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• 43.com & 866.com To Be Auctioned As Part of Domaining Europe Conference

  According to a press release we received today, the domain name marketplace Undeveloped.com will host a unique domain name auction in cooperation with the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/22/16 Tucows up 2.5% – Go Daddy up 1.4%

  Market Recap 3/22/16 Mixed day today, Go Daddy (GDDY) was up 1.4% on the day, Web.com (WWWW) was up 1% and Tucows (TCX) was the top gainer up 2.5%. Neustar (NSR... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4million Led by Career.net at $85,000

  Over the past week, 558 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/21/16 Domain Stocks off – Alphabet up $6.75

  Market Recap 3/21/16 Domain stocks were down across the board, only Web.com (WWWW) and Verisign (VRSN) eked out tiny gains. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 762.16 +6.75... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• There Are Over 2 Million .in (India) Registered Domains

  

  There are over 2 million registered .in domain names. The IN Registry the official registry for the .in ccTLD domain extension for India has started to post... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• 55588.com Back on Auction, $91,060 Sale Did Not Go Through

  On March 9th we wrote about 55588.com closing at $91,060 on DropCatch.com. The domain is back at auction. DropCatch noted “Due to complications involving... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/18/16 Web.com up 2% – Verisign off 1.5%

  Market Recap 3/18/16 Th week ended mixed, Verisign (VRSN) was off 1.5% to close at $88.56 while United Internet (UTDI) was up 3%. Sedo’s parent company closed u... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• WIPO UDRP Filings up 4.6% in 2015

  According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) “cybersquatting claims” by just 4.6% last year In 2015, 2,754 Uniform Domain Name Dispute... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Update on Little.com

  A couple days ago we wrote about Little.com being stolen, Namepros member The Legendary JP appears to have solved the case. The domain was stolen but it was... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Two Letter .Ski & .Bio Were Released Into The Registrar Channel This Morning

  We received an email that .Ski and .Bio released all two-letter domains through the domain name registrar channel (EPP) this morning at 10:10 AM UTC (6am EST)... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/16/16 Web.com up Close to 7%

  Market Recap 3/16/16 Web.com (WWWW) was up close to 7% today, the stock has been drifting lower so today was a welcome change for those bullish on the company.... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Little.com Reported Stolen

  There is a post on Namepros.com where the member is saying he purchased Little.com and it was stolen at Network Solutions. The message is very sloppy with a... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.7million Led by Circa.com

  Over the past week, 611 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 59% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Watch Out for DomainVerification.Net Emails; Charging For ICANN Whois...

  

  I got an email today which looks like one of those ICANN required verification emails that registrars have to send out to domain holders. Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Watch 3/14/16 Neustar up Over 3%

  Market Watch 3/14/16 Neustar (NSR) and United Internet (UTDI) were the top gainers today. Neustar was up over 3% and United Internet up 1.7%. Tucows (TCX) was... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• March 2017 ICANN Meeting Set For Copenhagen, Denmark

  The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced they will be holding its 2017 March conference from March 11-16, 2007 in Copenhagen,... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Infographic on New gTLD’s Left To Be Launched

  

  Yesterday we published a list of the new gTLD’s that are left to be launched in the current new gTLD round. Yesterday the European Domain Centre ApS published a... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• ButtonMakers.com Registered in 2007 Lost in UDRP To Co. That Registered TM in...

  The domain name ButtonMakers.com which was registered by the domain holder in 2007 was just lost in a UDRP to Rockstar Industries, LLP which registered a... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Watch 3/11/16 Stocks up Across the Board – Go Daddy up 2%

  Market Recap 3/11/16 Stocks were up across the board, Rightside (NAME) was the only stock over $1 that was down and it was only a few pennies. Go Daddy (GDDY)... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Club Rings Up $90K in Premium Domain Sales In February

  

  .Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it’s site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH