The two letter domain name AT.com is one of several new domain names that were added to the RightoftheDot/Namescon auction yesterday, which is opened for pre-bidding on Namejet.com. As of publication there are now 147 domain names at Namejet.com for pre-bidding. 89 domain names have at least one bid and there are 531 total bids placed. To see the updated list of domains at Namejet.com you … [Read more...]
DosGringos.com Gets Sun.Flowers From Uniregistry Under Founders Program
Uniregistry, the company behind the new gTLD .Flowers announced today that "Dos Gringos (DosGringos.com), the expert grower and supplier of sunflowers to retailers across the United States, today announced a strategic alliance with Uniregistry who acquired the domain name Sun.Flowers through the Uniregistry Pioneers Program. Sun.Flowers (www.sun.flowers), a knowledge specialist in all things … [Read more...]
3.2 Million .Com Added In Last 3 Weeks More Than Increase In All Domains in 2Q
As of today Verisign is reporting that the .Com zone file has topped 123 million domain names; 123,203,096 On October 27, 2015, three weeks ago, the .com zone file topped 120 Million for the first time and had 120,034,068 domain names. So we are looking at an increase of almost 3.2 million new .com domain names since October 27th, three weeks ago. Consider that Verisign reported in this … [Read more...]
Report: All Chinese Premium LLLL.org Domains Registered
I have received a report that all Chinese Premium four letter .org domain names have been registered. Chinese Premium domain names are those without a Vowel or the letter "v" According to registrarstats.com .Org had a net gain of over 12,000 domain registrations on Sunday which is a strong number for a Sunday but many of these were registered today as well. I'm also told that very few … [Read more...]
Drug Giant Merck Buys DogFlu.com: Had a BIN Price of $19K
The drug giant Merck just bought the domain name DogFlu.com. The domain name was listed in Afternic.com with a Buy It Now price of $19,000. The domain was owned by Frank Schilling's Name Administration according to the whois as recently as May 2015, when it switched over to privacy in August. The domain had an Estibot.com appraised value of $16,000. There is an outbreak of Dog Flu in … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Sells 4 Domains For Over $1.325M & Breaks Record (Again) For 4 Number .Com
Rick Schwartz added to his most amazing year, selling four more domain names this week for just over $1.325 million dollars. Rick, who is known as the Domain King, keeps showing why he owns that title. Included in this week's sales is 6565.com which set another record for a 4 number .Com domain name. Rick sold 9595.com for $180,000 in July, which at the time set a record for the highest … [Read more...]
Stats Spin? .London Renewal At 75.4% For Sunrise, Landrush & 1st Day Domains
The .London registry along with Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX)) announced today that the renewal rates for .London domain names "exceeded expectations by reaching 75.4%." However that "renewal rate is for a total of 38,389 names applied for during the Dot London combined Sunrise and Landrush period as well as the first day of General Availability, registered between August 19th and September 9th … [Read more...]