VeriSign released their quarterly report on domain registrations know as the "The Domain Industry Brief" today. Here are some of the key findings, all are based on the quarter ending September 30, 2008. There were 174 million domains registered across all Top Level Domains (TLD's) representing 3% growth over second quarter and 19% over the same quarter from 2007. The total of Country Code … [Read more...]
Statistics of Domains in Latin America For October 2008.
This guest post was provided by Juan Enrique Sánchez, President of NameAction.com who can be reached at jesanchez@nameaction.com According to a new report ·During October the Latin America county codes with the highest net number of new registrations were:: · Brazil (.br) --> 22.297 domains. · Argentina (.ar) --> 18.132 domains. · Chile (.cl)--> 2.862 domains. · … [Read more...]
Here We Go Again: Now Enom Has A Site To Sell Its Own Domain Inventory: Where Did These Domains Come From?
Following on the heals of Tucows launch of YummyNames.com, to sell expired domains of its customers, Tucows elected to keep, today we notice that Enom has launched AcquireThisName.com. Enom is not taking credit for this site, at least not directly. If you click on the "about us" link you get this: Q: Do you own the domains you sell? A: No, we represent the domain owner and … [Read more...]
What Does The New US Administration Mean For The Domain Industry?
A reader suggested I address what effect the new administration may have on the domain industry. I don't want this to turn into a political discussion. I don't want to hear what could have been, should have been or would have been. I don't want to hear about what Bush did or didn't do. I don't want to hear about what McCain would have done. The election is over, we have a president … [Read more...]
Twitter Squatting Compared to Early Domain Registrations
PC World posted an article about a new trend, Twitter Squatting, comparing it to early domain name registrations. """""Think back for a moment to the early days of the Internet when domain name registrations were free. Imagine how rich you would be if you had thought to reserve "internet.com", "business.com", or any two or three letter domain name for that matter. Domain name investment is a … [Read more...]
Tucows President Responds to Our Post About YummyNames.com
Elliot Noss, the President and CEO of Tucows has responded to our post of a few days ago regarding the YummyNames.com, the site Tucows set up to sell some of the domains it acquired from it's customers after they expired. The comments from Mr. Noss are unedited. Our comments will follow but feel free to comment: """""I wanted to weigh in here and provide my view very specifically. … [Read more...]
“B.BR” Alliance between Bank Security and Domains.
This is a guest post by Juan Enrique Sánchez S., President of nameaction.com, who is responsible for it's content """" Today in Brazil it is possible to talk of safe banks on internet. Since September 24 Brazil create a new domain “B.BR” only for financial institutions to allow safe transactions for almost 30 miilions people that use “Internet Banking” in Brazil. This is not a minor … [Read more...]