Escrow.com released a payment gateway for WooCommerce. With over 2 million online stores worldwide running WooCommerce, it is the top ecommerce platform for WordPress. The new extension will bring Escrow.com payments in your online store, …
Read More »New scam using a .com IDN domain, a .site domain and Viber
There is a new scam circulating fast using the Viber instant messaging app. The scam promises a 250 Euro gift card for Sephora in Greece and I was told there are more similar targeting other …
Read More »SocialApp.com sold for $25,000 – Was the price too high? (plus the top 100 *app.com domain sales)
Yesterday the domain name SocialApp.com sold for $25,000 at GoDaddy auctions and that is an all time record price for a *app.com domain name. (together with wapp.com that also sold for $25k last year) Of …
Read More »When Rick Schwartz met Mark Cuban
Rick Schwartz talked today about the time he met Mark Cuban. 11 years ago Rick Schwartz won an auction for Make a Wish Foundation Children’s Charity on Ebay. The winning bidder ($6500) got to have …
Read More »Global growth in domains has slowed down but still was 2.5% YOY (without .xyz/.top)- New gTLD market share down from 7.5% to 6.6%
There are an estimated 311 million domains under management over 1,500+ top-level domains globally. Over the past 2 years, quarterly growth rates have been decreasing since peaks in early 2016. The slowdown is the result …
Read More »Only buy what (domains) you need
I got inspired to write this post by a tweet made by Peter Sunde, founder of Njalla (and Pirate Bay), a privacy domain name registration service, about black Friday purchases: This Friday it’s “black friday”. …
Read More »You can now renew your GoDaddy domains up to only 30 days after expiry
Godaddy domains will now be able to be renewed up to only 30 days after expiry. This, I think, is supposed to fix the GoDaddy auctions problem where the domain name owner can current;y renew …
Read More »GoDaddy domain name auctions: a disservice to the domain name industry
GoDaddy is doing a disservice to the domain name industry. They are a domain name auction house auctioning domains that may or MAY NOT be delivered to the winning bidder that has already paid. Any …
Read More »Thinking to renew or not a New gTLD led to a $9,600 .com domain sale!
This is a domain name story that almost never happens. Or is it? So the story starts with this domain name that was coming up for renewal. It was a New gTLD domain: Hollywood.Agency. The …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: cannabis and blockchain
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of October 2017 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. “cannabis” is the top keyword in .com while …
Read More »Nominet suspended 16,632 domains
Nominet published its update on .UK domains suspended for criminal activity over the 12 months to October 2017. Nominet suspends domains following notification from the police or other law enforcement agencies that the domain is being …
Read More »Radix shares renewal rates for .Online, .Tech and .Site (no data for its other 6 extensions)
Radix registry shared the renewal rate for three of its most popular TLDs, .ONLINE, .TECH and .SITE. Launched in July and August 2015, these 3 TLDs are up for subsequent (2nd cycle) renewal and are …
Read More ».Radio enters general availability today – Speculators are not welcomed!
.Radio entered General Availability today (from 15 November 2017 12:00 AM UTC). .Radio is not welcoming domain name speculators and its pricing seems a bit complicated. According to Namestat .radio gained 1,614 registrations during the …
Read More »Goodbye World Hosting Days! Hello CloudFest 2018!
World Hosting Days is rebranding to CloudFest. CloudFest 2018 will be held March 10-16, in Rust Germany. “Our industry is evolving at a blistering pace. The cloud is not only about bandwidth, storage, or connectivity …
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