According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base passed 128 Million for the 1st time in September 2016. The number of .Com domain passed 127 Million in May of 2016; 126 Million domain names in March 2016. So growth of … [Read more...]
Domainers don’t agree on much
Sometimes comments uncover more than just the initial topic. A perfect example is the weekend banter with regards to Kevin Murphy's comment about the sale of Hatred.com. Give this domainer a big hand for ripping off Milo Yiannopoulos to the tune of $138,000 https://t.co/WxevaYaNXv #domains — Kevin Murphy (@DomainIncite) June 24, 2017 After that there were some back and forth replies on Twitter … [Read more...]
Domain Investors Need To Learn Some Trademark Law
By now everyone knows that Rick Schwartz prevailed in the UDRP filed on Queen.com. There was also a finding of RDNH. Last year Mr. Schwartz was dealing with enforcing his trademark for "Domain King." While he lost his dispute for DomainKing.biz some of the comments on our two posts about Rick enforcing his trademark for "Domain King" left me scratching my head. Frankly I was pretty shocked … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – Namepros
“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. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One of the goals of the column is that company representatives will see … [Read more...]
The travel scam ?
Would you travel to another country to close a $50K deal ? There is an interesting thread on Namepros where a member posted about a potential buyer wanting him to travel to another country to close the deal. Hell guys A strange request from a potential buyer for one of my domain names. He want me to travel to his country to complete the deal face to face. I have asked him to use Escrow … [Read more...]
90% of domainers should start over
Rick Schwartz made a pretty interesting tweet yesterday that I think will bring about a great deal of conversation. Rick stated that 90% of all domain investors should look to reboot. Drop everything and start over again. 90% of every domainer should drop ALL their #Domains and start again! They are so far off the path that it is sad to see. #gtld #Startups — Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May … [Read more...]
Chinese Are 9 of Top 10 Biggest Registrants of New gTLD’s; Top 10 Own Over 10% Of All New gTLD’s
I was looking at ntldstats.com checking out the top registrants of new gTLD's and of the top 10 biggest registrants of new gTLD's 9 are from China. Moreover the top 10 registrants account for over 3.2 million registrations of new gTLD's. According to ntldstats.com there are 29,194,819 new gTLD's registered, meaning that the top 10 largest new gTLD domain owners account for just over 11% of … [Read more...]