- Q3 2020 continued with high rates of new domains
The CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q3/2020 has been published and shows that Q3 2020 has seen a continuation of high rates of new domain creations as well as a slight decrease in deletes. Furthermore, for several countries, the national ccTLD also gain…
- 4 days ago, 30 Nov 20, 1:23pm -
- Internet grows to 370.7 million domains at the end of Q3 2020
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced that the third quarter of 2020 closed with 370.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.6 million domain name registrations, or 0.2 percent, compared to the seco…
- 9 days ago, 24 Nov 20, 3:27pm -
- Nominet and London police add new landing pages for suspended domains
Nominet today introduces law enforcement landing pages for domains suspended due to criminal activity to provide information for those who may have been affected by activity related to the domain name. In collaboration with the City of London’s…
- 9 days ago, 24 Nov 20, 3:12pm -
- GoDaddy employees used in website attacks
Krebs on Security wrote about how GoDaddy employees were used in website attacks. “Fraudsters redirected email and web traffic destined for several cryptocurrency trading platforms over the past week. The attacks were facilitated by scams targeting…
- 12 days ago, 22 Nov 20, 1:20am -
- .ORG was “saved”. Now get ready for some huge price increases!
Yes, we know .org was”saved by all the people that stood against the corrupted ICANN, Public Interest Registry (PIR), the Internet Society and (No)Ethos Capital. But was .org really saved? Abry Partners has many close ties to Ethos Capital that tri…
- 13 days ago, 20 Nov 20, 2:58pm -
- Donuts agrees to purchase Afilias
Donuts Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Afilias, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which will not include Afilias’ mobile software and registrar businesses, is expected to close in Q4 2020, following succ…
- 14 days ago, 19 Nov 20, 6:44pm -
- Afternic emails Epik domain name owners regarding Fast Transfer
Afternic sent an email today to Epik domain name owners regarding Fast Transfer. These are Afternic customers that are selling their Epik registered domain names using Afternic Fast Transfer. People with domain names in their Afternic account that ar…
- 14 days ago, 19 Nov 20, 4:23pm -
- What is going on at Namejet?
What is going on at Namejet? People that have been with the company for years are departing from the domain name auction platform. Namejet’s parent company is Web.com. Jonathan Tenenbaum left Namejet very recently and was named COO of MediaOptions…
- 15 days ago, 18 Nov 20, 4:41pm -
- GoDaddy rebrands Brandsight as GoDaddy Corporate Domains (GCD)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today announced the launch of GoDaddy Corporate Domains (GCD), a domain management solution for large companies. The launch builds off of GoDaddy’s acquisition of Brandsight in February 2020. Brandsight is actually rebrand…
- 16 days ago, 17 Nov 20, 5:49pm -
- GoDaddy drops Epik from an Afternic partner
GoDaddy sent a notice of termination letter notifying Epik that Afternic is dropping Epik from a registrar partner. GoDaddy provided a 60 day notice after which Epik will not be part of the Afternic premium promotion. The termination of Epik on the A…
- 17 days ago, 16 Nov 20, 5:05pm -
- GoDaddy’s top 20 domain name sales from July 2020
GoDaddy released today its July 2020 domain name sales report. GoDaddy started reporting domain name sales last month after a long pause after it went public. (NYSE: GDDY) You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for July 2020. The list is in…
- 20 days ago, 13 Nov 20, 11:48pm -
- Google page experience signal gets into search ranking in May 2021
This past May, Google announced that page experience signals would be included in Google Search ranking. These signals measure how users perceive the experience of interacting with a web page and contribute to an ongoing work to ensure people get the…
- 21 days ago, 13 Nov 20, 2:14pm -
- Front-running by Steen Hof aka MarkMon
In the past few days I have been receiving more front-running emails for domain names currently in auction. It was a coincidence (or not so much) that I was already watching a couple of these domains and was already in the auction (or had them backor…
- 22 days ago, 11 Nov 20, 5:31pm -
- Tucows Q3 2020 financial results: revenue is down after Ting Mobile sale
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. Note on the Financial Impact of Tucows’ Sale of Ting Mobile Customer Relationships and Transition to Mo…
- 23 days ago, 10 Nov 20, 5:30pm -
