Escrowhill.com has just been fined by the The Banking Commission of the State of Texas for $30,000 for doing escrow business in the state without appropriate licenses after receiving a C & D order Respondents have been properly notified regarding their right to an administrative hearing under Texas Finance Code Chapter 151 (Chapter 151) Respondents are currently represented in this … [Read more...]
You Want To See Great New gTLD’s? Look at The Early Domains In .School, .Football & .Casino
The new gTLD's of .School, .Football and .Casino are launching this week into General Availability on Wednesday beyond the .porn and .adult of this world. If the new gTLD's are going to be an investment vehicle for domain investors you need to look no further than the domain names registered in the Early Access program (EAP) for each of these new domain strings to find the bang on brandable … [Read more...]
BigRock.com: India Accounts For 4% of All Domain Registrations; China 20-22%
According to firstpost.com, average monthly domain name registrations in India has more than doubled to 4% of all global registrations, citing figures from web-hosting company BigRock. China, accounts for 20-22%t of monthly new domain name registrations globally. BigRock hosts websites for Warner Brothers, Fiat India, Adidas, Yatra.com, HP Gas, Star Network, and Kotak Securities, among … [Read more...]
State of Washington Says Domain Registrations Are Subject To Sales Tax
According to a ruling from the State of Washington this week "Internet domain name registration services are generally subject to retail sales or use tax. This article only addresses the initial sale of a domain name by a registrar. The Domain Name System helps users find their way around the Internet. Every computer on the Internet has a unique address, called an Internet Protocol (IP) … [Read more...]
IamWire Creates Infographic of Future Of Domain Names
IamWire.com has created a very informative and detailed infographic on the future of domain names, highlighting the article from the first domain created in 1985 with Symbolics.com to several new gTLD's. This was the first time I read an article from IamWire but writer Sujata Sangwan really did a well balanced article that is very informative for people in and out of the domain name … [Read more...]
Co. Invests €350,000 to “Disrupt Domain Industry”: 50 Million Registered But Unused Domains
According to a press release out today, Axivate Capital a VC firm has "invested €350,000 to disrupt domain industry in "Undeveloped.com, a domain marketplace Undeveloped , says they have "crawled and indexed over 50 million registered but unused domain names. " Undeveloped's co-founder and CEO Reza Sardeha is quoted as saying: ""With over 288 million registered domains finally everyone … [Read more...]
One Company Just Spent Over $150K In .Apartments Domains & Donuts Makes Over $220K Just In Day 1
Donuts just I believe set a new gTLD record for selling 21 new gTLD's on the 1st day of the Early Access Program (EAP) in which wholesale prices are $10K and retail prices range from around $11K to $12,500. Meaning that Donuts took $210,000 in just EAP fees for day 1 of EAP plus many of those domain name also had a premium price. One company, registered 16 domain names on the 1st day EAP … [Read more...]