TechCrunch.com published a great story about the money floating around in the domain industry entitled ""The silent evolution of domain names"". People in the domain space are mentioned include Rob Grant as the father of Lana Del Rey, Kevin Ham, and Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim. The story covers Godaddy's purchase of our portfolio saying they spend over $100 million in domains. The story quotes … [Read more...]
Breitbart/Gravis Poll: 71% Of US Registered Voters Oppose Obama’s surrender of Control Over ICANN
In a poll just out tonight by Breitbart/Gravis 71% of US registered voters are opposed to the transition in which the US gave up oversight over ICANN. For those in the ICANN community the poll question was less than entirely accurate. “The United States will relinquish its administrative control over the Internet to a private organization where other countries, which could include China, … [Read more...]
.US Gains Over 100K Domains On 1st Day of $.10 Registration Promotion
The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry actually sent out an email blast of the $.10 domain registration promotion. According to RegistrarStats.com; the number of .US domain names … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz talks to us about China,.Web and much much more
It's been over 10 months since Rick Schwartz has sat down and written his thoughts on domaining. I contacted Rick to ask him if he was up for an interview and he graciously obliged. Below is what I consider a post to bookmark and read a couple times over. I wanted to touch upon China, Parking, and the new gtld program. The last question will hopefully be a big help for new investors entering … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Announces $655K In Sales In September
Namejet.com has released over $655,000 in domain sales for the month of September 2016. Only domain names that sold and were paid for by September 30th, are included. Only sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report. 5 of the top 7 sales were three-letter … [Read more...]
The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled "Oversight Transition Isn't Giving Away the Internet, But Won't Fix ICANN's Problems" It's probably one of the better articles I have read on the story. "Despite several weeks of heated discussion within the United States, we haven't commented much … [Read more...]
What do you have for $100 ?
Over the summer we did a couple of posts that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $2,500 or less. With this post tell everyone what you got for $100, I know it's not a lot and no one should expect anything premium. Just a fun way to start the weekend, sell a name and go out to dinner and a movie this weekend. The post should consist of only three … [Read more...]