2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of crypto expert. It was the year of the emoji, one excellent guide written by Michael Cyger and emoji domains were off to the races. Domaining has become to a certain degree a collection of echo chambers. Those seeking confirmation bias … [Read more...]
How was your 2017 domaining experience?
At the beginning of 2017 we asked if our reader's were bullish or bearish on domaining for the new year. 65% bullish and 35% were bearish. So how did 2017 pan out for you? Was the year better or worse for you in terms of your domain investments? (please don't factor in stock market or cryptocurrency returns). How was your 2017 domaining experience? Better than … [Read more...]
Crypto registrations have gone Bat Sh*t Crazy
Unless you have been focusing on other things or living off the grid you know that Crypto is white hot. With all the coverage of Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc... The interest in crypto related domain names has gone through the roof. Verisign released their November top trending keywords and it was dominated by crypto related … [Read more...]
After starting slow GoDaddy comes back to win best registrar again in Namepros poll
So back in 2016 there was a best registrar poll on Namepros where GoDaddy won going away. They had over 50% of the vote. So last month I posted the 2017 poll and GoDaddy trailed early but came on at the close for the win. The early leader was NameSilo who seems to be an upcoming favorite with many domain owners. A few registrars really need to take a look at themselves and wonder how they … [Read more...]
Big week coming up for emoji domains
Alvin Brown posted an interesting article this morning on emoji domains. There are over 1200 emoji domains coming to GoDaddy auctions over the next week. From the article: Most days, the expired emoji domain search returns a handful of domains or, in most cases, no domains at all. Well, that tide changed this week when 1,220 emoji domain auctions soon to expired appeared. Nearly 50% of … [Read more...]
ccTLDs make up around 40.7% of the global TLD market
Centr.org released their DomainWire Global TLD Report Q3/2017 Highlights include: Global market Global domains under all TLDs have contracted slightly due to declines in several larger new gTLDs. Without these outliers, global growth was 2.5% YOY and combined domains globally are an estimated 311 million. ccTLDs make up around 40.7% of the global TLD market, with the remaining … [Read more...]
Verisign’s top trending keywords for October are crypto and marijuana based
Verisign released the top trending keywords for October. October was big on crypto and marijuana. Cannabis topped the .com charts and blockchain topped .net. Blockchain was also represented in .com along with block by … [Read more...]