- Braden Pollock joins the ICA Board of Directors
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) announced the expansion of its Board of Directors. Starting this month, Braden Pollock is taking a board seat after his nomination received overwhelming support from ICA Members. I’m looking forward to helpin…
- 19 days ago, 9 Jan 23, 4:30pm -
- Namecheap vs ICANN: removal of price caps for .ORG and .INFO found improper in landmark IRP decision
Namecheap announced that the removal of price caps for .ORG and .INFO was found improper in a landmark IRP decision. Here is what Namecheap posted: Back in 2019, Namecheap stood up to ICANN as it sought to remove price caps on .ORG and .INFO TLDs. It…
- 22 days ago, 6 Jan 23, 2:12am -
- GoDaddy increases commissions to 25% unless you use their nameservers
Big change in domain name sales commissions at GoDaddy, Afternic, Dan and Uniregistry. GoDaddy announced today that their are increasing domain name sales commissions to 25% unless you use their nameservers. If you do use their nameservers for your d…
- 24 days ago, 5 Jan 23, 12:34am -
- Mike Mann sells 5 domains for $126,776 in September
Mike Mann reported 5 of his domain name sales in September 2022 for a total of $126,776. Reported prices started at $14,888 and went up to $59,888. (If you are coming from the Domaining.com feed then you probably didn’t read the July report because…
- 36 days ago, 23 Dec 22, 2:27am -
- Göran Marby resigns from ICANN President and CEO
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that the Board of Directors has accepted Göran Marby’s resignation as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Marby’s departure is effective immediately. Göran Marby…
- 38 days ago, 22 Dec 22, 1:27am -
- .MUSIC joins Deezer, Lyricfind and 12 others to form BELEM
.MUSIC joins a consortium of major music industry players, including Deezer, LyricFind and 12 others to form BELEM. BELEM aims to build capacity and innovative services to for music publishers, songwriters, platforms, and labels to help democratize…
- 40 days ago, 19 Dec 22, 8:55pm -
- CentralNic acquires portfolio of revenue generating niche websites
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of revenue generating niche websites (“Publishing Network”) for a consideration of USD 5.2m in cash and assumed working capital liabilit…
- 40 days ago, 19 Dec 22, 5:52pm -
- Guide: Google search ranking and domain names
Google uses automated ranking systems that look at many factors and signals about hundreds of billions of web pages and other content in our Search index to present the most relevant, useful results, all in a fraction of a second. Here is a guide of…
- 43 days ago, 16 Dec 22, 2:46am -
- Who is “George Dikian” on the VPN.com lawsuit?
“George Dikian” has now filed an answer to the VPN.com lawsuit. Dikian is represented by Rodenbaugh Law. In June VPN.com LLC filed a multimillion lawsuit against domain investor George Dikian, Qiang Du and “John Doe” at the US District Court…
- 46 days ago, 13 Dec 22, 2:08pm -
- CentralNic gets a new CEO
CentralNic Group Plc (AIM: CNIC) announced today the appointment of Michael Riedl, currently Group CFO, as Group CEO with immediate effect. Michael succeeds Ben Crawford, who retires from the board today. Read the announcement: Ben Crawford was a…
- 46 days ago, 13 Dec 22, 3:37am -
- Domain name trend report: October 2022
This is a another report provided by Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio.…
- 46 days ago, 13 Dec 22, 2:13am -
- Escrow.com: 2021 top 10 domain brokers
Escrow.com today announced the top 10 highest-grossing domain name brokers of 2021 as part of its annual Master of Domains series. “We are excited to announce the winners of our annual Master of Domains series for 2022. These individuals have consi…
- 50 days ago, 9 Dec 22, 5:43pm -
- Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter leads to surge of .social domain registrations?
