Verisign released their Q2 Domain Name Industry Brief. The second quarter of 2017 closed with 331.9 million domains registered, up 1.3 million domains. Summary The second quarter of 2017 closed with approximately…
Category: Domain Names
Verisign: Number of .Com Domains In “Domain Name Base” Tops 130 Million For 1st Time
Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry is reporting the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base exceeds 130 Million for the 1st time. The actual number of domains…
BrandAftermarket.com Launches New Domain Marketplace/Teams with CMS Summit at MERGE to Announce “The Domain Challenge”
Longtime domain investors Brian and Meghan Berke of DomainAgency.com launched BrandAftermarket.com, a brandable domain marketplace with a unique twist; all brandable .com domains are priced at one very affordable price, $495. “We…
Namepros members call attention to IrmaHurricane.com
There is a post on Namepros in the warnings and alerts section with regard to IrmaHurricane.com. Quickly members identified the owner, where they lived and where they worked. The owner joined Namepros…
Rick Schwartz gives insight into how the Porno.com deal went down
Rick Schwartz is giving some insight into how the Porno.com deal went down. In a series of tweets Rick has posted what was going on right before the deal. Part1: Porno/com Letter…
“The new gTLD industry has not “killed” it.”
Pinky Brand wrote an article on his blog that is a good read for anyone interested in the domain industry. Whether registry, registrar or investor, Brand gives some decent insight into the…
Emoji domains hype or the real deal?
2017 has brought more attention to emoji domains than any other year I can remember. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming…