Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer - aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strategy. They registered the product-related domain under .com but if you access the website from a different country, you will be redirected to the … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: January 2022
Donuts published their January domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of January 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 19% shorter and included hyphens 16% less frequently than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of January … [Read more...]
Quik.com launching blockchain domain name service
Quik.com made an announcement on LinkedIN with regards to their upcoming launch. My good friend Yinan Wang was the person that actually sold them Quik.com. They will be selling the domain names of the future according to their post on LinkedIn. Following its release, Quik.com will allow its users to easily mint, own, and sell the domain names of the future, also known as blockchain-based … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: December 2021
Donuts published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. .Global seemed to be on the uptick in December. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of December … [Read more...]
A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain investors swifted some or all of their attention to the NFT market. People like Shane Cultra, Jonathan Tenenbaum, Alan Dunn, the Booth brothers really … [Read more...]
Batteries.com going up for sale in private auction
Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is 1999, it dropped 3 times previous to that. Escrow.com one of our advertisers here will be one of the escrow service providers on the deal. They … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB Q3 2021 (.Com and .net 172.1 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2021)
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Q3 2021, Domain Name Industry Brief EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.7%, compared to the second quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 6.1 million, or 1.6%, year over … [Read more...]