VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today announced that approximately 7.9 million domain name registrations were added to the internet in the second quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of domain name registrations…
Category: Domains
Drop Catchers Beware: Domain RaiseMe.com Lost in UDRP Despite Lack of Registered Trademark
Raise Labs, Inc (“Complainant”), just won control of the domain name RaisemMe.com in a UDRP/ The US-based company did not have an US federally registered trademark. The one member panel of The…
Las Vegas NHL Owner playing a domain name game of misdirection
Las Vegas is getting an NHL (National Hockey League) team, the approval came a few months back but owner Bill Foley still can’t come up with a name. Foley went to West…
Longest Domain Escrow Ever? XND.com In Sedo Escrow For 6+ Years Just Transfers
The domain name XND.com just transferred to a new owner yesterday, someone in China. A three letter .com finding its way to China is certain not news, but what is really interesting…
The Number of .Com Domains Pass 128 Million For 1st Time According To Verisign
The number of registered .com domain names have passed 128 Million for the 1st time according to Verisign the registry for .com. According to Verisign the number of .com domain names in…
Looks Like At Least 4 Brands Paid Tens of Thousands Each To Register 6 .Shop Domain
Yesterday, September 1, 2016, was the first day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .Shop. I found six .Shop domain registrations that were made on September 1 by 4 brand-holders. It’s…
Namejet.com Reports $570K in Sales In August
Namejet.com released all of its sales for August 2016 of $2,000 or more which totaled just under $570,000. Only those domains that were paid for by August 31 were included in the…