- Uniregistry claims parking improvements are resulting in higher earnings
Uniregistry claims in an email today that parking improvements it has made over the past few months are resulting in higher earnings. Uniregistry was acquired by GoDaddy in February 2020. I have stopped using Uniregistry for a few years now. Here is…
- 24 days ago, 9 Nov 20, 6:14pm -
- Escrow Q3 2020 report: domain transactions and median prices are up
The latest Escrow.com Domain Investment Index for Q3 2020 is out. The report provides insight into the domain name market for the third quarter of 2020, compared to previous quarters. The latest data from Escrow.com indicates a recovery across most s…
- 24 days ago, 9 Nov 20, 3:47pm -
- .au Q3 2020 report: record high of 3,214,384 domains
The recent digital shift has also seen more new and existing businesses pivot online as they recognise the need for a digital presence. As a result, there was strong growth in registrations in the .au country-code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), particular…
- 25 days ago, 9 Nov 20, 12:40pm -
- Escrow.com domain name transactions bounced back in Q3 2020
The latest Escrow.com Domain Name Report is out. Q3 saw $77.5 million total domain name transactions using Escrow.com. That was a $22.3 million increase from Q2! Total domain name transaction amount bounced back in Q3 2020 after a slow quarter in Q2.…
- 27 days ago, 6 Nov 20, 4:29pm -
- Mike Mann sells 8 domains for $330,452 in October
Mike Mann reported 8 of his domain name sales in October for a total of $27,388. Reported prices started at $10,000 and went up to $94,888. All 8 domains were 2 .com. The average reported domain sales price was $41,307. If you want to further underst…
- 28 days ago, 5 Nov 20, 5:27pm -
- .US live Town Hall
The annual .US live Town Hall webcast is being held next week. This is the first town hall since GoDaddy acquired Neustar that is the .us registry so it would be interesting to see if any of the important topics come up. The removal of Nexus requirem…
- 28 days ago, 5 Nov 20, 2:47pm -
- GoDaddy Q3 2020 report: total revenue was $844.4 million (up 11.0%)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020, and announced the departure of Andrew Low Ah Kee, Chief Operating Officer, who is leaving to take a President role in a different segment of th…
- 29 days ago, 4 Nov 20, 10:48pm -
- Please Vote!
Please vote today if you haven’t already voted in the United States 2020 Presidential election. Vote for more sanity in the world. I am not an American so I am posting the video of another non-American. (But he is now a US citizen.) John Oliver tak…
- 30 days ago, 3 Nov 20, 4:04pm -
- Minds and Machines Group investigation and board changes
Further to the announcement of 9 October 2020 (see below), the Minds + Machines Group Limited Board has concluded its formal investigation to determine whether certain revenue associated with a specific contract had been correctly recognised in the…
- 31 days ago, 2 Nov 20, 4:36pm -
- Endurance International Group (EIG) sold to Clearlake Capital for $3 Billion
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (“Endurance” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:EIGI) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group L.P. (“Clearlake”) in…
- 31 days ago, 2 Nov 20, 4:25pm -
- .EU domain registrations decrease again
EURid released its Q3 2020 Progress Report today, sharing its quarterly statistics and developments. Highlights of the report include: Total .eu registrations decreased from 3606143 at the end of Q2 2020 to 3576302 at the end of Q3 2020 143871 new do…
- 32 days ago, 2 Nov 20, 12:47pm -
- Trademark examination guide for Generic.com terms
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a trademark examination guide for Generic.com terms. The guide issued this month was of course written after the now famous USPTO v. Booking.com case. On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Cou…
- 35 days ago, 29 Oct 20, 4:12pm -
- Verisign ended Q3 of 2020 with 163.7 million .com and .net domains (up 4%)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the third quarter of 2020. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $318 million for the third quarter of 2020, up 3.1 percent from the same quarter in 2019.…
- 38 days ago, 26 Oct 20, 3:51pm -
- Do people deserve a second chance?
Do people deserve a second chance? Of course they do. But some people had many opportunities over the past 5 years to make things right or AT LEAST they had the opportunity not being an asshole to the people they owe money to. Anyone that says “I h…
- 42 days ago, 23 Oct 20, 12:46am -
- 5 things you don’t want to see from a potential buyer!
