XYZ Registry acquired 10 New gTLD domain extensions from Frank Schilling: .Game .Guitars .Audio .Christmas .Diet .Flowers .Hosting .Pics .Mom .LOL Following their .Tickets acquisition last year, this makes 21 TLDs that XYZ has acquired in a two-year period, bringing the Registry's total offerings to 33. All ten new domain endings are already availa...

A record 5,128 cases were filed in 2021 under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPOs Arbitration and Mediation Center, eclipsing the 2020 level by 22%. The surge pushed WIPO cybersquatting cases to almost 56,000 and the total number of domain names covered past the 100,000 mark. Representing 70% of WIPO's generic …...

Today Afnic, the .fr registry, published the 2021 edition of the .fr review which details the activity of the French TLD over 2021 and analysis its market.Afnic found that the .fr TLD has maintained its momentum. Key figures .fr growth has been sustained, and largely exceeds that of the market and its competitors. The market … The post .fr do...

This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of February 2022 foundation.global x.trading epic.global xl.bet kcg.global chain.gl...

The ICANN Board discussed a proposed resolution to allocate emergency financial support in the amount of USD $1 million to support the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet's unique identifier systems. The allocation would specifically support mitigation measures where access to the Internet infrastructure is jeopardized by sudden, un...

Google Domains launched in 2015 aiming to be "the easiest place to find, buy, and manage a domain." Today, Google Domains is out of beta. Customers have the ability to integrate Google Analytics, Search Console, and Workspace, with DNS on Google infrastructure. They also get privacy and security features like 2-factor authentication, privacy protec...

Radix shared its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2021. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales across the Radix nTLD portfolio from 1st July 2021 till 31st December 2021. Some key highlights from the report include: Premium retail revenue closed just shy of $3M; this includes $1.81M in … The post Radix H2...

Epik Holdings Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of Kobalt Media. Kobalt was founded in 2000 and is a full-service digital marketing agency with a suite of custom marketing solutions, industry leadership, and digital innovation for building high impact brands. The addition of Kobalt Media complements our portfolio of technologies and ...

Sedo informed its customers that it is suspending the trading and parking for .ru and .by domains and that it is currently unable to serve customers from Russia or Belarus, as well as corresponding bank accounts. The affected accounts will be temporarily deactivated. Here is the complete email that Sedo sent: "The current geopolitical situation ...

Godaddy issued a statement explaining how it is supporting Ukrainian customers that are affected by the unwarranted aggression from the Russian Government: "Over the past week, we have been witnessing the atrocities taking place in Ukraine and we feel for those affected by the unnecessary violence. As a human-first company, we have been working to ...

Namecheap has banned all Russian customers from using its services in an email you can see below. This ban includes even domain name registrations. Namecheap also started offering free anonymous hosting and domain name registration to any anti-Putin websites for anyone located within Russia and Belarus. Effective immediately, we will begin offering...

Last month, Dynadot struck another milestone of reaching an additional million domains under management. Dynadot reached a total of four million domains going from 3 million to 4 million domains in a little over six months. Since June 2021, Dynadot has updated multiple pages on its site, reduced their deletion wait period from 30 to … The pos...

The CENTR Board is following Russian military actions in Ukraine with concern and strongly condemns the violation of international law and Ukraines territorial integrity. Ukraines national TLD registry is a member of CENTR and CENTR stands with Ukrainians in their efforts to resist Russias invasion. CENTR hopes for a swift and peaceful resolution o...

Nominet, the .UK registry, has released itssummary of domain name disputes brought before its Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) during 2021. The number of Complaints was at a record low since the DRS began in 2001, with just 548 Complaints filed in 2021. The total number of domain names related to those DRS Complaints in 2021 … The post .UK do...

NamesCon Global returns for 2022 as an in-person event at Austin, Texas. NamesCon Global 2022 takes place August 31-September 3 at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in the heart of Austin, Texas. All programming and social events will be happening onsite and closely nearby. Early Bird registration is now open, so get the best deal … The post Nam...

1: With the domain name portfolio version 2 upgrade, DAN is introducing a completely revamped & advanced way of managing your domain portfolio. They have completely rewritten the portfolio front & backend to make it faster, smoother & to easily expand it with new features in the coming weeks/months. Please check out the video below R...

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021. Fourth Quarter Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (Verisign) reported revenue of $340 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, up 6.3 percent from the same quarter in 2020. Verisign reported net income of $330 million and diluted earnin...

Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), a global internet services leader, today reported its nancial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021. All gures are in U.S. dollars. Note on the Financial Impact of Tucows Sale of Ting Mobile Customer Relationships and Transition to Mobile Services Enabler Platform: As previously announced, effectiv...

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021. "GoDaddy accelerated its pace of execution across the business in 2021 and delivered another great year of results," said GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani. "Strong receptivity to our recent OmniCommerce launch shows how we can grow the value we ...

Mike Mann reported 4 of his domain name sales in January 2022 for a total of $122,888. Reported prices started at $8,000 and went up to $85,000. Mike sold 4 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $30,722. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here:A few … The post Mike Mann sells 4...

