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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
Domain Name Wire
Oh, crap: Moniker is down
Moniker has taken its website offline to fix numerous problems with its new system. Domain name registrar Moniker switched its interface to a reseller platform over the weekend. It didn’t go so well, as evidenced by the 100+ comments on my post...
Discussion
Oh, crap: Moniker is down
Moniker has taken its website offline to fix numerous problems with its new system. Domain name registrar Moniker switched its interface to a reseller platform over the weekend. It didn’t go so well, as evidenced by the 100+ comments on my post...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 5:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ zone file nears 15,000 domain names after launch
Nearly 15,000 domains in zone file and over half of them are at NetworkSolutions. The latest batch of zone files has been published, and .xyz had what looks to be a good first day. The zone file includes nearly 15,000 domain names after the initial h...
Discussion
.XYZ zone file nears 15,000 domain names after launch
Nearly 15,000 domains in zone file and over half of them are at NetworkSolutions. The latest batch of zone files has been published, and .xyz had what looks to be a good first day. The zone file includes nearly 15,000 domain names after the initial h...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 1:35 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins Private Auction For New gTLD .Pizza; Minds + Machines Wins .Fashion
Minds + Machines, (AIM:MMX) has won the private auction for the new gTLD .Fashion The three losing applicants in the private auction held last week for .Fashion were Uniregistry, Donuts and Famous Four Media. The losing bidders for the new gTLD .Pizz...
Discussion
Donuts Wins Private Auction For New gTLD .Pizza; Minds + Machines Wins .Fashion
Minds + Machines, (AIM:MMX) has won the private auction for the new gTLD .Fashion The three losing applicants in the private auction held last week for .Fashion were Uniregistry, Donuts and Famous Four Media. The losing bidders for the new gTLD .Pizz...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 1:23 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Gets Almost 18,000 Registrations On Day 1 of General Availability
.XYZ the new gTLD which bills itself as the new .Com, had a very good 1st day of general availability (GA) winding up with almost 18,000 registrations. According to ntldstats.com, .XYZ has 17,800 domains registered putting it in 11 place after the fi...
Discussion
.XYZ Gets Almost 18,000 Registrations On Day 1 of General Availability
.XYZ the new gTLD which bills itself as the new .Com, had a very good 1st day of general availability (GA) winding up with almost 18,000 registrations. According to ntldstats.com, .XYZ has 17,800 domains registered putting it in 11 place after the fi...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 11:56 am
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
I’m pretty sure that most people have decided whether or not they are going to invest in the new gTLDs. They’ve decided which names that have come out so far that they like and don’t like. These are individual decisions....
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 3rd, 2014
I’m pretty sure that most people have decided whether or not they are going to invest in the new gTLDs. They’ve decided which names that have come out so far that they like and don’t like. These are individual decisions....
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 10:57 am
The Domains
Best Deal for .XYZ Registrations looks to be at Uniregistry
So far no official numbers on the first day GA registrations for .XYZ. Kevin Murphy of Domain Incite tweeted there was no zone file and I have been chatting with Andy from Namestat.org and he said the same. Andy told me, “Nope, no zone fi...
Discussion
Best Deal for .XYZ Registrations looks to be at Uniregistry
So far no official numbers on the first day GA registrations for .XYZ. Kevin Murphy of Domain Incite tweeted there was no zone file and I have been chatting with Andy from Namestat.org and he said the same. Andy told me, “Nope, no zone fi...
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 10:23 am
The Domains
NameCoin Wants You To Forget About The New gTLDs and get Decentralized
Namecoin is a crypto currency that acts as a decentralized domain name system. They released a video yesterday that does a nice job giving the quick facts behind the ideology. NameCoins end in .bit.
Discussion
NameCoin Wants You To Forget About The New gTLDs and get Decentralized
Namecoin is a crypto currency that acts as a decentralized domain name system. They released a video yesterday that does a nice job giving the quick facts behind the ideology. NameCoins end in .bit.
Discussion
June 3, 2014, 9:11 am
Domain Name Wire
An important lesson in pre-ordering new top level domain names
Hint: don’t count on just one registrar. Registering domain names under new TLDs when they hit the market is similar to dropcatching expired domain names. From the registrar’s perspective, it involves prioritizing domains and hitting ping...
Discussion
An important lesson in pre-ordering new top level domain names
Hint: don’t count on just one registrar. Registering domain names under new TLDs when they hit the market is similar to dropcatching expired domain names. From the registrar’s perspective, it involves prioritizing domains and hitting ping...
Discussion
June 2, 2014, 7:06 pm
