Namejet.com has released over $655,000 in domain sales for the month of September 2016. Only domain names that sold and were paid for by September 30th, are included. Only sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report. 5 of the top 7 sales were three-letter … [Read more...]
The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled "Oversight Transition Isn't Giving Away the Internet, But Won't Fix ICANN's Problems" It's probably one of the better articles I have read on the story. "Despite several weeks of heated discussion within the United States, we haven't commented much … [Read more...]
A look back at some 2009 predictions
With the U.S. giving up control to ICANN I thought it might be fun to take a look back to predictions for 2009. Michael mentioned the U.S. giving up control as #10 on the list, he also mentioned someone doing a deal with Yahoo, that took a little longer than 2009 but Verizon has acquired Yahoo for $4.83 billion. The first prediction was spot on as the case was overturned in 2009. Our … [Read more...]
What do you have for $100 ?
Over the summer we did a couple of posts that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $2,500 or less. With this post tell everyone what you got for $100, I know it's not a lot and no one should expect anything premium. Just a fun way to start the weekend, sell a name and go out to dinner and a movie this weekend. The post should consist of only three … [Read more...]
Dot Club will no longer recapture deleting names as the registry
Dot Club wrote on their blog today that they will no longer scoop up deleting .club names that they deem as valuable. The only exception being registry reserved names. Hopefully down the line they would even allow those domains to drop. The chance of getting something truly premium builds a modicum of excitement around an extension. That's the one thing I think is happening with a lot of new … [Read more...]
2016 Could be a record year for domain disputes at the WIPO
Doug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,"WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) (since there are four other service providers), but WIPO traditionally has been the most popular provider and, in any event, … [Read more...]
An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delves into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .shop domains within the first 24 hours after GA. 91 .shop domains have a DNSSEC signature. 82 out of … [Read more...]