Namejet.com just sent us over its sales report for November for it's reportable sales. As usually Namejet.com only reports domain names that sell for $2,000 or more. Here you … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Verisign: There Are Now 280 Million Domain Names; Up Over 7.2% From Last Year
Verisign published its Domain Industry Brief for the second quarter of 2014. As of June 30, 2014 there are now over 280 Million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.4% over the first quarter of 2014. Registrations have grown by 18.6 million, or 7.2 percent, year over year. The base of country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) was … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million Led by ehaber.com For $45K
Over the past week, 509 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: ehaber.com at 45,000 USD · Top ccTLD: tanzkurse.de at 8,925 EUR · Top “other” TLD: signup.net at 13,000 USD I like the acquisition of Heated.com for $4K Domain … [Read more...]
Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ?
Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. They wrote about Verisign yesterday and whether or not they can maintain their growth. They note that .com has built such a niche that it has been able to stand the test of competition, in … [Read more...]
FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four
The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last resort auction in December. Minds + Machines is the backend provider. This is from FIBA site: "FIBA, the International Basketball Federation, is the … [Read more...]
ICANN Opens Comment Period For Its Move Out of US Control: Deadline Is December 22nd
ICANN has opened the comment period for the issue of the year, the transition of ICANN of key Internet domain name functions away from oversight control of the United States to the "global multistakeholder community." "This draft transition proposal is the result of work by the Domain Name System (DNS3) community (the names community) to meet the requirements associated with this transition as … [Read more...]
Tucows Ting Cell Service Rated Number 1 By Consumers Report
According to fool.com, Tucows.com (TCX) owned Ting service was rated as as the top cellular phone carrier. "When it comes to what Consumer Reports refers to as traditional service -- what others refer to as postpaid service -- the top carrier is ... Ting! "If you haven't heard of the company before, there's a reason for that: The service's parent company, Tucows, is a domain name registrar … [Read more...]