Namejet.com released its domain name sales for February for domains that sold for $2,000 or more. The total of such sales is just short of $615,000. Here are the sales: Domain … [Read more...]
Jennifer Wolfe Joins the DomainDiction.com Board
According to a press release we just received DomainDiction, a PR and marketing agency dedicated to the domain industry, announced that Jennifer Wolfe, "the world’s leading expert on TLDs for brands", will be joining the DomainDiction board of directors. " As a valuable new addition Jennifer will provide vital strategic guidance and experience with the C-suite among top global brands who are … [Read more...]
Melbourne IT Acquires Uber Global For Over $12 Million: Australian Cloud Services Co & Domain Registrar
Melbourne IT agreed to acquire the third largest Australian based cloud services provider Uber Global for $15.5 million AU (approximately $12.2 million USD) which also owns a ICANN Accredited domain name registrar. The deal, is expected to be complete by April 30, 2015 Melbourne IT reported the acquisition along with its 2014 financial results yesterday Uber Global, says that it is the … [Read more...]
EnCirca Becomes 1st Registrar For .Bank & Teams Up With The ICBA
According to a press release just out, EnCirca.com is the first approved ICANN-accredited registrar for the new gTLD .BANK fTLD Registry Services LLC is the operator of the .BANK top-level domain. The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced that they will be working together with and EnCirca to help community banks understand and register for the soon-to-be launched … [Read more...]
.co.com Hits 1 Year Anniversary & 10K Registrations: It Would Be 83rd Most Registered New gTLD
.co.com announced today that it has hit its one year anniversary since launching and has registered over 10,000 domain names. You can read the official post here. The company wrote in part that its 10,000 registrations are "more than most ICANN new gTLDs – and demand is accelerating" So while co.com is not a new gTLD, since its anniversary is right around when the first of the new gTLD's … [Read more...]
Operators of NameBright.com & HugeDomains.com Launch Expire.com Domain Auction Service
According to a press release out today, TurnCommerce Inc., operators of NameBright.com (an ICANN accredited domain name registrar), HugeDomains.com (a domain name aftermarket), and DropCatch.com (a domain back-order service) announced the launch of Expire.com, a Dutch-style auction service that will sell between 15 and 30 premium domain names per day on a first-come first-served basis. A Dutch … [Read more...]
DomainHoldings Sells Almost $31 Million In Domains In 2014; Over $8M In 4Q
Domainholdings.com in a company blog post today, said they brokered almost $31 Million dollars in domain names in 2014 Domain Holdings issued its combined Q4 and Annual 2014 report today In the 4th Quarter Q4 Domainholdings.com sold $8,086,642 in total domain name sales. Some of the sales brokered in 2014 … [Read more...]