I saw a full page ad in a travel magazine a few weeks ago for the website VisitNicaragua.us. It was a very nice full color ad which promoted the country as a great tourist destination. The domain name is registered to the Nicaraguan Tourism Board and whose registered address on the whois records is in Nicaragua My first thought that it is stupid domain for the official travel site of a … [Read more...]
Flashback: If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother?
Four years ago Michael asked, If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother? I’m sure this will piss off a whole group of folks who invest in .US domains, but looking through the Snapnames.com .US domain auction closing tomorrow , July 8th at 3:15pm, I couldn’t help but notice that Slots.Us is at auction with a reserve of $58,830 or roughly 1% of what the .com … [Read more...]
US Gives NeuStar New Contract To Run .US Domain Extention For Up To 5 Years
The Department of Commerce has re-awarded the contract to operate the .US domain extensions for three years with two additional one-year extension options to Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR). The .US Top Level Domain (TLD), is the official country code domain of the United States (ccTLD) "Neustar has successfully administered this critical domain since 2001, when the Department of Commerce first … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Holding its 1st Ever .US Domain Name Auction
For the very first time, NameJet is offering .US domains on our auction platform. "These exclusive domains are priced to sell at no or low reserves, between now and … [Read more...]
US Government Opens Comment Period On .US ccTLD: Contract Expires On 8/31
The United States Department of Commerce's (Department) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which administers the contract for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, “.US” (usTLD) has opened up the comment period on the contract to run the .US extension. The current contract expires on August 31, 2013. Neustar, Inc (NSR) operates the … [Read more...]
Can A Senate Candidate Be A Game Changer For The Whole .US Extension? JoeMiller.US
If you're a .US domain investor you might want to pay close attention to the Campaign of Joe Miller who is running for Senator from Alaska. Miller is a Tea Party candidate who has a slight lead in the race for the Republican Primary for Senator pending the counting of absentee voters. Why should you care about Mr. Miller's campaign if your a .US investor? Because Mr. Miller is using a .US … [Read more...]