The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening, July 10th. Jose Rasco, CEO of dotHealth said: “As an extension, we are focused on building a meaningful space. Combined with the fact that … [Read more...]
Domain Research Group takes a look at emoji domains in .com
Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in .com. There are 233 in total, (currently emojis are unable to be registered in gtlds like com,net and org). We’re defining “emoji” very loosely here… it’s more interesting to see the wider array of weird characters in dotcom domains than to get too … [Read more...]
Post the best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less
The best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. So this post is for the best name you are willing to sell right now with a $1,000 max price. 1 name listed only. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP … [Read more...]
GoDaddy gets called out by the Daily Beast
Brian Patrick Byrne wrote an article on The Daily Beast that takes a shot at GoDaddy and their providing registration and privacy services to white nationalist sites. In an article that has to be uncomfortable for the Arizona based company. Byrne points to specific registrants and some of their actions. It's like we discussed last week with GoDaddy taking RapeKids.com down from auction. … [Read more...]
Here is a chance to win $500
We are always looking for ways that we can give our readers a chance to make money. From the sales posts, to guess where an auction will close, to the .XYZ $500 giveaway on the meaning of AYDACFU. Here is another opportunity to win $500, this one is going to be a little bit of work. This is the IDN count challenge, .XYZ would like research data on IDN's. Let's get the disclaimers out of … [Read more...]
.Africa Added Over 1,000 Domain Registrations in Landrush At A Premium Prices Since the Close Of Sunrise
The new domain name extension .Africa has added over 1,000 domain registrations since the close of Sunrise in a period known as Landrush. According to the zone file I pulled today there are over 1,000 new domain names since the Sunrise period closed on June 2nd. July 3rd started the last and cheapest phase of the Early Access program also known as Landrush, which runs through … [Read more...]
NameJet June sales led by Jingzhou.com
NameJet reported their sales for June and jingzhou.com was the top sale at $65,000. Several two character domains sold, ec.net and jc.net, along with qd.org and 02.org. QA.tv sold for $3,000. The were a lot of L-L.com domains changing hands as well. 10 in total with e-m.com leading the … [Read more...]