I was checking whois on the domain name 1.xyz, that sold for $182,971, while researching for this article questioning some of the high value .xyz domain sales. I discovered by accident that the XYZ registry …
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.Com & .Net Domains Ended 2015 At 139.8 Million Registrations (6.3% Increase & 71.9% Renewal Rate)
VeriSign reported domain name business and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. Business Highlights: Verisign Registry Services added 4.6 million net new names during the fourth quarter, ending with 139.8 …
Read More »Growth Of 1.1% In 2015 For The “Big Six” Legacy TLDs (Vs. 2.5% in 2014)
The Afnic Industry Report on Domain Names analyses the prospects for growth in 2015 of the 6 main Legacy gTLDs: the .com, .net and .org stand up better than .biz, .info, and .mobi. It shows …
Read More »Verisign Report: 296 Million Domain Names Registered Worldwide, 2 Million Added In Q2
VeriSign, Inc. announced two million domain names were added to the Internet in the second quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 296 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) …
Read More »XYZ Registry Is Running A Parallel .COM & .XYZ Domain Registration Contest
Think you can register the best .COM or .XYZ domain name and win $1,000? Then you can take The Challenge at TheChallenge.xyz while you hand-register the best domains you can find and submit your entries …
Read More »Verisign Q2 2015 Report: 133.5 Million .Com & .Net Domains With 3.1% Increase
VeriSign, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015. Second Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9 percent …
Read More »Sedo Celebrates The .Com Anniversary With A Website & Infographic
Sedo created a .Com anniversary website at https://sedo.com/30yearscom and a .Com anniversary infographic.
Read More »NameJet Sold 941 Domains Names For Almost 6 Million USD In 2014
NameJet, the domain name auction house, sold 941 domain names for $2,000 and over in 2014 for a total value of $5,984,520 USD. LIU.com was the top domain with a selling price of $155,688. There …
Read More »November: 827 Domain Name Renewals And 119 Drops (12.6%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. I am a bit late on this report because of the holidays and NamesCon. So, in November I …
Read More »October: My 476 Domain Name Renewals And 49 Drops (9.3%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. I am a bit late on this report. So, in October I renewed 476 domains and dropped 49 …
Read More »Internet.bs Releases List Of 9.5 Million Unregistered .COM Domains
Internet.bs is releasing a list of 9.5 million .COM names which are currently registered under other TLD spaces yet remain unregistered under .COM. That’s a lot of list! “There is so much potential amongst these …
Read More »2 New Videos From The .COM & .NET Campaign by Verisign
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net and other domain names, is releasing a series of short, humorous videos this month promoting .com and .net domain names You can see the first 2 videos, Cake in …
Read More »September: My 639 Domain Name Renewals And 118 Drops (15.6%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. In September I renewed 639 domains and dropped 118 of them. So I dropped about 15.6% of the …
Read More »Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 1.15 Million New Domains Added Ending Quarter With 130 Million
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial and business results for the third quarter of 2014, including stats on .com and .net domain names that are on the rise. Third Quarter GAAP Financial Results VeriSign, …
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