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Domain Name Wire
How are new gTLDs doing in China?
Kassey Lee examines the market for new domains in China. More than 1,000 new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) were released five years ago. How are they doing in China? Let’s look at the best-selling ones as they relate to China. A bit of pers...
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How are new gTLDs doing in China?
Kassey Lee examines the market for new domains in China. More than 1,000 new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) were released five years ago. How are they doing in China? Let’s look at the best-selling ones as they relate to China. A bit of pers...
Discussion
December 18, 2019, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
The final Sedo end user sales list of 2019
A Canadian resort, a consignment app, and a Las Vegas club directory bought domain names. This will be the final list of Sedo end user sales for the year as Sedo takes a hiatus from reporting sales during the holidays. The company’s top sale of...
Discussion
The final Sedo end user sales list of 2019
A Canadian resort, a consignment app, and a Las Vegas club directory bought domain names. This will be the final list of Sedo end user sales for the year as Sedo takes a hiatus from reporting sales during the holidays. The company’s top sale of...
Discussion
December 18, 2019, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
18,000 sign EFF letter asking ICANN to halt .Org sale
Hundreds of nonprofits ask ICANN to pause deal to sell .Org registry to for-profit private equity company. Over 400 nonprofit entities and 18,000 individuals have signed on to a letter authored by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), asking ICANN to...
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18,000 sign EFF letter asking ICANN to halt .Org sale
Hundreds of nonprofits ask ICANN to pause deal to sell .Org registry to for-profit private equity company. Over 400 nonprofit entities and 18,000 individuals have signed on to a letter authored by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), asking ICANN to...
Discussion
December 18, 2019, 12:10 am
The Domains
Wow A $147,000 haircut?
Sexe the French word for Sex sold in the .org extension back in 2008, by none other than the founder of this blog, Michael Berkens. Michael sold the domain name for $151,400 at his website MostWantedDomains.com. The buyer was a French company that lo...
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Wow A $147,000 haircut?
Sexe the French word for Sex sold in the .org extension back in 2008, by none other than the founder of this blog, Michael Berkens. Michael sold the domain name for $151,400 at his website MostWantedDomains.com. The buyer was a French company that lo...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 11:06 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Xchange.com
Sedo released their weekly sales, (the last report for 2019) and Xchange.com led the way at $42,077. Meds.co was second at 18,750 Euros, ($20,898). Oakbrook.com was third at $13,500. 35 .com sales 16 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date Pri...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Xchange.com
Sedo released their weekly sales, (the last report for 2019) and Xchange.com led the way at $42,077. Meds.co was second at 18,750 Euros, ($20,898). Oakbrook.com was third at $13,500. 35 .com sales 16 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date Pri...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 9:20 pm
The Domains
The good, the bad and the ugly – Efty 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with ...
Discussion
The good, the bad and the ugly – Efty 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with ...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 7:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Curated.io sues Curated.com, claims cybersquatting
A case of domain name envy? A company that does business at Curated.io has sued (pdf) Deal.com, which uses the domain Curated.com. It claims that the latter is infringing its trademarks and cybersquatting. Among its demands: that Curated.com be trans...
Discussion
Owner of Curated.io sues Curated.com, claims cybersquatting
A case of domain name envy? A company that does business at Curated.io has sued (pdf) Deal.com, which uses the domain Curated.com. It claims that the latter is infringing its trademarks and cybersquatting. Among its demands: that Curated.com be trans...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
The world according to country code domains
Here’s what the world would look like if ccTLD registrations were all that mattered. What would the world look like if countries were scaled according to registrations of their country code domains? .UK registry Nominet has published its &ldquo...
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The world according to country code domains
Here’s what the world would look like if ccTLD registrations were all that mattered. What would the world look like if countries were scaled according to registrations of their country code domains? .UK registry Nominet has published its &ldquo...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some surprising end user prospects for your domains
There are end users in China for domains that might surprise you. When I read domain news, I try to explore other angles as well. One angle is China because it is a massive economy producing new companies everyday. Each of these companies is a potent...
Discussion
Some surprising end user prospects for your domains
There are end users in China for domains that might surprise you. When I read domain news, I try to explore other angles as well. One angle is China because it is a massive economy producing new companies everyday. Each of these companies is a potent...
Discussion
December 17, 2019, 4:34 pm
The Domains
ArsTechnica tries to get PIR to open up about .org
Ars Technica published a piece today on the pending .org sale. In another attempt to get PIR to release documents, Ars Technica reported that they contacted PIR today and they claimed they cannot release documents due to confidentiality agreements. F...
Discussion
ArsTechnica tries to get PIR to open up about .org
Ars Technica published a piece today on the pending .org sale. In another attempt to get PIR to release documents, Ars Technica reported that they contacted PIR today and they claimed they cannot release documents due to confidentiality agreements. F...
Discussion
December 16, 2019, 9:31 pm
