Here's what made news in the domain name business last month. 1. Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket - GoDaddy president of domains Paul Nicks and Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall traded barbs on Twitter. 2. NFT company Dapper ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Numeric .eth domains are the latest meme NFT
· UncategorizedHow people sextupled their money in one week. Three and four digit .eth domain names are the new hot thing. Over the past week or so, prices of short numeric .eth domains have taken off. .Eth domains are connected to Ethereum Name Service, a ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Yuga Labs apes in on Otherside domains but misses a key one
· UncategorizedI still don't understand its domain strategy. I've questioned Yuga Labs' defensive domain registration strategy before and I'm going to do it again. In March I wrote about how the Bored Ape Yacht Club creator registered over 1,000 domain names ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Google changed the .channel, and it launches this week
· UncategorizedGoogle Registry launches .channel with a different business plan. Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) launches the .channel top level domain into sunrise tomorrow, May 3, with a different business plan than what it initially envisaged. .Channel was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NamesCon calls for submissions for upcoming conference
· UncategorizedWant to present at NamesCon Global 2022? Do you want to speak about domain names in front of a real audience in real life? NamesCon is looking for speakers for its first live event since 2020. The conference is looking for presentation ideas ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Three reports show trends in domain market
· UncategorizedThese three monthly reports might give you ideas on what's hot in the domain market. Each month, some domain marketplaces and registries publish data to summarize activity during the previous month. Let's look at three of these reports to figure ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Verisign removes .tk and other Freenom domains from industry brief
· UncategorizedCompany excludes five free top ccTLDs from its calculations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 2021 Domain Industry Brief today, and at first glance, it looks like domain registrations have dropped a lot. But that's because Verisign has ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Coming soon: a metaverse and NFTs for AARP members
· UncategorizedThat should be exciting. It's time to get excited about the metaverse for boomers! Can you imagine a metaverse for AARP members, where they all get together and talk about visits to the doctor and how cheap gas was when they were younger? Well, ... Continue Reading1 Comment
March’s top stories: DNAcademy, Bored Ape Yacht Club & more
· UncategorizedThese were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by page views. 1. GoDaddy acquires DNAcademy - The registrar will use the platform to educate more people about domain name investing. Founder Michael Cyger has joined the company as ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Namecheap and GoDaddy fight about domain aftermarket
· UncategorizedNamecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall and GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks traded barbs last week. GoDaddy owns Afternic, and Namecheap is a partner that syndicates domains in the Afternic network. When Namecheap sells one of these domains it splits ... Continue Reading13 Comments
