.Discount which launches into General Availability this week on Wednesday, is doing pretty well compared to the most recent launches with over 340 Sunrise and Early Access Program Registrations and we thought we take a look at the more interesting one's. For me Discount is one of those terms that is usually used more on the left side of a term than on the rightside, so discount travel, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
$55,000 A Year For A Domain Registration? Wecolme To .Attorney & .Lawyer
Two new gTLD's that will be launching into general availability on October 8th 2014, .Attorney and .Lawyer premium domain names are carrying the highest costs of any extension we have seen so far by a mile. Both extensions are being launched with an Early Access Program (EAP). The good news is that very few domains are being reserved by the registry. The bad news is for those domains … [Read more...]
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Break 2 Million But There Are Lots Of Caveats & Asterisks
According to nTLDstats.com the number of new gTLD registration broke through the 2 million mark today and sits at 2,011,549. However there are plenty of caveats and asterisks to go around. Its interesting to note that there are only 666,394 distinct registrants for the over 2 Million domain names, meaning that the average registrant owns over 3 new gTLD domain names. cnnic.cn the registry … [Read more...]
Registry Registers & Reserves over 33,500 New gTLD’s For .公司 (Business Organizations)
The registry we wrote about the other day which registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names for a new gTLD IDN has done it again with another new gTLD IDN. This time Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Internet Network Information Center registered and reserved over 33,500 domain names for the extension .公司 which means "business organization" You … [Read more...]
Snapnames World Domain Day Auction List
Snapnames auction for the World Domain Day WDD (World Domain Day) is an international event for the promotion of domain names and to educate people on building successful online businesses. A WDD spokeswoman said, “WDD is being held in India for the first time on 24.08.14. Join us to network with hundreds of domain investors, web professionals, startups and venture capitalists to learn all … [Read more...]
Dave Zatz Explains Amazon Ad Network
Dave Zatz runs a very popular gadget blog on Zatznotfunny.com. First off this does not look like its going to be an Adsense competitor, the ads are going to be CPM impression based and not pay per click, so I don't see this being a parking alternative. Of course Amazon could change their mind down the road. The program is invite only currently to a select group of Associates. Tech Crunch … [Read more...]
Best News For Domainers Ever? Amazon Developing Product To Compete With Google Adwords
In what appears to be the best news for domain investors in many years, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Amazon.com is gearing up to directly challenge Google's dominance of the online advertising market, developing its own software for placing ads online that could leverage its knowledge of millions of Web shoppers. "Initially, Amazon plans to replace those ads on its pages that Google … [Read more...]