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Top ten domain name registrars, ranked by .com
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers December 2019. Wix landed in the top ten list for new .com registrati...
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Top ten domain name registrars, ranked by .com
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers December 2019. Wix landed in the top ten list for new .com registrati...
Discussion
April 8, 2020, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
This letter to ICANN’s board is powerful
It’s time for ICANN to stop the charades and rediscover its bottom-up mandate. ICANN granted price increases to Verisign for .com domain names last month. It announced the decision on a Friday during the pandemic news flurry, just one day after...
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This letter to ICANN’s board is powerful
It’s time for ICANN to stop the charades and rediscover its bottom-up mandate. ICANN granted price increases to Verisign for .com domain names last month. It announced the decision on a Friday during the pandemic news flurry, just one day after...
Discussion
April 7, 2020, 8:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft buys Corp.com domain name, likely for seven figures
Seller planned to auction the domain starting at $1.7 million. Microsoft has acquired the domain name Corp.com for an undisclosed price after the domain’s owner said he was going to start an auction for the domain at $1.7 million. Brian Krebs b...
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Microsoft buys Corp.com domain name, likely for seven figures
Seller planned to auction the domain starting at $1.7 million. Microsoft has acquired the domain name Corp.com for an undisclosed price after the domain’s owner said he was going to start an auction for the domain at $1.7 million. Brian Krebs b...
Discussion
April 7, 2020, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are companies flocking to the .ltd domain extension?
How the .LTD “corporate identifier” domain is resonating with Chinese companies. I was reading Chinese domain news the other day and the top level domain .ltd was mentioned, so I did a little bit of study on this extension. On the surface...
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Are companies flocking to the .ltd domain extension?
How the .LTD “corporate identifier” domain is resonating with Chinese companies. I was reading Chinese domain news the other day and the top level domain .ltd was mentioned, so I did a little bit of study on this extension. On the surface...
Discussion
April 7, 2020, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy goes vertical with Neustar registry acquisition
GoDaddy buys its first registry, implements governance model for conflicts of interest, and promises to keep domain prices in check. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring Neustar’s domain name registry services business and renaming it GoDaddy Regi...
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GoDaddy goes vertical with Neustar registry acquisition
GoDaddy buys its first registry, implements governance model for conflicts of interest, and promises to keep domain prices in check. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring Neustar’s domain name registry services business and renaming it GoDaddy Regi...
Discussion
April 6, 2020, 10:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Covid-19 delays .Gay domain availability
Trademark holders can get domains, but general availability is delayed. Top Level Design, the company launching the .gay domain name, has postponed the general availability of the domain name. Today, the company launched its “Sunrise II” ...
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Covid-19 delays .Gay domain availability
Trademark holders can get domains, but general availability is delayed. Top Level Design, the company launching the .gay domain name, has postponed the general availability of the domain name. Today, the company launched its “Sunrise II” ...
Discussion
April 6, 2020, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-character domains sold in March
Kassey Lee evaluates some of the four-letter/number combo sales in March. Here are some 4-character domains sold in March as reported by Namebio. I’ll try to look at them from a Chinese perspective, focusing on those with corresponding .cn or ....
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Reviewing 4-character domains sold in March
Kassey Lee evaluates some of the four-letter/number combo sales in March. Here are some 4-character domains sold in March as reported by Namebio. I’ll try to look at them from a Chinese perspective, focusing on those with corresponding .cn or ....
Discussion
April 6, 2020, 5:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Liquidating your domain names – DNW Podcast #280
Josh & Josh discuss their solution to help domainers liquidate domains. Domain names can be difficult to liquidate. We all hold out for end users to buy our domains, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could easily sell domains to other domain in...
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Liquidating your domain names – DNW Podcast #280
Josh & Josh discuss their solution to help domainers liquidate domains. Domain names can be difficult to liquidate. We all hold out for end users to buy our domains, but wouldn’t it be nice if we could easily sell domains to other domain in...
Discussion
April 6, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google wins fight over “Google Coronavirus” domain name
Man agrees to give domain name to Google after facing cybersquatting complaint. A Massachusetts man who registered GoogleCoronavirus .com has agreed to hand it over to Google after the company filed a cybersquatting complaint. Ben Ghosh registered th...
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Google wins fight over “Google Coronavirus” domain name
Man agrees to give domain name to Google after facing cybersquatting complaint. A Massachusetts man who registered GoogleCoronavirus .com has agreed to hand it over to Google after the company filed a cybersquatting complaint. Ben Ghosh registered th...
Discussion
April 4, 2020, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Neustar retains .co registry, at a cost
Neustar will continue operating .co but at much less favorable terms. .Co Internet SaS, part of Neustar, will get to run the .co domain name registry after all. Last year, MinTIC, Columbia’s Ministry of Information Technology (MinTIC), said it ...
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Breaking: Neustar retains .co registry, at a cost
Neustar will continue operating .co but at much less favorable terms. .Co Internet SaS, part of Neustar, will get to run the .co domain name registry after all. Last year, MinTIC, Columbia’s Ministry of Information Technology (MinTIC), said it ...
Discussion
April 3, 2020, 11:44 pm
