The domain name China.info, arugably one of the better .info's you can get dropped yesterday and none of the big drop catchers got the domain. The domain was caught by the domain name registrar Hexonet.net, which has a backorder program. Some domain name registrars like Godaddy.com and Dyandot.com have backorder programs that operate separate from the big drop catchers that typically use … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
.Attorney & .Lawyer Launch Wed & Each Have Only 140 Sunrise/Early Registrations
.Attorney a .Lawyer both launch into general availability (GA) where domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis by Rightside (Name). Both extension have already gone through Sunrise period for trademark holders and in the Early Access Program (EAP) for those who are willing to pay additional fees to register domain names ahead of GA. Enom.com a domain name registrar is … [Read more...]
.NYC Adds 1,147 Landrush Domains & Now Sits 4,549: Here Are The More Interesting One’s
Yesterday we wrote about, .NYC have some registered 2,949 domain names in their Landrush period but also mentioned we knew of more .NYC landrush registrations and expected more once the zone file updated today. Today there are 1,147 additional Landrush domain registrations and .NYC now sits at 4,549 registrations. We also stated yesterday and still believe to be true that domains that had … [Read more...]
How Optimistic Are You About Your Current Domain Portfolio Compared To The Start of The Year ?
Our poll question for October is,How Optimistic Are You About Your Current Domain Portfolio Compared To The Start of The Year ? 2014 has brought about some new developments such as the new gtlds and a continuing drop in ppc payouts. I have spoken to a bunch of people on how they feel the new gtlds are affecting domaining and their portfolio specifically. I would say those who had great .com … [Read more...]
New gTLD’s Domain Registrations Top 2.5 Million As .NYC Sets New gTLD Sunrise/Landrush Record
The number of new gTLD domain name registrations topped the 2.5 million mark for the first time yesterday as .NYC awarded over 2,900 domain names in the land rush program which ended yesterday, blowing away all previously new gTLD launches in terms of domain names awarded in Sunrise and Landrush (or equivalent Early Access Programs) where registrants paid an extra fee to get early access to … [Read more...]
.NYC Gets Almost 3K Land Rush Domains & Sits at 3,441 Before Next Weeks Launch
.NYC the top level extension for New York now has 3,441 domain name registrations after awarding some 2.900 domain names that were applied during landrush that received only 1 land rush application. Prior to the Landrush, NYC had just under 500 Sunrise registrations by trademark holders. The number of LandRush domain names, so far in the zone file, are 2,949 domains. Any domain that … [Read more...]
Fertility App Glow Raises Another $17 million – Should they acquire Glow.com ?
Glow is an app that allows women to track their fertility cycles, they received another $17 million in funding bringing their total up to $23 million. Tech Crunch reported, The company announced in August that it was responsible for getting over 20,000 women pregnant, using the app. It has also added quite a few other apps to the family over the last year with Glow First, Glow for Enterprise and … [Read more...]