The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunrise so over 13,500 registrations were made on the 1st day of GA. The new gTLD is owned by Afilias and is priced around $11.99 at Godaddy for a … [Read more...]
Radix Giving Free .HOST Domains to All WHMCS Customers
According to a press release we just received Radix is giving all WHMCS clients the opportunity to register a .HOST domain name free of charge for the first year WHMCS is a leading hosting and automation solutions provider to Web Hosts worldwide. The program has garnered immense popularity with over 2000 registrations within the first 5 days itself. Matt Pugh, CEO of WHMCS is quoted as … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.8 Million In Sales For February 2016
Namejet.com has posted its February 2016 sales data . In all Namejet.com sold 287 domain names for $2k and above for a total of $2,787,626. To be included in the report the domain must have sold for $2,000 or more and have been paid and closed before the end of the month. Some of the domain names that were sold as part of the Right of the Dot auction at Namescon are included in this … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2M; 61% Were Buy It Now
Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vkn.com at 24,900 USD Top ccTLD: weltliteratur.de (German for world literature) at 14,800 EUR Top “other” TLD: backgrounds.net at 9,999 USD Domain … [Read more...]
Are Domains The New Bitcoin?
One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of domain names to commodities at least when it come to those "Chinese Domains"; ultra short domains with single, double and triple characters . According to many in the domain space, "Chinese Domains" equate their value to a commodities like Gold, Platinum, Silver, … [Read more...]
.Club To Hold No Reserve Numeric Auction on 4.CN
For the very first time, China’s prestigious domain auction platform 4.cn will be holding a dedicated auction for a single new domain extension – .CLUB. This auction will feature the highly valuable and prestigious name 8.club plus twenty four other great two number domains. ALL NAMES ARE OFFERED WITH NO RESERVES! Bidding Opens Monday March 7th and will close on a staggered basis. … [Read more...]
WOW: Uniregistry Goes To EAP Pricing Up to $28,500 For .MOM
Uniregistry is launching the new gTLD domain name extension .Mom and it's taking a whole new path a rather expensive one. Aside from the .car. .cars and .auto new gTLD's which is a joint venture between Uniregistry and XYZ, Uniregistry had avoided launching its new gTLD's with an Early Access Program (EAP), but with .Mom Uniregistry is using an EAP period and premium registration rates for its … [Read more...]