Verisign, masters of the dot .com and dot .net TLDs, offer network-related services designed to deliver protection against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. "Combine innovative, patented mitigation technology, a globally deployed network of scrubbing centers, and the benefit of advanced cyber security intelligence to provide a scalable ...

Up until this point, all comments had to be approved manually before appearing on DomainingTips but as of today, I'm going to try an experiment and disable comment moderation altogether. That way, your comment *should* appear instantly, assuming of course that it isn't caught by a filter (for example, if your comment contains a bunch...

I've been following along on the reported numbers of registrations for new gTLD domain names. Earlier this morning, I shared my thoughts on what sunrise registrations might mean. According to Domain Incite, as of March 5, there were just over 200,000 domain names registered in the new gTLD extensions. This is a lighter number than I anticipated wou...

If you happen to be in Austin for SXSW then there's a good chance you've bumped-into these guys: They're called the XYZ Squad and they are getting a lot of attention at SXSW this year. To shake things up .XYZ is giving away prizes to people who posted a photo of the XYZ Squad on […]

Since the ICANN Big Reveal where we learned  that Google applied for over 100 new gTLD extension we have been chatting about whether Google would giving away free domains. Well we didn't have to wait long to find out. Google is offering 5,000 new gTLD's in its first live new gTLD which is an IDN, .??? Domainincite.com broke the news that Google is ...

Google is giving away free .??? domains. According to a company spokesperson, the first 5,000 people to submit a .??? web site idea via a campaign web site will receive a coupon for a free one-year registration in the new namespace. The offer expires April 5. The regular retail price at registrars appears to be […] Related posts: Google's fi...

Remember that company MeetMe Inc? You know the one that made domaining headlines for purchasing Meet.me from Worldwide Media, Inc., Rick Schwartz and Ammar Kubba for $450,000. Take a look

The internet has its first IDN versions of legacy gTLDs. Public Interest Registry had three new gTLDs delegated over the weekend, all non-Latin versions of its flagship .org. The gTLDs were .?????, which means "organization" in Hindi, and the Chinese .?? and .????, which seem to be two ways of saying "organization" too. They're not […] Relat...

Here are photos from Domain.com's party in Austin Saturday night and the .CO HQ. Domain.com threw a party in conjunction with Public Interest Registry (PIR) Saturday night in Austin at the SXSW festival. A steady cold rain didn't keep people away. In fact, it may have drawn them to the relative comfort and warmth of […]

The start of another week and already I have a nice set of spam emails. Sure I get many of these every day and 99.99% I send into trash without regard but this one caught my eye based off the domain listed (which isn't a bad domain) just a bad message ""Hello Worldwide Media Inc. My Name is Larry and I am representing the potential sale of Cambridg...

Dot .domains enters general availability in two days. I have not registered any domains in that gTLD and won't be doing so. The reason is simple: unless your business name ends in "domains", or you are in the direct domain brokerage business, this particular gTLD is more of an "inner circle" badge. Surely, Mike Berkens […]...

Many of you are probably wondering by now: What will Frank's pricing be? Will it be competitive? Will be complex, with a number of tiers that will make your billing statement complicated? Let's face it. Everyone likes simple, because it works wonders – and Frank's pricing won't be an exception. Here's the proof, in an […]...

Recently expired domains can be well worth the cost of purchasing them. So why do many domainers and website developers buy a expired domain, this article will look at 5 reason that owning a Recently Expired Domain can be a good investment. Aged Domain: An expired domain will be at least 1 year old, if not more. Google and other search engines tend...

Cars.com and its underlying business is on the proverbial chopping block, for $3 billion dollars. You read the figure right: $3 billion dollars, not million. Billion. And why not; after all, Cars.com reportedly generates between $400 million to $500 million in revenue a year. Estimates place a new owner's revenue tapping an additional $200 million ...

Greetings and salutations, my domainer brothers and sisters; this is Father Domainicus, on a splendorous sunny Sunday – at least, here in the state of Florida where the Domain Church is headquartered. I bring you some magnificent news today, and I cannot contain myself enough! Brother Frank has chosen the day of our Domain Lord, […]

Because we buy and sell domains each day, most of us are more familiar with Internet based business than most people.  But there is a daily transformation and battle to stay alive for the small local businesses that your visit locally.  Each and every day consumers are spending more of their day online.  Anyone that owns and runs a brick and mortar...

Uniregistry is ready for the launch of its domain Registrar, which will occur sometime next week; the work is done and extensive testing is taking place. The launch will not happen tomorrow Monday, as initially projected. Given the expanded domain name space of gTLDs, projects as complex as a modern era Registrar require thoroughly reviewing [̷...

On Tuesday, I exchanged thoughts with some readers and tried to explain that despite the fact that let's say .info is considered a failure by most domainers, certain domains definitely have reseller market value. To do that, I asked one of my readers whether or not he would pay 100 bucks for Dating.info. He understood my

Hello, happy Sunday, and welcome to my weekend musings. I just took the photo above while having breakfast with Daina on our patio. Yes, it looks like summer has come early and according to the weather report it's going to be 81 degrees this afternoon. So, we're heading off to Malibu for a day of […]

The owner of Graceland.com shared his frustration with the world, as soon as the UDRP was filed for the domain, by the estate of the late Elvis Presley. Titled "Graceland.com Is Under Siege", the page describes in vivid detail the 19 year old history of Graceland.com, a domain that contains Biblical quotes: "Graceland.com has operated […]...

Gregory Ferenstein wrote a post on Tech Crunch  about the director of ideas from Google and his belief that crypto currencies are going to be a mainstay as we move forward. Google Director of Ideas and former technology advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Jared Cohen, says that digital “crypto-currencies” like Bitcoin are here to ...

After the successful launch of .Photography, a domain aimed at professional photographers, Donuts, Inc. followed up with the launch of dot .Photos. Currently, there are more than 5,600 dot .Photos domains registered. Single word, dictionary domain names stand a better chance of being used as brands, or to be resold. Here's the list of all […]...

Domainers who take the time to blog are so important in this industry. I wanted to commemorate a few of my favorite bloggers by sharing interesting quotes I found from their first few weeks of blogging. I also want to thank these individuals for sharing their knowledge with the world. Additionally, I would like to

Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.  (EPE) was awarded the 20 year old domain name graceland.com  by three member UDRP panel. Its an interesting set of facts. The domain was not parked but contained bible verses with Google Adsense which put up ads related to the former home of Elvis Presley which is now a huge tourist attraction. The parties didn't ev...