According to a story which appeared in globaltimes.cn, "the Chinese government is stepping up efforts to strengthen management of the Internet with the recent drafting of an "unprecedented" regulation on Internet domain names." According to a draft regulation on Internet domain names issued by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Internet domain names with access to China … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2016
.Tickets Opens Up 30K Premium Domains Through Registrars
According to a press release from Accent Media the operator of the .Tickets new gTLD, "around 30,000 premium names, such as ‘vip.tickets’, ‘cheapflight.tickets’ and ‘club.tickets’ have been made available for the first time to innovators and thought leaders, for as little as $1,500." The press release went on to claim that the domain names Broadway.tickets’ and tube.tickets "sold to industry … [Read more...]
Market Recap 3/28/16 Rightside off 2.5% – Tucows up 1.4%
Market Recap 3/28/16 A mixed bag today with some stocks up over 1% and other off over 1%. Rightside (NAME) was off 2.5% on the day down .21. Neustar (NSR) and Tucows (TCX) were both up over 1% today. Endurance Intl (EIGI) was the biggest loser on the day down close to 4%. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 753.28 -1.56 (-0.21%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 31.89 +0.33 … [Read more...]
Ethereum up over 1,000% – can it dethrone Bitcoin ?
The new York Times published an article today on Ethereum giving the upstart rival to Bitcoin some mainstream publicity. Ethereum was created by a 21-year-old Russian-Canadian, Vitalik Buterin. From the article: Joseph Bonneau, a computer science researcher at Stanford who studies so-called crypto-currencies, said Ethereum was the first system that had really caught his interest since … [Read more...]
SnivelingCoward.com Registered and pointed at Donald Trump Twitter Account
There is a post on Mediaite.com about the domain name SnivelingCoward.com being registered and pointed at Donald Trump's Twitter account. Earlier in the week there was a back and forth between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz which involved their wives. Ted Cruz called Trump a sniveling coward and to leave Cruz's wife Heidi alone. From the article: Thanks to Jason W. Taylor, a conservative radio … [Read more...]
The Reality of Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality has been a popular niche for domainers over the last few years. One of the most popular topics on Namepros. Below I have included reg stats over the last 30 days for "Virtual Reality" There was a good article on Clickz that is worth a read for those investing in the Virtual Reality niche. From the article: It’s the year of virtual reality?! The main industry … [Read more...]
Market Recap 3/24/16 Stocks end week on a quiet note
Market Recap 3/24/16 Domain stocks ended the week virtually unchanged on Thursday. There were only a couple stocks that were off one percent or more. Neustar (NSR) was off 1.3% and United Internet (UTDI) was off 1.4%. On the plus side Verisign (VRSN) and Rightside (NAME) eked out small gains. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 754.84 -2.72 (-0.36%) Godaddy … [Read more...]