It looks like the new gtld discussion has moved to Reddit, in the sysadmin subreddit. User netzvolk started things off: For those of you that are not aware, the nTLD's as opposed to the old good .com and others don't have any limitations on price increases. This means you can register .networks today for $10 and the registry can decide to charge you $1000 next year. Not only is this … [Read more...]
Is End user demand hitting peak interest ? Rick Schwartz weighs in
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...]
Where do you see 3L.com prices going ?
There has been discussion on Namepros and on social media about where the prices of 3L.com are going. One of the best performing and most liquid of all the domain name categories. So far in 2017, Namebio has recorded 34 three letter .com sales. 2 sales have eclipsed six figures, DiL.com sold by BQDN and OCS.com which sold on Sedo. 8 sales have been $18,000 or under. Where do you see … [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...]