I got a domain name inquiry from a potential buyer. The domain is a 4 letter .com domain. It is not a word but it has good letters in it. The inquiry came from a generic looking free Yahoo email address from an IP in Santa Monica, California. I know…
- 42 days ago, 22 Oct 20, 3:50pm -
- Mike Mann sells 2 domains for $27,388 in September
This was a slow reporting month for Mike Mann so I have included his domain appraisals from his live videos. Mike Mann reported selling 2 domain names in September for a total of $27,388. Reported prices started at $7,500 and went up to $19,888. Mike…
- 45 days ago, 19 Oct 20, 4:47pm -
- .au domain registrations decrease despite the pandemic
The 2019/2020 auDA Annual Report was released, with data from the Australian domain name administrator showing an increase in domain name registrations as the impacts of COVID-19 were felt across Australia and activities moved increasingly online. In…
- 46 days ago, 19 Oct 20, 1:16pm -
- Useless organization spends $126 million for doing pretty much nothing
ICANN, a useless organization that does pretty much nothing all year around, managed to “only” spend $126 million in the financial year ending 30 June 2020. Almost all of its policy development is done by volunteers while in the past year ICANN d…
- 49 days ago, 15 Oct 20, 10:21pm -
- Liquid domains report: $13M+ in Escrow(.)com domain sales
Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com published the 17th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call “liquid”…
- 49 days ago, 15 Oct 20, 2:31pm -
- 17 new Donuts New gTLDs licensed in China
Donuts announced 17 more New gTLDs were licensed to sell in China. Donuts now has 42 New gTLDs licensed in China. The following Donuts New gTLDs were selected for licensing in collaboration with strategic registrar partners in China and were approved…
- 50 days ago, 14 Oct 20, 7:28pm -
- CENTR explains the role of the DNS in tackling illegal content online (video)
CENTR has released an animated video on ccTLDs and their technical role in relation to online content. Due to increased legislative interest in this topic, the need for comprehensive educational material outlining the role and technical capabilities…
- 50 days ago, 14 Oct 20, 4:26pm -
- GoDaddy releases its first domain name sales report in years!
GoDaddy released today its first domain name sales report in years! GoDaddy stopped reporting domain name sales when it went public. (NYSE: GDDY) You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for June 2020. The list is inclusive of all channels (G…
- 51 days ago, 13 Oct 20, 10:27pm -
- NamesCon plans 3 events for 2021
NamesCon will soon announce 3 domain name events for 2021: “While the pandemic is keeping so many factors in flux, we’re confident that we can deliver top-notch experiences for the domain industry while keeping everyone safe. The domaining world…
- 56 days ago, 8 Oct 20, 9:46pm -
- Beware of “Comparable domains sold” at GoDaddy appraisals
Beware of the “Comparable domains sold” shown at GoDaddy domain name appraisals. It seems some of these domain sales are older than 2006. Maybe some are even a lot older than 2006! When I get an inquiry for one of my domains I usually check the G…
- 57 days ago, 7 Oct 20, 4:40pm -
- .EU TLD may get a new registry operator
- 58 days ago, 7 Oct 20, 2:34am -
- Efty launches new domain marketplace
Efty.com launched its new domain name marketplace today. Efty created a consolidated marketplace, offering a place where buyers can search for, negotiate and purchase domains from all Efty users combined. The Efty.com marketplace is a extra service t…
- 59 days ago, 5 Oct 20, 4:46pm -
- Sahil Gupta gets his Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster!
Sahil Gupta gets his Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster courtesy of Rick Schwartz! HallofShame.com reveals new Reverse Domain Name Hijacking poster! New poster boy for 2020: Sahil Gupta. You can read the whole story of Sahil Gupta, wanna be thief o…
- 63 days ago, 2 Oct 20, 2:01pm -
- Minds + Machines revenue drops 5%
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) announced the Group’s unaudited interim results for the six month period ended 30 June 2020. Commenting on the results, Toby Hall, CEO of MMX, said: “As a Group our core business is profitable, cash gener…
- 64 days ago, 1 Oct 20, 12:26pm -
- Sahil Gupta, wanna be thief of Spase .com, falsely reports me on Twitter
Sahil Gupta, wanna be thief of the domain name Spase.com, falsely reported me on Twitter yesterday. He blocked my account for 12 hours. This is Sahil Gupta’s story of attempting to steal a domain name AND repeatedly being a liar. Sahil Gupta blatan…
- 65 days ago, 30 Sep 20, 1:15pm -
- Mike Mann released 4 videos with Braden Pollock, Ari Goldberger, Mike Bahlitzanakis, etc
Mike Mann has released 4 new videos on YouTube with guests like Braden Pollock, Ari Goldberger and Mike Bahlitzanakis. These are videos #5, #6, #7 and #8 from Mike Mann’s new live series that is out every Wednesday on YouTube and Facebook. Here is…
- 65 days ago, 29 Sep 20, 7:46pm -
- Greece bans 263 domain names to combat online piracy
Greece just banned 263 domain names to combat online piracy. The Hellenic Copyright Ornanization (OPI) made the decision to ban these domains after a request of the Society for the Protection of Audiovisual Works (EPOE). EPOE is a Greek anti-piracy g…
- 66 days ago, 28 Sep 20, 3:53pm -
