Sedo.com, announced today its partnership with Boston Ivy domain registry for an upcoming auction of new gTLD premium domain names. The online auction, which will run from 27th October until 3rd November 2016, will mostly feature financial domain names, reflecting four of Boston Ivy’s six Top Level Domains -.markets, .trading, .forex and .broker. However the list of 45 names also includes … [Read more...]
.US Extension Tops 2 Million Registered Domains For 1st Time After 31 Years
.US has passed two million domain names for the first time since the extension was unched 31 years ago. Yes .US was launched on February 15, 1985; 31 years ago as the first ccTLD. ON the last day of the $.10 sale by the domain name registrar Uniregistry.com, .US domains had a net add of 28,000 domains making the total amount of .US domain registrations at 2,001,216. As of March of … [Read more...]
Mason Zhang Joins .XYZ As Director of Business Development For Beijing XYZ’s Expansion in China
Beijing XYZ Technology Co. LTD, the Chinese business entity and registry operator of the popular .xyz domain extension, announced today that Mason Zhang has joined the company as its first employee in China. Formerly the Chief Marketing Officer of a Chinese domain registry, Zhang now oversees Beijing XYZ’s strategic partnerships, marketing campaigns, and expansion plans in China. As the most … [Read more...]
Godaddy/ NameFind Sells Over 45 Three Character .Com’s
Godaddy/ Namefind.com continues to move a lot of inventory out of its three portfolio purchases. Yesterday we tracked over 45 three character .Com domain … [Read more...]
Tech Crunch Publishes a Great Story On The Domain Industry
TechCrunch.com published a great story about the money floating around in the domain industry entitled ""The silent evolution of domain names"". People in the domain space are mentioned include Rob Grant as the father of Lana Del Rey, Kevin Ham, and Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim. The story covers Godaddy's purchase of our portfolio saying they spend over $100 million in domains. The story quotes … [Read more...]
Breitbart/Gravis Poll: 71% Of US Registered Voters Oppose Obama’s surrender of Control Over ICANN
In a poll just out tonight by Breitbart/Gravis 71% of US registered voters are opposed to the transition in which the US gave up oversight over ICANN. For those in the ICANN community the poll question was less than entirely accurate. “The United States will relinquish its administrative control over the Internet to a private organization where other countries, which could include China, … [Read more...]
.US Gains Over 100K Domains On 1st Day of $.10 Registration Promotion
The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry actually sent out an email blast of the $.10 domain registration promotion. According to RegistrarStats.com; the number of .US domain names … [Read more...]