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Domain Name Wire
Colombia puts .co domain contract out for bid
Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through...
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Colombia puts .co domain contract out for bid
Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through...
Discussion
March 24, 2025, 4:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Self-brokering at Afternic – DNW Podcast #527
A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses t...
Discussion
Self-brokering at Afternic – DNW Podcast #527
A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses t...
Discussion
March 24, 2025, 3:30 pm
The Domains
InterNetX is running a $5.75 .com special
InterNetX and advertiser here at TheDomains is running a .com promotion right now through March 31, 2025. The price is $5.75. Special offer: Register your .com domain for only $5.75 Now is the perfect time to seize this unique opportunity! Register y...
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InterNetX is running a $5.75 .com special
InterNetX and advertiser here at TheDomains is running a .com promotion right now through March 31, 2025. The price is $5.75. Special offer: Register your .com domain for only $5.75 Now is the perfect time to seize this unique opportunity! Register y...
Discussion
March 24, 2025, 2:36 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – March 20, 2025: Everything Everywhere All At Once
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, the parent company of Escrow.com, to go over Escrow.com...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – March 20, 2025: Everything Everywhere All At Once
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment co-hosted by JT and Drew, who are joined by special guest Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, the parent company of Escrow.com, to go over Escrow.com...
Discussion
March 20, 2025, 10:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
The top 10 .com registrars aren’t growing, but their challengers are
Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the...
Discussion
The top 10 .com registrars aren’t growing, but their challengers are
Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the...
Discussion
March 20, 2025, 5:50 pm
The Domains
ProKiller.com is the bookmark site for domain investors
James Kim @blaknames on X created a pretty cool all inclusive website that domain investors can use to quickly navigate to industry sites and tools. Having everything all at one place is pretty convenient, and James will continue to add to the site a...
Discussion
ProKiller.com is the bookmark site for domain investors
James Kim @blaknames on X created a pretty cool all inclusive website that domain investors can use to quickly navigate to industry sites and tools. Having everything all at one place is pretty convenient, and James will continue to add to the site a...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 10:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon is launching three new top level domains next month
The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .s...
Discussion
Amazon is launching three new top level domains next month
The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .s...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic launches basic self-brokering
First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very m...
Discussion
Afternic launches basic self-brokering
First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very m...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Only one of the top 10 .com domain registrars is growing
Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are s...
Discussion
Only one of the top 10 .com domain registrars is growing
Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are s...
Discussion
March 19, 2025, 12:59 pm
The Domains
InterNetX and Sedo release their Global Domain Report 2025
InternetX and Sedo released their all inclusive Global Domain Report 2025. Simone Catania and the crew always do a great job gathering all the pertinent data and getting industry participants to leave some commentary. (I do have a couple quotes and g...
Discussion
InterNetX and Sedo release their Global Domain Report 2025
InternetX and Sedo released their all inclusive Global Domain Report 2025. Simone Catania and the crew always do a great job gathering all the pertinent data and getting industry participants to leave some commentary. (I do have a couple quotes and g...
Discussion
March 18, 2025, 10:51 pm
