The Ireland NCP (National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises) released their initial assessment on the dispute between Crypto Currency Resolution Trust (CCRT) and Chagos Refugees GroupUK (CRG UK) against Afilias Ltd., 101domain GRS Ltd. and Internet Computer Bureau Limited. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune came out … [Read more...]
.gay Domains donations came in at over $180,000 in 2022
.Gay released a press release with regards to their giving program. The latest donation brings the total amount raised and donated close to $182K. Release: Today .gay domains announces another donation to our LGBTQ+ community beneficiaries, GLAAD and CenterLink! With the addition of this latest $13,784.93 donation, the total amount raised and donated from .gay domains is now … [Read more...]
Jimmy Wales co-founder of Wikipedia to be in person at NamesCon
NamesCon is out today with some breaking news, Jimmy Wales the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom will be doing a fireside chat. Mr. Wales certainly has seen it all when it comes to the Internet. I think this is an especially good get for NamesCon. … [Read more...]
Radix H2 2022 Premium Domains Report
Radix reported their H2 2022 Premium Domains Report. 2022 was a good year for Radix as they generated their best year ever when it comes to Premium revenue at $7.6m. … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Vital.io
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Vital.io led the way at $60,000. Lucky.me was second at 13,500 Euro, ($14,479). Betery.com was third at $12,995. 49 .com sales 26 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: February 2023
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their February domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of February 2023, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 27% shorter than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of February … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB Q4 2022 released
Verisign ( Nasdaq: VRSN) released their Domain Name Industry Brief, for Q4 2022. The fourth quarter of 2022 closed with 350.4 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.5 million domain name registrations, or 0.1%, compared to the third quarter of 2022. Domain name registrations have increased by 8.7 million, or 2.6%, year over year. From the … [Read more...]