The domain name extension .Party has been losing thousands of domain name registrations a day over the last few weeks. The new gTLD domain extension .party launched in February 2015. However in May 2015, after just 5,600 domain names had been registered, Alpnames.com offered free .party domain name registrations, then offered deeply discounted .$49 registrations, taking the domain name … [Read more...]
Flippa Turns 7 and offers 2 for 1 listings
Kevin Fink posted on the Flippa Blog a buy one listing, get one listing free offer. Flippa turns 7 this week so they are giving members this opportunity to celebrate turning 7. Flippa turns 7 years old this week, and we are celebrating with 2-for-1 Auctions! For this week only, when you pay to launch any Flippa auction (Websites or Domains), you will receive account credits to launch an … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Serres.com
Over the past week, 468 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: serres.com at 30,000 USD Top ccTLD: cars.pt at 20,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: wishlist.net at 15,000 EUR .COMs serres.com 30,000 USD yuo.com 19,999 USD swarming.com … [Read more...]
.XYZ Registry Launches Searchable Domain Name Drop Tool
The .XYZ registry has released a searchable tool for dropping .XYZ domain names. You can see all the .XYZ domain names dropping today, tomorrow or those in pending delete on a drop down menu on the site. Pending delete .XYZ domain names are those that will delete up to five days out. For example as of publication there are 10,445 .XYZ pending delete domain, just over 2,000 domain names … [Read more...]
The First Month Of .VIP (infographic); 418,000 Domains; $6M+ Revenue
A new infographic was just released on the first 30 days of the new gTLD .VIP and what a 30 days it was. Over 418,000 registrations, total billings exceeded $6 million dollars, and 48 .VIP domain names have sold at auction with an average selling price of almost $23,000. The infographic has plenty of information highlighting this most successful launch which did not include any free or … [Read more...]
We Must Keep The Internet Free
Senator Ted Cruz released a video titled, "We must keep the Internet Free" Cruz addresses the U.S. giving up control of the Internet. From the transcript: 0:38 Obama wants to give that power away to an international body called I can which 0:43 would empower countries like Russia and China and around this internet giveaway 0:49 pose a great threat to our country's freedom and … [Read more...]
How Much Do You Believe ? Results
About 6 weeks ago we did a poll on how much industry participants actually believe what they hear and read. 50% was the most popular response, 25% of the 190 voters picked 50%. There were 8 voters who believe nothing, nada, zilch. At the other end of the spectrum 3 voters believe everything they read and hear. How Much of What You Read Do You Believe ? 0 - 8 votes -4% 10% - 13 … [Read more...]