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Domain Name Wire
The most surprising new TLDs so far
Which domains have outperformed and underperformed my expectations? It’s been nearly three years since new top level domain names started rolling off of the DNS printing press. A lot of people made bad predictions about how TLDs would do in gen...
Discussion
The most surprising new TLDs so far
Which domains have outperformed and underperformed my expectations? It’s been nearly three years since new top level domain names started rolling off of the DNS printing press. A lot of people made bad predictions about how TLDs would do in gen...
Discussion
December 1, 2016, 8:32 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 30, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 30, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 30, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 30, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 1, 2016, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
The latest .Com Winners & Losers
Here’s how registrars fared in the latest Verisign report. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from August. Other than a bit of shakeup in the net inbound transfers category, ...
Discussion
The latest .Com Winners & Losers
Here’s how registrars fared in the latest Verisign report. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from August. Other than a bit of shakeup in the net inbound transfers category, ...
Discussion
December 1, 2016, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
The new domain transfer policy goes into effect today. Here’s what you need to know.
Certain changes to whois will require more work and may result in your domain being locked. Don’t say you weren’t warned. The new ICANN domain name transfer policy goes into effect today, and the key difference between it and the old poli...
Discussion
The new domain transfer policy goes into effect today. Here’s what you need to know.
Certain changes to whois will require more work and may result in your domain being locked. Don’t say you weren’t warned. The new ICANN domain name transfer policy goes into effect today, and the key difference between it and the old poli...
Discussion
December 1, 2016, 3:06 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 1st
A cop pulls a car over for going 20mph on the highway The driver is a little old lady, and there are two old ladies in the back seat. The cop asks, “Why were you driving just 20 miles per hour?” The old lady responds, “I was...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 1st
A cop pulls a car over for going 20mph on the highway The driver is a little old lady, and there are two old ladies in the back seat. The cop asks, “Why were you driving just 20 miles per hour?” The old lady responds, “I was...
Discussion
December 1, 2016, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
The tables are turned: now Donuts can delay Verisign
Waiting for the .Web. Many curse words were muttered about Verisign during the process of designing the new top level domain name program. Verisign spread plenty of FUD to delay the program. Now, the biggest new TLD company gets to take a turn at del...
Discussion
The tables are turned: now Donuts can delay Verisign
Waiting for the .Web. Many curse words were muttered about Verisign during the process of designing the new top level domain name program. Verisign spread plenty of FUD to delay the program. Now, the biggest new TLD company gets to take a turn at del...
Discussion
November 30, 2016, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tencent beats back cybersquatting complaint over its Joox.com domain name
Big Chinese internet company forced to defend its Joox.com domain name. Tencent, the $250 billion company behind QQ, has successfully defended the domain name it uses for its music service Joox. A Brazilian company that uses the domain name Joox.io f...
Discussion
Tencent beats back cybersquatting complaint over its Joox.com domain name
Big Chinese internet company forced to defend its Joox.com domain name. Tencent, the $250 billion company behind QQ, has successfully defended the domain name it uses for its music service Joox. A Brazilian company that uses the domain name Joox.io f...
Discussion
November 30, 2016, 5:55 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 29, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 29, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 29, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 29, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
November 30, 2016, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com upgraders lead the end user sales list
Sanwa.com leads the pack at over $30,000. If I could summarize Sedo’s end user sales during the holiday week, it would be a lot of companies buying the .com domain to match their country code domain names. Even though ccTLDs are more popular th...
Discussion
.Com upgraders lead the end user sales list
Sanwa.com leads the pack at over $30,000. If I could summarize Sedo’s end user sales during the holiday week, it would be a lot of companies buying the .com domain to match their country code domain names. Even though ccTLDs are more popular th...
Discussion
November 30, 2016, 3:52 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, November 30th
I’ll open today’s post with a story. A friend of mine was going through a very tough time. He is a good friend to a lot of people and everyone one wanted to do something to help. Nobody knew what to do and many...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday, November 30th
I’ll open today’s post with a story. A friend of mine was going through a very tough time. He is a good friend to a lot of people and everyone one wanted to do something to help. Nobody knew what to do and many...
Discussion
November 30, 2016, 10:29 am
