.Fit which launched into General Availability yesterday by Minds + Machines wound up with 1,269 domain names including selling some of those premium domain names we talked about yesterday. .Fit had less than 75 domains registered during the sunrise period by trademark holders so basically picked up 1,200 registrations yesterday. It appears trademark holders went in and picked up at least 8o … [Read more...]
.Video Hits EAP Today & 85% Of All Premiums Are Priced at $200 or Less
.Video is entered the Early Access Program (EAP) today (day 1) and based on the volume of Sunrise registrations and search data it would seem to be a pretty hot new gTLD. We counted some 460 domain registrations by trademark holders in the Sunrise period which is one of the largest to date. Beyond the number of Sunrise registrations the registrations themselves are telling The CBS family … [Read more...]
.Fit Launches Today: Here’s Our Picks For The Best Domains But They Are Not Cheap
The new gTLD .Fit is launching into general availability today and thought I would let you know my top picks because I won't be registering any of them. .Fit seems to be a limited extension when it comes to natural terms as Fit is falling on the wrong side of the dot. However I did find some good domain names that are naturals,with .Fit, the problem is they are pricey in my … [Read more...]
Godaddy Ends Sponsorship Deal With Danica Patrick No. 10 Team After 2015 Season
According to sbnation.com, GoDaddy will no longer sponsor Danica Patrick, No. 10 team following the 2015 season, however she will remain a Godaddy spokeswoman. But after the 2015 season we won't be seeing Danica in the Godaddy Green car SBNation reports: "The move comes as Patrick is in the final season of her contract with SHR, though both sides have openly said they would like to … [Read more...]
ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the next round, and fix the problems that the Independent Review Proceeding (IRP) admitted were present in the Applicant Guidebook "The ICANN Board … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 million led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: pax.com at 200,000 USD Top ccTLD: 1.am at 6,500 USD Top “other” TLD: restaurant.info at 14,300 USD 4 new gtld sales made the sales report, Entrepreneur.Business was the top sale at … [Read more...]
DOMAINfest Is Back; Returns To Europe in June
Introducing DOMAINfest 2015 Sofia! The teams at NamesCon and DomainForum are happy to announce DomainForum and DOMAINfest Sofia, which will be held June 1-3, 2015, marking the exciting return of DOMAINfest to Europe. Having already operated a number of widely … [Read more...]