Fraudulent bidders or non paying bidders pose problems for both domain investors and auction websites. The question that comes up is what is the best way to deal with a closed auction where either the auction site detected fraud, or the winner did not pay for whatever reason? Some say the best way to handle this is to award the name to the second highest bidder, that can be gamed rather easily. … [Read more...]
Directnic Acquires Fabulous.com
Directnic, a provider of domain names and other Internet services, announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire domain name registrar Fabulous.com from Dark Blue Sea Pty. Limited. The transaction is expected to close later today. “For years, Fabulous and Directnic have been two leading domain registrars each with their own market focus one serving businesses and the other … [Read more...]
How do you like your content?
I was reading the article Morgan Linton wrote about domain blogs and it kind of fit in with an article I started on over the weekend. How do you like your content? Morgan was specifically talking about a Twitter conversation about Bitcoin and Domaining, that was being had by Rick Schwartz and Konstantinos from OnlineDomain.com. Do crypto and domaining dovetail? Are they separate animals that … [Read more...]
TRELLIAN.COM Parent Of Above.com Acquires Drop Catch Platform DomainShield.Com.au
Trellian has announced its further expansion into the .AU drop catch business with the acquisition of the highly successful drop catch platform DomainShield.com.au. Having only a handful of auDA accredited registrars that are authorized to drop catch, the acquisition further strengthens Trellian's February 2017 acquisition of Drop.com.au drop catch platform and registrar. The two drop catching … [Read more...]
Domaining on the decline?
Over the years there have been many discussions on the demise of domaining. The latest debate started last month on Namepros "Domain industry is dying slowly?" . The discussion started out with a lot of focus on new gtlds and the confusion and choice they have brought to the domain market. Longtime domain investor Brad Mugford posted, Adding a bunch of new "land" in a bad area does not … [Read more...]
You must always adhere to the cardinal rules of domain trading
A member of Namepros posted about a domain deal gone wrong with another Namepros member. It is another example of two domaining rules, 1) when the deal looks to good to be true, it's probably not going to work out. 2) Always use an escrow company. The name in question is Kina.com for $1,250, that's too good of a price, a CVCV like that for $1,250 from another domain trader smells … [Read more...]
The Q2 2017 closed with approximately 331.9 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains
Verisign released their Q2 Domain Name Industry Brief. The second quarter of 2017 closed with 331.9 million domains registered, up 1.3 million domains. Summary The second quarter of 2017 closed with approximately 331.9 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 1.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.4 percent over the first quarter … [Read more...]