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Go Daddy sold 39,488 domains in April 2013. That is a bit less than the 42,660 domains that were sold in March. 52% (53% in March) of the sales were from auctions, 46% (45% in …

ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, announced that new .XXX domain registrations created from May 1 through May 31, 2013 will be available at .COM …

Afternic yesterday announced that NameJet will join the Afternic reseller network as a Premium Partner. NameJet, a domain name aftermarket auction company co-owned by eNom and Web.com, will now offer Afternic’s portfolio of high quality …

This week, 763 transactions (756 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.57 million ($1.2 last week). Only 253 domains (249 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …

ICANN is hosting a “Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement Overview” webinar in support of the ongoing public comment forum. Webinar Details Date: Monday, 6 May 2013 Time: 15:00-16:30 UTC Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/raa-dt This is …

Sedo just sold the domain name Evora.com for $94,000 USD. The domain name was registered in 1997 and is currently registered with Fabulous and is parked with Above. The domain was originally registered to Evora …

The Board of Directors of Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) are pleased to announce that it has signed a term sheet with Uniregistry to operate the .country top-level domain for which both companies had applied. …

Top Level Domain Holdings (Minds+Machines) announced the formal appointment of Keith Teare to the Board of TLDH as a non-executive director. Keith Teare is the CEO and founder of just.me Inc and a founder at …

ICANN is posting today for public comment the proposed final New gTLD Registry Agreement that will be entered into between ICANN and successful new gTLD applicants. The proposed final draft of the New gTLD Registry …

This past week 6 more new gTLDs applications were withdrawn and their status was updated at the ICANN New gTLD website. These 6 withdrawn applications bring the total of withdrawn gTLD applications to 51. Fairwinds …