It's no secret that the Founder of .XYZ Daniel Negari has gone all in on being a new gTLD registry operator as he continues to shed his .Com holdings. Just to show how done Negari is with .Com he has put up his the. Com domain of his last name up for sale on Namejet.com at no reserve, Negari.com which is being forwarded to XYZ.com I reached out to Daniel when I saw the domain name in … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Sells The Domain 9595.com for $180K: Highest Reported 4 Number Domain Sale
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King has done it again, setting yet another record selling the domain name 9595.com for $180,000. This is the highest reported four number (NNNN.com) domain sale of all time and only the 5th reported NNNN.com domain to sell in the six figures. Rick hand-registered the domain name in 1998 for $70. The only four number domain names that sold in the six … [Read more...]
.Love Winds Up Its 1st Day With 2,956 Domain Registrations
The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a whole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 domain names after the Sunrise period, which was opened only to trademark holders and the landrush period where people paid an extra fee to … [Read more...]
UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, Minds + Machines, Uniregistry and Top Level Designs. The Board of Directors of the company are listed in the ICANN application as … [Read more...]
Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company's name was created long before the new gTLD's If you're wondering, the new gTLD domain name Bwin.Party is owned by the company and is being forwarded to bwinparty.com. The … [Read more...]
John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the company. The Series B funding round was led by new investors Blue Chip Venture Company and G20 Ventures and also included existing investor Valhalla … [Read more...]
.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving away 2,015 Free.Love domain names this year to couples "Newly Engaged or married couples", thereby completing with .Wedding and .Wed. Here … [Read more...]