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Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry: 1.5 million domains in one day
A whole lot of domains, but probably not much revenue. How successful was .xyz’s promotion at Uniregistry? Judging by volume, quite successful. Uniregistry put out a press release today saying that 1.5 million domain names were registered at th...
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Uniregistry: 1.5 million domains in one day
A whole lot of domains, but probably not much revenue. How successful was .xyz’s promotion at Uniregistry? Judging by volume, quite successful. Uniregistry put out a press release today saying that 1.5 million domain names were registered at th...
Discussion
June 3, 2016, 4:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
May’s top domain name stories and podcasts
New TLD terminations and more interesting news from last month I enjoyed seeing a lot of familiar faces last month at DNSeattle and WHD.usa. Let’s recap what went on at Domain Name Wire last month. First, here are five podcasts you’ll wan...
Discussion
May’s top domain name stories and podcasts
New TLD terminations and more interesting news from last month I enjoyed seeing a lot of familiar faces last month at DNSeattle and WHD.usa. Let’s recap what went on at Domain Name Wire last month. First, here are five podcasts you’ll wan...
Discussion
June 3, 2016, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Take a look inside GoDaddy’s Tempe Office
Last week I was in Phoenix for WHD.usa. On Friday, I stopped by two of GoDaddy’s offices in the area. First, I stopped at the original HQ up in Scottsdale and chatted with CEO Blake Irving. Then I traveled to the Tempe office. It’s a grea...
Discussion
Take a look inside GoDaddy’s Tempe Office
Last week I was in Phoenix for WHD.usa. On Friday, I stopped by two of GoDaddy’s offices in the area. First, I stopped at the original HQ up in Scottsdale and chatted with CEO Blake Irving. Then I traveled to the Tempe office. It’s a grea...
Discussion
June 3, 2016, 2:15 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, June 3rd
Today we’re going to add a little more fun and games to the morning domain list. Josh has already turned it into a well organized super list and now Eric Lyons of Namepros and Scorpion Agency is going to start giving us a weekly domain co...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, June 3rd
Today we’re going to add a little more fun and games to the morning domain list. Josh has already turned it into a well organized super list and now Eric Lyons of Namepros and Scorpion Agency is going to start giving us a weekly domain co...
Discussion
June 3, 2016, 10:05 am
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development: Remarkable.Auto, HV.Auto, Colorado.Auto, More
Following up on last week’s look at users for .Cars domains, this post looks at some .Auto domain development, representing both service providers and auto dealers. The screenshots below are linked, if you would like to check out the sites for ...
Discussion
New gTLD Development: Remarkable.Auto, HV.Auto, Colorado.Auto, More
Following up on last week’s look at users for .Cars domains, this post looks at some .Auto domain development, representing both service providers and auto dealers. The screenshots below are linked, if you would like to check out the sites for ...
Discussion
June 3, 2016, 1:28 am
Domain Name Wire
China might be inching closer to granting licenses for new TLDs
Job postings suggest licensing process might be progressing. Top level domain name companies have been eagerly waiting for the Chinese government to issue licenses that will allow Chinese citizens to be able to host sites on their domains in China. T...
Discussion
China might be inching closer to granting licenses for new TLDs
Job postings suggest licensing process might be progressing. Top level domain name companies have been eagerly waiting for the Chinese government to issue licenses that will allow Chinese citizens to be able to host sites on their domains in China. T...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 8:41 pm
The Domains
Just Released: Searchable Tool To Find Available .XYZ Domains Taken in .Com, .Net & .Org
The .XYZ registry just released a tool that finds available .XYZ domain names that are registered in .Com, .Net and .Org I’m told the database is over 2 million domain names. I beta tested the tool for the last hour and wound up registering sev...
Discussion
Just Released: Searchable Tool To Find Available .XYZ Domains Taken in .Com, .Net & .Org
The .XYZ registry just released a tool that finds available .XYZ domain names that are registered in .Com, .Net and .Org I’m told the database is over 2 million domain names. I beta tested the tool for the last hour and wound up registering sev...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 8:02 pm
The Domains
Uniregistry Selling 12 New gTLD Extensions For $.85 Including .Club, .Top, .Online, .Site, .Link
While .XYZ has been make headlines with its tremendous numbers of domain registrations for as low as $.01 at Uniregistry, (as well as other domain registrars for $.02) Uniregistry has deeply discounted the price of 12 other top selling new gTLD&rsquo...
Discussion
Uniregistry Selling 12 New gTLD Extensions For $.85 Including .Club, .Top, .Online, .Site, .Link
While .XYZ has been make headlines with its tremendous numbers of domain registrations for as low as $.01 at Uniregistry, (as well as other domain registrars for $.02) Uniregistry has deeply discounted the price of 12 other top selling new gTLD&rsquo...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Your time is the biggest expense with cheap new TLDs
Domains are cheap, but your time probably isn’t. I registered a handful of .xyz domain names early on. Daniel Negari has built buzz around the domain, and I think some of the domains I bought have value. Enough value that I pay $10 a year to re...
Discussion
Your time is the biggest expense with cheap new TLDs
Domains are cheap, but your time probably isn’t. I registered a handful of .xyz domain names early on. Daniel Negari has built buzz around the domain, and I think some of the domains I bought have value. Enough value that I pay $10 a year to re...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners & Losers – China makes a comeback
Chinese domain name registrars surge again. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from February. After taking a breather in January, Chinese registrars were back with big numbers in F...
Discussion
.Com Winners & Losers – China makes a comeback
Chinese domain name registrars surge again. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from February. After taking a breather in January, Chinese registrars were back with big numbers in F...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 3:23 pm
