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Escrow.com issued its latest Domain Name Report: Domain Investment Index: Q4, 2020. It contains data from all the domain name sales at Escrow.com gor the quarter ending December 31st 2020. The Escrow.com Domain Investment Index for Q4 2020 provides insight into the domain name market compared to previous quarters. The total transacted domain name a...
MMX (Minds + Machines) announced ‘The Great Release' which moves 725k "premium names" to their standard pricing. These are the New gTLD domains that nobody bought and MMX is now using Estibot appraisals to convince people to purchase their stock inventory. If these 3.5k domains are valued(!!!) at over $2,500 why is MMX selling them … Th...
According to Verisign's Domain Name Industry Brief, the .com and .net registry, the fourth quarter of 2020 closed with 366.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 4.4 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to the third quarter of 2020.1,2 Domain name registrations have grown by 4.0...
Over the years I have received many misdirected emails on websites I am operating or contact form messages from domain names I own. I get these on all extensions but mainly .com, .org and .gr. A lot of people are confused and they mistakenly type an email address that is typically simpler than the intended … The post Misdirected emails contai...
Network Solutions, the domain name registrar of choice for all domain thieves, is introducing new security features. Here is what their announcement said today: "With so many people working remotely, it's more important than ever that the tools we use to access our accounts are safe and secure. Thats why we are providing you with … The post N...
Peter Sunde provided an update about his domain name registrar application that was denied by ICANN. It turns out that he is actually banned from doing business with ICANN. ICANN will not say when (if ever) Peter will be allowed to get a domain name registrar accreditation. Peter Sunde said that the main problem here … The post Peter Sunde sa...
ISNIC's Board of Directors approved the CEO's proposal to increase the annual domain fee of an .is domain name by 2 Euro. .IS is the ccTLD of Iceland. After the increase, the annual fee for ‘.is' domains will be 31.90 Euro without taxes, to registrants residing outside of Iceland. This is what Jens Ptur Jensen, … The post .IS domain fee...
Peter Sunde, co-creator of Njalla, says that ICANN denied his application to become a domain name registrar. (You can read more about the Njalla privacy domain registration service here.) Peter Sunde was also the co-founder of Pirate Bay back in 2003 in Sweden. The non-profit organisation @ICANN, that controls the central backbone of the internet &...
Uniregistry is changing its payment processor. Starting on the 1st of March 2021 Uniregistry will be using Tipalti to process payouts. Tipalti is an accounting software financial technology business that provides comprehensive accounts payable and global remittance automation solutions for businesses. Tipalti is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with ...
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today announced a plugin bundle expansion for its Managed WordPress Ecommerce customers, featuring free access to a library of over 75 premium WooCommerce extensions. The new extensions come from GoDaddy's recent acquisition of SkyVerge, a leading WooCommerce product developer. The new extensions, combined with a vast libr...
An article co-authored by Zak Muscovitch, General Counsel of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) and Nat Cohen busts some of the most common domain name secondary market myths. The Secondary Market, where already registered domain names are bought and sold, is often misunderstood. The new article from the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) cal...
Google announced that Search Console has an enhanced Association page within the settings menu. Association is a connection between a Search Console property, and some other entity or property in another Google service: for example, between a Search Console property and a Google Analytics account, a YouTube channel, or a Chrome Web Store account. A...
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Wando Internet Solutions GmbH ("Wando") for an initial consideration of EUR 5.4m (c.USD 6.5m) (the "Acquisition"). The transaction is expected to close in the course of today. Based in Berlin, Germany, Wando is a technology company operating in the &#...
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) ("GoDaddy") today announced that its subsidiaries, Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC and GD Finance Co, Inc. (the "Issuers"), intend to offer, subject to market and other considerations, $800 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes (the "Notes") through an offering to persons reasonably believed to be qualified in...
Afternic had a security issue on Thursday, February 12 when a security researcher contacted the company about a potential issue with a Web API. Afternic claims that no password or credit card information was at risk. It is well known to GoDaddy, Afternic, partner registrars and to many customers that the Afternic API is simply … The post Afte...
What is going on with Clubhouse? Is this good for the domain name community or not? Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio-chat social networking app launched in 2020 by software developers Alpha Exploration Co. It is currently only available for iOS and iPhone so I have not able to get on it. Clubhouse has been the … The post Clubhouse: newbi...
Public Interest Registry, the .ORG registry, today launched the DNS Abuse Institute as part of its ongoing efforts to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. The Institute will bring together leaders in the anti-abuse space to fund research, publish recommended practices, share dat...
