Tag Archives: .info

Thu 16th July 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
The descending value of a .info domain name - One example of a domain name losing value. Yesterday Pizza.info sold for €2,900 in an auction on Sedo. That’s about $3,150. Unfortunately for the seller, he paid $6,180 to buy the domain name on Sedo in 2014. But hey, he shouldn’t feel too bad. Pizza.info sold for $20,452 on Sedo in 2008, according to NameBio. The value of Pizza.info has apparently dropped 85% since 2008. In real estate, the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices only consider homes that have sold at least twice. This way they ... read more ...
Wed 16th July 2014
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
There’s no such thing as a reward .Info domain name any more - The market is quickly becoming flooded with acceptable alternatives to .info (and .biz) domains. Sedo is trying to sell some of its own .info domain names in an auction right now, and takers are few and far between. The auction is called the “Premium .info Auction”, and I’ll agree that some of the second level terms are decent: inbox, carwash, slogan, grooming, etc. But why would anyone pay much for these domains? Five years ago I might pay somewhere in the ... read more ...
Thu 10th October 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Afilias .Info Domain Auction Ends On SnapNames Today & Total Bids Are Under $5K - The domain name auction of registry owned .Info domains closes on SnapNames.com in a few hours and as of time of publication bids for all 25 domain names in the auction  total less than $5,000. The auction closes at 3:15pm EST in according with SnapNames.com closing procedure. All the domains are lead by Immo.info at $1,001. Immo is the French word for Real Estate. There are application for the new gTLD .Immo. Shipping.info is domain name with the 2nd highest bid at $925 Horse.info us only at $475.  ... read more ...
Thu 18th July 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Info and .LA auctions finish this morning - Sedo and GoDaddy auctions end today starting at noon EDT. Two top level domain name-specific domain auctions end today. Sedo is auctioning off 50 .info domain names, all with reserve prices under 500 euros. The auction ends at noon EDT today. At the time of posting (10:30 AM PDT) 42 domains have bids and seven domain names have hit their reserves. The top domains so far are: Survival.info 605 EUR Reseller.info 559 EUR Nuts.info 499 EUR Souvenirs.info 499 EUR Grooming.info ... read more ...
Tue 8th January 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Afilias and Go Daddy to reason second .info auction - Second “sunrise” auction features 135 .info domain names. Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. The auction includes 135 .info domain names that were claimed as trademarks in the sunrise period, but the sunrise applications were later deemed invalid. The previous auction of over 100 domain names included cancer.info (which sold for $16,005 to an Arizona ... read more ...
Tue 11th December 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Cancer.info hits $11,000, heading .info domain auction - .Info auction attracting serious bids with three days to go. Cancer.info is leading the way at the Afilias .info auction at Go Daddy. Bidding on the domain name has reached $11,005 with 17 different bidders placing 87 bids. The auction features over 100 domain names that were claimed during the .info trademark sunrise period in 2001. The sunrise claims were later invalidated and .info registry Afilias has held the domain names ever since. Bidding on all domains starts ... read more ...
Wed 28th November 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Go Daddy to auction .info “sunrise tentative reallocation” domains - Auction features domains originally reserved during 2001 sunrise. Domain name registry Afilias is working with Go daddy to auction off over 100 domain names claimed in the .info sunrise that were later deemed ineligible. The 106 domain auction runs December 4 through December 14. The domains were originally requested during the .info sunrise in 2001. This was one of the first ever “sunrise” periods for a top level domain launch that gave trademark holders first ... read more ...
Tue 7th December 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
.Info Has Banner Year in 2010 - Registered base of .info domain names spikes in 2010. 2010 isn’t over yet, but .info registry Afilias has released its 2010 .Info Annual Report (pdf). (This is likely to coincide with the ICANN meeting in Colombia and media attention around new TLDs.) Afilias bills .info as the first “new TLD”, and it has easily outpaced its rivals in terms of registrations. At the end of September .info had 6.8 million domain name registrations. Compared to recent years, ... read more ...
Sun 25th April 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
ICANN Green Lights 1 and 2 Letter .Info Domain Names - Here comes 1.info. The ICANN Board approved a resolution granting Afilias the right to register one and two character .info domain names during its Board meeting last Thursday. .Info registry Afilias made the request in February. It plans to model the distribution of the short domain names similar to how Neustar handled the release of one and two character .biz domain names: 1. Requests for Proposal, where anyone can submit a proposal for developing a particular ... read more ...
Thu 18th February 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
One and Two Character .Info Domain Names on a Way - X.info will be available soon. .Info registry Afilias is asking ICANN to approve a plan to offer one and two character .info domain names for registration. As with other newer gTLDs, ICANN originally reserved all one and two character domains from being registered. Afilias is modeling its plan after Neustar’s launch of one and two character .biz domain names. There will be a three step process: 1. Requests for Proposal, where anyone can submit a proposal for ... read more ...
Tue 10th November 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Mortgage.info for $250? There’s a Small Catch. - Afilias release .info domain names. .Info registry Afilias is letting go of a number of premium domains that were originally reserved under its sunrise period. People claimed bogus rights to domains such as mortgage.info, miami.info, and Jesus.info. Now these domain names can be yours — if you have a good plan to develop them. Afilias is accepting applications for each of the domains, and will award domain names to applicants who have a solid plan to develop the ... read more ...
Wed 22nd July 2009
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Name News Bytes for Wednesday, Jul 22 - A brief look at domain name news. .cm, .info, and other stories worth reading. Is the .cm landrush a blight on domainers? Chad Kettner thinks so. I tend to agree. Rightly or wrongly, it’s easy for the media to point to major domain name companies supporting the .cm landrush and saying “see, they’re all cybersquatters”. I also question the amount of .cm typo traffic. Personally, I think .co is much more common. You also wonder if parking ad feed providers ... read more ...
Wed 1st October 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Afilias Accidentally Deletes .Info Domains from RGP - Registry for .info takes back domains mistakenly dropped. .Info registry Afilias accidentally deleted some of the domain names that were in the redemption grace period this past weekend. Some of the domains were snapped up by new registrants and from backorders, but those people had the domains rescinded. Afilias released the following statement to Domain Name Wire: “This weekend a limited number of names were inadvertantly released from RGP. Afilias has rescinded ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Registries Must Lobby GoDaddy for Success - GoDaddy’s power in domain registration cannot be ignored. Here’s a tip to any registries for new domains coming online in the next couple years: before you create your marketing strategy and invest in infrastructure, go cozy up with your new pal Bob Parsons at GoDaddy. Registries make money when more domains are registered as they get a typically flat fee for each domain registered. For example, VeriSign gets $6.42 for each .com domain registered. With GoDaddy ... read more ...
Tue 10th June 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Name Trivia Lands on Jeopardy - Final Jeopardy question tests contestants’ domain name knowledge. ICANN’s blog has a story about one of this week’s “Final Jeopardy” questions on the popular Jeopardy game show: “On March 10, 2003, this nation got control of the .af internet domain”. The answer is “What is Afghanistan?”. This trivia got me thinking about a few other possible Jeopardy answers for domain name trivia buffs. Most of the “questions” can be found on Domain Name Wire. ... read more ...