- Domain Agents domain valuation guide – 20% increase in domain offers during lockdown
Domain Agents has published its 2020 domain valuation guide and the first observation made by Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, is that during lockdown there has been a 20% increase in domain name offers. “Even as the pandemic has created instabi…
- 78 days ago, 19 May 20, 4:04pm -
- How is shopping around for a domain going to help you?
I have this same question for years. How is shopping around for a domain going to help you? Help you get it cheaper that is… I am not talking about different domains. I am talking about this one domain a buyer wants and the seller is accepting offe…
- 83 days ago, 14 May 20, 4:48pm -
- Liquid domains report: $7,398,803 in Escrow.com sales
Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com published the 15th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call “liquid”. The o…
- 83 days ago, 14 May 20, 2:21pm -
- Mike Mann sells 4 domains for $89,776 in April
Mike Mann reported selling 4 domain names in April for a total of $89,776. Prices started at $14,888 and went up to $30,000. Mike Mann sold 4 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $22,444. If you want to further understand Mike Ma…
- 84 days ago, 13 May 20, 3:53pm -
- ElectricCar.com domain name sells for 6 figures
ElectricCar.com Sedo announced today that the domain name ElectricCar.com was sold for a 6-figure price. The seller from Michigan USA has owned the domain name since late 2016 or early 2017. The domain was parked at Sedo and then for sale at Undevelo…
- 86 days ago, 11 May 20, 2:56pm -
- Tucows Q1 2020 report: revenue and gross profit growth of 6% and 11%
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “The first quarter was a ver…
- 89 days ago, 7 May 20, 10:52pm -
- Escrow.com sells $85.85 million worth of domain names in Q1 2020
Escrow.com has just released today its Domain Investment Index Report for Q1 2020. Here are some key findings from the Escrow.com report: Domains prices grew from last quarter, with rocket growth for 4 character domain names. Transacted domain names…
- 90 days ago, 7 May 20, 4:06pm -
- GoDaddy will pay $218 million for Neustar
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2020. GoDaddy announced the price of the registry business of Neustar Inc. acquisition for $218.0 million in cash, with expected closing in the coming mo…
- 90 days ago, 6 May 20, 9:31pm -
- 2019 report: Domain market grows – Registrar consolidation increases
CENTR has published the CENTRstats Global TLD Report Q4/2019 . The report covers the global status and registration trends in all top-level domains (legacy gTLDs, new gTLDs and ccTLDs), with additional focus on the European ccTLD market. Highlights f…
- 91 days ago, 6 May 20, 4:54pm -
- I lost 3 done deals in 3 days!
I was in negotiations to sell 3 domain names to different buyers. I think all buyers were from the US. I reached an agreement with the buyers on all 3 domains but I eventually lost all 3 deals. That was last week. I lost 3 deals for a total of $20k i…
- 93 days ago, 4 May 20, 3:46pm -
- LXME rebrands to LMX.com (Liquid Market Exchange)
LXME, Giuseppe Graziano’s Liquid Domain Market Exchange that launched in September 2018, is rebranding today to LMX.com, which stands for Liquid Market Exchange. “The purpose of LMX is to create a safe environment in which investors are able to t…
- 96 days ago, 1 May 20, 4:30pm -
- NamesCon Europe postponed to 2021
You probably saw this coming, but NamesCon Europe 2020 is postponed to 2021. “Since every country is still fighting the coronavirus, we can’t predict what travel will look like this summer, so we are aiming to prevent last-minute inconvenience an…
- 96 days ago, 1 May 20, 2:11pm -
- Breaking: ICANN board withholds consent for a change of control of PIR and .org
Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. What I find really interesting is that “The entire Board stands by this decision…
- 96 days ago, 1 May 20, 2:58am -
- ICANN independence: ICANN’s new excuse for allowing the .org transfer
An array of useful idiots have started vomiting “rebellious” posts and articles around the web supporting the new excuse that NoEthos publicists invented for ICANN. This new “argument” will be used to allow the .org transfer to proceed. The e…
- 97 days ago, 30 Apr 20, 2:49pm -
- What is the point of temporarily waiving domain restoration fees?
Radix joined Verisign and some other registries in temporarily waiving off the domain name restoration fees. I don’t understand what is the point of temporarily waiving a fee that was totally unnecessary to begin with and almost no one uses anyway.…
- 98 days ago, 29 Apr 20, 12:39pm -
- Namesilo’s March 2020 domain name registration report
Namesilo published its March 2020 domain name registration report. Here are some of the details published: The post Namesilo’s March 2020 domain name registration report appeared first on OnlineDomain.com.Related Articles:Namesilo publishes m…
- 99 days ago, 28 Apr 20, 3:14pm -
- CentralNic 2019 report: revenue up 95% to USD 109.2m
CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC) announced its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2019. Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic, commented: “I am delighted to report CentralNic Group enjoyed another record year in 2019, with 61% year-on-year gr…
- 100 days ago, 27 Apr 20, 5:19pm -
- Verisign Q1 2020 reports an operating margin of 66%
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the first quarter of 2020. Verisign had an operating margin of 66%. I guess that is not enough for Verisign or the corrupted ICANN so they will suck a few more billions out all registrants…
- 24 Apr 20, 3:17pm -
- Most abused domain extensions and registrars (Spamhaus Botnet Threats)
Spamhaus released its botnet threat update for Q1 2020. Among other botnet related details, Spamhaus announced the most abused domain extensions and domain registrars associated with botnets. Here is what the Spamhaus wrote: Most abused top-level dom…
- 23 Apr 20, 5:06pm -
- Donuts migrates backend operations to Amazon Web Services
Donuts Inc. has announced its migration of backend operations to the cloud. Donuts’ registry now operates on Amazon Web Services and is probably the first major registry backend operator to migrate an existing on-premises backend to the cloud. Donu…
- 22 Apr 20, 5:05pm -
- Google ignores many businesses and gives them ZERO ad credits
In early April Google made an announcement that it will be helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) stay in touch with their customers during this challenging time with the coronavirus and covid-19 by giving them free ad credits on Google Ads…
- 21 Apr 20, 4:45pm -
- ICANN was ready to approve the .org transfer
ICANN was ready to approve the .org transfer on April 16 but the California Attorney General ruined their party. ICANN, ISOC, PIR and NoEthos Capital were very close to getting their corrupted plan completed but at the last minute California Attorney…
- 20 Apr 20, 5:37pm -
- Donuts sells my.life for $175,000
Donuts announced today that it sold the domain name my.life for $175,000. The domain was purchased on March 31, 2020. Donuts is the registry of more than 200 domain name extensions and the domain name my.life was one of its platinum domain names that…
- 17 Apr 20, 5:34pm -
- California Attorney General slams ICANN, ISOC and PIR (CAG urges ICANN to reject .ORG transfer)
California Attorney General sent a letter on April 15th urging ICANN to reject the transfer of control over the .ORG registry to Ethos Capital. In his letter the California Attorney General slams ICANN, ISOC and PIR repeatedly. “As discussed below,…
- 17 Apr 20, 12:13am -
- Sometimes it is hard to believe it!
Sometimes I get so blindsided by an email that I don’t even know where to begin writing a post. I got an email through the contact form on this blog from a guy in the US asking me to evaluate 6 of his domains. “It probably should only take you ab…
- 14 Apr 20, 6:27pm -
- ICANN 68 will also be held as a remote public meeting
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), probably the most corrupted organization on planet earth, announced that its ICANN68 Policy Forum, which was to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will now be held via remote participat…
- 10 Apr 20, 5:43pm -
- Mike Mann sells 2 domains for $69,776 in March
Mike Mann reported selling 2 domain names in March for a total of $69,776. Prices started at $19,888 and went up to $49,888. Mike Mann sold 2 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price was $34,888. If you want to further understand Mike Ma…
- 9 Apr 20, 4:39pm -
- WIPO 2019 report: 3,693 UDRP cases covering 6,298 domain names
Trademark owners filed a record 3,693 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center in 2019. WIPO’s 2019 caseload covered 6,298 domain names in total. The Center held a major Oct…
- 7 Apr 20, 6:40pm -
- GoDaddy acquires Neustar’s registry business
Goodbye Neustar! Hello GoDaddy Registry! GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), today announced it is acquiring Neustar Inc’s Registry business. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2020. The Neustar Regi…
- 6 Apr 20, 10:49pm -
- Neustar will continue running the .CO domain registry
The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies (MinTIC) of Colombia announced as the winner of the tender for the operation and administration of the .co country code top level domain (.co ccTLD) to .CO Internet SAS. .CO Internet SAS is o…
- 6 Apr 20, 5:02pm -
- ISOC Ireland: “Ethos does not seem to understand or care about the .ORG community.”
