In their latest newsletter, Sedo gave some insight into why the Chinese are hoarding domain names. Chinese Investors are Hoarding Web Addresses Currently Chinese investors account for more than half of the ownership of all registered new gTLDs (54%). This growing trend greatly effects global trade, says Matthias Meyer-Schönherr, Vice President Business Development of Sedo.com, the … [Read more...]
Hexonet Launching Backorder Service For Dropping Donuts & Rightside New gTLD’s Domains
The domain name registrar Hexonet just announced they are starting a backorder service for dropping new gTLD domain names starting on May 1st for Donuts and Rightside strings. Prices vary by the string and domain names that have more the one backorder will go to auction Here is the announcement: HEXONET's is activating Backordering for all Donuts and Rightside TLDs (400 TLDs in total) … [Read more...]
.Tech Crosses the 100,000 Domain Registration Mark; Here’s an Infographic
Radix Registry announced today that the new gTLD domain name extension .Tech crossed the 100,000 domain registration mark. Here is an infographic published by Radix on .Tech: … [Read more...]
What’s Being Used Left of The Dot ? CSC Report Gives Examples
CSC released their new gtld utilization report for April. Using Alexa as one barometer it seems that the number of new g's in the Alexa top one million has risen by 30% since February. One of the thing the report pointed out was what is being used left of the dot. I think many believe there needs to be uniformity. WWW back in the day let less proficient users know something was a website. So … [Read more...]
Minds+Machines Rebranded Domain MMX.co Purchased For $2,200
Minds + Machines announced yesterday, it was re-branding its website from MindsandMachines.com to the domain name MMX.co. The domain name MMX.co was on Sedo weekly transaction list back in May 2015 selling for $2,200. Minds + Machines has a market cap of around £69.03 which is around $97.5 million USD. If you're wondering, the domain name MMX.com is owned by Intel but does not … [Read more...]
.Store Goes Live in Sunrise & Picks Up Over 150 Registrations On Day One
Radix, the Portfolio Registry behind .online, .tech, .space announced the launch .store which went live into Sunrise yesterday a period where domain names can be registered by Trademark Holders. On Day 1 of Sunrise, .store garnered 150+ requests from brands ranging across product categories like gameofthrones, chopard, nike, walmart, nivea, apple, google etc. Several leading brands out … [Read more...]
Six NFL/NBA players Moved their Websites to new gTLD Extensions this Month
Six NFL/NBA players announced they moved their websites to new gTLD extensions this month: AJ Hawk – Linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals New Website: TheHawkcast.Show Gordon Hayward – Forward for the Utah Jazz New Website: GordonHayward20.Life DeMarre Carroll – Forward for the Toronto Raptors New Website: DemarreCarroll5.Life Brandon Bair – Defensive End for the … [Read more...]