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• How Many New gTLD’s Are Left To Be Launched?

  A reader to thedomains.com asked as a comment on another post, as to how many new gTLD’s are there still to come Good question The answer is quite a few. We hav... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/10/16 Verisign up – Web.com Down Another 2.5%

  Market Recap 3/10/16 Stocks eded mixed today, most were up with the broader market at the open but gave up ground all afternoon. Verisign (VRSN) finished up jus... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chinese Domain Registrar Moves from 72e.Net To 72.Win

  

  According to a press release out today, Foshan DiYong Network Co. Ltd, a domain name registrar in China has decided to change their domain name, from 72e.net... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domains.Wine Marketplace Launches with Over 1,000 Premium .Wine/.Vin Domain Names

  According to a press release out today, Domains.wine has launched a marketplace with over 1000 premium wine related domain names. “Domains. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060

  The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH a... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Radix Has Record Month With Over 760K Domain Registrations

  Domain name registry operator, Radix announced today that it had a record month in February 2016, generating over 760,000 domain registrations across its... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/8/16 Stocks Down Across the Board

  Market Recap 3/8/16 Domain stocks were down across the board today, lock step with the broader market. Go Daddy (GDDY) was off 1.7% on the day while competitor... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Trump is #1 Trending Keyword in .Com Registrations in February

  

  Verisign the registry for .Com and .Net just published it’s Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com .Net domain name registrations in February. Trump ruled the . Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afilias Says .Bet is 11th Most Registered New gTLD; But It’s Really 84th

  Afilias put out a press release earlier today claiming that one of it’s new gTLD’s .Bet which was just launched last week, already was the 11th most registered... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.1million Led by 1787.com

  Over the past week, 669 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• HA.com Announces 42 Domains For Live Auction On April 19th: Quick.com, VE.com;...

  HA.com just released the 42 domain names it will be auctioning off live on April 19th in San Francisco. Bidding is now open at:... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand...

  Network Solutions which stuffed .XYZ domain names into customers account for free, is at it again this time with the new gTLD .Design. Customers of Network... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• 89 of The Top 100 New gTLD Domain Holders Are From China

  We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy up 2% – Rightside Down Another 4%

  Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up 2% on the day where most were down. Rightside (NAME) was off close to another 4%. Tucows (TCX) was down 2.4% on the... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Spamhaus Publishes List of “10 Worst Top Level Domains”

  Spamhaus.org published today a list of the “10 Worst Top Level Domains” The list is “not a list of the worst TLDs in quantity, several other TLDs have far more... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• .XYZ Holding Exclusive Premium Auction of 150 Domains With West.Cn Including...

  According to a press release we just received, “.XYZ is proud to announce that we have partnered with West.cn for a second time to host an exclusive .xyz premiu... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign: .Com Passes 126 Million Domains For 1st Time

  

  According to Verisign, the number of .Com domains in the Domain Name Base passed 126 million. Verisign, the registry for the . Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/4/16 Tucows Bounces Back – Rightside off Close to 4%

  Market Recap 3/4/16 Rightside (NAME) was off close to 4% to $8.42. Verisign (VRSN) continued to close higher up another .50 to $89.14. Tucows (TCX) bounced... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry

  According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign (VRSN) a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability

  

  The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH