- NameSilo: domains under management reached record levels at 3.82 million
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 larges…
- 5 days ago, 5 Apr 21, 5:23pm -
- GoDaddy and Naomi Osaka partner on mystery project
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 th…
- 11 days ago, 30 Mar 21, 2:24pm -
- GoDaddy’s top 20 domain name sales from November 2020 (exclusive, bodo, https)
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…
- 12 days ago, 29 Mar 21, 4:09pm -
- Nominet EGM removes 5 board directors
Nominet announced that four directors have been removed from their board seats as a result of a vote at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting. Russell Haworth has stood down from his board seat before the vote and will also be leaving the company.…
- 18 days ago, 23 Mar 21, 2:59pm -
- ICA issued statement on Nominet’s Extraordinary General Meeting
ICA issued the following statement on Nominet’s Extraordinary General Meeting: On Monday, March 22, 2021, Nominet, the United Kingdom’s registry operator for .UK domain names faces a stark choice between those who want it to remain true to its or…
- 22 days ago, 19 Mar 21, 4:54pm -
- European country-code domains (ccTLDs) reached a 6-year high growth of 4.4%
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 regis…
- 23 days ago, 18 Mar 21, 5:57pm -
- Tucows votes in support of the Nominet public benefit initiative
Tucows has voted in support of the Nominet Public Benefit Initiative at the upcoming Extraordinary General Meeting on March 22, 2021. This is the current support of the Public Benefit Initiative: 462 Supporting Members 2,023,089 Voting Rights 28.8% o…
- 23 days ago, 18 Mar 21, 12:05pm -
- Mike Mann sells 6 domains for $133,552 in February
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…
- 24 days ago, 17 Mar 21, 6:16pm -
- NamesCon Europe 2021 in Budapest is canceled
NamesCon announced today that the NamesCon Europe 2021 conference in Budapest has been canceled. The July event was canceled because of pandemic uncertainty and high reluctance of attendees to travel for an in-person gathering. Here is the announceme…
- 24 days ago, 17 Mar 21, 2:35pm -
- .FR domains grow by 7% in 2020
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…
- 29 days ago, 12 Mar 21, 11:44am -
- GoDaddy’s top 20 domain name sales from October 2020
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 b…
- 31 days ago, 10 Mar 21, 3:41pm -
- DAN starts offering 2FA authentication
DAN started offering today 2FA authentication for additional account security using a new universal OTP 2FA Authentication integration. The new security layer that can help with keeping your DAN.COM account safe is to enable 2-Factor authentication…
- 32 days ago, 9 Mar 21, 4:49pm -
- Spamhaus creates new IP and Domain Reputation Checker
Spamhaus is transforming its Blocklist Removal Center (BRC), an online tool used to check if an IP or domain is listed on any DNS Blocklists (DNSBLs). BRC was first released over a decade ago and now Spamhaus wanted to build a tool fit for today’s…
- 32 days ago, 9 Mar 21, 3:43pm -
- How the ‘Lease to Own’ model can help you make more money
DAN gave an example of a domain name sale and how DAN’s ‘Lease to Own’ model can help sellers make more money over time. DAN’s Lease to Own model introduced a new markup model last year which acts as a negative incentive for buyers to not at…
- 33 days ago, 8 Mar 21, 5:23pm -
- Escrow.com report: 2020 Q4 domain sales up $16.3 million from Q3
Escrow.com issued its latest Domain Name Report: Domain Investment Index: Q4, 2020. It contains data from all the domain name sales at Escrow.com gor the quarter ending December 31st 2020. The Escrow.com Domain Investment Index for Q4 2020 provides i…
- 36 days ago, 6 Mar 21, 12:51am -
- MMX trying to sell 725k of mostly worthless domains using Estibot appraisals
MMX (Minds + Machines) announced ‘The Great Release’ which moves 725k “premium names” to their standard pricing. These are the New gTLD domains that nobody bought and MMX is now using Estibot appraisals to convince people to purchase their st…
- 36 days ago, 5 Mar 21, 2:20pm -
- 2020 ended with 366.3 million domains on all TLDs
According to Verisign’s Domain Name Industry Brief, the .com and .net registry, the fourth quarter of 2020 closed with 366.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of 4.4 million domain name registrations,…
- 37 days ago, 5 Mar 21, 1:19am -
- Misdirected emails containing sensitive information
Over the years I have received many misdirected emails on websites I am operating or contact form messages from domain names I own. I get these on all extensions but mainly .com, .org and .gr. A lot of people are confused and they mistakenly type an…
- 38 days ago, 3 Mar 21, 5:30pm -
- Network Solutions is introducing new security features
Network Solutions, the domain name registrar of choice for all domain thieves, is introducing new security features. Here is what their announcement said today: “With so many people working remotely, it’s more important than ever that the tools w…
- 39 days ago, 2 Mar 21, 6:28pm -
- Peter Sunde says ICANN is not a democratic institution
Peter Sunde provided an update about his domain name registrar application that was denied by ICANN. It turns out that he is actually banned from doing business with ICANN. ICANN will not say when (if ever) Peter will be allowed to get a domain name…
- 39 days ago, 2 Mar 21, 3:20pm -
- .IS domain fee increases for the first time
ISNIC’s Board of Directors approved the CEO’s proposal to increase the annual domain fee of an .is domain name by 2 Euro. .IS is the ccTLD of Iceland. After the increase, the annual fee for ‘.is’ domains will be 31.90 Euro without taxes, to r…
- 40 days ago, 1 Mar 21, 2:30pm -
- ICANN denied Peter Sunde’s registrar application
Peter Sunde, co-creator of Njalla, says that ICANN denied his application to become a domain name registrar. (You can read more about the Njalla privacy domain registration service here.) Peter Sunde was also the co-founder of Pirate Bay back in 2003…
- 43 days ago, 26 Feb 21, 5:51pm -
- Uniregistry to use Tipalti to process payouts
Uniregistry is changing its payment processor. Starting on the 1st of March 2021 Uniregistry will be using Tipalti to process payouts. Tipalti is an accounting software financial technology business that provides comprehensive accounts payable and gl…
- 43 days ago, 26 Feb 21, 11:49am -
- GoDaddy launches new WooCommerce extensions for managed wordPress ecommerce hosting
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today announced a plugin bundle expansion for its Managed WordPress Ecommerce customers, featuring free access to a library of over 75 premium WooCommerce extensions. The new extensions come from GoDaddy’s recent acquisiti…
- 45 days ago, 24 Feb 21, 2:14pm -
- Must-read: “Busting domain name secondary market myths”
An article co-authored by Zak Muscovitch, General Counsel of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) and Nat Cohen busts some of the most common domain name secondary market myths. The Secondary Market, where already registered domain names are bough…
- 46 days ago, 23 Feb 21, 4:31pm -
- Search Console adds new association functionality
Google announced that Search Console has an enhanced Association page within the settings menu. Association is a connection between a Search Console property, and some other entity or property in another Google service: for example, between a Search…
- 46 days ago, 23 Feb 21, 2:04pm -
- CentralNic acquires Wando
CentralNic Group plc (AIM: CNIC) announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire Wando Internet Solutions GmbH (“Wando”) for an initial consideration of EUR 5.4m (c.USD 6.5m) (the “Acquisition”). The transaction is expected…
- 46 days ago, 23 Feb 21, 11:22am -
- GoDaddy announces proposed $800 million offering of senior notes
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) (“GoDaddy”) today announced that its subsidiaries, Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC and GD Finance Co, Inc. (the “Issuers”), intend to offer, subject to market and other considerations, $800 million aggregate principa…
- 47 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 11:52pm -
- Afternic had a security issue
Afternic had a security issue on Thursday, February 12 when a security researcher contacted the company about a potential issue with a Web API. Afternic claims that no password or credit card information was at risk. It is well known to GoDaddy, Afte…
- 47 days ago, 22 Feb 21, 4:30pm -
- Clubhouse: newbies and snake oil salesmen?
What is going on with Clubhouse? Is this good for the domain name community or not? Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio-chat social networking app launched in 2020 by software developers Alpha Exploration Co. It is currently only available for iOS…
- 52 days ago, 17 Feb 21, 6:21pm -
- PIR launches new institute to combat DNS abuse
Public Interest Registry, the .ORG registry, today launched the DNS Abuse Institute as part of its ongoing efforts to protect Internet users from the threat of DNS Abuse such as malware, botnets, phishing, pharming, and spam. The Institute will bring…
- 52 days ago, 17 Feb 21, 4:22pm -
- .Cloud turns 5 today and releases Premium Domain Sales Report
.Cloud turns 5 today and just released its first ever Premium Domain Sales Report. The .cloud top-level domain (TLD) was launched on February 16, 2016, when it opened the door for general availability registrations. 2020 Premium Domains Report This i…
- 53 days ago, 16 Feb 21, 5:27pm -
- Nominet says campaign can’t appoint board directors without elections
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the heat. Nominet now says that t…
- 53 days ago, 16 Feb 21, 3:49pm -
- BODIS now supports SSL on over 6M host names
BODIS now resolves HTTPS requests for over 6M host names. How It Works: When a visitor arrives to an HTTPS page for the first time, Bodis adds that host name to a queue. Within minutes, a background task generates an SSL certificate for that host nam…
- 53 days ago, 16 Feb 21, 1:10pm -
- Verisign will increase the .com price from $7.85 to $8.39
Verisign announced today in its fourth quarter and full year 2020 results that it plans to increase the price of .com in 2021. Verisign will increase the annual registry-level wholesale fee for each new and renewal .com domain name registration from…
- 58 days ago, 12 Feb 21, 12:28am -
- VeriSign 2020 report: $1.27 billion revenue in 2020, up 2.7%
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2020. Fourth Quarter Financial Results VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $320 million for the fourth quarter of 202…
- 58 days ago, 12 Feb 21, 12:05am -
- GoDaddy adds 1.4 million net customers in 2020
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020. “2020 was a really strong year for our business despite the obvious challenges, as our customers proved once again to be resourceful…
- 58 days ago, 11 Feb 21, 11:59pm -
- Endurance Web Presence combines with Web.com to create Newfold Digital
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”) today announced the completion of its acquisition of Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. (“Endurance”) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.0…
- 59 days ago, 11 Feb 21, 12:18am -
- Nominet feels the heat and starts making promises
A campaign that is calling for a Nominet Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) and plans to remove the current Chair, Remuneration Chair and Executive Directors and replace them with new directors has made Nominet feel the heat. Nominet has now started…
- 59 days ago, 10 Feb 21, 11:31am -
- Tucows Q4 2020 report: revenue drops to $70.8 million
Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2020. All figures are in U.S. dollars. “The fourth quarter was a solid finish to a very good year for Tucows,” said Elliot Noss, Presi…
- 60 days ago, 10 Feb 21, 12:38am -
- Mike Mann sells 2 domains for $49,776 in January
Mike Mann reported 2 of his domain name sales in January for a total of $49,776. Reported prices started at $9,888 and went up to $39,888. All 2 domains were .com. The average reported domain sales price was $24,888. If you want to further understand…
- 61 days ago, 8 Feb 21, 4:09pm -
- 82.5% of .eu domain names are connected to a web server
In an effort to further understand its customers and maintain the .eu “competitive” edge, EURid has completed the 2nd part of the .eu website categorisation. (You can see the first part here.) In November 2020, EURid crawled 150,000 .eu domain na…
- 65 days ago, 5 Feb 21, 8:57am -
- Google creates icon that provides more info about search results
Google Search is now rolling out a special icon that provides more information about the source of a result, if your connection to it will be secure, and more. This is a beta feature for now, offered in English in the US. Starting on February 1st 202…
- 65 days ago, 4 Feb 21, 6:12pm -
- Tucows CEO Elliot Noss talks about content moderation (video)
Last Friday, NamesCon Online hosted a fireside chat with Tucows CEO, Elliot Noss, titled “How do we make the Internet better from here?” The discussion at the closing session of NamesCon 2021 included some reminiscing about Tucows’ early days a…
- 65 days ago, 4 Feb 21, 4:34pm -
- RADIX reports $2M revenue
RADIX shared its bi-annual premium report for the second half of 2020. This report gives a full overview of the premium domain sales across the RADIX nTLD portfolio from 1st July 2020 till 31st December 2020. Some of the key highlights from the repor…
- 66 days ago, 3 Feb 21, 6:15pm -
