Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. Peter Thornton told SellingUp.com, that the domain name Houses.Co.Uk is for sale but it was never actually available for £2,999. "Instead, he has … [Read more...]
Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world's largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2nd position worldwide when it comes to domain registered with new domain extensions, known as new gTLD's. A China based domain registrar, Chengdu West … [Read more...]
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That number of 40,000 words and phrases seemed to be reduced down to 12K in a Twitter post that now seems to have been deleted. Since the Domainincite … [Read more...]
.Sex is Live
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public purchase. Retail prices vary by registrar but Godaddy is charging $72 for a .sex domain name. According to ntldstats.com .Sex got just over 3,800 … [Read more...]
eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com
According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com "The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunshine State. "Since its launch last year, the company has experienced notable growth with their most recent achievement in the successful launch of … [Read more...]
3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evaluation Results. Although not mentioned in the press release the other two applicants are Afilias and Donuts. ""On Sept. 10, 2014 ICANN … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports Over $1M In Domain Sales In October
Namejet.com just published its domain name sales list for October 2015. As usual only domain sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report and only domains that were paid for by the end of the month are included. In all NameJet.com reported over $1 Million in sales in October led by 742.com at $142,000. 17 domain names sold in the five figures including 7 LLL.com domain names. We … [Read more...]