This was one of these moments where it suddenly hits you and your blood freezes… So I logged in to Namejet today, clicked on search, sorted all domains by most bids and then… I stood still looking at the first domain: biosafety.com. (The domain was at the top spot at the time of writing this … The post The domain with the most bid...

Mike Mann reported selling 4 domain names in May for a total of $96,808. Prices started at $11,920 and went up to $35,000. Mike Mann sold 4 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $24,202. This is of course just a sample of the domain that Mike Sold as on a single random … The post Mike Mann sells 4 domains for $96,808 in Ma...

The GoDaddy website sucks. Anyone that deals with GoDaddy on a daily basis knows it. It is full of bugs, inconsistencies, old and new systems contradicting, etc. On Saturday I complained about the crazy expensive .us renewals price of $19.99 and pointed out the fact that according to the GoDaddy website the Discount Domain Club … The post How...

Google said that through both internal studies and industry research, users show they prefer sites with a great page experience. In recent years, Search has added a variety of user experience criteria, such as how quickly pages load and mobile-friendliness, as factors for ranking results. Google will be introducing a new signal that combines Core &...

.US domain names are some of the cheapest domain names to register and renew. Yet somehow GoDaddy, a US company, has decided that .us domains are a good choice so it can rip off customers and make an extra $10+ a pop. .US domains cost $19.99 to register and renew at GoDaddy. They are one … The post GoDaddy ripping people off with .us domain n...

Verisign released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the first quarter of 2020 closed with 366.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 4.5 million domain name registrations, or 1.2 percent, compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name registrations have grow...

A few day ago I lost an auction for a domain name at Godaddy. I made a proxy bid early in the day the auction was ending as I was not going to be available at the time of the auction end. I lost the auction. I thought the price went too high. I was … The post Lost a GoDaddy auction, then the winner defaulted. How do I find who the bidder was?...

Numbers from CENTR show a spike in new registrations in the month of April 2020. A sample of 25 European ccTLDs saw a 20% increase in new domains registered in April 2020 from the same time a year earlier. So the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR) is asking "Is the lockdown driving … The post "Is the lockdown dri...

CSC, a brand protection agency (among others), announced today that its Digital Brand Services branch is moving from a New gTLD (cscdigitalbrand.services) to a .com (cscdbs.com) domain. CSC started using the (long) .services domain name in 2016 but now they have chosen to retire it. "Were retiring cscdigitalbrand.services to give you a more user-fr...

Domain Agents has published its 2020 domain valuation guide and the first observation made by Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, is that during lockdown there has been a 20% increase in domain name offers. "Even as the pandemic has created instability and uncertainty across the world, domain name values have remained fairly steady. Lockdowns have ...

I have this same question for years. How is shopping around for a domain going to help you? Help you get it cheaper that is… I am not talking about different domains. I am talking about this one domain a buyer wants and the seller is accepting offers and is negotiating. I do understand that … The post How is shopping around for a domain...

Mike Mann reported selling 4 domain names in April for a total of $89,776. Prices started at $14,888 and went up to $30,000. Mike Mann sold 4 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $22,444. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here: A few important details … The post Mike Mann sel...

ElectricCar.com Sedo announced today that the domain name ElectricCar.com was sold for a 6-figure price. The seller from Michigan USA has owned the domain name since late 2016 or early 2017. The domain was parked at Sedo and then for sale at Undeveloped/DAN. The domain was sold for $180,000. Just sold ElectricCar .com for $180,000!! … The pos...

Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. The first quarter was a very solid start to 2020, highlighted by year-over-year growth in revenue and gross profit of 6% … T...

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. GoDaddy announced the price of the registry business of Neustar Inc. acquisition for $218.0 million in cash, with expected closing in the coming months. Total GoDaddy revenue was $792.0 million, up 11.5% year over year, or 12.3% on a … The p...

I was in negotiations to sell 3 domain names to different buyers. I think all buyers were from the US. I reached an agreement with the buyers on all 3 domains but I eventually lost all 3 deals. That was last week. I lost 3 deals for a total of $20k in 3 days from … The post I lost 3 done deals in 3 days! appeared first on OnlineDomain.com. R...

LXME, Giuseppe Grazianos Liquid Domain Market Exchange that launched in September 2018, is rebranding today to LMX.com, which stands for Liquid Market Exchange. "The purpose of LMX is to create a safe environment in which investors are able to trade liquid domains quickly, efficiently and at low fees." Here are some of the features of … The p...

Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. What I find really interesting is that "The entire Board stands by this decision". How come they all changed their minds? It seems that the involvement of the California … The ...

Radix joined Verisign and some other registries in temporarily waiving off the domain name restoration fees. I don't understand what is the point of temporarily waiving a fee that was totally unnecessary to begin with and almost no one uses anyway. The domain name restoration fee is a relic from the old days where you … The post What is the p...

Namesilo published its March 2020 domain name registration report. Here are some of the details published:   The post Namesilo's March 2020 domain name registration report appeared first on OnlineDomain.com. Related Articles: Namesilo publishes marketplace report NamesCon 2020 early-bird registration is now open ‘Dot Dubai & Expo...

CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC) announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019. Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, commented: "I am delighted to report CentralNic Group enjoyed another record year in 2019, with 61% year-on-year growth of revenue, excluding the effect of acquisitions made during 2019. Including the four acquisition...

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Verisign had an operating margin of 66%. I guess that is not enough for Verisign or the corrupted ICANN so they will suck a few more billions out all registrants all over the world by increasing .com price well above inflation! Verisign … The post Verisign...

