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• Google Moves Its Domain Name Registrar To Domains.Google

  

  Google Domains has moved over to a .Google TLD. You might remember last April’s Fool’s day when Google temporarily put up “com.google”. This is for real and in ... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Three Letter Domain, EHF.com Lost in UDRP

  A three member UDRP panel just handed over the three letter domain name EHF.com to the European Handball Federation The panel of Flip Jan Claude Petillion,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Did the Other Shoe Just Drop On The Chinese Domain Market?

  According to a story which appeared in globaltimes.cn, “the Chinese government is stepping up efforts to strengthen management of the Internet with the recent... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Tickets Opens Up 30K Premium Domains Through Registrars

  According to a press release from Accent Media the operator of the .Tickets new gTLD, “around 30,000 premium names, such as ‘vip.tickets’,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/28/16 Rightside off 2.5% – Tucows up 1.4%

  Market Recap 3/28/16 A mixed bag today with some stocks up over 1% and other off over 1%. Rightside (NAME) was off 2.5% on the day down .21. Neustar (NSR) and... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Ethereum up Over 1,000% – Can It Dethrone Bitcoin ?

  The new York Times published an article today on Ethereum giving the upstart rival to Bitcoin some mainstream publicity. Ethereum was created by a 21-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• SnivelingCoward.com Registered and Pointed at Donald Trump Twitter Account

  There is a post on Mediaite.com about the domain name SnivelingCoward.com being registered and pointed at Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Reality of Virtual Reality

  

  Virtual Reality has been a popular niche for domainers over the last few years. One of the most popular topics on Namepros. Below I have included reg stats... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/24/16 Stocks End Week on a Quiet Note

  Market Recap 3/24/16 Domain stocks ended the week virtually unchanged on Thursday. There were only a couple stocks that were off one percent or more. Neustar... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Market Recap 3/23/16 Go Daddy off 1.6%

  Market Recap 3/23/16 Stocks were mostly down across the board today, Go Daddy (GDDY) was off 1.6% today. The only other stock off over 1% was Endurance Intl... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google + 5 Registries Release Domain Test: “Developers Can Test Compatibility...

  Google registry released a new tool “Domain Test” which is a “tool designed to help developers test their applications for compatibility with new top-level... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2016 BUSINESS, TECH

• 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