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...]
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...]
.XYZ Holding Exclusive Premium Auction of 150 Domains With West.Cn including 1.xyz
According to a press release we just received, ".XYZ is proud to announce that we have partnered with West.cn for a second time to host an exclusive .xyz premium name auction between March 16 - March 31." "Over 150 .xyz domains will be auctioned off at no reserve. "Many of these domains have never been registered before, since they were originally variably priced premium names, which renewed … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
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...]
Rightside Establishes Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China & Plans To Be Licensed in 2016
Rightside (NAME) announced today its expanded operations in China by establishing a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise (WFOE). Rightside says that there are almost 90,000 domains registered in the their portfolio of 39 new gTLD's in the Chinese market, with .LIVE, .NEWS, and .PUB being the most popular. There are currently 5.4 million new TLDs registered in China, which represents 45% of all … [Read more...]
.WS Changing 2-3 Character New Domain Pricing & Releasing All 5-20 Number Domains
Due to the recent demand for the .WS extension coming from the emerging China Domain market, Global Domains International, the operator of the .WS registry, announced today that they are changing their pricing for all 2 and 3 character .WS domain names. In December 2015, thousands of .WS domain names were registered in China. The entire 4 number Chinese Premium .WS space sold out over a … [Read more...]
Did the Other Shoe Just Drop? Chinese are Buying English Word Domains Too
Raymond published a post today on TheDomains.com, on the sales report from the first ever live domain auction at the Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit which generated some 150 million RMB in sales. The official exchange rate is 1 RMB is equal to $.15 USD so the live auction generated $22.5 Million in sales. For me the biggest news out of the auction is that … [Read more...]