According to a press release out today, Domains.wine has launched a marketplace with over 1000 premium wine related domain names. "Domains.wine was created by the domain professional Braden Pollock and wine connoisseur James Bradley Williams to provide the wine industry a place to help them find the perfect wine domain. "With all the buzz about the new .wine extension, I figured that there … [Read more...]
The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060
The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH at the German registrar, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG. VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH owned the domain since at least 2007 according to domaintools.com The domain had a creation date of 02-17-2000 according to DomainTools.com, before it … [Read more...]
Radix Has Record Month With Over 760K Domain Registrations
Domain name registry operator, Radix announced today that it had a record month in February 2016, generating over 760,000 domain registrations across its domain portfolio. February 2016 was its biggest ever month ever in terms of new registrations. Lead by .online, .site, .tech, .pw, Radix saw a record number of 768,683 new registrations in the month. "The boost in registrations is a … [Read more...]
Trump is #1 Trending Keyword in .Com Registrations in February
Verisign the registry for .Com and .Net just published it's Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net domain name registrations in February. Trump ruled the .Com universe coming out as the number one trending keyword for the month while came in 7th for .Net trending keywords. For those registering any "trump" domain names be very careful. Donald Trump and his companies have brought over … [Read more...]
HA.com Announces 42 Domains For Live Auction On April 19th: Quick.com, VE.com; Sit.com
HA.com just released the 42 domain names it will be auctioning off live on April 19th in San Francisco. Bidding is now open at: http://domains.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=1230 Here is the press release we just received from Aron Meystedt of HA.com: Quick.com | This is one of the first 100 domain names ever registered on the Internet. Original registration in 1987! It’s also a perfect … [Read more...]
Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand Protection”
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
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...]