DropCatch.com reported today that an internal process which alerts customers of caught and missed domains has been failing sometimes. This means that while the domains were caught by DropCatch.com, the domains have been sitting in a holding …
Read More »Warning: Fraudulent ICANN Domain Name Certificates
ICANN issued a warning today regarding some people trying to sell generic top-level domain (gTLD) centificates. These fraudulent certificates claim to protect registrants from something that I don’t quite understand. If you have received such …
Read More ».Wien Has 4,657 Domain Registrations After Its 1st Day
Yesterday 15th of July the .Wien new domain name extension entered general availability. Vienna (Wien in German) is the capital and largest city of Austria. The first day, or rather first hours, registration numbers were …
Read More ».Scot New gTLD Launched Today With 50 Pioneers (Government, NHS, Scouts in Scotland)
The new .scot top level internet domain launched today giving individuals and organisations the chance to express their pride in Scotland online. People can now, for the first time, choose to use a .scot web …
Read More »GCA.com Sells For $90,000 USD At Sedo
Sedo just announced that it sold the domain name gca.com for $90,000 USD. The buyer is not yet known as whois has not yet been updated and shows Sedo as the owner. The domain gca.com …
Read More »Not Social: 45% Of DotBrand New gTLD Applicants Are Not Using Social Media
SLAM Strategy, a digital strategy company from Adelaide Australia, published a social media report today that focused on DotBrand New gTLD applicants. The study focused on 647 brands that applied for ICANN gTLDs to look …
Read More »The Go Daddy Refunds For New gTLD EAP Domain Pre-Orders Are Still Having Trouble
I was doing some quarterly taxes and I found by accident that Go Daddy owes me some money once again. $150 this time. Do you remember how I found out that Go Daddy was owning …
Read More »Demand Media to Complete Tax-Free Spin-off of Rightside Group on August 1, 2014
Declares Record Date of July 25, 2014 and Share Distribution Date of August 1, 2014 Demand Media, Inc.® (NYSE: DMD) today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has declared the Rightside …
Read More »1st Day Domain Registration Numbers: .bar 1,226, .rest 307
Punto 2012 (using the CentralNic backend) launched 2 of it’s New gTLDs yesterday: .bar and .rest. The first day, or rather first hours, registration numbers were ok for .bar, especially considering the $70 registration fee, …
Read More »Sedo Has A .Info Domain Auction (proposal.info, guess.info, collections.info)
Sedo is running a .INFO domain name auction in July. The new .INFO auction features 50 generic .INFO domains such as inbox.info and loyal.info that all owned by Sedo’s sister company DomCollect Worldwide Intellectual Property …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales