Google continues to dabble with new gtlds, the latest purchase and rebrand is their think tank solve for x. According to Wikipedia: Solve for X is a think tank project launched by Google[1] to incite collaboration to solve global issues, "X" representing a remedy.[2] The project kicked off on February 1, 2012 at a three-day convention at CordeValle Resort in San Martin, California. Solve for … [Read more...]
At Least 2 .Blog Landrush Auctions Pass $5,000
Auction for .Blog domain names that had more than one order in the Landrush period are now underway at Sedo. To participate in the Landrush auctions you would have had applied for the domain name in Landrush. I'm personally in 7 of the 36 domain names in the .blog landrush auction. Of the 7 domain auctions, two have already exceeded $5,000 with less than a day to go. Weed.blog is … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Walker.com at $90,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Walker.com was the top sale at $90,000. The domain looks to have been purchased by Walker Mowers. The domain redirects to Walkermowers.com. There were no other 5 figure sales for the week in .com. Moda.pt sold for 9,000 Euros. R.Science sold for $3,500. .COMs walker.com 90,000 USD craftplus.com 8,000 USD socialscreen.com 7,500 … [Read more...]
.SPACE becomes the choice of the first ever Space Nation Asgardia
A group of scientists launched the first ever space nation at a press conference in Paris earlier last month. Asgardia is the prototype of a free society in space. It aims to launch its first satellite in 2017 and be recognized by the UN. The official webpage of this trending space nation chose the new gTLD .SPACE for its official URL - www.asgardia.space. The website has already seen over 2.10 … [Read more...]
GoDaddy auctions maintenance will be starting on Sunday, November 13, 2016, 1:00 AM Eastern
Go Daddy posted a notice at the top of the auctions.godaddy.com page. They will be performing maintenance on Sunday at 1 am Eastern. This should just affect public auctions, so if you have any closing, know that they will be extended. Message posted: Auctions will be performing maintenance starting on Sunday, November 13, 2016, 1:00 AM Eastern Standard Time. Maintenance is expected to complete … [Read more...]
3,500 Trump .Com & .Net Domains Registered in Last 48 Hours
According to Verisign, the registry for the .Com and .Net domain names, since election day November 8th almost 3,200 .Com and 330 .net domains containing the word Trump have been registered. A lot of domains already are calling for Trump's impeachment, some are boring on criminal as threatening the President elect with violence; some are already indicating the next grounds for protest; some … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Sleek.com at $30,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and sleek.com was the top sale at $30,000. Registered in 1996 and dropped two times previously. Currently under privacy at Uniregistry. There was a handful of sales $20,000 or higher: WorkApp.com sold for $20,000 I was surprised to see a 2006 registration date, apps were not all that well know back then. Luxus.de sold for 25,500 Euros. .Org produced … [Read more...]