.Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it's site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the short month, 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a "very respectable Premium Name Sales total of $89,236.65. This brings the total cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB to $3,629,874.44." "During the month of February 2016 … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz Sells 997.com
Rick Schwartz has sold the three number .Com domain name 997.com for an undisclosed price. Although the price was not disclosed Rick did tell TheDomains.com that the "sale is several times larger than the largest current sale of the year." According to DNjournal.com, the top sale of 2016, as of publication is BGI.com which sold for $235,000. Rick went on to tell me; "The sale will bring … [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...]
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 and then was transferred to another Chinese buyer in October 2015, and transferred once again to another Chinese registrant in December 2015. The … [Read more...]
Domain Registration on Record Pace? Over 750K Added Yesterday Alone
Registrations of domain names seem to be going on at a record pace. Yesterday saw the number of domain registrations across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names have a net add of over 750,000 domains according to registrarstats.com "Net Add" mean its the amount of domains registered less the number of domain names deleted. The gross numbers of domain names registered yesterday were close to … [Read more...]
.Com Tops 125 Million Domain Registrations
According to Verisign (VRSN) the registry for .Com, the number of .Com registration crossed the 125 million mark in the Domain Name Base. The active zone file is just over 124 Million domain names. The active zone file does not include domain names that are not configured for use, and those in client or server hold status. At TheDomains.com when we report on .Com domain registrations we … [Read more...]
The Story Of How Harvey Levin Bought The Domain TMZ.com For $5K
The Newyorker, just published a very interesting story on the history of TMZ, including the story on how the founder of the company, Harvey Levin bought the domain name for just $5,000 back in 2005. "The site needed a name, and “Feed the Beast,” “Frenzie,” and “Buzz Feed” were all considered, according to Rowe’s notes. Then, one day, a Telepictures executive suggested “Thirty Mile Zone.” It was … [Read more...]