In a press release this morning, DNForum and ParkLogic announced they have entered into a Strategic Partnership. "Through the partnership, DNForum will now be offering members its own branded domain management and monetization platform which takes advantage of the highly advanced ParkLogic systems." "The ParkLogic platform is the result of many years of development and will provide DNForum … [Read more...]
Someone Really Paid To Renew This Domain For 10 Years? 0————————————————————-5.com
I found this domain name, 0-------------------------------------------------------------5.com on a expired domain list and found it was registered in 2001. That means someone has been paying the renewal fees on this domain for 10 years. a zero followed by too may hyphens to count (without an eye exam) and then the number 5. Really? 10 years? Yikes No wonder some people can't make … [Read more...]
Neiman Marcus Acquires BG.com For Its Bergdorf Goodman Store But Did They Buy It?
The domain name BG.com has been acquired by the Neiman Marcus Group which owns the Bergdorf Goodman store located on 5th Avenue in New York. BG.com has an original registration date of March 1992. The previous registrant was Domein Bulgaria Ltd. and before that The Bristol Group, Ltd. BG is also the country code for Bulgaria. The whois record was updated on July 24, 2011 The domain … [Read more...]
Trefis: Total Domain Registrations To Go From 120 Million To 360 Million By 2018 But .Com & .Net Share Down To 40%
Stock analysis firm Trefis is saying they expect domain name registrations to triple from approximately 120 Million current registrations to 350 Million by 2018. However they also call for the percentage of .com and .net registration to shrink over that time to 40% due to the new gTLD's. "Upside to our forecast could arise from market share gains as new rules will allow businesses to … [Read more...]
Afternic App Is Now on iTunes Store For iPhones & iPads & Its Free
NameMedia’s Afternic domain marketplace is now accessible to iPhone and iPad users through a free application available via Apple’s App Store. According to Name Media, AfternicDLS Mobile will offer the world’s estimated 120 million iPhone and 25 million iPad users one-click access to the world’s largest domain marketplace: the Domain Listing Service (DLS). "Afternic is the only domain … [Read more...]
Our Nominations For TRAFFIC Award For Domainer Of The Year
Its that time again when TRAFFIC has opened up nomination for its annual awards to be presented at the TRAFFIC 2011 Ft. Lauderdale show to be held from October 16th-19th. You can now nominate people for several awards but as we have done in the past we have some of our own nominations. (Get your votes in because nominations close at Friday August 5th 2011 at 6PM ) Having said that, we … [Read more...]
Tucows Buys Domain Registrar EPAG Of Germany For $2.5 Million; Expands To Over 200 TLDs; & Picks Up 400K Domain Registrations
According to a Press Release, Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TCX), announced today that it has acquired all the shares of EPAG Domainservices GmbH from QSC AG for approximately US$2.5 Million (€1.5 Million to purchase the shares and the settlement of a working capital adjustment of €0.25 Million) through an all-cash transaction. EPAG, based in Bonn, Germany, is an ICANN-accredited registrar with over … [Read more...]