So Rick Schwartz made the following tweet a couple days ago: It isn't just gTLD's that are stalled. ALL extensions are stalling. The demand by END USERS in 2017 is not what it was years ago. #Domains — Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) March 1, 2017 This sparked a thread on Namepros where some questioned Rick and if there was a motive behind the post. The person who started the thread I … [Read more...]
Verisign: .Com Domains Back Over 128 Million
Verisign the who operates the .com domain name registry is reporting today that the number of domain names in the .Com Domain Name Base is once again over 128 million domain names. Back in September 2016 the number of .Com's in the Domain Name Base passed 128 million for the first time. However do to the large amount of speculative domain registrations in the 4th Q of 2015 which dropped in … [Read more...]
.Pro Lost 30% Of Its Registrations Yesterday; 123,000 Domain Names as Last Years $3 Promotional Rate Domain Start to Expire
Over 120,000 domain names ending in the domain extension .Pro got deleted yesterday according to RegistrarStats.com .Pro which opened itself up in November 2015, lifting the previous restrictions which were in place since it's inception, saw some nice organic growth up to 175,000 domain names, until February of 2016 when the main domain registrar for .pro domain name Encirca.com, … [Read more...]
Apple Does It Again: Names It’s New HQ “Apple Park” Doesn’t Own ApplePark.com (or the .net or .org)
In a Press Release today, Apple announced that its new Headquarters will be named Apple Park. The new 175-acre HQ will have 12,000 employees in a ring-shaped, 2.8 million-square-foot main building which is clad entirely in the world’s largest panels of curved glass. Apple also announced the theater at Apple Park will be named the Steve Jobs Theater. Opening later this year, the entrance to … [Read more...]
Did Apple Spend $1.5 Million Dollars to Acquire iCloud.net?
Apple has acquired the domain name icloud.net. There is a story out tonight in AppleInsider.com, that "earlier this week, a tipster told AppleInsider that Apple paid some $1.5 million for the domain, but we were unable to confirm the transaction." "TechCrunch was also unable to corroborate financial details. When asked about the domain takeover, Apple declined requests for … [Read more...]
Selling domains in China
ChopChop Domains published a video on their YouTube channel that delves into selling domains in China. The video details the adventure from March 2014 to January 2017. Besides domain names it seems there were a lot of dumplings consumed. Follow key executives from ChopChop's parent company, TLD Registry, Ltd. (and their marketing partners from .CLUB) as they spread the word about fully Chinese … [Read more...]
Company Using Hand Registered Domain in 2015 Which Dropped in 2012; Raises $6.5 Million
I just got finished reading a post in Venturebeat.com about a company named ReplyYes, which just raised $6.5 million dollars and whose website is ReplyYes.com The domain name has an original registration date in 2008 but was deleted for non-payment of renewal fees on March 27, 2012 by a former registrant. The domain sat unregistered until for over 3 years until May 12, 2015 when it was hand … [Read more...]