We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on domain conferences. What is not allowed: Personal attacks on individuals at the chosen companyPromoting a competitorPosting domains for sale … [Read more...]
A look at the history of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
With the news out today that Lotto.com was saved in a UDRP complaint, though there was no finding of reverse domain name hijacking. There is an article published by Gerald M. Levine a few weeks back at IPlegalCorner.com that's worth reading. Mr. Levine takes a look back at the history of RDNH and provides some other stats on UDRP's as a whole. From the article: Between 2000 and 2019 (with … [Read more...]
Breaking news – Not all domain sales are reported
"Hey bro there are many sales that are not reported!" That seems to be the mantra of half the commenters when a post is published regarding reported sales data. This is not news, everyone knows this, the posts I am referencing never made any implication that these are the only sales, or run your business by these numbers only. Some people ran with the numbers, such as a post I wrote on what … [Read more...]
Do you still want to be a domainer?
I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, I am here at the helm, Mike and Judi are in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Michael might be better at college and pro football picks than domaining. He has been hot for the last month. He and Judi also got to see the playoff game between Clemson and Ohio State live. This blog is 12 years old now, I have been here for 6, and it does seem like a longer … [Read more...]
From Voice.com to .org, 2019 was a Monster year
Domaining in 2019 was a very busy and very interesting year. We saw the largest sale ever reported as Voice.com sold for $30 million. Chad Wright's WebQuest and New.Life took 5 of the top 15 new gtld sales with Free.Games being the top reported sale at $335,000. Money.com.au became one of the top 30 highest cctld sales of all time at $280,000. Overall sales were strong in 2019, even if we … [Read more...]
Should new gtlds be viewed through the lens of a 20 year plan?
I have been under the weather this weekend so I have not been reading texts and emails right away as normal. A few people were mentioning to me the post we did a few days ago about new gtld sales. The comments become the classic com fans vs non com fans. Matt wrote one that challenged Rick Schwartz, Matt seemed to be questioning why if he had a 20 year plan for .com, why don't new gtlds get … [Read more...]
Verisign: third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations
Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2019 Data shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.1 million domain name registrations, or 1.4 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name … [Read more...]