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According to Colin Campbell, the CEO of .CLUB, they hit a first day renewal rate of 74.98%. General availability for .CLUB was May 7th, 2014. About 26,000 .CLUB domains were registered on the first day. I think this is great news for the .CLUB registry. It’s still too soon to tell, but it is at …
Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner for Presidential candidate, is making headlines in the domain industry today. Business Insider revealed that his company, Trump Organization, owns tens of thousands of domain names. Initially when hearing that Trump owns thousands of domains, you would have assumed that he was a big-time domain investor. However, after reading the interview with …
I was pretty surprised to see a news story like this… Google has decided to restructure its company and as a result have created a parent company called Alphabet. According to Larry Page of Google, Alphabet is: …mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a …
Google Restructures and Forms New Company Called Alphabet: ABC.XYZ Read More »
In July 2015 Neustar, Inc. announced the acquisition of Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd (Bombora). Neustar is an industry-leader real-time provider of cloud-based information services. They are dedicated to creating and operating complex data registries, as well as data-driven insights to help their clients make real-time business decisions. Neustar’s acquisition of Bombora was completed for approximately …
Here’s bad news for those of us who regularly used GoDaddy coupon codes to save on domain registrations. Unfortunately, GoDaddy has changed the way they accept coupon codes. Gone are the days when you could use multiple coupons for $0.99 or $1.99 .COM registrations. Now, each GoDaddy account is limited to only one coupon usage …
On July 8 2015, Chris Pearson lost the legal battle against Automattic Inc for the ownership to the domain name: Thesis.com. For those of you that don’t know who Chris Pearson is, he is the founder of DIYThemes – most notably known for the premium WordPress theme called Thesis. On the other side of the …
Automattic Inc Retains Ownership of Thesis.com Despite UDRP Filing Read More »
FYI… Public Interest Registry (pir.org) is raising the prices on .ORG domains by 10% come August 1st 2015. This new pricing will hit all registrars, and will affect new registrations, transfers, and renewals. If you have a bunch of .ORG domains in your portfolio, you may want to consider renewing them now before the new …
I haven’t logged into NamePros forum for a couple of days, but today I noticed that they added a new domain sales category called “Liquid Domains.” This update came as a result of suggestions from numerous members requesting that a new category be added to specifically accommodate short domain auctions. These short domains are sometimes …
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There are new ICANN guidelines being proposed by MarkMonitor and others which may take away your rights to Whois Privacy services. For those of you who do not know what Whois Privacy is, it is a service offered by most registrars which allow you to keep your personal information private when someone is performing a domain Whois …
Whois Privacy May Be at Risk if this New ICANN Rule Passes Read More »
Wow! Flippa has just acquired Domain Holdings Group, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Domain Holdings is one of the top premium domain brokerages in the industry. Last year, they did about $31 million in sales. This acquisition makes Flippa a formidable opponent against aftermarket giants like GoDaddy and Sedo. According to Mark Harbottle and John Ferber, the founders of …