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...]
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...]
Dot Club Domain Contest – Domain #3
Today is the third domain in the Dot Club contest giveaway. The domain is valued by Dot Club at more than $500, you want to use the list at http://nic.club/availability/ to help you come up with the correct answer. Yesterday the domain name Sightseeing.club was won by Bobby. Today’s clue provided by the registry is “It Fits” The first person to post the correct answer in the comment … [Read more...]
Dot Club Domain Contest – Domain #2
Today is the second domain in the Dot Club contest giveaway. The domain is valued by Dot Club at more than $500, you want to use the list at http://nic.club/availability/ to help you come up with the correct answer. Yesterday the domain name Scoop.club was won by Tim. Today's clue provided by the registry is “On Tour” The first person to post the correct answer in the comment section will … [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...]
Dot Club Domain Contest – Domain #1
Today is the first domain in the Dot Club contest giveaway. The domain is valued by Dot Club at more than $500, you want to use the list at http://nic.club/availability/ to help you come up with the correct answer. The clue provided by the registry is "You could use a spoon..." The first person to post the correct answer in the comment section will be the winner. The registry is channeling … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Store Winds Up With 1st day Total Of 22,682
The new gTLD .Store went into general availability (GA) yesterday by Radix, where it could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis. After the 1st day of GA including the 600+ registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those domain name registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program, .Store wound up with 22,682 domain names. .Store which has premium registration and … [Read more...]