According to a press release from Accent Media the operator of the .Tickets new gTLD, "around 30,000 premium names, such as ‘vip.tickets’, ‘cheapflight.tickets’ and ‘club.tickets’ have been made available for the first time to innovators and thought leaders, for as little as $1,500." The press release went on to claim that the domain names Broadway.tickets’ and tube.tickets "sold to industry … [Read more...]
43.com & 866.com To Be Auctioned As Part of Domaining Europe Conference
According to a press release we received today, the domain name marketplace Undeveloped.com will host a unique domain name auction in cooperation with the Domaining Europe conference Undeveloped.com, which will start 24th of May and last until 31th of May. Reza Sardeha, Undeveloped's founder and CEO is quoted as saying: “We’re auctioning 150 domains including the 5 most premium domains in … [Read more...]
There are Over 2 Million .in (India) Registered Domains
There are over 2 million registered .in domain names. The IN Registry the official registry for the .in ccTLD domain extension for India has started to post registrations stats on their site showing the number of .in registered domain names. I'm told the registry put the stats up last week for the first time. As you can see the registry is reporting a number that does not seem formatted … [Read more...]
Update on Little.com
A couple days ago we wrote about Little.com being stolen, Namepros member The Legendary JP appears to have solved the case. The domain was stolen but it was stolen from the original owner. Ok did a little digging.... I actually tired to buy this name YEARS ago from the long time owner John Little. John continued to own the name until March 5th at least, then whois changed within Netsol to … [Read more...]
Two Letter .Ski & .Bio Were Released Into The Registrar Channel This Morning
We received an email that .Ski and .Bio released all two-letter domains through the domain name registrar channel (EPP) this morning at 10:10 AM UTC (6am EST) According to the release, two letter domain names will carry an annual premium registration and renewal fee. The cheapest confirmed retail price according to the registry is with united domains at $129. Here is a list of all the … [Read more...]
Little.com Reported Stolen
There is a post on Namepros.com where the member is saying he purchased Little.com and it was stolen at Network Solutions. The message is very sloppy with a lot of spaces so reading the post may take a bit of time. Apparently Escrow.com was used for the transaction. The price looks to be $33,000. The domain is currently under privacy. It was registered in 1994. If you get offered this domain … [Read more...]
Infographic on New gTLD’s Left To Be Launched
Yesterday we published a list of the new gTLD's that are left to be launched in the current new gTLD round. Yesterday the European Domain Centre ApS published an infographic with all the new gTLD's that were or will be launched in 2016 or later. We definitely missed a few extensions in our post and well let's face it, infographics are way cooler than just words. So thanks to Christopher … [Read more...]