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An Independent Review Process panel has thrown out a case filed by a failed new gTLD applicant because the applicant was found to have not existed for almost seven years. A Bahrain-based company called GCCIX has applied to run .gcc, for Gulf Cooperation Council, in 2012. Its bid was rejected by ICANN the following year […] The post ICANN wins...
Verisign might have some better news for investors and analysts when it delivers its first-quarter financial results — it looks like .com might have turned a corner and returned to growth. The TLD has added over 540,000 domains to its zone file between the start of the year and February 20, a little over halfway […] The post .com could ...
Two weeks ago, the premium three letter domain TRC.com was captured by domain registrar and auctioneer, SAV.com. The week-long SAV auction closed at an even $100,000 dollars and now we can (almost) see who is the registrant. TRC.com resolves to a page primarily in Chinese that contains the asking price: $650,000 dollars. According to the […] ...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the introduction of two banking TLDs under the .in ccTLD: Bank.in and Fin.in. The two TLDs will be regulating and issuing domains exclusively to Indian financial institutions. The Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) will act as the exclusive registrar and registrations w...
Square changed their name 4 years ago to Block,Inc. The company's brands include Cash App, Square, Afterpay and TIDAL. One of the things that excited .xyz investors was the company started running their umbrella site on Block.xyz. They use .com, .app, .world and .xyz for their brand websites. What I found interesting was last month […] The po...
Liverpool FC lost a case it filed at Czech Arbitration Court. Liverpool Football Club has lost a cybersquatting dispute it brought against the domain name name LiverpoolFCTickets .com. The football team filed the cybersquatting dispute with Czech Arbitration Court, one of the groups that decides cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolutio...
Sentio.xyz – Squarespace customer (United States) Developers use .xyz domains to drive innovation in blockchain technology. Modular blockchain network Hemi.xyz aims to unite Bitcoin and Ethereum in a scalable supernetwork. Innovative oracle network Switchboard.xyz powers decentralized applications with customizable data solutions. Non-...
Afternic released a treasure trove of data related to 2024. No surprise .Ai was a shining star but you also get a look of the top 20 and you see .bet. .me, .tech, .vc in there as well. sales price volume by TLD at Afternic in 2024, The complete top 20 includes: Sell through rates […] The post Afternic 2024 sales data shows .ai and .org were n...
.Ai domains were the big story last year. But there's another TLD worth looking into. Afternic released a lot of data about how top level domains performed on its platform in 2024. A couple of things stand out to me. First, let's look at the top TLDs based on total dollar value: Unsurprisingly, .com dominates. […] Post link: Afternic's 2024 d...
Its time to reflect on 2024 at Afternic, with a look at the domain market dynamics. From top-performing TLDs to sell-through rates, and from average sales prices to revenue per domain, theres plenty to unpack. Let's dive into the charts and see what they reveal. Top TLDs: .com Reigns, .ai Surges The first chart… The post Afternic's 202...
Its time to reflect on 2024 at Afternic, with a look at the domain market dynamics. From top-performing TLDs to sell-through rates, and from average sales prices to revenue per domain, theres plenty to unpack. Let's dive into the charts and see what they reveal. Top TLDs: .com Reigns, .ai Surges The first chart… The post Afternic's 202...
A good domain name is easy to rememberA great domain name is hard to forget. The domain name Queen.com falls in the second category; as one of the Domain King‘s premium domains, Queen.com has been reported by Rick Schwartz as part of a fresh joint venture. Rick does not release such news unless there's a […] The post Queen.com: The Doma...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
The calendar says its winter but the domain aftermarket is producing enough heat to make it feel like the middle of summer. The year's first publicly reported 7-figure sale - Commerce.com at $2.2 million has just been put on the board, along with a trio of impressive 6-figure sales.
A press release by GoDaddy about GoDaddy Airo, makes a bold claim: "For every website published using GoDaddy Airo 20 jobs are created." GoDaddy Airo is an under-development, AI-driven home-grown tool by GoDaddy that automates some functions of building, rolling out, and maintaining online presence for small businesses. GoDaddy believes it's the ne...
This new blockchain-based DNS has some holes. I give some of these blockchain companies points for creativity. But geez. I just came across a press release issued last month from a company called Packet. It promises decentralized, censorship-resistant domains. However, unlike some previous blockchain "domain" systems, it says websites built on Pack...
