The number of the ICANN Accredited Registrars that have signed the 2013 RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) has now reached 200. This is important because these are the only registrars from over 1000 that are allowed to …
Read More »Arts Council loses domain name for the simple reason they forgot to register it!
Cincinnati.com featured an article about a supposedly stolen domain name. I say supposedly because the domain was never owned by the Arts Council. “The nonprofit Springfield Township Arts and Enrichment Council was finalizing its plans …
Read More »2014 Super Bowl Commercial Domain Names: The good (cure.com), the bad (got2getfios.com) and the funny
Seattle Seahawks were the big winners in Super Bowl 2014. Super Bowl maybe over but the domain names that were featured in the TV commercials live on: The good (cure.com), the bad (got2getfios.com) and the …
Read More »Nominet: New Registrar Agreement and Data Quality Policy approved
Nominet published the approved new .uk Registrar Agreement and Data Quality Policy, which recognises higher standards and the diversity of registrar business models. The final agreement and policy aim to ensure that registrants have a …
Read More »DomainNameSales: brokers average $15,000 per sale, new minimum commission at $175
Effective February 15th DomainNameSales.com will charge a minimum commission of $175 per sale. This means that any domain under the $1400 threshold will be charged at $175 instead of the 12.5% commission. Also on February …
Read More »Go Daddy and Afternic Offer/Auction Confusion
I was trying to figure out if Go Daddy has changed anything in how it treats domain names listed for sale in Afternic and Sedo (partnership soon to end) in Go Daddy auctions. Still the …
Read More »German Domain Registrar Checkdomain Joins SedoMLS – First To Use New Partner Listing Process
Sedo, the world’s largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced that the German domain and web hosting company, Checkdomain, has joined its multi-listing service, SedoMLS. In addition, Checkdomain is the first registrar worldwide to …
Read More »Sedo sells 769 domains worth $1.7 million: True.com $350k, TeamShirts.com $89k, Offer.net $50k (Jan 20 to Jan 26)
In the past week (Jan 20 to Jan 26), 769 (710 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 million ($1.6 last week). Only 229 (245 last week) domains from …
Read More »WARNING with Register.com / Snapnames expiring domains!
A warning was posted at the popular domain name forum NamePros.com from user “werty” about how register.com and snapnames.com treat expiring domains. Werty claims that he won a domain name auction at Snapnames for an …
Read More »Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (TLDH) Raise $33.6 million for registry, registrar and private new gTLD auctions
Highlights £21 million (approximately US$33.6 million) conditionally raised from institutional and other investors Cash balances on completion in excess of approximately US$48 million with an additional US$15 million available to compete in a single private …
Read More »Would you buy DomainName.Guru or DomainNames.Guru for $3,164.99 today? (POLL)
Donuts entered general availability for the following new gTLDs today: .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. Early access registrations is currently available at selected registrars like Go Daddy. For the first seven Donuts gTLDs …
Read More ».net price goes up on February 1st, 2014 – Renew your .net domain names today!
.Net wholesale price goes up once again on February 1st, 2014. That means you have less than 24 hours to renew your .net domain names for 1 to 10 years so you can save a …
Read More »Apple buys apple.guru – iphone.guru – ipad.guru – mac.guru
Donuts entered general availability yesterday with the following new gTLDs: .BIKE .CLOTHING .GURU .HOLDINGS .PLUMBING .SINGLES .VENTURES. MacRumous just made a post about Apple making a few early purchases: – apple.guru – iphone.guru – ipad.guru …
Read More »“New Top Level Domains Are Fools Gold”
I didn’t know Eli the Computer Guy up until today. But he has 258,376 subscribers on YouTube.com and he sure likes to talk. Well he is my hero for today. His latest video is called …
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