Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One … [Read more...]
Uniregistry is removing TopCoin from their platform
Uniregistry will be removing TopCoin, the loyalty based rewards program offered when registering domain names. Many people would always ask how they could use their TopCoins or what value they had. From their website: Topcoin is based on the belief that alternative currencies, and specifically those based on the Bitcoin protocol, will introduce creativity & lower transaction costs in … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Auctions is removing some domains listed for sale in your account
A reader sent in the following email they received from GoDaddy. Apparently certain new gtld extensions cannot be made for sale on the auction platform at GoDaddy. All the strings removed belong to Uniregistry. Dear Sir or Madam: Due to a backend change on our end, your domain listings for any domain ending in the list of domain extensions below will be removed from the auctions … [Read more...]
Uniregistry has sold 3617 domains totaling more than 29,000,000 USD in the first 8 months of 2017
Uniregistry put out a press release that breaks down the first 8 months of 2017. The company is having a solid year with over $29 million in sales on their marketplace. The number of transactions increased by more than 24% over the same time period in 2016. Average sale prices since 2011 have seen steady gains year over year, with 2017 showing some signs of moderation as the average … [Read more...]
Hum: 50K Domains Registered on The New gTLD .Realty at Uniregistry in 2 days; Almost All Under Privacy
The new gTLD .Realty which went into general availability on April 24th has 53,705 registered domain names. On the face, it seems like .Realty is off to a great start however of those 53,705 registered domains, 99.43% of them are registered at Uniregistry. The registrar with the 2nd most .Realty registrations is 101domain.com which has only 69 domain registrations. Of the 53,705 … [Read more...]
Uniregistry Implements Price Protections for Existing Registrants
Uniregistry put out a press release that they will put in pricing protection for existing registrants. The announcements about price increases upset many. Frank Schilling noted: "Creating a legacy tier of prices for inaugural registrants in our niche, premium top-level domains is technically more difficult," said Frank Schilling, Managing Director of Uniregistry, "but it's the right thing to … [Read more...]
With Almost 10% Of New gTLD Registrations In Upcoming Delete Status; The Peak Of 28.8M May Stand Until .Web
According to ntldstats.com almost 10% of all registered new gTLD domain names are in upcoming delete status; meaning for at least a while new G's domain name may have peaked out. On March 24, 2017 the number of new gTLD domain registrations sat at 28,854,146. As of yesterday the number is 28,818,819. However the number of new gTLD's in "upcoming delete" status is 2,738,536 which 9.50% of … [Read more...]