New annual report reflects pressure from outside groups to rein in .com pricing. .Com registry Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) tweaked the language about challenges to the .com registry agreement in its 2024 annual report released this month. Specifically, the company added adversaries to a list of potential challengers to the renewal of the .com contract....
Spaceship is looking for people interested in beta testing its new seller hub. Spaceship Founder (and Namecheap CEO) Richard Kirkendall announced this in a post on X this morning: Just moved a portfolio of about 5000 domains to our seller hub at Spaceship. First offer for 50k just rolled in on pare ai so good […]Catchy.com
Check out the official schedule for ICANN Seattle. ICANN has published the schedule for its Community Forum, which will take place in Seattle in March. The meeting technically starts on March 8, but the welcome ceremony isn't until Monday, March 10. That evening, the opening reception will also be held. While I mostly attend these […] Post li...
Namepros member @Viet posted that they sold Essos.com for $80,000. They included the note from the GoDaddy rep on the sale in their post. Essos.com registered in 2012. According to DotDB.com Essos is registered in 32 extensions. The only time I heard the word Essos …
A fish farm, an AI company, and an online furniture seller bought domain names. Sedo's top public sale this past week was weights.com, and the buyer isn't using the domain as you might expect. By the way, Sedo's next GreatDomains auction begins on Thursday. Domains for sale include excitement.com, y3.com, and company.ai. Heres a list […] Post...
The magic number for today seems to be $95K. Two domain name sales have been reported before noon Eastern at $95K. Snagged.com brokered the sale of Dreaming.com for $95,000. The domain name previously sold for $35,750 back in 2007 at the DRT Auction. Checking out archive.org it does not look like the site was ever […] The post Dreaming.com an...
MilesGilbert.xyz – Cloudflare customer (United States) Skilled creatives use .xyz domains to highlight their skills and talents. Art Director Marko Medic uses MarkoMedic.xyz to showcase work for brands such as Glossier and La Croix. Graphic designer Joseph Hillenbrand uses Hillenbrand.xyz to highlight his craftsmanship and unique design appr...
On February 21, and then again on February 26, @dnacademy will host a live, three-hour Afternic masterclass session! Join @jjstyler and members of our team to dive deep into our platform to help refine your Afternic sales strategy. Sign up details:https://t.co/dRFt4EYrZe Afternic (@afternic) February 14, 2025 Afternic will be hosting a free three ...
A breakdown of all announced retail sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com SLD TLD Price Phrase Words Venue DotDB Exact DotDB Keyword DotDB Ext # clubamerica com 25,000 club america 2 SigmaName.com 14 149 220 duoz com 18,000 duoz 1 SigmaName.com 16 784 1137 corrects com 8,000 corrects […]
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
The creation of the US Department of Government Efficiency raises the possibility of a government objection to .doge, a gTLD that D3 Global has announced it plans to apply for. D3, a domain name consultancy that is promising to deliver gTLDs in next year's application round that connect to identities currently only available on blockchains, […...
Invent.ai sold for $94,900 on Namecheap around a year ago. I never noticed that they had a local to me, Philadelphia office which I came across over the weekend. What's interesting they use the name Invent.ai but the name just acts as a redirect to InventAnalytics.com. They have had a bit of time to move […] The post Invent.ai a $94,900 redir...
Meghan (Markle,) Duchess of Sussex, has relaunched her lifestyle brand, As Ever. In an Instagram post, the royalty and actress stated: "Im thrilled to introduce you to As Ever a brand that I created and have poured my heart into. As ever means as its always been or some even say in the same […] The post AsEver.com: Royal domain secured on Se...
The domain industry performed better than expected in the back half of last year — well, better at least than ICANN had predicted. The Org today said it took in $2 million more in revenue than it expected in the second half of 2024 — ICANN's fiscal first half — because the gTLD registries and […] The post $2 million Christma...
Patent covers detecting parked pages to block malicious activity. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 12,229,647 (pdf) to cyber security company Palo Alto Networks for Unified parked domain detection system. The patent describes ways to detect that domain names are parked. For example, common signatures can be words used on t...
