There has been a lot of talk over the past 24 hours about who is an expert in the domain industry. What makes someone an expert? There are obviously no set rules or definitions. Some will say if you have no verifiable public domain name sales you are not an expert. But there are private people who possess great expertise that are not a part of the day to day community. And just because you got … [Read more...]
Some domainers are fed up with the disrespect and taking steps to avoid the nonsense
Seems like a lot of people had enough with being disrespected and or inundated with spam and crass comments. Krista @domaindomme tweeted today she was leaving Clubhouse. Rick Schwartz then added that he will now be blocking those who follow him with a .eth handle I have always said the domain industry is a collection of echo chambers, on top of that some people plain don't like one … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB Q2 2022 – 174.3m .com and .net registrations
Verisign (Nasdaq: VRSN) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q2 2022. You can download the full report here. Highlights of the report show 351.5 million domain registrations. .Com and .Net registrations were up 2.2% from Q2 2021. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The second quarter of 2022 closed with 351.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 1.0 … [Read more...]
Hosting.co.uk adds over 850 extensions
Hosting.co.uk has expanded their offerings to over 850 extensions with a press release out today. While geared more to businesses than the domain investor it's another place to occasionally check for registration deals. … [Read more...]
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: JULY 2022
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their July domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. Global once again lead the pack. In the month of July 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 17% shorter than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Domain Index Report Q1 2022
Escrow.com released their Domain Index Report for Q1 2022. The company puts out a solid report, breaking things down from sales by region, median return on investment and a whole host of other things. Even, Total transaction value of all domain names containing a hyphen ‘-’, by quarter. You can access it here Executive Summary Escrow.com continued a strong volume of domain name … [Read more...]
Radix reports over 60% growth in profit for 2021, revenue grows by over 35%
Radix reported the details on 2021 finances. $38M in total revenue for 2021, 35% growth over 2020 (revenue is net of all discounts and rebates)60% growth in Net Profit over 2020Revenue Split - 15% standard registrations | 72% standard renewals12.5% share in premiums revenue (both regs + renewals)Top country - United States - 47%Online - top nTLD by Renewal Revenue in 2021 (as per internal … [Read more...]