Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry just sent me over a note that the new gTLD .XYZ has "blew past 2 Million domain name registrations". According to ntldstats.com .XYZ was sitting at 1,967,963 domain registrations as of the last zone update, however there has been a huge surge in 6 number .XYZ domain names from China (NNNNNN.xyz) (also known as 6N domains) of over 100,000 domain … [Read more...]
.Law Gets 5K Registrations in 1st 90 days: We Break Down The Numbers
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new ".law" and .abogado (Lawyer in Spanish) top-level domains, "announced that .law has successfully completed its first 90 days since general availability having fulfilled more than 5,000 verified registrations, with over 700 premium names including numerous domains which have sold for $100,000 or … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.5 Million In Domain Sales In January
Namejet.com reported almost $2.5 Million dollars in domain name sales in January 2016. Only domain names that sold for $2,000 or more are included as are only domain sales that were paid for by the end of the month. In all Namejet.com reported over 300 domain sales including many from the RightoftheDot.com auction that was held on Namejet.com as part of the Namescon Conference. By … [Read more...]
XYZ Launches .Security, .Protection, & .Theatre: All Domain Including Single Character Are Avail
We just received an email from XYZ which launched the new gTLD extensions .Security, .Protection, and .Theatre today. Apparently on the launch some registration requests for single character domain names were being rejected due to a technical error, however we just received a note that the error has been fixed and that all domain names are available for registration (unless of course already … [Read more...]
.WS Changing 2-3 Character New Domain Pricing & Releasing All 5-20 Number Domains
Due to the recent demand for the .WS extension coming from the emerging China Domain market, Global Domains International, the operator of the .WS registry, announced today that they are changing their pricing for all 2 and 3 character .WS domain names. In December 2015, thousands of .WS domain names were registered in China. The entire 4 number Chinese Premium .WS space sold out over a … [Read more...]
US Bank New Ad Campaign Around “The Power Of Possible”; .Com Owned T StatOil.com
According to MediaPost.com "U.S. Bank has launched its most extensive brand-building campaign to date around the phrase, "The Power of Possible" including TV, radio and newspaper ads, as well as social media engagement and other digital pieces. The domain name ThePowerofPossible.com is owned by another big company StatOil.com, which is represented by CSC. "Statoil is an international energy … [Read more...]
.Green Is Raising $3.5 Million Through CrowdFunding
DotGreen Community, Inc., the company behind the new .GREEN top level domain name, announced today in a press release we received, the launch of an Internet capital raising campaign to raise $3.5 million. The first offering, a Regulation D 506(C) Private Placement solely for accredited investors, provides an early-stage opportunity of common shares with voting rights for accredited investors … [Read more...]