According to Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry the operator of .XXX, .porn and .adult registry about 4,000 domain names were registered in the 1st hour of general availability today of the new gTLD's .porn and .adult that went live at noon EST today. Of today's registrations about 60% where for .porn and 40% were for .adult The first .porn domain that was registered was large.porn The … [Read more...]
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .School 1,933; .Football 1,730; .Casino 1,447
Three new gTLD domain name extensions launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday, where domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register domain name ahead of GA in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the number of domain names in the zone file … [Read more...]
Fred Krueger: “Why I Hate ICANN”
Fred Krueger announced he was leaving Minds + Machines (MMX) two weeks ago, and then announced he sold over 10% of his shares a few days later, wrote a an interesting post on Facebook today which is well worth a read so I'm reprinting it here. Fred is a good writer so here is his post from his Facebook page entitled "Why I hate ICANN" (and he is not alone). Here is the post reprinted … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Registry To Release 924 Previously Reserved For Normal Reg Fees: Here is The List
The .Buzz registry announced that is will rolling out of a select number of previously reserved .buzz domain names, which will become available in June. “In all 924 of our previously reserved domain names will become available to the public for registration at standard pricing, on a first-come first-served basis" The names are expected to be available on June 17, 2015. Included in the … [Read more...]
Name Jet Reports $355K In Sales For May 2015: Of Top 16 Sales 12 Were LLL.com or NNNN.com
Namejet.com just issued its monthly report for May 2015 reporting over $355,000 in domain name sales all of which are the result of domain auctions. As usual, only domain names that sold for $2,000 or more are included and payment had to be received by the end of May to be included Out of the top 19 spots 3 domains were LLL.com domains and 9 were NNNN.com domain names Here is the … [Read more...]
Search Engine Journal: If The .Com You Want Isn’t Available; Find Another .Com
Searchenginejournal.com, just wrote a post asking What is "The Best Domain Extensions When a .COM is Not Available" and seems to conclude it's another .com ""What do you do when the domain name or suffix you want is not available?"" "You may want to evaluate whether another gTLD (generic top-level domain) would work. The core group of gTLD’s is comprised of the com, info, net, and org … [Read more...]
DomainAgents.com Launch Domain Market Place With Low Sliding Commission Rates & 10% BIN Rate
DomainAgents.com just announced it has opened up it's own marketplace with a sliding scale commission rates on negotiated sales, which I believe are the lowest in the industry and a 10% flat rate on Buy It Now Priced (BIN) domain names. ""There are 2 separate commission scales depending on the type of sale: Negotiated or Buy … [Read more...]