Radix put together an infographic that took a look back at 2016 with regards to premium registrations. .Store generated the most revenue, followed by .online and .tech. Hoodie.store at $30,000 sold with a recurring premium. 1.store sold for $30,000 but was listed as a one time sale. Neither name currently resolves. Top.host which sold for $15,000 is a developed … [Read more...]
.Club Announces New Broker Program & Financing Plans For 2017: Sells Nearly $1 Million in Premium Domains In 2016
.Club announced today New Broker Program & Financing Plans for 2017, while reporting its Premium .Club Name sales for 2016 and detailed sales information for the Q4 of 2016. As for the Premium Domain name Sales for 2016: "During 2016 nearly 2,000 premium .CLUB names were sold, via auctions, through the registrar channel and aftermarket platforms, and directly by the Registry, … [Read more...]
RightOfTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Has Over $525K in Bids Above Reserve
With several days to go before the live domain name auction from Namescon over $525,000 in domains have already received bids at or above reserve at Namejet.com; meaning they will sell according to Monte Cahn President of RightoftheDot . Here is the list of the 155 domain names that hit reserve as of January 19th along with the number of bids (although all of these will not be in the live … [Read more...]
Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows For $76.7 Million Cash
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME), today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of eNom to Tucows Inc. (TCX) for $83.5 million, less a net working capital adjustment of $6.8 million, resulting in net cash at closing of $76.7 million. eNom has approximately 14.5 million domains under management and generated approximately $116.5 million in revenue through Q3 2016, primarily … [Read more...]
Namescon/RightoftheDot Auction is One Week From Today: Here Are Some Of The Most Interesting Domains
The live RightoftheDot domain name auction at Namescon will take place one week from today on January 23rd starting at 3pm PST. I would urge everyone in the domain industry or looking to get in to attend. I will be at the conference as well. As for the auction, Remote bidding will be available on Namejet.com. Unlike in years past you will be able to bid right from your NameJet account … [Read more...]
“Most Wanted New gTLD in 2017”: Sorry Guys There is Not a .China New gTLD & There Will Not Be One
A post published today in Dreamcommerce.com about new gTLD's and the article is more of a nightmare than a "Dream" The post's problems start with the title "Most wanted new gTLD in 2017" citing .China as "most wanted" new gTLD's The problem is China like all countries are not allowed to be a TLD. You could not apply for a country as a new gTLD according to the ICANN Guidebook which was … [Read more...]
FakeNews.com Vs Fake.News Both Asking Six Figures Who You Got?
Well the hottest topic of the week and one of hot issues coming out of the election season is "Fake News". The topic does not seem to be going away anytime soon We made contact in the last couple of days with the representatives of the domain name FakeNews.com as well as the new gTLD domain name Fake.News. The response I received from the representative of FakeNews.com after filling out … [Read more...]