The Internet Society (ISOC) Ireland send a letter to ICANN on March 31, 2020 saying that “Ethos does not seem to understand or care about the .ORG community.”. This is one of many ISOC chapters from all over the world expressing their opposition…
- 6 Apr 20, 2:09pm -
- Thanks for nothing: Verisign waives the domain name restore fee!
Last week, Verisign promised to not raise the .com prices (even though ICANN had not YET granted Verisign the permission to steal millions of dollars from the global economy by allowing 7% price increases for the next 4 years) to “support” peop…
- 2 Apr 20, 2:04pm -
- .Club 2019 premium sales report
Since its launch .CLUB has earned total premium name revenue of $7.7 million USD. .CLUB is close to its sixth year of operation. They created 3 major programs and products to assist end-users to have easy access to .CLUB premium names. Here is how…
- 1 Apr 20, 6:05pm -
- Pay your fucking bills!
I see a lot of people lately that are looking for an excuse to not pay their bills on time. (or ever?) And I am not talking about people that have lost their jobs or income due to the coronavirus pandemic. Yes, there are a lot of people that have or…
- 30 Mar 20, 5:49pm -
- Efty stats: inquiries are down, traffic is up!
Efty decided to share some important stats around the impact the coronavirus outbreak has on domain name inquiries and traffic across its platform. “The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is having a profound and serious impact on the global econom…
- 27 Mar 20, 4:01pm -
- Shop.app sold for $200,000 (bought on the 1st day of .app EAP)
The domain name Shop.app sold for $200,000 at Sedo and it was not a registry sale. The seller was from California and the domain was brokered by Yiming Yang. The domain name is pending transfer out of GoDaddy that it is currently registered. Shop.app…
- 27 Mar 20, 4:08am -
- Adjusting your business to overcome the Coronavirus pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected almost everyone in the world one way or another. A friend send me an email telling he is in self-quarantine, he can’t practice his main profession and is using this time to adjust his domain name pricing. I am…
- 26 Mar 20, 5:12pm -
- DAN removes all Corona Virus related domains
DAN.com announced that starting today it will be removing all Corona Virus related domains from its marketplace. I mostly support the decision but I just think that the justification shouldn’t have been price related. It doesn’t matter whether th…
- 26 Mar 20, 2:41pm -
- Verisign promises not to raise .com and .net prices this year
Verisign said today that it “promises” not to raise .com and .net prices this year, although ICANN has not approved (yet?) the .com price increases. (7% in each of the next 4 years) Verisign said will freeze registry prices for all of its Top-Lev…
- 25 Mar 20, 3:17pm -
- New York Attorney General investigating coronavirus-related domains
The Office of the New York Attorney General (NYAG) is investigating the registration and use of coronavirus-related domains for the purposes of deceptive advertising, phishing schemes and malware dissemination. These activities may violate a number o…
- 24 Mar 20, 5:36pm -
- Fake websites selling coronavirus masks are scamming organizations
The Coronavirus pandemic has given rise to a cottage industry of scam artists looking to prey on people’s fears. Fake websites selling coronavirus masks are scamming organizations out of millions. An investigation by Escrow.com has found a surge of…
- 23 Mar 20, 3:42pm -
- Google launches Coronavirus website and expands COVID-19 search experience
Since the beginning of the year, search interest in COVID-19 has continued to climb around the world. Right now the disease is the largest topic people are looking for globally, surpassing even some of the most common and consistent queries we see in…
- 21 Mar 20, 12:28pm -
- Alarming Coronavirus messages in domain inquiries
I have put up a contact form on a lot of my domains and I get quite a few odd requests on a variety of subjects instead of valid domain name inquiries. Most of the time it is people that get the wrong website and don’t understand what the contact f…
- 20 Mar 20, 6:04pm -
- Mike Mann sells 8 domains for $286,564 in February (CoronaCare .com, Ready .org)
Mike Mann reported selling 8 domain names in February for a total of $286,564. Prices started at $2,288 and went up to $169,888. Mike Mann sold 7 .com domains and 1 .org domain. The average reported domain sales price was $35,821. If you want to furt…
- 19 Mar 20, 7:17pm -
- CentralNic announces Team Internet had $74m in revenue
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced an update on the FY2019 performance of its latest acquisition, Team Internet AG, Germany (“Team Internet”). As reported by Matomy Media Group Ltd. (“Matomy Media”) as part of their audited annual rep…
- 19 Mar 20, 5:15pm -
