According to smh.com.au, folowing the led of New Zealand and the Britain, Australia's regulatory body for domain names, .au Domain Administration (auDA), recently announced its 2015 Names Policy Panel proposal that individuals and entities should be allowed to register domain names directly under .au, for example www.abc.au in addition to .com.au Under the proposal, domains ending with com.au, … [Read more...]
.Wang Adds 90K+ Domains in 1 Day: 160K in 3 Days: Becomes 3rd Largest New gTLD
The new gTLD .Wang gained some 90,000 new domain registrations in the last day or so and over 160,000 new domain registrations since October 17th which is an increase of 50% According to Registered.Today .Wang gained more than 90,000 new domain registrations yesterday. According to ntldstats.com, the number of .Wang domain registration has grown from 285,000 on October 17th to … [Read more...]
MyRescue.Dog Awards A Total of $100,000 to 16 Local Dog Shelters
Petfinder Foundation announced the winners of the MyRescue.dog fundraising campaign, a month-long effort to celebrate rescue dogs and raise funds for the shelters and rescue organizations that save them. The campaign began on National Dog Day August 26 and ran through Sept. 26 www.MyRescue.dog a site built on a new domain extension of the new gTLD domain name registry Donuts. The “top dog,” … [Read more...]
Lucky 8’s: Rick Schwartz Tops $10.5M in Sales For 2015: Sells 989.com For $818,181.81
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King just sold the domain name 989.com for $818,181.81, topping $10.5 Million in domain name sales in 2015. For Rick who always talked about having a 20 year plan, 2015 marks the 20th year and its been a record setter. For a guy who made a reputation for saying NO to offers, has said Yes for the 4th time in 2015: Rick previously announced the sales this … [Read more...]
Another Great One Word .Com Domain Name; Raisin.com Sells
The domain name Raisin.com just sold for what is as of now, an undisclosed amount. The domain which had an original creation date of 1995 was owned by a "T Clayton" of San Fransisco for what seems to be just a few years. The domain name came out of Sedo Escrow and the new owner of the domain is SavingGlobal GmbH of Berlin whose website is SavingGlobal.com According to … [Read more...]
Sometimes Shorter Is Not Better: StreetHub.com Rebrands to Trouva.com
TechCrunch.com published a post about a UK startup, Streethub.com raising another $2.4 Million in funding. StreetHub.com "helps independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online, including offering ‘click and collect’ functionality via its mobile app and 90 minute local delivery". "It’s also launching a new brand and consumer-facing offering: Trouva is an e-commerce … [Read more...]
There Are Now 2,121 ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars
During remarks made at the 54th ICANN Meeting being held in Dublin, Akram Atallah, the President of the Global Domain Domains Division of ICANN stated that there are now 2,121 ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrars in the world. ICANN has accredited 579 domain name registrars just since the last ICANN meeting in Buenos Aires 53, which was held June 21-25, 2015. ICANN has also dropped the … [Read more...]