Big news on the registry side of the business. GoDaddy is acquiring .Club, .design and 28 extensions from Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX). .Club has seen a lot of press lately due to Clubhouse and people registering .club domain names for their club on the app. Full release here GoDaddy Registry, one of the world's largest domain registry providers, today announced that it is acquiring … [Read more...]
Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names sold in one day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not included in the tweet. Colin did provide the list. … [Read more...]
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things. They also put out a press release. Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court "Booking.com" … [Read more...]
.CLUB to postpone wholesale price increase in 2020
Last year .club announced modest price increases for their wholesale registration fees to be implemented July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021. In light of the current situation they have decided to postpone the wholesale price increase that had been scheduled for July 1, 2020.To clarify, there will not be any .CLUB wholesale price increase during 2020 at all. Jeff Sass told me, We … [Read more...]
Names.club Opens its Marketplace to .Com and All Top-Level Domains
The people over at .Club are looking to bring .com and other extensions into their Names.Club marketplace. Jeff Sass said, "We're very excited to make a much wider range of brandable and keyword domains available with 60-month Easy Payments, as we are confident paying monthly is an attractive way for businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs to build a brand on a great premium domain." I think … [Read more...]
.Club Domain Registration/Renewal Prices To Rise In 2019; 2020 and 2021
We just received this notice from Hexonet that The .CLUB Registry is going to be increasing their price of a wholesale registration each year over the next three (3) years. The first of such price increases will be July 1, 2019, when the price for .CLUB will be increased to: Reseller Price Class: $20.83 (net price: $17.50) USD/Domain/Year Premium Price Class: $18.45 (net price: $15.50) … [Read more...]
.Club releases sales data for the first 6 months of 2018
.Club released some sales data on their blog today, they sold 2,072 premium names sold via registrars during the first six months of 2018, for a total of $379,972.93. As we roll in toward the end of 2018, we took a look at our premium name sales for the first half of the year and the historical impact of our Names.club “Easy Payments” financing platform. Q1 & Q2 2018 The registrar … [Read more...]