In the 1990‘s things were definitely simpler; the Internet was something that one "installed" on their home computer. Parents and kids gathered around, to "surf the Internet" and knowledge had an advantage over entertainment. The Internet was touted as a learning tool to improve school grades, and parents used it to follow stocks and pay [...

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Facebook reported first quarter earnings after the close today.  Earnings beat expectations coming in at $0.34 cents a share.  The company now has 802 million daily users with 609 million of those being mobile. The company was trading down on Wednesday but is up in after hours. 61.36 -1.67 (-2.65%) After Hours: 63.69 +2.33 (3.80%) Apr […]

How quickly the world changes. It was only a couple of years ago that people touted the importance of having a mobile-friendly site. Now I think we're going to see a switch to making desktop-friendly sites because you can't deny it any more, the world has gone mobile. Today Facebook announced their Q1 2014 earnings […]

With NetMundial – the global meeting on the future of Internet Governance – kicking off in Brazil today, a question, aimed at ICANN emerges: "Can the overseers be trusted with overseeing the Internet, should the US government hand over control?" Political pressure is building up, according to Peter Roff, former Senior Political Writer f...

I just got an email through from Name.com announcing that they are closing down there affiliate programme while I never really earned much from Name.com it is sad to hear another domain industry company cutting back on possible cash into the industry via domain blogger and other affiliate marketers. See the email below. Dear Name.com […] The ...

101domain has sent out almost 50 invoices, believed to total many thousands of dollars, to customers who had bought "premium" domain names for $12.99 well over a month ago. One DI reader, who said he'd rather not be named, received a bill from the registrar today for $1587.01 for a .??? domain name he hand-registered […] Related posts: Regis...

251 people from 36 countries participated in this year's survey. Over the next week or two I'll be posting stories with the results from this year's Domain Name Wire survey. I'd like to start by thanking each and every person who took the survey. 251 people from 36 countries responded this year. That's fewer than […]...

Domain Of The Day: WeddingResort.com The domain of the day is WeddingResort.com. This is a solid domain which taps directly into the multi-billion dollar wedding venue market. Who wouldn't want

I personally haven't purchased any GTLD's, however I do believe there is money to be made from them, heck money can be made from anything if you buy low and sell high at the right time. I know some people have registered hundred of GTLD's and while I congratulate many on taking the risk or the […] The post How many GTLD's have you sold? appea...

The land rush period for Dot Chinese Online (.??) & Dot Chinese Website (.???) TLDs  Closes at 3:55AM UTC According to an email we just received  Dot Chinese Online (.??) & Dot Chinese Website (.???) TLDs have "been amonsgt the most successful in the history of ICANN's New gTLD Program." Landrush for Dot Chinese Online […]...

Just about everyone likes to receive offers for their domain names, and I think there are basically three types of offers: lowball, reasonable, and great. You can probably re-name these categories however you wish, but these are pretty much the only types of offers. From my perspective, the worst kind of offer is the reasonable offer. We've all rec...

Trade360.com leads list of end user domain name sales. GoDaddy and Afternic sold nearly $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here's a list of 15 that were sold to end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. Trade360.com $42,500 – A New York firm called Trade360. JSA.com $25,000 – Jackson […]

If you're like me, you may have been a bit confused when you first heard about what a "domain landrush" is. I have to assume that most people in the general public don't have any idea what a domain landrush is, and I think domain registrars could probably do a better job explaining what the term means. For example, it doesn't seem like registrars a...

In my opinion, there are two possibilities. If development is something you're good at or passionate about then sure, go ahead. If not however, then you're better off letting those who are do it for you. At the end of the day, it's all a matter of crunching some numbers. For example, a 500-word article costs

Go Daddy/Afternic reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 4/14/14 – 4/20/14 The top sale for the week was Trade360.com at $42,500, registered in 2004. Rad360.com also sold for $3,500. Cod.co was the top country code sale at $8,250 Resell.net sold for $7,000. I thought scripter.com for $2,000 was a great buy and a […]

Over the past number of months, actually years, people have become suspicious of unusually high prices paid for some names over at Godaddy Auctions.  Names that jump quickly or have high prices and low bidders draw the most attention.  All the banter in the forums and comments is bashing the system for lack of policing what they deem is fraud.  But...

Over the past week, 513 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 million of which  .Club domains sales totaled  $98,750. Certainly by far the biggest week of sales by any new gTLD. Disclaimer Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: fun8.com at 25,000 USD · Top ccTLD: gewerbeflächen.de at 16,500 […]

According to a tweet posted this afternoon, GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving will be participating in a Reddit AMA session later on this week. If you are unfamiliar with what this means, AMA stands for "Ask Me Anything," and participants can ask Irving any questions they may have. Over the years a variety of executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and other f...

Neustar the company operating the .NYC domain name extension on behalf of the city of New York is holding a Breakfast seminar in New York Tomorrow April 23rd at 8:30 Am to discuss ICANN’s rights protection mechanisms, the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), general brand protection strategies and the .NYC launch program The event is free and […]

Patent for domain purchasing system granted ten years after application was filed. Network Solutions, now part of Web.com, has received a patent for its Certified Offer service…ten years after applying for it. Network Solutions applied for the patent titled "Certified Offer Service for Domain Names" back in 2004. It was rejected multiple time...

Toby Clements, manager of the popular domain newsletter by the same name, has fallen off the face of the earth in recent months. Despite numerous attempts by curious domainers, seeking to locate him for a variety of purposes, no response has arrived – and for a good reason. According to the latest Wikileaks report that […] The post Toby...

I know the new gTLD domain names haven't been available for that long, but I am curious if you've had any end user buyer inquiries for any of them yet. Although end user inquiries would obviously be more desirable than inquiries from other domain investors, I think any inquiry would be a good sign. I still only own four new gTLD domain names, altho...

Domain transfer resets the clock for registration date. My Art, a French company that operates the website My-Art.com, has convinced a Czech Arbitration Court UDRP panelist to order the transfer of the domain name MyArt.com. This is the second time My Art has filed a UDRP against the domain name. My Art lost a case […]

The On-line ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC) has just handed over the domain name MyArt.com to the My-Art Company which was just formed on September 10th, 2010 The domain was subject to a previous UDRP which the complainant lost. In the first case the panel ruled in favor of the then domain […]