Thought that only Facebook was in the acquisition game lately? Think again. WordPress has also been continuing to build its empire and this week marks another step forward with the acquisition of Scroll Kit. So what is Scroll Kit? "Our objective was to create a process for making the web that was more like drawing […]

Had a pretty bad day in the "offline" world but fortunately, I've developed a nice way of getting bad days out of my "system" as time passed. Sometimes I go for a nice walk, sometimes I choose another activity that makes me happy. The absolute worst thing you can do (in my opinion) is "confront"

New registrations and renewal rate dip. Verisign reported first quarter earnings today after the bell. The company reported revenue of $249 million, a 5% increase from the first quarter of 2013. The company added 1.28 million net new names during the first quarter to .com and .net, ending the quarter with 128.5 million active domain […]

Many new TLD contention auctions were held this week. There were a number of new top level domain name contention set auctions this week, although details on winners are scant thus far. .Garden, .property, and .yoga were set for auction on Tuesday. I haven't been able to figure out the winners yet, although I'm sure […]

The NETmundial meeting in Sao Paulo kicked off on the morning of April 23rd and one of the speakers at its Opening Ceremony proclaimed that the Internet was a curious type of Public Commons in which private domain registrants should be obligated to pay a fee to fund access, capacity-building, and general bridging of the Internet gap between the de...

I love just about everything associated with working for myself as a domain investor. There are some days that I wish I had a business partner though. Every once in a while, an offer is made on a domain name that I wish I could get another opinion about before making a decision. Yesterday's article about reasonable offers will give you an understan...

A company called Artemis Energy Holdings has entered into an agreement to buy the domain name, FindIt.com from its owners. The agreement utilizes Escrow.com to make monthly payments until January 2015. Artemis Energy develops monetized products and press distribution solutions and is looking to increase membership through artists, celebrities, athl...

I would like to thank everyone who has been supportive of me transitioning from working as a web developer under my name to opening an office under Vabera. These past few months have been exciting. We just installed a customer control panel to help manage projects and support. Our goal is to continue to grow

I first used Unix in the late 80′s, that was my first interaction with a programmable system that did not need punch cards. Then MINIX came along, on the PC, something that seemed fun at the time as it gave the illusion of shrinking a computer monolith down to desktop size. Linux was released almost […] The post Debian: The only Linux d...

Take your pick of a fruit: Apple, orange or banana? Quite the fruity dilemma. That's what the Chinese owners of Banana.com – a domain once owned by the Castello brothers – are talking about, in Chinese of course. There's a video, shared via the Chinese web site 56.com – the equivalent of YouTube in China […] The post Apple, ...

Kevin Murphy over at domainincite.com wrote a post yesterday, entitled "Guy hit with $1,600 bill a month after registering “premium” name for $12.99″ The post goes onto explain: "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 March […]...

In a pretty unusually worded press release sent out by Artemis Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: ARTT) (PINKSHEETS: ARTT) it said it "recently entered into an agreement to purchase the domain name Findit.com. The company has opened escrow and made the initial payment." "The domain Findit.com has been transferred to Escrow.com and Artemis Energy Hold...

Microsoft has abandonded its application for the .live new gTLD, leaving the erstwhile dot-brand in the hands of either Donuts or Google. I found this quite surprising initially, as "Live" has been a core, cross-platform brand for the company, covering services such as Windows Live, Xbox Live and Office Live. The company also owns live.com. […...

Zara the clothing giant that is owned by Inditex which has revenues exceeding $13 Billion has forced a small Australian business to cease trading and shut down her domain name, website and email addresses anything relating to the business while trading as Zarabumba. Zara claims that the business is too similar to their own business, which I […...

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 [...

One of the things I'm proud of is our "quality of quantity" approach to publishing. You only read something on DomainerIncome when we have something tangible, helpful and constructive to say. The post Thanks To Our 12k+ Followers – 6 Years On Twitter appeared first on Domaining - Whois History - Reverse IP - Domain Sales.

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...