years of milestones with an infographic:
Read More ».Tokyo: No local address required to register a domain name – LandRush starts on June 9
GMO Internet Group company, GMO Registry, Inc. today announced the opening of new geographic top-level domain (GeoTLD), .tokyo, one of the first new domains to represent a truly global city. During the first phase of …
Read More »Aftermarket offers personal domain portfolios on Aftermarket.com
I noticed an announcement from Aftermarket.com that I found interesting. Aftermarket offers personal domain portfolios on Aftermarket.com in the form of www.Aftermarket.com/portfolio/Username. You just replace “Username” with your real Aftermarket username and you’ll be assigned …
Read More »Go Daddy Promoting .Club Domain Names On Its Homepage
I visited Go Daddy today and on it’s homepage it is promoting the New gTLD .Club domain names. On the main image it lists .com, .net, .org and .co but .net is replaced by .club …
Read More »Affiliate Intergration Between DomainNameSales.com and Uniregistry Announced
Last week Uniregistry announced the new domain name affiliate program, called Affiliate Plus, and not more than a few days later they have already announced the first of many future integrations between DomainNameSales.com and Uniregistry. …
Read More »Sedo accepts domains for themed .co.uk auction that begins on May 6th
Sedo is accepting domain names for a themed .co.uk auction that begins on May 6th. The new TLD “.uk“ launches on June 10, 2014 and Sedo thinks that now is the best time to sell …
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