Monday saw three big country code sales with Perfectos.be leading the way at $51,270. This is the biggest reported sale for the Belgian cctld. Namebio has 803 recorded sales totaling $2.1 million. Think.ai sold for $27,525 at Whois.ai. This is the fourth highest reported .ai sale of all time. 3377.cc expired and closed at $22,472 […]
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Countries consider their country code a natural resource
Wired published an article titled, “The Digital Colonialism Behind .tv and .ly” The story deals with country codes starting with .nu. It seems the news driving the story is the lawsuit regarding .nu the country code for the South Pacific island of Niue. I did not know all the history behind .nu, I knew it […]
Continue ReadingIf you can’t beat .com, join .us!
Reading Time | 8 Minutes With almost 400 million domains registered worldwide, there is no shortage of decent domain name registrations, especially with 1400+ new domain extensions to choose from and a speculation of more to hit the market beyond 2020. There are approximately 145 million .com domains (~35%) registered worldwide. Most people will likely […]
Continue Reading.Co.uk dominated cctld sales in 2016
Taking a look back at country codes in 2016, the same players were at the top. Year in and year out .de and .co.uk normally top the sales charts by volume. In 2016 as reported by DNJournal.com, there were 16 .de sales and 15 .co.uk sales. The Dutch extension came in third with the .nl […]
Continue ReadingDot CC credible with some end users but adoption puzzling
The performance of .cc has surprised me. In my July 15 post, I analyzed domain extensions used by the best rising stars in the internet world of China. What I correctly expected was the dominance of .com and .cn. What I didn’t expect was the appearance of .cc on the stage. In fact, this extension […]
Continue ReadingBenin and St Helena Need to Think About Getting in the China Game
There are a few countries that should change how they do things and get in the game of repurposing their cctld. I am talking about Benin and the island of St Helena. These two countries are fortunate enough to possess the .BJ and .SH country codes. With .Ws looking to refresh their brand and focus […]
Continue ReadingWith The Spotlight on .io Is it time to buy or sell ?
While much of the talk has been about new gtlds, a once obscure country code domain has really caught fire over the last year. The .io extension has become a hot topic of debate and speculation lately. Even Google keyword searches have seen a spike up for .io extension. First things first, the .io is […]
Continue ReadingTop 100 Country Code Sales in 2014 – The Year of .CN along with a strong showing from .Ca – .Me was A no show
A look at Country Code Sales in 2014 It was the year of .cn when it came to country code sales in 2014. The .cn extension took 7 out of the top 10 sales in 2014, including the top 3. In contrast .cn only had two entries in the 2013 top 100. There was one […]
Continue ReadingCountry Code Sales Up for the week on the strength of two Chat related names
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. Aug 4, 2014 – Sun. Aug 10, 2014 Chat domains dominated this week as Chat.fr and Chat.de accounted for over half the total sales volume. Social-Media.de also sold for five figures. There were 57 sales this week that totaled $345,118 vs $248,056 last week The top three extensions […]
Continue ReadingCountry Code Sales Up From Last Week Led by Training.com.au
Country Code sales for the week: Mon. July 28, 2014 – Sun. Aug 3, 2014 Strong week for the Australian extension and Mexico takes two out of the top five spots. The interesting fact about the top sale this week is that the Australian government forgot to renew the name. There were 60 sales this […]
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