With this post, the first publicly reported 7-figure domain sale of the new year is now on the record. Industry pioneers Larry Fischer and Ari Goldberger teamed up to close a $2.2 million sale that set a new high water mark for 2025. It is no surprise the dynamic duo were the ones to do it as they have been closing high altitude deals for more tha...
Whaleco Inc. is the US-based subsidiary of PDD Holdings that operates China's retail giant, Temu. It serves as the legal entity managing Temus business in North America, handling logistics, payments, and compliance. While Temu itself is an online marketplace, Whaleco Inc. is the corporate structure behind it, helping facilitate its expansion and re...
Panelist finds in domain owner's favor, even though a response to the dispute wasn't file. Syndicat des Vins Ctes de Provence, a union of winemakers in the Ctes de Provence, France, has lost a cybersquatting complaint. The group filed a dispute against the domain name cotesdeprovence.com, which is owned by a man in New Jersey. […] Post link: ...
Weights.com was the top domain name sale at Sedo this week. The .com sold for $85,000 and the .net sold for $7,500. A really solid week with 11 five figure .com sales. No .ai sales this week. There were 3 four letter .coms, I really …
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Weights.com led the way at $85,000. Gambia.com was second at 55,422 Euro, ($57,991). CubeMobile.com was third at $48,900. 52 .com sales 30 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM weights.com 85000 USD gambia.com 55422 […] The post Sedo weekly domain name sales led...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Weights.com sold for $85,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. The sale was brokered by Mark Ghoriafi of Sedo. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on February 18, 2025. Information in this report has been […] The post #Sedo : Domain sales ...
Volkswagen's patchy commitment to dot-brand gTLDs is in evidence again this week, as the company has told ICANN it no longer wishes to operate .bentley. Bentley is one of VW's luxury car brands, based in the UK. It's exercised its option to unilaterally terminate its gTLD registry agreement, with no explanation given. The gTLD had […] The pos...
It's going to be the largest ever migration of a single TLD between back-end registry service providers, but it was announced without fanfare late last week. On page four of Tucows CEO Elliot Noss's prepared fourth-quarter remarks to analysts last week, he revealed the company has beaten GoDaddy to take over the contract to run […] The post L...
Italian domain investor and industry analytics expert, Giuseppe Graziano, is heading up north. Nordic Domain Days, the Nordic domain industry conference, announced that Giuseppe Graziano will be returning as host and moderator of its Aftermarket segment. Giuseppe has won the "Master of Domains" Escrow.com award as one of the top three highest-gross...
A breakdown of all announced retail sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com SLD TLD Price Phrase Words Venue DotDB Exact DotDB Keyword DotDB Ext # bits xyz 70,000 bits 1 Afternic 341 53785 84847 aiwebsitebuilder com 17,500 ai website builder 3 Afternic 27 20 50 tectonic xyz 10,000 […]
UDRP Perspectiveshas been updated with new perspectives on the topics ofTrademark InfringementandReputation, written byIgor MotsnyiandZak Muscovitch. UDRP Perspectives welcomes you to review current jurisprudence as it relates to these two important topics or on any of the 50 topics that it covers. The goal of UDRP Perspectives is to provide guidan...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
The domain registrar arm of WordPress now offers 100-year domain registrations, ensuring digital presence for a full century. The announcement comes as astronomers track asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a chance of impacting earth sometime in late 2032that's in 7 years from now. By extending registrations well beyond a domain investor's or end-user reg...
Brady from Unstoppable Domains posted that they had another record breaking week for .com registrations at their registrar. $5 .coms is certainly the kind of promo that gets domain investors' attention. You can register up to 100. It looks like they are thinking about adding another extension. Asking for suggestions might be dangerous as you [̷...
When you sell domain names on Efty there are perks that might be lurking in the shadows. These perks aren't for everyone, mind you. In the case of Nikul of Hypernames the transaction involved six figures. Using the Efty Pay process provided by Efty the domain sale and transfer of funds completed in less than […] The post Six figure sale with ...
I was surprised by how many movies use a .movie domain in their previews, but most appear to use .com for their official websites. I went to a movie theater this weekend for the first time in years. One thing that struck me during the previews in addition to how long they were […] Post link: Movies use .movie in previews, but many official ...
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