Today marks 30 years since the first .org domain name, mitre.org, was registered. .Org now has over 10.5 million domain names registered making .org the world’s third-most reg generic top-level domain. Public Interest Registry, The nonprofit operator of .Org, launched happy30th.org, where users can explore notable .org websites through an interactive timeline and discover how these … [Read more...]
Amazon’s Prime Day Is July 15th But The Domain PrimeDay.com May Sell Today
Amazon announced yesterday that its "Prime Day" sale using the hashtag #PrimeDay on July 15th in celebration of Amazon's 20th birthday will "Bury Black Friday" by comparison. We noticed that the domain name PrimeDay.com was not owned by Amazon. It seems we weren't the only one that noticed the domain name PrimeDay.com, was registered way back in 2005 and would most likely receive a lot of … [Read more...]
Verisign Domain Report: There Are Now 294 Million Domains As Of March 31, 2015
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), released its quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief today for the first quarter of 2015 6 million domain names were added to the Internet in the in Q1, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 294 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of March 31, 2015. The increase of six million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of … [Read more...]
Paypal Tells Sellers to Provide Compelling Evidence to Fight Buyer Dispute
Paypal is getting ready to be set free from Ebay and be a public entity again. This will be the second IPO for the company. Back in 2002 the company went public under the symbol PYPL. Here is a look at the terms back in 2002 courtesy of Nasdaq.com Company Overview Company Name PAYPAL INC Company Address 1840 EMBARCADERO ROAD PALO ALTO, CA 94303 Company … [Read more...]
.LGBT Pride Program Launched: $20 Per Domain Registration Will Be Contributed To The “It Gets Better Project”
The .LGBT domain registry operator Afilias announced the launch of the .LGBT Pride Program in celebration of two recent victories for LGBT equality: the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the right to marriage equality in the US, and Ireland’s legalization of same-sex civil marriage. From today through October 11, 2015, National Coming Out Day, every new .LGBT web address registered will … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Cisco Is Buying OpenDNS For $635 Million
According to a post on its company blog, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is buying OpenDNS. According to VentureBeat.com, the deal is valued at $635 Million. OpenDNS has raised north of $50 million in funding to date, including a $35 million round last May." This is from the Cisco blog post: I am pleased to announce our intent to acquire OpenDNS, a leading provider of advanced threat protection for … [Read more...]
Projects.com Drops To SnapNames & Is Over $20K Only 1 Hour Into The Auction
The domain name Projects.com just dropped and went to Snapnames.com closed auction about an hour ago and already has already topped $20,000. The domain name expired on April 11, 2015. The domain was registered under privacy at Fabulous.com. The last registered owner of the domain was Merlin Kauffman of True Magic in 2014. I cannot find a reported sale of the domain name, which if it … [Read more...]