The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD's which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I have no idea what it says and I'm a lawyer For me it means nothing, just a lot of noise Last year we predicted the soonest we would see a 2nd round of new gTLD's open is in four years, 2018. I think we … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
Radix Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary Today: Sold $275K In Premium Registration/Renewal Domains
Radix is celebrating its first Anniversary today. Currently Radix has two live generic extensions - .website and .space & two live vertical extensions -.press and .host As an Anniversary special, .website and .space are being offered at $1 or lower across many registrars like Go Daddy, Namecheap, Domain.com, Alpnames etc. until June 25th. Both .website and .space featured in the Top … [Read more...]
.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today
According to Housingwire.com, the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements which have to be verified it's not like a normal domain registration where you go to your registrar of choice, register the domain name and seconds later … [Read more...]
StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will move to new domain
Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011. When I purchased StockTradingToGo.com the domain in 2007, I had no idea what the future held. I loved the market, I had a new found love for … [Read more...]
How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking
John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. Rampton provides a step by step guide for those looking to make such a move, he goes over 8 points you should follow when making your move, … [Read more...]
.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre
.XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as "the final act". There was only one applicant for .Theatre; KBE gTLD Holding Inc, whose site is BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com There is also a new gTLD .for … [Read more...]
Autism.Rocks Sells for 10X More Than The .Com Did Last Year & Sedo.sucks
Sedo.com reported today that the domain name Autism.Rocks sold for $100,000 in its weekly report. The domain name Autism Rocks.com sold last year for $9,500 to the same Buyer. The buyer paid more than 10X more for the new gTLD Autism.Rocks than he paid for the .com domain AutismRocks.com last year. I just chatted with the Seller of the domain name, Chris Wilson who is a neighbor in … [Read more...]