Previous to writing this story, I just Googled this… How much money is in the gaming industry “This is more than double the revenue of the international film industry in 2013. In 2015 it was estimated at US $91.5 billion. The largest nations by estimated video game revenues in 2016 are China ($24.4B), the United […]
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New Gtlds, the series – Chapter 1 ICANN
Many try to talk about the new gtlds in very simplistic terms, naysayers just want to group them altogether and say they suck, failed, are dead. Proponents want to say they are the future, give them time, .com is AM radio. I would argue the new gtlds are a much more complicated animal. There are […]
Continue ReadingUncertainty is a killer for domain sales
Unless you took the day off yesterday you are probably aware of the news out of Uniregistry. Domain Incite detailed comments from Frank Schilling on the upcoming price increases for several Uniregistry extensions. People as well as markets hate uncertainty, not knowing what your registrations are going to cost you year in and year out […]
Continue ReadingEnter the .Global Christmas Calendar for a chance to win free domains
If you are looking for a chance to win free .global domains, there is a contest going on. I actually found out about this on Namepros, the first day I entered, I got an email the next day that I won Conference.Global. So I won the Bearglecorn contest at Name.com which included a free .games […]
Continue ReadingNo, .com is not losing its grasp
In a post on The Next Web titled, “8 myths about new gtlds” the author Jason Chernofsky decided to keep with one of the oldest tropes out there. .Com is losing its grasp. No, no it’s not. Jason also made the rather ignorant assumption that all .coms are owned by “squatters.” The new gtlds need […]
Continue ReadingNot all those .blog names will be priced reasonably
Many are getting excited for the upcoming launch of Dot Blog. Namepros conducted an interview with Matt Mullenweg the creator of WordPress. One question asked in the interview was the following: NP: With reports of some new gTLDs failing to perform well during the renewal phase, how do you plan on maintaining high renewal rates? […]
Continue ReadingVerisign posts Premium New gTLDs that are free as .com handreg (8 regged immediately)
So Jeannie McPherson, the resident domain evangelist and marketing expert for Verisign took a look at some new gltd premium names and compared them to their available .com counterpart. Now Jeannie posted 14, there are thousands, but of the 14 she posted 8 quickly got registered. Premium Domain Name Registrar 1 Price Registrar 2 Price […]
Continue ReadingAre High Annualized Domain Name Renewal Fees a Recipe for Failure?
Most of us are familiar with the concept of registering a domain name for around $10.00 USD and then renewing said name for around $10.00 per year. Some of us are attuned to the concept of buying a domain name in the aftermarket for a greater sum and then renewing that domain name for around […]
Continue ReadingDot NYC Celebrates One Year Anniversary – Reaches 85,000 Registrations
.NYC is celebrating its one year anniversary and has reached the 85,000 registration mark. To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name, showcasing its growth. Unlike other top-level domain names, the .nyc web extension is available only to individuals, […]
Continue ReadingMike Berkens Drops Five Figures to Pick up the best domain in the .Dating extension
Mike Berkens picked up the best domain imo in the .dating extension. He announced on Twitter that he picked up the name on EAP day 1, so that makes this a five figure pick up. I registered the one and only category defining term for the new gTLD .Dating today http://t.co/3uK5RntUJ8 on day one of […]
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