Verisign There are 271 Million Domains In The World .Com/.Net Up 5% in 2013 - VeriSign, Inc. VRSN just issued the 2013 fourth quarter Domain Name Industry Brief reporting that five million domain names were added to the Internet in the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 271 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Dec. 31, 2013.
The increase of five million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.9% over the third quarter of 2013.
Worldwide registrations have grown by 18.5 million, or 7.3%, year over ... read more ...
Monthly Archives: April 2014
Wed 9th April 2014
$448,551 in Sales during Heritage Domain Auction – LK.com Leads a way - There were 99 lots on the block today at Heritage Auctions. 28 lots sold with the top lot being LK.com at $287,500 (15% Buyer’s Premium). After LK.com, GunParts.com was the second highest sale at $57,500. 3 letter .com domains were certainly popular as they made up 9 of the 28 sales.
I thought the auction moved really quick, maybe too quick.
Here are the sales (All figures include the 15% Buyer’s Premium) :
CardBroker.com, $575.00 Sold to HA.com/Live
GunParts.com, $57,500.00 ... read more ...
LK.com Hits Reserve during $250K As Heritage’s Domain Auction Gets Set To Start - The domain name LK.com has hit its reserve price of $250,000 and will sell in the Heritage Auction, Domain name auction that will be starting in just a few minutes at 3:30pm EST
Raymond will be live blogging the results on the Twitter account @hybriddomainer and will be posting the results here on TheDomains.com as well.
I’m told two domain names have been pulled from the auction DEC.com and Digital.com which will be in the next HA auction.
Other domains have hit reserve and will sell including ... read more ...
According to one start adult they indispensable to pierce to a .com - There has been a lot of discussion about start ups embracing the new gtlds, it was the choices they needed, that they want to keep their original company name and not have to change just to get the .com. I believe that is true for some, and they will embrace it. There are still many that believe .com is where it’s at.
Today we get another example that will make the .com only camp happy, Moot has rebranded itself to Muut. The company did a post on their blog discussing the transition and it was ... read more ...
BitCoin Mining Maybe Slowing Down and a First BitCoin ATM Comes To Capitol Hill -
According to an article on Business Insider, BitCoin mining is slowing down.
From the article:
Dan Murtha, co-founder of MinerSource.net, a bulk buyer and distributor of mining hardware, KnC’s announcement is a sign Bitcoin mining rig power may be plateauing.
But for Murtha, it’s clear there’s not much more room to go in terms of engineering ultra-small — and therefore ultra-powerful — computer chips, despite the incredible leaps Bitcoin mining engineers have made to this point. It’s ... read more ...
Uniregistry Statement On Pre-Registrations Of Its New gTLD’s - Uniregistry placed a statement on its site last night about Pre-Registrations clarifying that Uniregistry doesn’t offer them:
“””Over the next year, Uniregistry will be rolling out new top-level domains at a steady pace. We are truly excited by the interest in our domain names, and we know that many of our current and future customers share this excitement.
Many times, however, the excitement over new domains leads to disappointment, as registrants who have “pre-registered” their favorite ... read more ...
Uniregistry Statement On Pre-Registrations Of Its New gTLD’s - Uniregistry placed a statement on its site last night about Pre-Registrations clarifying that Uniregistry doesn’t offer them:
“”"Over the next year, Uniregistry will be rolling out new top-level domains at a steady pace. We are truly excited by the interest in our domain names, and we know that many of our current and future customers share this excitement.
Many times, however, the excitement over new domains leads to disappointment, as registrants who have “pre-registered” their favorite ... read more ...
Can VeriSign Move Higher In 2014? -
VeriSign is the world’s largest provider of registry services for .com and .net domain names. The company has a market capitalization of $6.74 billion and generated revenues of approximately $965 million in FY13. VeriSign administered a total of 127 million .com and .net registrations and renewals last year, capturing a 47% share in the global domain registry market in 2013. Gross profit margins for VeriSign stood at 81% for the recently concluded fiscal 2013, expanding ... read more ...
Public Interest Registry report shows continued growth for ‘.org’ registrations -
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As Apps Rise, Are Domain Names The Next AM Radio? - Despite a deluge of seminars, conferences, newsletters, blogs
and email reminders over the past year or so, many companies and
public figures are just waking up to the reality of the massive
expansion of the Internet domain space taking place today. The
familiar .com, .org and .net extensions are being joined by a
veritable army of new "gTLDs" (generic top level
domains), likely over 900, spanning every industry (e.g.,
.technology, .plumbing, .photography), profession (e.g., .actor,
.lawyer, .florist), ... read more ...
Donuts Rolls Out 34 More Domain Names in April -
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BELLEVUE, Wash., April 8, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donuts Inc., the largest registry for new generic ... read more ...
Go Daddy/Afternic Sells $2million in domains for a week - GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 3/31/14 – 4/6/14.
Total domain sales for the week summed to $2,042,237
The top sale was TailLights.com at $39,200, the domain was registered in 2001 and currently does not resolve. For .us fans Taillights.us dropped and is currently available.