The .ME registry released its premium domain report for 2021. The registry said that demand for .ME premium names grew throughout 2021 which is one more indicator of the necessity of taking a business online and making customer relations more personal. Premium Domain Sales facts and figures The data below applies to the period … The post .ME...

This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of January 2022 hh.group tab.global index.global truth.global top.deals mail.green ...

Spamhaus published the latest report for the most abused domain registrars in botnets from Q4 2021: Overall, we saw a decrease in fraudulent domain registrations in Q4 2021, which is positive news. But some countries registrars are still clearly struggling. Canadian based registrars Registrars in Canada had the most fraudulent botnet C&C regist...

TheCENTRstats Global TLD Report Q3/2021has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. Highlights from the report: Median domain growth in European ccTLDs was 3.7% YOY (Oct 2021), down from the 6 month average &...

Spamhaus published the latest report for the most abused top-level domains in botnets from Q4 2021: A new entry at #4 We dont often see new TLD entries within the top five of this Botnet C&C Top 20; however, .xxx, an adult TLD, run by registry ICM, has entered at #4. With less than 10,000 … The post Spamhaus: Most abused top-level domains...

DAN announced today a new partnership with Payoneer. "Payoneer handles bank payouts and more for millions of marketplace users of platforms like Airbnb and Amazon." From today on, you can add Payoneer as a payout option. You can do that by either connecting your existing Payoneer account to your Dan account or create a new … The post DAN adds...

Dynadot emailed customers saying that customer data was not impacted by the 150Gbps DDoS attack. Although Dynadot had DDoS protection in place, it was not capable of blocking an attack of this size. You can read the email here: Dear …, Yesterday the Dynadot website was hit with a 150Gbps DDoS attack. While we did … The post Dynadot: cus...

Tucows issued an apology regarding the Enom outage. Enom had a large-scale data center migration that caused many different issues. You can see the Tucows apology here: Beginning Saturday, January 15, 2022, Enom experienced a series of complications with a planned data center migration that caused significant disruptions for a subset of our custome...

CentralNic Group plc announced that following its significant investment programme, the Company's organic growth has further accelerated during the fourth quarter of 2021, resulting in year-on-year organic revenue growth of 37% for the full year ended 31 December 2021. The Company therefore expects to report revenue of aroundUSD410mand adjusted EBI...

Giuseppe Graziano fromGGRGpartnering withEscrow.comandEstibots parent companyInteliumandShortNames.com published the 20th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call liquid. The objective of the report is to present key statistics and generate a debate amongst the industry stakeholders about the ...

Mike Mann made a few posts on social media about the GoDaddy automated domain name appraisal tool, calling it a total scam and a racket. I can't say I blame him. I have written numerous posts about this ridiculously badly made automated tool. Here is the latest post: GoDaddy appraisals display comparable domain sales from … The post Mike Mann...

This is a great report provided by Donuts to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of December 2021 build.global pds.global hudson.global kimball.family psc.global mak...

Squadhelp released its 2021 report. Their premium listings grew from about 70,000 listings at the beginning of 2021 to about 123,000 listings at the end of the year. This represents about 71% growth in the number of listings at about 10-12% approval rate. In 2021, Squadhelp spent more than $2M in digital marketing to bring … The post Squadhel...

Activist investor Starboard Value LP purchased a 6.5% stake in web services firm GoDaddy Inc worth about $800 million, according to a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Starboard said that GoDaddy's shares were undervalued and represented an attractive investment opportunity, according to the filing. Starboard Value...

A new selling option (Price Request) will be coming in Dan.com's domain name seller accounts this week. Here's a preview of what is coming up soon: The post Dan to start offering "Price Request" option appeared first on OnlineDomain.com. Related Articles: DomainNameSales.com Adds "Firm" Price Option in Inquiries ParkingCrew to offer option to sel...

Dynadot published its aftermarket domain name sales report. The report includes domain name sales from Expired Auctions, Backorder Auctions, User Auctions, Last Chance Auctions, and Marketplace listings. See the top 10 Aftermarket sales from November 2021: TOP SALES – EXPIRED AUCTIONS – NOVEMBER 2021 Domain Name Sold Price streamnba.com...

Mike Mann reported 2 of his domain name sales in November 2021 for a total of $54,888. Reported prices started at $15,000 and went up to $39,888. Mike sold 2 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $27,444. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here:A few … The post Mike Mann sells ...

The Government of Tuvalu selected GoDaddy Registry as the new registry service provider for the .TV country code Top-Level domain replacing Verisign. The announcement follows a competitive render process conducted by the ministry of Finance for the Government of Tuvalu. "The Government, through the Ministry, will work with GoDaddy to grow the .tv d...

All Brexit-related domain names, which were moved to the WITHDRAWN status on 1 July 2021, will be revoked and released on Monday, 3 January 2022. About 48,000 domain names will become available for general registration on first come, first serve basis. The release will happen in batches starting at 10:00:00 CET on 3 January 2022 … The post .E...