This October 14 to 18 in Orlando, Florida, the premier of the innovative MERGE! show will introduce a new approach to growing the domain industry, by combining the third annual THE Domain Conference with other leading events in domain-related industries. Domain registrars, registries, brokers, domainers, investors, and their partners will come together in a web of educational and networking … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports $332K In Domain Sales In August 2017
Namejet.com just reported its sales for August 2017. Only sales over $2,000 are included and only domains that were paid for in August are included In all 65 domains made the list. There were three domains that sold between $26K-$28K; Ditan.com at $27.821; LFN.com at $27,599 and emojis.com at $26,100 In all only 7 domains sold in the 5 figures Here are the … [Read more...]
Chrome To Begin Showing “Not Secure” on all Sites Without SSL Certificate In October
Google’s quest to form a more secure web will take a new shape this October with Chrome v62. Chrome will begin showing “Not Secure” on all sites without an SSL Certificate where users can enter text in a contact form. Nearly 50% of internet users choose Chrome as their browser of choice so this can have a big impact on the way people interact with your website(s). If you have sites which … [Read more...]
Prices of .TV; .XXX, .Porn, .Sex, .Adult Domain Names all set to Rise on September 1st
The wholesale price set by the registry of .TV, .XXX, .Porn and .Adult are all increasing on September 1, 2017 and registrars are of course raising their prices on these extensions for registrations and renewals Of course the price of the domain name you will pay will vary registrar to registrar. The Wholesale cost of .TV which is operated by Verisign is increasing to $25 a year. I have … [Read more...]
Our Post About Namejet’s PR On Shill Bidding From 2009: “What Happened At SnapNames Could Not Happen Here”
I was looking back through some posts over the years that we wrote relating to the SnapNames bidding Scandal and found this one which I wrote arising from a from November 2009 press release by Namejet. Our post was entitled "Namejet Plays The “This Can’t Happen To Us” Card & That’s Troubling". We cautioned Namejet that "Shill bidding" could take many forms and it was the time to be … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations
The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening, July 10th. Jose Rasco, CEO of dotHealth said: “As an extension, we are focused on building a meaningful space. Combined with the fact that … [Read more...]
.Africa Added Over 1,000 Domain Registrations in Landrush At A Premium Prices Since the Close Of Sunrise
The new domain name extension .Africa has added over 1,000 domain registrations since the close of Sunrise in a period known as Landrush. According to the zone file I pulled today there are over 1,000 new domain names since the Sunrise period closed on June 2nd. July 3rd started the last and cheapest phase of the Early Access program also known as Landrush, which runs through … [Read more...]