Awesome.de sold for $10,000 and was the top non – com sale.
In thee it matters what the buyer needs department, there was a NNN.net (934.net $1200) sale that sold for only $50 more ... read more ...
Verisign: 271 million domain names registered -
Universe of registered domain names slowing ticking upward.
Verisign has resumed publishing its Domain Name Industry Brief, a report it used to publish quarterly.
The company reports (pdf) that there were 271 million domain names registered as of December 31 across all top level domain names. That’s a 1.9% increase over the previous quarter and 7.3% for the year.
This number includes free .tk domain names. The Tokelau country code domain name is the most-registered ... read more ...
Best WHOIS email address. Ever. -
One domain owner is making a clear statement with his email address.
I was going through Afternic’s weekly sales list to prepare this week’s end user sales list when I came upon a very long email address in a WHOIS record:
Do_not_contact_unless_6_figure_offer(at)ImmersiveGames.com *
Well, that’s one way to prevent lowball offers!
The email address is on the whois record for ImmersiveGames.com, which just sold on Afternic for $1,200. As best I can tell from reviewing ... read more ...
Last chance: greatfully take a 2014 Domain Name Wire Survey -
Survey closes next week.
The Domain Name Wire survey will officially close on April 15. If you haven’t taken 5 minutes to complete it yet, I’d appreciate you doing it today.
This year’s survey is different from the past 8 years. The survey asks about the domain business, domain parking, registrars, etc., but without asking you which ones are your favorite.
As a result, companies aren’t stuffing the ballot box this year. The upside is that I am seeing a lot ... read more ...
How domain registrars and merchants accept Bitcoin but banking risk -
Several companies make it easier to accept digital currencies with reduced risk.
I’ve always wondered how companies like Overstock.com and NameCheap.com accept bitcoin payments while avoiding the risk of an exchange dying (e.g. Mt. Gox) and currency fluctuations.
I got the answer last week when I ran in to Jessica Besseling at DomainFest.
Besseling formerly worked for DomainSponsor and DDC.com, and now she’s Sr. Director of Business Development for GoCoin.
GoCoin ... read more ...
Another 0-for-18 with new TLDs -
I tried to register 18 new domains today. I failed once again.
Five more of Donuts’ new top level domain names revert to standard pricing today — .florist, .solar, .coffee, .house, and .international.
I came up with 18 domains that I thought might be worth registering in these new extensions. Regrettably, I went 0-for-18.
Perhaps I’m not being creative enough. I’m admittedly coming up with domain ideas that many others would think of, too. But the results ... read more ...
Tue 8th April 2014
Gab.com Sells For $200K on Sedo - The domain name Gab.com just crossed the Sedo sales wire as being sold for $200,002 on Sedo.com
The domain name is now in escrow at Sedo.
However the domain is already resolving and looks like the new owner has big plans for the domain
A few years ago the domain was the site for the Greater Atlantic Bank but the domain seems to have changed hands a few times in the last couple of years.
We congratulate the buyer and seller.
Nice name
Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Uniregistry Gets 300+ Sunrise .Gift Registrations As J&J Goes In Heavy But Don’t Buy Me These - Uniregistry’s new gTLD .Gift has over 300 Sunrise applications which is pretty impressive as Johnson Johnson went in pretty heavy to protect many of their products in an extension not usually associated with “gifts”.
Here are some of the more interesting .Gift Sunrise domain registrations:
acclarent.gift
actifed.gift
acuvue.gift
amazon.gift
anthropologie.gift
arizonastate.gift
arizonastateuniversity.gift
asp.gift
audible.gift
autozone.gift
aveeno.gift
babycenter.gift
babycentre.gift
baignoire.gift
ballonbleu.gift
band-aid.gift
bandaid.gift
baumeandmercier.gift
bebe.gift
benadryl.gift
benadryl.gift
bengay.gift
benylin.gift
biafine.gift
biosensewebster.gift
bmw.gift
booking.gift
cabochon.gift
cada.gift
calibredecartier.gift
cam4.gift
canvasprint.gift
captivedecartier.gift
carefree.gift
careinspirescare.gift
caressedorchidees.gift
cartierdamour.gift
cartierdelune.gift
cartiernaturellement.gift
celebrations.gift
chanel.gift
choo.gift
chopard.gift
chrome.gift
cilag.gift
classima.gift
cleanandclear.gift
clifton.gift
cordis.gift
davinci.gift
daymatic.gift
declaration.gift
depuy.gift
desitin.gift
diamantslegers.gift
discount.gift
dollarshaveclub.gift
doublesplit.gift
doublesplit.gift
dunhill.gift
entrepreneur.gift
f-1.gift
f1grandprix.gift
f1racing.gift
f1racing.gift
fire.gift
formula1.gift
goldcrown.gift
