ChopChop Domains published a video on their YouTube channel that delves into selling domains in China. The video details the adventure from March 2014 to January 2017. Besides domain names it seems there were a lot of dumplings consumed. Follow key executives from ChopChop's parent company, TLD Registry, Ltd. (and their marketing partners from .CLUB) as they spread the word about fully Chinese … [Read more...]
Company Using Hand Registered Domain in 2015 Which Dropped in 2012; Raises $6.5 Million
I just got finished reading a post in Venturebeat.com about a company named ReplyYes, which just raised $6.5 million dollars and whose website is ReplyYes.com The domain name has an original registration date in 2008 but was deleted for non-payment of renewal fees on March 27, 2012 by a former registrant. The domain sat unregistered until for over 3 years until May 12, 2015 when it was hand … [Read more...]
When hashtags and domain names collide
The hashtag #Resist and the use of the word has been trending all over Twitter and the media to protest President Trump's agenda and really picked up steam since the Grammy awards aired on Sunday. In many cases hashtags lead people to the matching .com site and in the case of Resist.com, all anti-President Trump people, as well as President Trump supporters and the rest of the world are not … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Convenience.org
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Convenience.org took the top spot at $55,000. The top .com was LXW.com at $47,011. OldCock.com for $5,000 that should be an interesting website. Partly.com at $5,900 seems like a good buy, ly continues to be a popular suffix. Domain … [Read more...]
2 Years of .Space
Radix published an infographic and some info related to the 2 year anniversary of .Space. .SPACE seems to have struck a chord with the creative bunch such as photographers, artists, bloggers and freelancers, along with coworking spaces as well as the space community. From the first nation in space - asgardia.space featured in the mainstream news, to the fashion curators on globalfashion.space, … [Read more...]
CentralNic appoints Stuart Fuller as Group Commercial Director
CentralNic (LSE: CNIC) announced today that it has named Stuart Fuller as Group Commercial Director heading up worldwide sales activities. "Mr. Fuller joins the company after eleven years at domain name retailing, corporate domain name management and brand protection firm NetNames (formerly Group NBT) where he was responsible for commercial operations for the group. His earlier career was in … [Read more...]
NAACP fails to renew Nigger.com, Domain Now On Auction At NameJet
There are names and then there are names, some are so controversial and vile that most people would never want any association with them. We wrote back in December about the uproar surrounding the domain name Retarded.com being auctioned at Namescon. Well now what is one of, if not the most offensive word in the English language, so offensive it is usually only mentioned as "The N Word" has … [Read more...]