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Google’s New Domain .APP Gets Over 700 More Registrations In Day 3; Now Over $2.5 Million In Just Early Access Fees

May 4, 2018 by Michael Berkens

Google's new  .App domain extension looks like a big winner. After posting over 3,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was open to just to trademark holders; .APP generated over $1.7 Million in Early Access (EAP) Fees in its first 2 days and added over 700 registrations in day 3 of EAP. The prices varies by registrar but using $1,100 as a day 3 EAP amount puts Google's EAP haul … [Read more...]

Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand Protection”

March 8, 2016 by Michael Berkens

Network Solutions which stuffed .XYZ domain names into customers account for free, is at it again this time with the new gTLD .Design. Customers of Network Solutions are receiving notices that they are being given a free .Design domain, matching a domain name owned by the customer in a Network Solutions account, under the premise of "Brand Protection" using the "C" word many times; yes … [Read more...]

89 of The Top 100 New gTLD Domain Holders Are From China

March 8, 2016 by Michael Berkens

We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats.com to review the top 100 largest holders of new gTLD domain names and found 89 of the top 100 domain holders are from China. That number gets even more dramatic when you take into account that of the 11 non-Chinese largest new gTLD domain holders in the … [Read more...]

Are Domains The New Bitcoin?

March 2, 2016 by Michael Berkens

One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of  domain names to commodities at least when it come to those "Chinese Domains";  ultra short domains with  single, double and triple characters . According to many in the domain space, "Chinese Domains" equate their value to a commodities like Gold, Platinum, Silver, … [Read more...]

Rick Schwartz Sells 997.com

February 27, 2016 by Michael Berkens

Rick Schwartz has sold the three number .Com domain name 997.com for an undisclosed price. Although the price was not disclosed Rick did tell TheDomains.com that the "sale is several times larger than the largest current sale of the year." According to DNjournal.com, the top sale of 2016, as of publication is BGI.com which sold for $235,000. Rick went on to tell me; "The sale will bring … [Read more...]

.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations

February 25, 2016 by Michael Berkens

The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names registered before GA in Sunrise. Godaddy is charging $11.99 for a .Pet domain for example but there are also premium domain names like Vet.Pet … [Read more...]

UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com

February 20, 2016 by Michael Berkens

A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 and then was transferred to another Chinese buyer in October 2015, and transferred once again to another Chinese registrant in December 2015. The … [Read more...]

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