Afternic said today that "In direct response to customer requests, were giving you another way to add security to your Afternic account." "Direct" as in 10 years too late. Please Afternic and GoDaddy, no more direct responses!!! Two-Step Verification (2SV) is an added layer of security that helps reduce account compromises due to phishing attacks &...

DotMusic Limited, the Cyprus company formed to own and operate the new .MUSIC community-based top-level domain name (TLD), announced it has signed its .MUSIC Registry Agreement with ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international organization responsible for managing and coordinating the Domain Name System (DNS). "...

Efty just released 3 ugly landing pages for some domain names, mainly the ultra-premium names in your portfolio, you just wish to HODL until that perfect end-user, with the matching budget, comes knocking! "Efty is here to help you play hard to get, at scale. We worked hard (well, kinda) on creating three landing pages … The post Efty release...

Mike Mann reported 9 of his domain name sales in April 2021 for a total of $141,440. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $29,888. Mike sold 9 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $15,716. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates read here: A … The post Mike Mann sells 9 doma...

The Internet Society, Tucows and many others sent an open letter to the government of Canada, challenging policies and regulations that affect the open Internet in Canada. Read the letter here: An Open Letter to the Government of Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 17 May 2021 Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, We are Canadian Internet policy … Th...

This is a great report to get keyword and domain ideas for you future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of April 2021 mm.group nw.dental uc.group beach.vacations your.lawyer better.dental mega.market d.cards atlas.r...

Nominet each year visualizes the size and influence of the different national registries those running country code Top Level Domains (ccTLD) in The Online World map using the domain name registration volume. The map is created using each registrys total domains under management (DUM) figure; the size of the registry is reflected in … The p...

Dan.com shared that they are creating new advanced bulk editing tools that among other things will be automating percentage price changes in a domain name portfolio or a subset of the portfolio. With the new bulk tool you will be able to add or subtract an amount from all your Buy-It-Now (BIN) or minimum offer … The post Dan.com is automating...

Tucows Inc. reported its nancial results for the rst quarter ended March 31, 2021. All gures are in U.S. dollars. Financial Results Net revenue for the first quarter of 2021 was $70.9 million compared with $84.0 million for the first quarter of 2020. The majority of the decrease was the result of the absence of … The post Tucows Q1 2021 resul...

The .ME Registry acted quickly in 2020 and on March 4th, 2020 they made the majority of its .ME premium domains available to anyone. Because of that a bit more than a year after the launch, .me revenue from premium domains increased by more than 220%. Premium Domain Sales facts and figures The data … The post .ME premium domain report: 453,5...

Sahil Gupta, world class idiot, tried to steal the domain name Spase .com for the 3rd time and again failed miserably even though the owner did not respond to the UDRP. He first filed for a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for the domain name Spase.com at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). … The post Sahi...

GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani appeared on Sky Business and discussed the boom in businesses building an online presence. Aman Bhutani talked about the domain name aftermarket, the secondary market and domain auctions. That is now 10% of GoDaddy's revenue and growing. Here is the video on Sky Business titled "Website host GoDaddy sees record growth ̷...

Uni Naming & Registry Services (UNR.com) concluded the public sale of 23 Top Level Domains. Following its April 28-30 auction event, the company has announced gross receipts of more than $40 million USD for its 20+ TLDs. More than 250 businesses and individuals signed up to potentially join this auction, and ultimately 17 bidders deposited R...

Peter Sunde, co-creator of Njalla, created a Twitter thread explaining how the domain dark.fail (@DarkDotFail) got hijacked from Tucows and then moved to Namecheap. Njalla revealed yesterday that Tucows was the victim of a phishing attack that affected some domains registered with Njalla and other resellers and registrants. Tucows received a (fake)...

Njalla revealed today that Tucows was the victim of a phishing attack that affected some domains registered with Njalla and other resellers and registrants. Tucows received a (fake) court order (including a gag order) to hand over a set of domains, where some where registered through Njalla (and others werent). Njalla is a Tucows domain … The...

Last November Google announced that the page experience ranking signal will go live on Google Search this year, in what they're calling the "page experience update". To help publishers and site owners improve their page experience and prepare, Google announced a few key updates: Gradual rollout starting in mid-June this year Google will begin using...

Escrow.com released the Domain Investment Index for Q1 2021. The Q1 2021 trading volume of $110m was led by sales of a record number of large domain name portfolios as well as sales of high value individual domain names. The report provides insight into the domain name market for the first quarter of 2021, compared … The post $110m of domain ...

The 2nd edition of NamesCon Online is coming on September 22-24, 2021. Registration is now open and the cost is $79 until July 4. (Standard price is $99) Newcomers can complete a quick survey and pay $19. (Limited to the first 150 newcomers) For your ticket, you'll get: Access to live and on-demand contentglobal and … The post NamesCon Online...

Afternic announced today that it now offers a new Buy-Now landing page with GoDaddy branding. The new landing pages also include 24/7 sales and support from GoDaddy. To use the new BIN landing pages you have to use these nameservers: NS5.AFTERNIC.COM/NS6.AFTERNIC.COM. Here is the complete Afternic announcement: "Just like a For Sale sign in real &#...

