Minds + Machines announced yesterday, it was re-branding its website from MindsandMachines.com to the domain name MMX.co. The domain name MMX.co was on Sedo weekly transaction list back in May 2015 selling for $2,200. Minds + Machines has a market cap of around £69.03 which is around $97.5 million USD. If you're wondering, the domain name MMX.com is owned by Intel but does not … [Read more...]
Six NFL/NBA players Moved their Websites to new gTLD Extensions this Month
Six NFL/NBA players announced they moved their websites to new gTLD extensions this month: AJ Hawk – Linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals New Website: TheHawkcast.Show Gordon Hayward – Forward for the Utah Jazz New Website: GordonHayward20.Life DeMarre Carroll – Forward for the Toronto Raptors New Website: DemarreCarroll5.Life Brandon Bair – Defensive End for the … [Read more...]
TechRepublic.com Publishes Scathing Article on New gTLD’s
TechRepublic.com published a scathing article on the new gTLD program. The story is entitled "ICANN's generic top-level domain rules cause major headaches for online businesses and confusion for consumers." Here are some highlights: " In August 2011, ICANN founding chairman Esther Dyson wrote an argument against the proliferation of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), .....like .cloud, … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Domainking.ng Moved To A New Registrar After Rick Schwartz Announced UDRP
The domain name domainking.ng changed registrars yesterday, apparently as a result of our post announcing that Rick Schwartz filed an administrative proceeding similar to a UDRP with the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) which manages the Top Level Domain (.ng ccTLD) based on his "domain King" trademark. The domain name domainking.ng is being used as a domain name registrar and … [Read more...]
Over 53% Of New gTLD Are Registered In China: Just Over 10% By Those In US
Over 53% of all new gTLD's are registered to domain holders in China. Only 10.8% of all new gTLD's are registered to Domain holders in the United States. According to stats newly complied by ntldstats.com, who has now broken down new gTLD registrants by the country where the domain name is registered, China accounts for 53.6% of all new gTLD registrations or 8,784,383 of the 16,396,564 new … [Read more...]
Daniel Negari Of XYZ Offers $5 Million To Buy 4 New gTLD’s From Rightside
Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry just offered Rightside (NAME) $5 Million dollars cash to buy four of their new gTLD extensions; .Army, .Vet, .Dentist, Dance. The four extensions were uncontested, meaning Rightside did not have to buy them in an auction and got them for the $185,000 application fee per string. The four extensions according to ntldstats.com have a total of less than … [Read more...]
Namejet Increasing Minimum Price on Pending Delete Domains To $69 from $39 Today
I just got an email from Namejet.com that effective sometime today their "promotional pricing" of $39 minimum on backorders on Pending Delete domain names is ending. The new minimum backorder for Pending Delete domains will now be $69. "This is being done as part of a broader initiative to increase our drop-catch efficacy and to improve the overall customer experience on NameJet by better … [Read more...]