Twitch.tv was purchased this week by Amazon for $970 million, the little experiment that grew out of Justin.tv has become a major player in online video. For a long time it was rumored that Google would acquire Twitch. Now we know it is Amazon and two questions remain, 1) When will Amazon buy Twitch.com ? and 2) For how much ? The UFC also had an issue with the .com getting spillover traffic … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
It’s David Vs Goliaths For Control of .Music
Harley Brown wrote an article for Billboard.com about the upcoming battle for .music. The indies vs Google and Amazon. The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced its support for the music industry to control .music. A2IM believes that if Google or Amazon win the .music extension that they will obviously put profits ahead of industry and artist concerns. In a … [Read more...]
Where Do You See The Value of Numeric.com Domains Going ?
Our latest poll takes a look at Numeric.com values. Numerics have continued to be one of the strongest categories for domain investors, fetching excellent prices and also being a very liquid category within the space. Michael has mentioned a few times that he has had several parties interested in 345.com which he owns. There have been multiple offers over $500,000. 4.CN completed its largest … [Read more...]
.Bio Generates $250K in Revenue In Its First Week
Starting Dot Ltd. the registry operator for new generic top-level domains (new gTLD) .BIO, .ARCHI & .SKI, , put out a press release today announcing that over 4,100 .BIO domain names have been registered at the end of the first week generating over a $250,000 USD in revenue. "The .BIO launch ranks in the top 15 in terms of new gTLD first week retail revenue* and validates the popularity of … [Read more...]
Bitcoin Could Become Legal Tender in Australia According To Official
Australian official suggests making Bitcoin legal tender in Australia. In a talk earlier in the week Chris Jordan, the Australian tax commissioner said some would like to see Bitcoin as legal tender. Currently Bitcoin does not meet the definition under Australian law, but he said that could change. From the Guardian: The Australian tax commissioner has left open the possibility that the … [Read more...]
Breaking; HitFarm.com Closing Up On October 1st
HitFarm.com is closing up its operations effective October 1, 2014 Here is an email we just received with the subject line "Re: Notice of Permanent Closure" "We regret to inform you that Hitfarm will no longer be in service effectively from October 1st, 2014." "Accordingly, you will need to update your name servers for all domain names parked at Hitfarm.com by 11:59pm PST on September … [Read more...]
.Club Sells Its 100,000th Domain
CLUB Domains just announced that it has sold its 100,000th new domain name today, "setting a record as the first new generic top-level domain (gTLD) to sell 100,000 domains and continuing its streak as the best-selling new domain extension." Although two other new gTLD's have more domain registrations, no new gTLD has SOLD more domain names than .Club RightoftheDot.com a company of which I'm … [Read more...]