According to a story which appeared in globaltimes.cn, "the Chinese government is stepping up efforts to strengthen management of the Internet with the recent drafting of an "unprecedented" regulation on Internet domain names." According to a draft regulation on Internet domain names issued by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Internet domain names with access to China … [Read more...]
.Tickets Opens Up 30K Premium Domains Through Registrars
According to a press release from Accent Media the operator of the .Tickets new gTLD, "around 30,000 premium names, such as ‘vip.tickets’, ‘cheapflight.tickets’ and ‘club.tickets’ have been made available for the first time to innovators and thought leaders, for as little as $1,500." The press release went on to claim that the domain names Broadway.tickets’ and tube.tickets "sold to industry … [Read more...]
SnivelingCoward.com Registered and pointed at Donald Trump Twitter Account
There is a post on Mediaite.com about the domain name SnivelingCoward.com being registered and pointed at Donald Trump's Twitter account. Earlier in the week there was a back and forth between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz which involved their wives. Ted Cruz called Trump a sniveling coward and to leave Cruz's wife Heidi alone. From the article: Thanks to Jason W. Taylor, a conservative radio … [Read more...]
The Reality of Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality has been a popular niche for domainers over the last few years. One of the most popular topics on Namepros. Below I have included reg stats over the last 30 days for "Virtual Reality" There was a good article on Clickz that is worth a read for those investing in the Virtual Reality niche. From the article: It’s the year of virtual reality?! The main industry … [Read more...]
Google + 5 Registries Release Domain Test: “Developers Can Test Compatibility with new gTLD’s”
Google registry released a new tool "Domain Test" which is a "tool designed to help developers test their applications for compatibility with new top-level domains (TLDs). " Domain Test was "developed by Google and launched in a partnership between Google Registry and Ausregistry, CentralNic, Donuts, RightSide, and Uniregistry. Domain Test is an open source project available under the Apache … [Read more...]
43.com & 866.com To Be Auctioned As Part of Domaining Europe Conference
According to a press release we received today, the domain name marketplace Undeveloped.com will host a unique domain name auction in cooperation with the Domaining Europe conference Undeveloped.com, which will start 24th of May and last until 31th of May. Reza Sardeha, Undeveloped's founder and CEO is quoted as saying: “We’re auctioning 150 domains including the 5 most premium domains in … [Read more...]
There are Over 2 Million .in (India) Registered Domains
There are over 2 million registered .in domain names. The IN Registry the official registry for the .in ccTLD domain extension for India has started to post registrations stats on their site showing the number of .in registered domain names. I'm told the registry put the stats up last week for the first time. As you can see the registry is reporting a number that does not seem formatted … [Read more...]