VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced that the first quarter of 2021 closed with 363.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 2.8 million domain name registrations, or 0.8%, compared …
Read More »Domain Agents domain valuation guide (2021)
Domain Agents has published its 2021 domain valuation guide. Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, said: “As it turned out, domains had one of their best periods ever and 2021 has continued on that pace.” Here …
Read More »CentralNic Q1 2021 report: Revenue increased by 48%
CentralNic Group Plc (AIM: CNIC) announced its unaudited financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2021. Both revenue and adjusted EBITDA have increased quarter-on-quarter, driven by a combination of acquisitions and underlying organic …
Read More »Dicker failed again to pay money owed as promised
Who is more dick? Dicker of course. The guy that doesn’t pay the money he owes for years, then says he will pay (after first saying he will not!) and then fails to pay again. …
Read More »Vimeo is now a separate, publicly-traded company
Vimeo, an all-in-one video software solution, began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “VMEO.” As a result of the spin-off, IAC’s interest in Vimeo is now held directly by IAC shareholders, and Vimeo is a …
Read More »IRP panel dismisses Afilias’ claims to reverse .WEB auction and award .WEB to Afilias
Verisign released the following announcement today: On Thursday, May 20, a final decision was issued in the Independent Review Process (IRP) brought by Afilias against the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), rejecting …
Read More »Afternic adds 2-step verification
Afternic said today that “In direct response to customer requests, we’re giving you another way to add security to your Afternic account.” “Direct” as in 10 years too late. Please Afternic and GoDaddy, no more …
Read More ».MUSIC signs registry agreement with ICANN
DotMusic Limited, the Cyprus company formed to own and operate the new .MUSIC community-based top-level domain name (TLD), announced it has signed its .MUSIC Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and …
Read More »Efty releases 3 ugly landing pages!
Efty just released 3 ugly landing pages for some domain names, mainly the ultra-premium names in your portfolio, you just wish to HODL until that perfect end-user, with the matching budget, comes knocking! “Efty is …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 9 domains for $141,440 in April
Mike Mann reported 9 of his domain name sales in April 2021 for a total of $141,440. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $29,888. Mike sold 9 .com domains. The average reported …
Read More »Internet Society sends “An Open Letter to the Government of Canada”
The Internet Society, Tucows and many others sent an open letter to the government of Canada, challenging policies and regulations that affect the open Internet in Canada. Read the letter here: An Open Letter to …
Read More »MMX 2020 results: Brokered and AdultBlock revenue decreases, New gTLD renewal rates plummet
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced Final Results for the year ended 31 December 2020. MMX admitted the the AdultBlock revenue decreased in 2020 by $0.4m to $0.5m. So this dubious business model …
Read More »Donuts domain trend report: April 2021
This is a great report to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 …
Read More »EURid Q1 2021 report: registrations decreased slightly to 3,681,337
EURid released its Q1 2021 progress report, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Highlights include: 186,488 new domain name registrations recorded; Ireland tops the list of countries for registration growth at +9.3%; An average renewal …
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