Spamhaus released its botnet threat update for Q1 2020. Among other botnet related details, Spamhaus announced the most abused domain extensions and domain registrars associated with botnets. Here is what the Spamhaus wrote: Most abused top-level domains, Q1 2020 .la: The most significant change in this Top Twenty list is the appearance of country ...

Donuts Inc. has announced its migration of backend operations to the cloud. Donuts registry now operates on Amazon Web Services and is probably the first major registry backend operator to migrate an existing on-premises backend to the cloud. Donuts owns and operates more than 240 New gTLD extensions such as .life, .social and .games. "Moving ̷...

In early April Google made an announcement that it will be helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) stay in touch with their customers during this challenging time with the coronavirus and covid-19 by giving them free ad credits on Google Ads. "Thats why were giving our SMB customers worldwide $340 million in ad credits, which … The p...

ICANN was ready to approve the .org transfer on April 16 but the California Attorney General ruined their party. ICANN, ISOC, PIR and NoEthos Capital were very close to getting their corrupted plan completed but at the last minute California Attorney General slammed them so hard that they had to get an extension. The ICANN … The post ICANN wa...

Donuts announced today that it sold the domain name my.life for $175,000. The domain was purchased on March 31, 2020. Donuts is the registry of more than 200 domain name extensions and the domain name my.life was one of its platinum domain names that are not directly available to registrars. You have to contact the … The post Donuts sells my....

California Attorney General sent a letter on April 15th urging ICANN to reject the transfer of control over the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital. In his letter the California Attorney General slams ICANN, ISOC and PIR repeatedly. "As discussed below, while PIR and Ethos Capital have responded to some of ICANNs inquiries and provided some … The ...

Sometimes I get so blindsided by an email that I don't even know where to begin writing a post. I got an email through the contact form on this blog from a guy in the US asking me to evaluate 6 of his domains. "It probably should only take you about 5 minutes for each … The post Sometimes it is hard to believe it! appeared first on OnlineDoma...

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), probably the most corrupted organization on planet earth, announced that its ICANN68 Policy Forum, which was to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will now be held via remote participation only. The ICANN Board of Directors has made the decision that ICANN68 will not proceed as …...

Mike Mann reported selling 2 domain names in March for a total of $69,776. Prices started at $19,888 and went up to $49,888. Mike Mann sold 2 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $34,888. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here: A few important details … The post Mike Mann sel...

Trademark owners filed a record 3,693 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPOs Arbitration and Mediation Center in 2019. WIPOs 2019 caseload covered 6,298 domain names in total. The Center held a major October 2019 conference in Geneva to mark the 20th anniversary of the UDRP system, under which WIPO … T...

Goodbye Neustar! Hello GoDaddy Registry! GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it is acquiring Neustar Inc's Registry business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2020. The Neustar Registry business features a backend registry technology platform and domain security systems that enable ...

The Internet Society (ISOC) Ireland send a letter to ICANN on March 31, 2020 saying that "Ethos does not seem to understand or care about the .ORG community.". This is one of many ISOC chapters from all over the world expressing their opposition to the sale of PIR and .org extension to this (No) Ethos … The post ISOC Ireland: "Ethos does not ...

Last week, Verisign promised to not raise the .com prices (even though ICANN had not YET granted Verisign the permission to steal millions of dollars from the global economy by allowing 7% price increases for the next 4 years) to "support" people and the community during the global COVID-19 crisis. (Yeah, like they even care…) … The pos...

Since its launch .CLUB has earned total premium name revenue of $7.7 million USD. .CLUB is close to its sixth year of operation. They created 3 major programs and products to assist end-users to have easy access to .CLUB premium names. Here is how .CLUB describes the 3 programs: Names.club: Every business needs a meaningful, … The post .Club ...

Efty decided to share some important stats around the impact the coronavirus outbreak has on domain name inquiries and traffic across its platform. "The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is having a profound and serious impact on the global economy with most of the disruptions affecting the demand side. Many businesses are holding off on … T...

The domain name Shop.app sold for $200,000 at Sedo and it was not a registry sale. The seller was from California and the domain was brokered by Yiming Yang. The domain name is pending transfer out of GoDaddy that it is currently registered. Shop.app still shows Sedo in whois so the buyer is not yet … The post Shop.app sold for $200,000 (boug...

DAN.com announced that starting today it will be removing all Corona Virus related domains from its marketplace. I mostly support the decision but I just think that the justification shouldn't have been price related. It doesn't matter whether there are "astronomical high prices" or if the prices are "reasonable". Although if you think about it, &#...

Verisign said today that it "promises" not to raise .com and .net prices this year, although ICANN has not approved (yet?) the .com price increases. (7% in each of the next 4 years) Verisign said will freeze registry prices for all of its Top-Level Domains (TLDs) (including .com and .net) through the end of 2020. … The post Verisign promises ...

The Office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG) is investigating the registration and use of coronavirus-related domains for the purposes of deceptive advertising, phishing schemes and malware dissemination. These activities may violate a number of laws, including but not limited to General Business Law 349, Executive Law 63(12), and the Compu...

The Coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a cottage industry of scam artists looking to prey on people's fears. Fake websites selling coronavirus masks are scamming organizations out of millions. An investigation by Escrow.com has found a surge of unscrupulous websites aimed at selling N95 respirator masks in the midst of the global COVID-19 pande...

Since the beginning of the year, search interest in COVID-19 has continued to climb around the world. Right now the disease is the largest topic people are looking for globally, surpassing even some of the most common and consistent queries we see in Search. As this public health crisis has evolved into a pandemic, information … The post Goog...