.Cloud turns 5 today and just released its first ever Premium Domain Sales Report. The .cloud top-level domain (TLD) was launched on February 16, 2016, when it opened the door for general availability registrations. 2020 Premium Domains Report This is the first ever .cloud premium domains report. In 2020 .cloud revamped its premium domains offering...
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the heat. Nominet now says that the campaign can't bring a resolution to remove 5 board directors in the Extraordinary General …...
BODIS now resolves HTTPS requests for over 6M host names. How It Works: When a visitor arrives to an HTTPS page for the first time, Bodis adds that host name to a queue. Within minutes, a background task generates an SSL certificate for that host name. Any subsequent visitors would be able to access the … The post BODIS now supports SSL on ov...
Verisign announced today in its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results that it plans to increase the price of .com in 2021. Verisign will increase the annual registry-level wholesale fee for each new and renewal .com domain name registration from $7.85 to $8.39, effective Sept. 1, 2021. There are about 152 million domain name … The post Ve...
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2020. Fourth Quarter Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (Verisign) reported revenue of $320 million for the fourth quarter of 2020, up 3.1 percent from the same quarter in 2019. Verisign reported net income of $157 million and diluted ...
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. "2020 was a really strong year for our business despite the obvious challenges, as our customers proved once again to be resourceful entrepreneurs and successfully pivoted to expand their online presence," said GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutan...
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake") today announced the completion of its acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. ("Endurance") in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.0 billion including outstanding indebtedness. The transaction, which was originally announced on November 2, 2...
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the heat. Nominet has now started making promises. Too little too late. The campaign accuses Nominet's board that it is pouring ̷...
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. The fourth quarter was a solid finish to a very good year for Tucows, said Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc. Revenue and gross margin from our Domains and … The po...
Mike Mann reported 2 of his domain name sales in January for a total of $49,776. Reported prices started at $9,888 and went up to $39,888. All 2 domains were .com. The average reported domain sales price was $24,888. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here:A few important … The post Mike Mann sell...
In an effort to further understand its customers and maintain the .eu "competitive" edge, EURid has completed the 2nd part of the .eu website categorisation. (You can see the first part here.) In November 2020, EURid crawled 150,000 .eu domain names. These are the latest findings on the use of .eu domain names: 82.5% are … The post 82.5% of ....
Google Search is now rolling out a special icon that provides more information about the source of a result, if your connection to it will be secure, and more. This is a beta feature for now, offered in English in the US. Starting on February 1st 2021, next to most results on Google, youll begin … The post Google creates icon that provides mo...
Last Friday, NamesCon Online hosted a fireside chat with Tucows CEO, Elliot Noss, titled How do we make the Internet better from here? The discussion at the closing session of NamesCon 2021 included some reminiscing about Tucows early days and how the Internet has evolved, but the main focus was online content moderation. Elliot Nos … The pos...
RADIX shared its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2020. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales across the RADIX nTLD portfolio from 1st July 2020 till 31st December 2020. Some of the key highlights from the report include: Total premiums retail revenue amounted to over $2M; which is … The post RADIX repor...
Stefanos Tsitsipas, world number 6 in tennis and best Greek tennis player ever, wants to destroy whoever bought his domain name! Stefanos Tsitsipas is at Melbourne preparing for the ATP Cup starting today (representing team Greece) and the first gland slam of the year, Australian Open 2021, starting on Monday, February 8. Stefanos appears to …...
Each year, Escrow.com recognizes the top 10 highest-grossing brokers in the domains industry for the deals theyve closed. Here are the top 10 highest-grossing brokers for 2020 at Escrow.com: 1. Drew Rosenor, CEO, Media Options 2. Keith Richter, cofounder, Lumis Group 3. Ryan McKegney, CEO, DomainAgents4. Jeff Gabriel, Saw.com5. Steve Miholovich, Na...
Krystal, a web hosting company and registrar, has launched PublicBenefit.UK – a campaign to rescue Nominet, the guardian for 10.8M .UK domain names and one of the worlds top five registries. The campaign accuses Nominet's board that it is pouring money into unnecessary diversifications and acquisitions (and their own pockets), instead of redu...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) issued a third breach notice against Net 4 India Limited (Net 4 India) for its repeated and ongoing failures to comply with the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). ICANN said it did so "To protect the rights and interests of domain name registrants". This notice, as with … T...
