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Domain Name Wire
How 22 end users are (or aren’t!) using domain names they bought this year
Each week I write at least one post about which end users bought domain names over the past week. What do end users do with these domain names they buy on the aftermarket? I was curious, so I went back to one of the weekly end user reports I publishe...
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How 22 end users are (or aren’t!) using domain names they bought this year
Each week I write at least one post about which end users bought domain names over the past week. What do end users do with these domain names they buy on the aftermarket? I was curious, so I went back to one of the weekly end user reports I publishe...
Discussion
August 26, 2014, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why your new TLDs won’t work well with domain parking (yet)
Domain parking ads don’t consider the full meaning of a domain name that spans the dot. A couple weeks ago Donuts launched the .cash top level domain name. This got me thinking about domain parking. I’ve owned a few .com domain names with...
Discussion
Why your new TLDs won’t work well with domain parking (yet)
Domain parking ads don’t consider the full meaning of a domain name that spans the dot. A couple weeks ago Donuts launched the .cash top level domain name. This got me thinking about domain parking. I’ve owned a few .com domain names with...
Discussion
August 26, 2014, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Quickly find the top websites built on new TLDs
Two tools show you which sites built on new TLDs are gaining traction. A key for the long run success of each new top level domain name is usage. Which TLDs are getting traction with actual end users? Two tools based on Alexa data can help you find o...
Discussion
Quickly find the top websites built on new TLDs
Two tools show you which sites built on new TLDs are gaining traction. A key for the long run success of each new top level domain name is usage. Which TLDs are getting traction with actual end users? Two tools based on Alexa data can help you find o...
Discussion
August 26, 2014, 1:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registration and the Paradox of Choice
Offering too many choices might lead to more abandoned shopping carts. One of my favorite books is Barry Schwartz’s The Paradox of Choice. The premise of the book is that more choice doesn’t necessarily mean more satisfaction. It can lead...
Discussion
Domain name registration and the Paradox of Choice
Offering too many choices might lead to more abandoned shopping carts. One of my favorite books is Barry Schwartz’s The Paradox of Choice. The premise of the book is that more choice doesn’t necessarily mean more satisfaction. It can lead...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name investor sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Australian man was active on domain name forums. A domain name investor who was active on various domain name forums has been sentenced to jail for defrauding Australian tax authorities. Michael Purse spent tens of thousands of dollars buying expired...
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Domain name investor sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Australian man was active on domain name forums. A domain name investor who was active on various domain name forums has been sentenced to jail for defrauding Australian tax authorities. Michael Purse spent tens of thousands of dollars buying expired...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week in new TLDs: $150k/domain? Plus .black, .hiv, and .creditcard
Pull out your .creditcard. This week will be an interesting one for new top level domain names: Afilias takes a different tact on .color domains, an EAP with a $150k price tag, Donuts raises the bar with .creditcard, and the first “social cause...
Discussion
This week in new TLDs: $150k/domain? Plus .black, .hiv, and .creditcard
Pull out your .creditcard. This week will be an interesting one for new top level domain names: Afilias takes a different tact on .color domains, an EAP with a $150k price tag, Donuts raises the bar with .creditcard, and the first “social cause...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs: is it an awareness, acceptance or demand issue?
Are domain registrants not aware of new TLD options or do they just not accept them? Or is there just low demand for each .com alternative? My initial reaction to the underwhelming “out of the gate” registration numbers for new top level ...
Discussion
New TLDs: is it an awareness, acceptance or demand issue?
Are domain registrants not aware of new TLD options or do they just not accept them? Or is there just low demand for each .com alternative? My initial reaction to the underwhelming “out of the gate” registration numbers for new top level ...
Discussion
August 22, 2014, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Frank Schilling’s new bus ad uses http://
Otherwise, lots of people might not get to the website. Yesterday Frank Schilling tweeted this picture of a bus ad for his .sexy top level domain name: Adrian Kinderis, CEO of ARI Registry, responded asking about why the ad includes https://, and Fra...
Discussion
Why Frank Schilling’s new bus ad uses http://
Otherwise, lots of people might not get to the website. Yesterday Frank Schilling tweeted this picture of a bus ad for his .sexy top level domain name: Adrian Kinderis, CEO of ARI Registry, responded asking about why the ad includes https://, and Fra...
Discussion
August 22, 2014, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name search is much improved (at some registrars)
A look at how major domain registrars are handling domain search in the wake of new TLDs. I’ve written a couple times about the state of registrar search as registrars grapple with an onslaught of new TLDs, most recently at the end of February....
Discussion
Domain name search is much improved (at some registrars)
A look at how major domain registrars are handling domain search in the wake of new TLDs. I’ve written a couple times about the state of registrar search as registrars grapple with an onslaught of new TLDs, most recently at the end of February....
Discussion
August 21, 2014, 8:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s expired domain report: Got .info?
“Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” That would be Coleridge — his ill fated sailor thirstily contemplating the vast seawater. But I doubt “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was the Rime.com that just sold ...
Discussion
This week’s expired domain report: Got .info?
“Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.” That would be Coleridge — his ill fated sailor thirstily contemplating the vast seawater. But I doubt “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was the Rime.com that just sold ...
Discussion
August 21, 2014, 3:08 pm