goyard.gift
guitar-center.gift
guitarcenter.gift
hallmark.gift
hallmarkcards.gift
hallmarkgoldcrown.gift
hampton.gift
happybirthday.gift
healthsimple.gift
hilfiger.gift
holiday.gift
home.gift
imodium.gift
industrie.gift
intuit.gift
jackdaniels.gift
jaeger-lecoultre.gift
jaeger-lecoultre.gift
jandj.gift
jimmychoo.gift
jnj.gift
johnson-johnson.gift
johnsonandjohnson.gift
johnsons.gift
johnsonsbaby.gift
johnsonskids.gift
k-y.gift
lactaid.gift
lancel.gift
lange.gift
lego.gift
lifescan.gift
linea.gift
listerine.gift
lubriderm.gift
luxury.gift
markmonitor.gift
merck.gift
microsoft.gift
mini.gift
mitek.gift
mobile.gift
monticello.gift
neosporin.gift
neutrogena.gift
next.gift
nicoderm.gift
nicorette.gift
nomoretears.gift
online.gift
overseas.gift
own.gift
panerai.gift
pasha.gift
pashadecartier.gift
patrimony.gift
pepcid.gift
photo.gift
polo.gift
polysporin.gift
portofino.gift
qvc.gift
ralphlauren.gift
reverso.gift
roc.gift
rogaine.gift
rogerdubuis.gift
samsung.gift
santos.gift
saxonia.gift
sinutab.gift
southerncomfort.gift
splenda.gift
standard.gift
standardbank.gift
starwalker.gift
statefarm.gift
statefarmbank.gift
sudafed.gift
summit.gift
tank.gift
tiffany.gift
toledo.gift
tommy.gift
topgun.gift
trinity.gift
tucks.gift
tudor.gift
tylenol.gift
vacheronconstantin.gift
vanguard.gift
vente-privee.gift
vente-privee.gift
visa.gift
visine.gift
winner.gift
zappos.gift
zyrtec.gift
If ... read more ...
150 NNN.Asia Domains Hits NameJet.com Including 888.Asia & 777.Asia - Namejet.com just started a featured auction of 150 NNN.Asia domain names.
The domain names can currently be backordered on NameJet.com
The domain name auctions close between May 1st and May 4th
As we all know buyers in China love numbered domain names and I would expect a lot of these to sell with minimum bids set at $69.
Most of these domain are being offered to the public for the first time by .ASIA and Right Of The Dot
There are more than 500,000 .ASIA names already registered to date.
In addition, ... read more ...
Le dieci migliori strategie di tutela del brand on line - Di Jerome Sicard, Regional Manager, Southern Europe di MarkMonitor®
L’espansione e l’incalzante evoluzione di Internet ha determinato un aumento dei rischi per la reputazione dei brand e per i profitti. Nel mondo digitale, l’impatto derivante dall’abuso dei brand è immediato ed esteso. In MarkMonitor abbiamo stilato le seguenti strategie per il 2014, che dovrebbero essere basilari nel valutare un potenziamento del programma di tutela del brand delle aziende.
1. La nuova realtà: il ... read more ...
Another sunrise, another new beginning. New gTLDs delegated and set to … -
New to the delegation pool
ICANN delegates new gTLDs daily, which keeps trademark owners on their toes. Since our last blog article, new gTLD delegations include:
.gop
.ryukya
.yokohama
.rest
.saarland
.consulting
.vodka
.haus
.cooking
.moe
.rodeo
.country
.商城(xn--czru2d) – Chinese for “mall”
.horse
.fishing
.vegas
.miami
.archi
.black
.ren
.meet
.sohu
The most recent additions will join the growing list of gTLDs that can begin their Sunrise periods. ... read more ...
BUSINESS-Tutela brand: il decalogo di MarkMonitor -
MarkMonitor, azienda esperta nella brand protection, ha stilato un decalogo di suggerimenti rivolti alle aziende per aiutarle a salvaguardare la propria reputazione e il business dai pericoli che derivano da internet. Dal lancio dei nuovi gTLD a come muoversi sui mercati asiatici, a un corretto uso dei social media per la promozione del proprio brand alla business intelligence aziendale, le strategie proposte portano le aziende a riflettere sull'importanza della protezione del brand online. ... read more ...
Who Are the Major New gTLD Applicants and… (Part Six: Starting Dot) -
...what is their approach to bringing new domain names to the market?
Starting Dot ("SD") is a French new gTLD applicant which applied for five strings: .ARCHI, .BIO, .DESIGN, (which has been withdrawn) .IMMO and .SKI. It is the only French applicant to have applied for several open new gTLDs. Some French brands have applied too but as closed Top-Level Domains.
The "Who's who" of Starting Dot
"The Grand Architect": the mind behind Starting Dot is Godefroy Jordan. Not only is he the person ... read more ...
ID.me Raises Another $10 Million In Funding - According to a press release just out, “ID.me, Inc., a 2013 WSJ “Startup of the Year” finalist and leader in the digital identity space, completed a Series A fundraising round of $10 million led by USAA, Silicon Valley Bank, and notable angel investors including David Tisch’s Box Group, Kelly Perdew, K Street Capital, and Blu Venture Investors.
The D.C.-based technology startup will use the capital – consisting of $7.5 million in equity and $2.5 million in venture debt – for marketing ... read more ...