Reza Sardeha, CEO of Dan.com, announced today at NamesCon Online 2.0 that DAN 2.0 is coming in February. DAN wants to integrate all aftermarket platforms into DAN 2.0 and to unify/centralize their inventories. The rebuilt platform will offer lists where you would be able to assign your premium domain names and assign them to a … The post DAN ...
NamesCon Online 2021 conference ends today with day 3. NamesCon Online 2021 conference runs from January 27 to January 29 2021. I went through the agenda and picked the best sessions of day 3. (Not as many as day 1 but more than day 2) You can use your computer and mobile device (or both … The post NamesCon Online 2021: best sessions of day 3...
NamesCon Online 2021 conference continues today with day 2. NamesCon Online 2021 conference runs from January 27 to January 29 2021. I went through the agenda and picked the best sessions of day 2. (Not as many as day 1) You can use your computer and mobile device (or both at once) to access NamesCon … The post NamesCon Online 2021: best sess...
The NamesCon 2021 domain name auction has been live at GoDaddy Auctions for a few weeks now. More domains have been added since I wrote a post in December and now there is a total of 100 domains in the auction. You can use the drop down on the popular searches to navigate to the … The post Complete list of the 100 domains in the live NamesCon...
NamesCon Online 2021 conference starts today. NamesCon Online 2021 conference runs from January 27 to January 29 2021. I went through the agenda and picked the best sessions of day 1. Some of the sessions coincide so you have to choose what is right for you. I have picked a mix of topics (from expired … The post NamesCon Online 2021: best ses...
Frank Schilling is selling his 23 New gTLDs and getting out of domain names completely after selling Uniregistry and his domain name portfolio to GoDaddy last year. UNR (the name of the registry) has setup a webpage announcing the auction at auction.link. The auction even is scheduled for April 28, 2021. There will be 23 … The post Frank Schi...
Afternic announced that it is launching a new and improved version of its domain name For Sale landing page – a simplified experience with a more elegant mobile design. Results from its recent experiment are showing as high as 47% more leads than the previous design. The mobile experience alone resulted in as much as … The post Afternic...
Mike Mann reports selected domain name sales on social media that OnlineDomain.com reports monthly. These are Mike Manns top 10 domain name sales in 2020. Ready.org $169,888 LightRock.com $94,888 Society.org $75,000 ListeningRoom.com $75,000 Dance.co $58,000 ModernComputing.com $53,900 SPCM.com $49,950 Telematika.com $49,888 LivingClassics.com $49,...
From today, SIDN, the .NL registry, is linking an informative landing page to domain names whose name servers have been delinked. In its role as operator of the .nl domain, SIDN can delink the servers of .nl domain names reported to the Police National Internet Fraud Desk. At the Fraud Desk's request, SIDN approaches the … The post .NL introd...
Uniregistry, a GoDaddy company, is introducing a new payment process for sold domain names in the coming months. The new process will manage all future domain name payments and services to help streamline payment experience. What key improvements are coming at Uniregistry: Market payouts will be processed daily after your domain sale has been compl...
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the top-level domain registry company, announces that it has entered into a settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with the vendors of ICM Registry, LLC ("ICM"), including Mr Stuart Lawley, the former majority shareholder of ICM (together the "Settlement Parties") pursuant to recent alleged warra...
Erik Brooks and Fadi Chehad, Co-CEOs of Ethos Capital, made the announcement today that Ethos Capital is going to acquire controlling interest of Donuts Inc. Last month Donuts completed the acquisition of Afilias. Here is the announcement today: As Co-CEOs of Ethos Capital, LLC (Ethos Capital), we are happy to announce that Ethos Capital has …...
Tucows Downloads, the software download site that has been around since 1996, has been retired after more than 25 years of service. I didn't know anything about domain names when I was using Tucows to download freeware and shareware software back in the late 90s. R.I.P. Tucows Downloads! A statement from Tucows CEO Elliot Noss … The post R.I....
Mike Mann reported 9 of his domain name sales in December for a total of $146,064. Reported prices started at $8,888 and went up to $25,400. All 9 domains were .com. The average reported domain sales price was $16,229. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here:A few important … The post Mike Mann se...
Last year saw the registration of 995,000 new .nl domain names. That's 20 per cent up on 2019, when 827,000 new .nls were created. Thanks to the registration surge, the total number of .nl domain names stood at 6.1 million on 1 January 2021, according to analysis by SIDN, the company behind .nl. Use of … The post Nearly a million new .nl doma...
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