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) claims that volatility in social platforms led a to surge in .social domain registrations. They claim that after Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter .social registrations were up 435% in the first two weeks of Nove…
- 51 days ago, 8 Dec 22, 5:12pm -
- Mike Mann sells 1 domain for $4,888 in August
Mike Mann reported 1 of his domain name sales in August 2022 for a total of $4,888. Reported prices started at $4,888 and went up to 4,888. Domain sales were a bit slow. Was it because of summer? (If you are coming from the Domaining.com feed then yo…
- 52 days ago, 7 Dec 22, 11:37pm -
- Domain name trend report: September 2022
This is a another report provided by Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio.…
- 52 days ago, 7 Dec 22, 11:27pm -
- NamesCon Global returns at Austin
NamesCon returns on May 31 – June 3, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Registration for NamesCon Global 2023 is officially open. The event will take place at the Omni Austin Hotel Downtown in the heart of Austin, Texas. All programming and social events will…
- 61 days ago, 29 Nov 22, 12:30am -
- Greek .eu domains were phase out to avoid script mixing
The Greek domain name(s) with the Latin .eu extension were all phased-out, i.e. deleted, following a three-year phase-out period on 13 November 2022. From 14 November 2022, only Greek domain names with the Greek .ευ extension (Greek.Greek) remain r…
- 66 days ago, 24 Nov 22, 12:07am -
- CentralNic announced financial results for Q3 2022
CentralNic Group Plc (AIM: CNIC) announced its unaudited financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2022. The Company has achieved record revenue and Adjusted EBITDA for the period, driven by sustained organic growth which has been furt…
- 66 days ago, 23 Nov 22, 5:29am -
- .EU raises prices first time since 2006
As a not-for-profit organisation and per its contract with the European Commission, EURid, the .eu registry, sets its fees in direct relation to costs incurred. As announced during the registrar annual meeting on 17 November 2022, .EU is raising pric…
- 67 days ago, 22 Nov 22, 12:29pm -
- What creators should know about Google’s helpful content update
Google Search is launching what they’re calling the “helpful content update” that’s part of what they call a broader effort to ensure people see more original, helpful content written by people, for people, in search results. Below is more ab…
- 67 days ago, 22 Nov 22, 4:25am -
- Domain name trend report: August 2022
This is a another report provided by Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio.…
- 69 days ago, 21 Nov 22, 12:37am -
- Mike Mann sells 4 domains for $159,776 in July
Mike Mann reported 4 of his domain name sales in July 2022 for a total of $159,776. Reported prices started at $19,888 and went up to $60,000. Mike sold 4 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $39,944. If you want to further under…
- 72 days ago, 17 Nov 22, 5:11pm -
- .eu usage shows growth in tourism
In May-June, the first exercise of 2022 was carried out, to understand possible new patterns in the way people and businesses use the .eu top-level domain. The results showed clear growth in the tourism and accommodation sector. From a random sample…
- 72 days ago, 17 Nov 22, 11:11am -
- CENTR publishes the Global TLD Report Edition 2/2022
The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Edition 2/2022 has been published. It covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with a specific focus on the European ccTLD market. Highlights fr…
- 73 days ago, 16 Nov 22, 6:45pm -
- CentralNic announced record revenue for the first half of 2022
CentralNic Group Plc (AIM: CNIC) announced its unaudited financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2022: record revenue and Adjusted EBITDA achieved, driven by continued organic growth, supplemented with acquisitions. Financial summary H1 20…
- 73 days ago, 16 Nov 22, 6:45pm -
- DAN: List your domains on Afternic
Dan shared its latest product updates, recent product features and improvements: 1. List your domains on Afternic’s Reseller Network All Dan users currently opted-in for the distribution network will notice their inventory automatically integrated…
- 74 days ago, 15 Nov 22, 3:22am -
- GoDaddy reported Q3 2022 financial results
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. “GoDaddy delivered solid results in the third quarter despite macroeconomic headwinds and foreign exchange rate pressure,” said GoDaddy CEO Aman…
- 82 days ago, 7 Nov 22, 9:11pm -
- Afnic changes price conditions to ADR procedure
Afnic, as part of its role the .fr registry and within the framework of its agreement with the French State, has put in place two alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures: Syreli and Parl Expert. These procedures are exclusively electronic and…
- 82 days ago, 7 Nov 22, 2:34pm -
- Escrow.com released its Domain Investment Index for Q3 2022
