According to an email we just received, the domain name registrar, AlpNames is going with a $.49 registration for domain names for Famous Four Media new gTLD extensions (non-premiums) "From now until the end of the year, ALL AlpNames customers can benefit from some of our lowest ever pricing across 16 AWESOME domain extensions. " "For just $0.49 USD each, you can register as many domain … [Read more...]
Epik Starts To Accept Bitcoin For Payment & Disbursement
Epik.com, a full-service, all-inclusive domain name and operator of a commission-free marketplace announced effective immediately, customers may pay for domain registrations, marketplace purchases, escrow, SSL certificates, web development, hosting and other services using Bitcoin, in addition to credit card, Paypal, Masterbucks and bank transfer. Customers may also disburse proceeds to … [Read more...]
Tech Crunch Publishes a Great Story On The Domain Industry
TechCrunch.com published a great story about the money floating around in the domain industry entitled ""The silent evolution of domain names"". People in the domain space are mentioned include Rob Grant as the father of Lana Del Rey, Kevin Ham, and Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim. The story covers Godaddy's purchase of our portfolio saying they spend over $100 million in domains. The story quotes … [Read more...]
The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled "Oversight Transition Isn't Giving Away the Internet, But Won't Fix ICANN's Problems" It's probably one of the better articles I have read on the story. "Despite several weeks of heated discussion within the United States, we haven't commented much … [Read more...]
CentralNic Revenue up 100% & Gross Profit Up 19% in 1st Six Months of 2016
CentralNic Group Plc (LON:CNIC), today announced its half year results for the six months ended June 30th 2016. For the six months to June 30, the company reported £45.08mln of billings - the gross amount charged for domains before revenue sharing - which represents an 468% increase compared to the same period of 2015. CentralNic’s revenue amounted to £8.9mln, double the £4.44mln in the … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Store Winds Up With 1st day Total Of 22,682
The new gTLD .Store went into general availability (GA) yesterday by Radix, where it could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis. After the 1st day of GA including the 600+ registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those domain name registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program, .Store wound up with 22,682 domain names. .Store which has premium registration and … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Selling 12 New gTLD Extensions For $.85 Including .Club, .Top, .Online, .Site, .Link
While .XYZ has been make headlines with its tremendous numbers of domain registrations for as low as $.01 at Uniregistry, (as well as other domain registrars for $.02) Uniregistry has deeply discounted the price of 12 other top selling new gTLD's to $.85. The $.85 price for 12 new gTLD's is live on Uniregistry, but the special pricing only goes through June 7th. Of the 12 new gTLD's … [Read more...]