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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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NameJet to Auction off 22 Top Tier .WS Names
.WS is making their push into the Chinese market and a press release that came out stated that in the past 3 months .WS registrations have increased by 1500%. Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain Stocks Down – Rightside Bucks the Trend up 2.2%
Market Recap 2/23/16 Domain stocks were down today, Rightside (NAME) being the exception, the stock was up 2.2%. Verisign (VRSN) gave back half of their gains... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2million Led by GWH.com
Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Escrow.com Announces New Service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,”Domain Concierge” Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign Closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO.... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/19/16 GoDaddy Finishes the Week up Strong
Market Recap 2/19/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up close to 5% on the day. The stock finished the week up over 10%. Tucows (TCX) was up 1% on the day. Alphabet Inc... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Registration on Record Pace? Over 750K Added Yesterday Alone
Registrations of domain names seem to be going on at a record pace. Yesterday saw the number of domain registrations across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names hav... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/18/16 Endurance Intl up Close to 10% – Go Daddy Down 3.7%
Market Recap 2/18/16 Endurance Intl (EIGI) went on a ride today, trading as low as $8 and then closing at $10.28, up close to 10%. Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Radix Set to Launch .Store in April
Radix put out a press release today that they will be launching .Store in April. Dot store will start Sunrise on 6th April. The TLD will follow the same... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD Add Over 1 Million Domain Registrations in Just Last 5 Days
According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD’s domain registrations grew by 1.1 million domains, in just the last 5 days. In terms of percentage of... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 4th Largest Domain...
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been aroun... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 5th Largest Domain...
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been aroun... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/17/16 GoDaddy up Over 7% Reports Earnings
Market Recap 2/17/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up over $2 today or 7%, they received a buy recommendation from Deutsche Bank and reported earnings after the close.... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Me Passes 1 Million Domain Name Registrations +28% in 2015
The .Me registry announced today that for the 1st time, the number of .Me domain registrations passed 1 Million domains. .Me is the country code or ccTLD for... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Market Recap 2/16/16 Go Daddy up Close to 9% Day Before Earnings Report
Market Recap 2/16/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) up close to 9% the day before they release earnings. The company received an outperform rating from RBC Capital today.... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $2 Million Led by CustomFit.com
685 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public... Read more
Posted on 16 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Com Tops 125 Million Domain Registrations
According to Verisign (VRSN) the registry for .Com, the number of .Com registration crossed the 125 million mark in the Domain Name Base. The active zone file i... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Story Of How Harvey Levin Bought The Domain TMZ.com For $5K
The Newyorker, just published a very interesting story on the history of TMZ, including the story on how the founder of the company, Harvey Levin bought the... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Club Passes 9 Year Old .Mobi In Numbers of Domain Registrations
.Club has just passed .mobi in terms of domain name registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com .club has 691,522 domain registrations while .mobi is at... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2016 BUSINESS, TECH
