This week the new gTLD .XYZ past .US, the ccTLD of the United States, in the total number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com the number of .XYZ registration is 1,726,541 compared to .US which has 1,670.478. Keep in mind that .US, which is the country code for the United States, has been in operation for 30 years, launching on February 15, 1985. .XYZ launched on June … [Read more...]
The ICA Is Having a Coming Out Party At Namescon; Come Join US
Most of you know that I have been a long-time member and strong supporter of the Internet Commerce Association. Anyone who has had to face a UDRP, or seen the policies that are proposed at ICANN, knows that the rights of domain owners are always under threat. Fortunately a group of members from the domain industry has banded together to create the ICA to represent the interests of the domain … [Read more...]
Here is How To Bid in The Live Namescon/ RightoftheDot.com Auction
I understand this might be a little confusing but I'm trying to lay out how you can bid on the domain names in the RightoftheDot.com auction at Namescon, while the live domain name auction underway on Monday January 11th starting at 2PM PST So there are over 400 domain names in the auction, but only 125 or so will make the cut for the live auction on January 11, 2016 stating at 2:00 PM PST at … [Read more...]
.Ski Registry Removes All Reserves From The ROTD/Namescon Auction
The .Ski registry, which has some great one letter domain names like i.ski an e.ski and some natural hacks like water.ski and jet.ski has removed all reserve prices from the domain names being auctioned in the RightoftheDot.com domain auction being held at Namescon. All the domain names are now available for bidding in auction at No Reserve. Many of these domain names already have bids at … [Read more...]
Norwegian Paper Covers BY.com In Namescon Auction: Now Has $602K Pre-bid
Verdens Gang whose website is VG.no a Norwegian tabloid newspaper and was the second largest newspaper in Norway just published a story about By.com which is in the RightoftheDot.com auction at Namescon. By.com, as of publication of this postm has a high bid in pre-bidding on Namejet.com of $602,000 The original story that was written in Norwegian is here. The Google translated version of … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions for Two Weeks Total Just $2 Million; 56% are BIN
Sedo reported 648 transactions for the past two weeks totaling $2 Million Dollars 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Going forward Sedo is following Namejet.com and only reporting sales of 2K or more in any currency. The highest sale of the two weeks goes to Need.me which sold for $25,000 Highlights of public sales were: · Top .com: niuguanjia.com at 10,000 … [Read more...]
Rightside Adds Short New gTLD’s With Normal Renewals To ROTD/Namescon Auction
Rightside® (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced that it will be participating in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference that will be held next Monday, January 11th at 2PM EST. All domain names carry a normal renewal fee for the relevant extension, None carry a premium renewal fee. In keeping with the recent boom of 1, 2, and 3-character second-level domain … [Read more...]