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Google opened it’s own registrar and will probably start offering domain names from $12. Google launched Google Domains that is currently in Invite-Only Beta testing. This is how Google describes domain names and what it’s …

More than 3,300 people from around the world have registered for ICANN’s 50th meeting in London, making it the largest in the organization’s history. “Today is a great day for advancement of the multistakeholder model …

The domain name MM.com was sold for $1.2 million at Sedo today. The domain was owned by Minnesota MicroNet, an Internet Service Provider, since at least 1995. The domain mm.com was registered back in 1994. …

DropCatch.com, one of the newest domain name backordering service, had some backorder issues over the weekend. It seems to be fixed now. Here is their announcement: Hey folks, It looks like we had some problems …

Namescout announced today some important changes to their domain name management. Apart from introducing an advanced website domain management system some of the new features include an option to cancel a domain whenever you want …

The Telegragh posted an article today stating that Dot-com will lose dominance by 2020. “By the end of the decade, .com will no longer be the dominant web address ending, experts predict.” According to NetNames’ …

Wales’ First Minister, Carwyn Jones, announced at ICANN London today that the Welsh Government plans to begin a switch of its official internet address from .gov.uk to .cymru and .wales from next year. The Welsh …

In the past week (June 9 to June 15), 520 (633 last week) transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million ($1,1m last week). Only 177 (138 last week) domains from …

Last week, Flippa announced that you can now negotiate on ANY unsold auction, not just the auctions you were bidding on. This had a big impact in Flippa sales this week, with over $40,000 worth …

Namejet was running a .Build New gTLD “premium” domain auction for the past 10 days. I say “premium” because this is one of the New gTLDs that don’t make any sense to me. New gTLDs …