Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and Lokal.com led the way at 40,600 Euro, ($47,822). OOTD.com was closed behind at $40,000 and RoboticProcessAutomation.com third at 22,000 Euro, ($25,914). 54 .com sales 30 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · yhxc.net at 15,000 USD · lumen.eu at 12,999 … [Read more...]
Radix Premium Domains Report – First Half 2020
Radix's Premium Domains report for the first half of 2020 is out and here is a look at some of the performance points. $1.96M in revenue; 19% growth over H2 2019New premium registrations contributed to ~50% of the total premium revenue for this period41% jump in new premium registrations vs H2 2019$996K in premium renewal revenue.TECH was the highest-grossing TLD with $360K in premium … [Read more...]
An in depth look at domain names surrounding the upcoming election
Election Domain Names Kacey C at DigitalShadows.com wrote a very ind depth article on domain names and the upcoming election. Delving into which names are being used for malicious purposes and which are just bad for a candidates brand. She looked at domain names in three different categories: Misconfigured or illegitimate sites: Typosquats that were not correctly configured when … [Read more...]
.LU to open up 1 and 2 character domain registrations
The registry for .LU the country code of Luxembourg announced they will be opening up registrations for 1 and 2 character .LU domain names. The end of 20 years of non-availability. From the release: From 31 August to 15 December 2020, through its DNS-LU service operating the national registry for .lu, the Restena Foundation is progressively opening the registration of .lu domain names with … [Read more...]
SiteTech Group Acquires New Zealand based Domains Direct
Some consolidation in the New Zealand registry space as Site Direct announced the acquisition of DomainsDirect.nz. Scoop.co.nz reported: SiteTech Group is proud to announce the acquisition of New Zealand based company, Domains Direct, who specialise in providing low cost .nz domain names. Domains Direct will continue to operate alongside SiteTech Group’s flagship cloud and infrastructure … [Read more...]
Backed by the government ‘MDBR’ Service Blocks Connections to Malicious Domains
SecurityWeek published a piece on a new domain blocking service. It's a partnership between government agencies and the private sector. The service MDBR seeks to block and report malicious domains, blocking connections to domain names deemed harmful. From the article: A new Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting (MDBR) service will help organizations improve security by preventing IT … [Read more...]
SPCM.com sold for $49,950 The beauty of finding a buyer with deep pockets
Mike Mann announced the sale of SPCM.com Purchased 10/9/12 $409, and sold for $49,950. Newer domain name investors think, wow, why? Just a chip, not pronounceable. None of that matters when you have all the most important domain dynamic in place, a deep pocketed buyer with a real name for those four letters. The buyer is ORIX Corporation, listed on the New York (NYSE:IX) Stock … [Read more...]