Sponsored by Radix Choosing a domain name is one the most complex processes when building a website, especially for a business. The domain name you choose will have a lasting impact on a business’s branding, marketing and online presence. Today, you have the option of choosing from over 1200 new domain extensions based on where you belong or what you do. There’s .TECH for … [Read more...]
With Almost 10% Of New gTLD Registrations In Upcoming Delete Status; The Peak Of 28.8M May Stand Until .Web
According to ntldstats.com almost 10% of all registered new gTLD domain names are in upcoming delete status; meaning for at least a while new G's domain name may have peaked out. On March 24, 2017 the number of new gTLD domain registrations sat at 28,854,146. As of yesterday the number is 28,818,819. However the number of new gTLD's in "upcoming delete" status is 2,738,536 which 9.50% of … [Read more...]
Radix scores with Casino.online selling for $201,250
Radix knocked one out of the park with the sale of Casino.online for $201,250. The domain was reserved by the registry and did not result in a big windfall for a domain investor. Currently the domain resolves to a holding page at Safenames. CasinoOnline.com has been registered since 1996. The domain is developed as a guide to online casinos. … [Read more...]
Minds + Machines update on current operations
Business Update and Notice of Results Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX), one of the world’s leading owners and operators of Internet Top-Level Domains ("TLDs"), reports significant continued operational progress across a number of business activities since its trading update announced earlier this year in January 2017. Update on .vip and Asian Expansion Strategy In May … [Read more...]
Popular Topic at ICANN 58 “Two-Character Domain Names in the New gTLD Namespace”
Centr.org published their report on ICANN 58 for the most part it was a lot of technical things that our readers might not be highly interested in. The one topic that might be of interest centered around the release of LL domain names that correlate to matching cctlds. Relevance to ccTLDs These discussions are highly relevant for ccTLDs, for which the release of the corresponding country … [Read more...]
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Acquires WWE.XYZ From The Registry With 4 More .XYZ Domains
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) registered WWE.xyz yesterday along with WorldWrestlingEntertainment.xyz. According to DomainTools.com, it's the first time those two domain name have been registered. In the case of WWE.xyz since it was first registered yesterday, that can only mean that the XYZ registry had it on its reserved list but never "registered" the domain since all available … [Read more...]
The new gtld discussion moves to Reddit “nTLD extensions are already failing”
It looks like the new gtld discussion has moved to Reddit, in the sysadmin subreddit. User netzvolk started things off: For those of you that are not aware, the nTLD's as opposed to the old good .com and others don't have any limitations on price increases. This means you can register .networks today for $10 and the registry can decide to charge you $1000 next year. Not only is this … [Read more...]