That’s right $1,000 a year. Joe Styler posted a thread on Namepros about the ICANN comment period regarding Verisign increasing prices on .com. Namepros member Keith who is an active domain investor took a contrarian approach if he was not trolling everyone. Keith left two comments An interesting take, $1,000 a year would be ridiculous […]
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What do you think a single letter .com is worth?
Kudos to Elliot Silver on getting the full scoop on X.com being acquired by it’s original owner Elon Musk. Someone asked me, “where I thought the remaining 23 one letter .com would sell for in an auction environment, with no reserve?” Z.com is the only sale we have to go on currently. That domain sold […]
Continue ReadingAn eventful week and a time for domainers to analyze their portfolio
By: RH It was an eventful week with the "big reveal" by ICANN. Applications for a .mango, a .apple and a .orange. I am surprised there was no .banana,(although there was one for bananarepublic) because it certainly was bananas this week in the domain industry. People are already getting hyped up about the situation. People […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: Ethics fight over domain names intensifies
By: RH The New York Times ran a piece about the continuing frustration some have with ICANN. From the article: PARIS — A boardroom dispute over ethics has broken out at the organization that maintains the Internet address system after its most important supporter, the United States government, reproached the group for governance standards said […]
Continue ReadingSenator questions the ethics of ICANN
Wyden raises internet bias question on domain names September 22, 2011 Wyden Calls for Ethics Rules to Prevent Revolving Door for Internet Domain Name Regulators By Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release Washington, D.C. – As the online community prepares for a massive expansion in potential domain names and the expiration of the contract with the […]
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