Escrow.com today released its Domain Investment Index for Q322. While domain name sales saw a 28% decrease in total transactions in 3Q 2022, dropping from $105M in 3Q 2021 to $75M, domain name sales have increased by 8%, from $449M in 2021 to $489M i…
- 88 days ago, 1 Nov 22, 2:26pm -
- Verisign reported Q3 2022 results
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the third quarter of 2022. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $357 million for the third quarter of 2022, up 6.8 percent from the same quarter in 2021.…
- 89 days ago, 1 Nov 22, 1:08am -
- Epik gets a new CEO
Rob Monster, Epik Founder, announced Brian Royce as the new CEO. Epik Holdings, Inc. announced that Robert Monster, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, has transitioned to a non-executive role as Chairman of the Board and Brian Royce, a v…
- 5 Sep 22, 2:37pm -
- Identity Digital will release ~5,000 reserved domains
Identity Digital (Donuts) announced that it will release approximately 5,000 previously reserved domains at “buy it now” (first come, first served) prices. Customers can purchase the domains beginning at 17:00 UTC on Sept. 13, 2022. Some of the d…
- 1 Sep 22, 4:45pm -
- Radix H1 2022 premium domains report
Radix published its premium domain name sales and renewals numbers for the first half of 2022. The registry had a 28% increase in sales and renewals from H2 2021 and 31% YoY. Renewal revenue that resulted from high-high model for Premium domains was…
- 31 Aug 22, 7:30pm -
- Domain name trend report: July 2022
This is a another report provided by Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) to get keyword and domain ideas for your future .com and other gTLD/ccTLD/NewgTLD domain name investments. You can also use this report to better evaluate you current portfolio.…
- 23 Aug 22, 2:26pm -
- Efty integrates with NameBio to report domain sales
Efty has teamed up with NameBio to enable one-click domain name sales reporting from within your Efty Investor dashboard whenever you mark a domain name as sold. As well as any domain names you’ve previously marked as sold. NameBio allows you to …
- 19 Aug 22, 10:24am -
- PIR now offers .CHARITY, .FOUNDATION, .GIVES
Public Interest Registry (PIR) is now offering its newly acquired top-level domains: .CHARITY, .FOUNDATION, .GIVES. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization behind .ORG and leading provider of mission-driven domains, announced its…
- 18 Aug 22, 3:12pm -
- Dan.com transitions to GoDaddy’s CashParking
Effective 25 August, 2022, Dan.com will transition to GoDaddy for domain CashParking services. To limit potential service disruptions, please complete the following steps prior to that date. Rest assured, if this is not done, your pages will revert b…
- 15 Aug 22, 7:13pm -
- Tucows reports Q2 2022 results
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ: TCX) reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “We had a strong second quarter, with revenue and gross profit up 11% and 21% year over year respectively, driven…
- 12 Aug 22, 10:02am -
- Mike Mann sells 10 domains for $283,383 in June
Mike Mann reported 10 of his domain name sales in June 2022 for a total of $283,383. Reported prices started at $2,888 and went up to $150,000. Mike sold 10 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $28,338. If you want to further und…
- 9 Aug 22, 5:22pm -
- .EU domains – Q2 2022 report
EURid published its Q2 2022 Progress Report today with 172,037 new domain name registrations recorded, bringing the total number of .eu registrations to 3,722,177. Portugal topped the list of countries for registration growth at +5.1%, while the over…
- 8 Aug 22, 11:58pm -
- List of domains Rick Schwartz bought in the past few years
Rick Schwartz shared on twitter some of his latest domain name acquisitions from the past few weeks: WebAffair .com $419 Yozzy .com $459 RvSource .com $1150 OrthoClinic .com $4485 PiggyBanks .com $7456 BudCon .com $1,550 ProCream .com $859 StarHun…
- 4 Aug 22, 5:38pm -
- GoDaddy reports Q2 2022 financial results
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022: Revenue up 9% year-over-year Net Income up 93% year-over-year Normalized EBITDA up 30% year-over-year GoDaddy buys back $1 billion of shares year-t…
- 3 Aug 22, 10:18pm -
- NFTs.com sold for $15,000,000
Escrow.com today announced the purchase of the domain name NFTs.com for 15,000,000 USD. The deal was brokered for an undisclosed buyer by the experienced teams at Domainer and GoDaddy.com, whilst being facilitated by Escrow.com. Although no formal pl…
- 3 Aug 22, 12:29pm -
- Verisign reports Q2 2022 results ($352 million revenue)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2022. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $352 million for the second quarter of 2022, up 6.8 percent from the same quarter in 202…
- 2 Aug 22, 8:48pm -
- VPN.com files $26 million lawsuit against domain investor
VPN.com LLC has filed a multimillion lawsuit against long time domain investor George Dikian (California), Qiang Du (Hong Kong) and John Doe at the US District Court (California). The lawsuit involves a $250,000 payment in Bitcoin and $6.625 million…
- 28 Jul 22, 6:48pm -
