New report says that 2020 was a historic year in that the median growth of European country-code domains (ccTLDs) reached a 6-year high of 4.4%. The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2020 has been published and …
Read More »Tucows votes in support of the Nominet public benefit initiative
Tucows has voted in support of the Nominet Public Benefit Initiative at the upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting on March 22, 2021. This is the current support of the Public Benefit Initiative: 462 Supporting Members 2,023,089 …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 6 domains for $133,552 in February
Mike Mann reported 6 of his domain name sales in February 2021 for a total of $133,552. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $59,888. Mike sold 5 .com domains and 1 .org. …
Read More »NamesCon Europe 2021 in Budapest is canceled
NamesCon announced today that the NamesCon Europe 2021 conference in Budapest has been canceled. The July event was canceled because of pandemic uncertainty and high reluctance of attendees to travel for an in-person gathering. Here …
Read More ».FR domains grow by 7% in 2020
Afnic, the association responsible for .FR domain names, is publishing its annual review of the .FR ccTLD and presented the figures behind a good performance in 2020. With 3,670,372 names in stock at 31 December …
Read More »GoDaddy’s top 20 domain name sales from October 2020
GoDaddy released today its October 2020 domain name sales report. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for October 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the …
Read More »DAN starts offering 2FA authentication
DAN started offering today 2FA authentication for additional account security using a new universal OTP 2FA Authentication integration. The new security layer that can help with keeping your DAN.COM account safe is to enable 2-Factor authentication …
Read More »Spamhaus creates new IP and Domain Reputation Checker
Spamhaus is transforming its Blocklist Removal Center (BRC), an online tool used to check if an IP or domain is listed on any DNS Blocklists (DNSBLs). BRC was first released over a decade ago and …
Read More »How the ‘Lease to Own’ model can help you make more money
DAN gave an example of a domain name sale and how DAN’s ‘Lease to Own’ model can help sellers make more money over time. DAN’s Lease to Own model introduced a new markup model last …
Read More »Escrow.com report: 2020 Q4 domain sales up $16.3 million from Q3
Escrow.com issued its latest Domain Name Report: Domain Investment Index: Q4, 2020. It contains data from all the domain name sales at Escrow.com gor the quarter ending December 31st 2020. The Escrow.com Domain Investment Index …
Read More »MMX trying to sell 725k of mostly worthless domains using Estibot appraisals
MMX (Minds + Machines) announced ‘The Great Release’ which moves 725k “premium names” to their standard pricing. These are the New gTLD domains that nobody bought and MMX is now using Estibot appraisals to convince …
Read More »2020 ended with 366.3 million domains on all TLDs
According to Verisign’s Domain Name Industry Brief, the .com and .net registry, the fourth quarter of 2020 closed with 366.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 4.4 million domain …
Read More »Misdirected emails containing sensitive information
Over the years I have received many misdirected emails on websites I am operating or contact form messages from domain names I own. I get these on all extensions but mainly .com, .org and .gr. …
Read More »Network Solutions is introducing new security features
Network Solutions, the domain name registrar of choice for all domain thieves, is introducing new security features. Here is what their announcement said today: “With so many people working remotely, it’s more important than ever …
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