When the next round of new gtlds comes around, (yes there will be another round). What will be the extensions in demand? As many know Mike was involved heavily in the first round of new gtld's consulting with Monte at RightofTheDot.com. Mike and I had a conversation where he shared with me that many people have contacted him for his thoughts on the next round. The one keyword coming up over and … [Read more...]
.XYZ Announces New Buy It Now Premium Domain Tiers with Standard Renewal Fees
The .XYZ registry announced today a new Buy It Now Premium domain tier with standard renewal fees The registry’s new selection of premium domains will have $10 MSRP renewal price (each domain registrar sets it own price for domain names which can vary from MSRP). At Midnight UTC on August 1, XYZ will be releasing a new selection of premium .xyz domain names that can be purchased now and … [Read more...]
Coin.Store tops the list of first half premium sales for Radix
Radix (an advertiser of TheDomains) put out their premium report for Radix TLDs for the period 1st Jan to 30th June 2018. Coin.store was the top premium registration. A developed website out of China. Some of the key highlights of this report are: Radix crosses $1.1 Million in Premium Revenue across 1200 domains Revenue split: 51% revenue comes from new registrations and 49% … [Read more...]
Buyer of Vacation.Rentals believes the days of high priced .com sales are coming to an end
Mike Kugler is the gentleman that purchased Vacation.Rentals for $500,300. Currently the highest reported new gtld sale. Yes Gay.app has been touted as being sold for $1million. No confirmation by any source that industry participants rely on. A website by the name of AMAfeed.com did a Reddit style ask me anything with Mike. Some of the questions were about the website, others about vacation … [Read more...]
Here we go again, Gay.app sold?
Looks like .App is now getting it's first "supposed big sale" moment. Let me make clear there is no verification of this sale and it's being written about more from a what the heck? point of view. If it turns out to be legit we will find out, the organization being mentioned should want to put these rumors to bed if not true. A twitter account @domain tweeted that Gay.app sold for $1million. … [Read more...]
Google Did .APP Differently; Gets just Over 500 Registration On Day 5 Of EAP: Here’s Our Take
Google launched the new gTLD .App into the Early Access Program (EAP) this week and the results I believe are unlike any previous major new gTLD launch. .App went into day 1 of the Early Access Program (EAP) on Tuesday allowing early registration of domains for a one time extra fee. Fees as always vary by registrar but day 1 pricing was around $12,000 for the EAP fee plus the cost of … [Read more...]
Google’s New Domain Extension .APP Gets Over 1,300 Registrations On Day 4; Now Almost $3.5 M In EAP Fees
Google’s new .App domain extension is off to a huge start. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices vary by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP cost, Google’s EAP haul after 3 days … [Read more...]
