Starting Wednesday, 25 March 2020, the .BIZ registry (Neustar) will be launching their premium domains. These are previously registry reserved names that will be available for registration in 11 premium tiers through domain name registrars. …
Read More »Verisign Q4 2019 report: Internet grows to 362.3 million domain names
Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the fourth quarter of 2019 closed with 362.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 2.4 …
Read More »Saying domain prices are inflated is stupid…
Anyone that says that domain prices were/are inflated is stupid. Anyone that says it today, that is. Of course there are people that always say that domain name prices are going up or people that …
Read More »Facebook sues Namecheap – Namecheap stands firm
Facebook is suing the popular registrar Namecheap alleging it is “Protecting People from Domain Name Fraud“. This week we filed a lawsuit in Arizona against Namecheap, a domain name registrar, as well as its proxy …
Read More »Mike Mann sells Ready.org for 6-figures
Mike Mann announced on Twitter that he sold the domain name Ready.org for a 6-figure price. He actually announced the sale again a few days back but he deleted that tweet. I guess he was …
Read More »Enom updates pricing structure
Enom registrar, that is owned by Tucows, has announced that it will be changing the reseller price structure effective as of April 1st, 2020. My understanding (from the not so clear info given by Enom) …
Read More ».EU Q4 2019 report: registrations keep decreasing
EURid released its Q4 2019 Progress Report sharing the quarterly statistics, developments, and overview of the .eu website categorization study. Highlights include: Three major releases; 161 690 new domain name registrations recorded; Norway tops the …
Read More »DAN: fully automated ownership verification
DAN.COM announced today a new feature giving sellers the option for fully automated ownership verification for domain listings. The fully automated ownership verification is accomplished by adding a unique verification nameserver (different for every DAN …
Read More »Casting a doubt on all domain name sales
I have been reporting Mike Mann’s domain sales monthly for almost 4 years. Every couple of months there is someone that will say something like “Mike’s sales are fake”, “if these sales were real then …
Read More »Ethos Capital tries to save the .org deal
Ethos Capital senses that ICANN will deny their sweet .org acquisition deal and starts making promises left and right. Or they just made a deal with ICANN to makes these promises so that ICANN approves …
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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