Minds + Machines (MMX) shared more details today on the proposed sale of 28 New gTLDs (and other assets) to GoDaddy for $120 million. The 28 New gTLDs that are the subject of the proposed …
Read More »GoDaddy acquires 28 New gTLDs from MMX, .Design and .Club
GoDaddy Registry today announced that it is acquiring the .club and .design domain extensions, as well as 28 domain extensions (and certain other business assets) owned and operated by Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX). …
Read More »GoDaddy is acquiring the .Club domain extension
Jeff Sass, .CLUB’s Chief Marketing Officer, announced today that GoDaddy is acquiring the .Club domain extension. This was frankly expected as single New gTLD domain extensions are more expensive to run (and smaller profit margins) …
Read More »NameSilo: domains under management reached record levels at 3.82 million
NameSilo Technologies Corp. issued a corporate update: Domains under management continue to grow and have reached record levels having surpassed 3.82 million. As of the last RegistrarOwl reporting period (November 30, 2020) Namesilo was the …
Read More »GoDaddy and Naomi Osaka partner on mystery project
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) is partnering with global tennis star Naomi Osaka. Together, GoDaddy and Naomi will bring to life a project that Naomi is deeply passionate about and has been working on for over …
Read More »GoDaddy’s top 20 domain name sales from November 2020 (exclusive, bodo, https)
GoDaddy released today its November 2020 domain name sales report. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for November 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the …
Read More »Nominet EGM removes 5 board directors
Nominet announced that four directors have been removed from their board seats as a result of a vote at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting. Russell Haworth has stood down from his board seat before the vote …
Read More »ICA issued statement on Nominet’s Extraordinary General Meeting
ICA issued the following statement on Nominet’s Extraordinary General Meeting: On Monday, March 22, 2021, Nominet, the United Kingdom’s registry operator for .UK domain names faces a stark choice between those who want it to …
Read More »European country-code domains (ccTLDs) reached a 6-year high growth of 4.4%
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 …
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