According to a press release we just received, ".XYZ is proud to announce that we have partnered with West.cn for a second time to host an exclusive .xyz premium name auction between March 16 - March 31." "Over 150 .xyz domains will be auctioned off at no reserve. "Many of these domains have never been registered before, since they were originally variably priced premium names, which renewed … [Read more...]
New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
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...]
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...]
.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names registered before GA in Sunrise. Godaddy is charging $11.99 for a .Pet domain for example but there are also premium domain names like Vet.Pet … [Read more...]