According to a story in The Hill today, Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly contacted a top dealmaker in the media industry within the past couple of months about creating a Trump television network. According to the story Trump is mulling the idea of creating a cable channel as his personal media company. The publication said Trump had talked about a "mini-media … [Read more...]
.Net Domain Registrations Cross The 16 Million Mark For The 1st Time
The number of domain name registrations ending in .Net crossed the 16 million mark for the first time today according to Verisign. According to Verisign the number of .Net domain names is 16,004,860. This all time high is despite over 1,000 new domain extensions being released over the last 2+ year and the fact that a .net domain name wholesale cost now just slightly lower than … [Read more...]
.LA Announces Premium Domains & The .LA Bear
Page Howe, Chief Evangelist for the .LA domain space announced the new Fall promotions Today including winning a .LA Bear and release 1K+ Premium domain names. "Join our community and win a .LA Bear. We are giving away random .LA Bears to social media likes, follows and email subscribers. Help us name our .LA Bear and win a deluxe version. Follow us on Facebook, like us on Twitter or signup for … [Read more...]
AlpNames Selling Famous Four’s New gTLD Domain Names for $.49 For Rest of 2016
According to an email we just received, the domain name registrar, AlpNames is going with a $.49 registration for domain names for Famous Four Media new gTLD extensions (non-premiums) "From now until the end of the year, ALL AlpNames customers can benefit from some of our lowest ever pricing across 16 AWESOME domain extensions. " "For just $0.49 USD each, you can register as many domain … [Read more...]
Sedo Holding Auction of Premium New gTLD’s In .Markets, .Trading, .Forex & .Broker
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...]
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...]