Hello Friends, I have had a long and fruitful relationship with the .TV extension. In 2010, I sold an online swimwear business which I had launched in 1996. Shortly thereafter I started registering .TV domain names, after Verisign’s pricing metamorphous. My swimwear business featured video clips of runway shows as early as 1999. I believed […]
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Verisign Trending Keywords for March, Trump makes the list once again
Verisign released their top trending keywords for March and Presidential hopeful Donald Trump found his name on the Top 10 once again. Building was the top .com keyword and chin was tops for .net.
Continue ReadingPart Time Perspective – Dominic Belley
Welcome to our new series “Part Time Perspective” a look some of the people who do domaining on a part time basis and juggle it with everything else. There are so many stories on the big time players that we thought it would be nice to shine some light on those that you would have […]
Continue ReadingWould you pay for a daily domain list ?
Shane Bellone proposed an idea on Namepros about domainers paying for a daily domain list. Shane is going to list 250 domains daily and promises they will be of high quality. Currently the vote is 18 Yes and 48 no. Shane points out a value by not having to pay for subscriptions as he gets […]
Continue Reading789.cn sells for 1.7 million yuan ($261,120)
The domain name 789.cn was sold according to a post on Ename.cn in June 2015 was seized by investors Ouyang, when the specific amount of the transaction were not disclosed. And last night, the price of 1.7 million yuan domain 789.cn. Three consecutive letters are always a favorable pattern and congrats to the seller on […]
Continue ReadingTechnically Your Bid is Binding Til The Auction Completes
When bidding on auctions at Go Daddy most are under the assumption that when the auction closes their bid responsibility ends. In a recent Namepros thread that dealt with buyer’s remorse, members shared different experiences with certain auctions they participated in. One member stated that three days after an auction ended they were sent an […]
Continue ReadingDN.com is back up
DN.com caused quite a stir by going offline and leaving many to wonder what was going on. They just made an announcement on Namepros that the website is back up. Cynthia posted the following: The good news is www.DN.com is now accessible again! We sincerely apologize for all the problems caused in the last three […]
Continue ReadingA Domain Name Map of The World
Wired.co.uk published an article that included a map of the world ( courtesy of Nominet) which focused on domain extensions. The story spent a lot of time on .TK the cctld of Tokelau being the largest spot on the map. With more than 31million regs it leads all extensions. Of course they are free. From […]
Continue ReadingMany ordinary Chinese citizens remain enthusiastic about investing in domain names
The topic of domain names was covered on CRIEnglish.com China Radio International’s English Service is one of CRI’s most important divisions. The article looks at how the average citizen is getting interested in domain names. Colin Campbell of Dot Club was quoted From an insider’s perspective, Colin Campbell thinks Chinese investor’s preference for short, numeric […]
Continue Reading“The more someone has to type, the less likely they are to go to the domain”
Dr. Thies Lindenthal formerly of Sedo and now a lecturer at Cambridge University, wrote a paper titled, Monocentric Cyberspace: The Primary Market for Internet Domain Names, There is some interesting data and Lindenthal does touch on new gtlds as well. Alexis Kramer gave some analysis and key takeaways. For Lindenthal, having to type out a […]
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