A new infographic was just released on the first 30 days of the new gTLD .VIP and what a 30 days it was. Over 418,000 registrations, total billings exceeded $6 million dollars, and 48 .VIP domain names have sold at auction with an average selling price of almost $23,000. The infographic has plenty of information highlighting this most successful launch which did not include any free or … [Read more...]
How Much Do You Believe ? Results
About 6 weeks ago we did a poll on how much industry participants actually believe what they hear and read. 50% was the most popular response, 25% of the 190 voters picked 50%. There were 8 voters who believe nothing, nada, zilch. At the other end of the spectrum 3 voters believe everything they read and hear. How Much of What You Read Do You Believe ? 0 - 8 votes -4% 10% - 13 … [Read more...]
Donuts Offers To Buy All Of Rightside new gTLD’s For $70 Million Cash
Donuts Inc., publicly announced its interest in acquiring Rightside Group, Ltd.'s (NAME) entire registry of generic top-level domains (gTLDs, also known as domain extensions) and related assets for $70 million in an all-cash deal. According to a press release out today, Donuts said "this move is in keeping with Donuts' stated strategy of expanding its selection of not-com domain extensions, … [Read more...]
Clinton Campaign Attacks Trump Using a .Biz
To go after Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and how he would handle the economy, the Clinton campaign has rolled out the ArtofTheSteal.BIZ. A play on words from the famous Trump book the Art of the deal. Apparently the site will be updated on a regular basis. The first issue looks at how Trump would have fared if he just invested in an index fund vs what he has done. Donald … [Read more...]
Wow: 20 Year Old Domain Name WorldTradeCenter.com Lost in UDRP
The domain name WorldTradeCenter.com, was lost in a UDRP along with WorldTradeCenter.net. The one member panel decision was handed down by the On-line ADR Center of the Czech Arbitration Court (CAC). The complainant is the World Trade Centers Association, Inc, who was represented by RODENBAUGH LAW. The domain WorldTradeCenter.com was registered on November 2, 1996 and owned is Earth Plaza … [Read more...]
Rightside Hits 52 Week High on 10X It’s Average Volume
Share of Rightside (NAME) hit a 52 week high today on big volume. Shares closed at $9.31 + $.23 as shares hit a 52 week intra-day high of $9.51 on 265,271. The 90 moving average daily volume is only 23,497 The market cap of Rightside at today's close is 178.75 Million. The 52 week low of Rightside is 6.05. There appears to have been a trade for 200,000 shares during the day. A … [Read more...]
Verisign 10 Top Trending Terms For May: .Net in .Com; & .Net in .Net: Trump Scores Again in Both
Verisign released today it's Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in May. Interestingly "Net" to the left of the dot was number one in .Com and Net to the left of the dot was number one for .net domain names as well. "Trump" continues to be a trending term for both .com and .net as it has been for several months Here are the top 1o: … [Read more...]