Namecheap After years of being #1 in this Top 20, Namecheap (US) continues to be the preferred domain registrar for miscreants registering botnet C&C domains. Spamhaus believes that given the long history of abuse at Namecheap, this won't change any time soon. Eranet International & RegRU With a massive 249% increase, Eranet International (...

VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2021. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Verisign) reported revenue of $324 million for the first quarter of 2021, up 3.6 percent from the same quarter in 2020. Verisign reported net income of $150 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted EPS) of …...

This has happened to me many times but I have never written about it before. Whenever I sell a domain name through GoDaddy or Afternic when the wire arrives in Greece it gets stuck at my bank before hitting my company bank account. They always call me from my branch to ask me what the … The post Greek banks think GoDaddy is a betting company!...

Nominet has appointed independent research company Savanta to carry out a "major piece of research to understand the perspectives of members and stakeholders on the future of Nominet". "The outputs from the listening process will be published and will inform a broader review of Nominets purpose and strategy." This listening process will be carried ...

For Q1 2021, the gTLD .com remains at the top of the Spamhaus rankings. A large majority of botnet C&C domains that Spamhaus Malware Labs identified were hosted on this TLD. However, we have seen many other listed TLDs improve their reputation with reductions across the board. Of course .com is the TLD with the … The post Spamhaus Botnet ...

Squarespace, Inc. announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) relating to a proposed direct listing of its Class A common stock. Squarespace intends to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SQSP. … The post S...

Mike Mann had a very good month in March and that was mainly because of a 6-figure domain sale of a 2-word domain. Mike Mann reported 14 of his domain name sales in March 2021 for a total of $578,995. Reported prices started at $1,888 and went up to $300,000. Mike sold 14 .com domains. … The post Mike Mann sells 14 domains for $578,995 in Mar...

Giuseppe Graziano fromGGRGpartnering withEscrow.comandEstibots parent companyInteliumandShortNames.com published the 17th 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 ...

DNWE made some big changes a few days ago to its marketplace and the domain name submission flow to both curated and non-curated domains for sale. Here are all the changes: One Marketplace Now there's only one single marketplace and all domains, both Curated and Non-Curated, show up in the same place. Curated domains: Bold … The post DNWE mak...

Minds + Machines (MMX) shared more details today on the proposed sale of 28 New gTLDs (and other assets) to GoDaddy for $120 million. The 28 New gTLDs that are the subject of the proposed sale are these: .VIP .NRW .CASA .VODKA .XXX .FIT .MIAMI .FISHING .PORN .BEER .SURF .BOSTON .ADULT .YOGA .GARDEN .ABOGADO .WORK … The post More details on th...

GoDaddy Registry today announced that it is acquiring the .club and .design domain extensions, as well as 28 domain extensions (and certain other business assets) owned and operated by Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX). GoDaddy Registry, wholly-owned subsidiary of GoDaddy Inc (NYSE: GDDY), was also awarded the contracts to help manage the generi...

NameSilo Technologies Corp. issued a corporate update: Domains under management continue to grow and have reached record levels having surpassed 3.82 million. As of the last RegistrarOwl reporting period (November 30, 2020) Namesilo was the 12 largest domain registrar in the world. The company has grown domains by over 300,000 since that date. The ...

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) is partnering with global tennis star Naomi Osaka. Together, GoDaddy and Naomi will bring to life a project that Naomi is deeply passionate about and has been working on for over a year. GoDaddy and Naomi expect to reveal the mystery project later this year. "As I forge my path into … The post GoDaddy and Naomi Osaka...

GoDaddy released today its November 2020 domain name sales report. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for November 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the price listed is the final price paid by the buyer. Domain Sale Price exclusive.com $350,000 bodo.com $200,000 https.com $197,000 linktre...

Nominet announced that four directors have been removed from their board seats as a result of a vote at todays Extraordinary General Meeting. Russell Haworth has stood down from his board seat before the vote and will also be leaving the company. Mark Wood, Eleanor Bradley, Ben Hill and Jane Tozer have left the board … The post Nominet EGM re...

ICA issued the following statement on Nominet's Extraordinary General Meeting: On Monday, March 22, 2021, Nominet, the United Kingdoms registry operator for .UK domain names faces a stark choice between those who want it to remain true to its original purpose as a not-for-profit singularly focussed on efficiently and cost-effectively delivering dom...

New report says that 2020 was a historic year in that the median growth of European country-code domains (ccTLDs) reached a 6-year high of 4.4%. The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2020 has been published and report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with an … The po...

Mike Mann reported 6 of his domain name sales in February 2021 for a total of $133,552. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $59,888. Mike sold 5 .com domains and 1 .org. The average reported domain sales price was $22,259. If you want to further understand Mike Manns pricing and sell-through rates … The post Mike Mann sells 6 dom...

Afnic, the association responsible for .FR domain names, is publishing its annual review of the .FR ccTLD and presented the figures behind a good performance in 2020. With 3,670,372 names in stock at 31 December 2020, i.e. up 7% compared to 2019 with a net balance of 241,421 names, growth of the .FR domain has … The post .FR domains grow by 7...

GoDaddy released today its October 2020 domain name sales report. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for October 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the price listed is the final price paid by the buyer. Domain Sale Price selfmade.com $977,500 skates.com $150,000 cgd.com $150,000 rever.com ...