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Domain Name Wire
New Top Level Domain registration numbers are increasingly misleading
Reporting aggregate numbers for new TLD registrations is misleading. Some day this month one or more companies will proclaim that new top level domain name registrations have topped one million domain names. It will be very misleading when they annou...
Discussion
New Top Level Domain registration numbers are increasingly misleading
Reporting aggregate numbers for new TLD registrations is misleading. Some day this month one or more companies will proclaim that new top level domain name registrations have topped one million domain names. It will be very misleading when they annou...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 3:45 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Moves Into 4th Most Registered New gTLD Topping 38K But 72% Are From NetSol
Ntldstats.com, has updated this morning and .XYZ is now the 4th most popular gTLD with over 38,000 registrations. However over 72% of these, or over 27,500 domains are at Network Solutions (NSI), which as we discussed yesterday and today, offered fre...
Discussion
.XYZ Moves Into 4th Most Registered New gTLD Topping 38K But 72% Are From NetSol
Ntldstats.com, has updated this morning and .XYZ is now the 4th most popular gTLD with over 38,000 registrations. However over 72% of these, or over 27,500 domains are at Network Solutions (NSI), which as we discussed yesterday and today, offered fre...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Fujitsu and 18 others bought last week
19 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy/Afternic. Fujitsu finally got around to buying a domain to match a brand it launched last year. Here are details on that sale and 18 other end user sales that took place at GoDaddy/Afternic last week. (See p...
Discussion
What domain names Fujitsu and 18 others bought last week
19 end user domain name sales from GoDaddy/Afternic. Fujitsu finally got around to buying a domain to match a brand it launched last year. Here are details on that sale and 18 other end user sales that took place at GoDaddy/Afternic last week. (See p...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 1:48 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
You know when you go to a party with a group of friends and one of those friends gets in a fight? The guy that’s in your group that’s a friend of a friend That’s what I’ve felt like with the latest .XYZ thing. &nbs...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
You know when you go to a party with a group of friends and one of those friends gets in a fight? The guy that’s in your group that’s a friend of a friend That’s what I’ve felt like with the latest .XYZ thing. &nbs...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 11:39 am
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
You know when you go to a party with a group of friends and one of those friends gets in a fight? The guy that’s in your group that’s a friend of a friend That’s what I’ve felt like with the latest .XYZ thing. &nbs...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
You know when you go to a party with a group of friends and one of those friends gets in a fight? The guy that’s in your group that’s a friend of a friend That’s what I’ve felt like with the latest .XYZ thing. &nbs...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 10:39 am
The Domains
Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am talking about
So there was a lot of talk about Network Solutions and .XYZ yesterday. We had a comment in one thread which led to Michael doing a follow up post and mentioning that specific comment. The comment was : “I recently got the email from Netsol offe...
Discussion
Network Solutions Has No Idea What I am talking about
So there was a lot of talk about Network Solutions and .XYZ yesterday. We had a comment in one thread which led to Michael doing a follow up post and mentioning that specific comment. The comment was : “I recently got the email from Netsol offe...
Discussion
June 4, 2014, 6:19 am
Domain Shane
Namejet May Sales Results: And YES the Deals.XYZ Went Through
Namejet’s May sales results are in and the month was led by the LLL.coms and the NNNN.coms. I can officially verify that the Deals.XYZ result went through and was paid for 5/3/2014 8:14:01 PM, to be exact. I think I get most ...
Discussion
Namejet May Sales Results: And YES the Deals.XYZ Went Through
Namejet’s May sales results are in and the month was led by the LLL.coms and the NNNN.coms. I can officially verify that the Deals.XYZ result went through and was paid for 5/3/2014 8:14:01 PM, to be exact. I think I get most ...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 11:53 pm
The Domains
NameJet.com Reports $555K in Domains Sales Led By Liao.com For $100K
Namejet.com just reported over $555,000 in domain name auction for the month of May 2014. Only sales of $2K or more are included. All sales were led by Liao.com which sold for $100,000. PontoonBoats.com was our purchase. Domain Name Payment Am...
Discussion
NameJet.com Reports $555K in Domains Sales Led By Liao.com For $100K
Namejet.com just reported over $555,000 in domain name auction for the month of May 2014. Only sales of $2K or more are included. All sales were led by Liao.com which sold for $100,000. PontoonBoats.com was our purchase. Domain Name Payment Am...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 11:53 pm
The Domains
Did NetworkSolutions.com Give Away Free .XYZ Domain Names?
I published a post earlier today about .XYZ registering over 18,000 domain names in its first day of General Availability based on ntldstats.com, which is what we rely on consistently for our registration numbers. At the time we did point out t...
Discussion
Did NetworkSolutions.com Give Away Free .XYZ Domain Names?
I published a post earlier today about .XYZ registering over 18,000 domain names in its first day of General Availability based on ntldstats.com, which is what we rely on consistently for our registration numbers. At the time we did point out t...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 8:12 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.1 Million Led By Bougs.com For $40K
Over the past week, 482 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1 Million Dollars 31% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: bouqs.com at 40,000...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.1 Million Led By Bougs.com For $40K
Over the past week, 482 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1 Million Dollars 31% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: bouqs.com at 40,000...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 8:05 pm
