GoDaddy, the world's largest domain name registrar, has launched a service to help people purchase registered domain names. If you search for a domain name at GoDaddy and find it's already taken, GoDaddy now has a link that reads "Use a Domain Buy ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy Launches Domain Buying Service
· Domain RegistrarsHarry Potter Shows Some Domain Name Wizardry
· Policy & LawJ.K. Rowling just released the name of the last Harry Potter book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", and also registered many of the relevant domain names. If there's anything J.K. Rowling and her legal team hasn't been about domain names, it's ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Announce.com sells for $90,000
· Domain SalesDomain broker Sedo has sold Announce.com for $90,000. Sedo isn't content with its 20,000 odd domain name sales this year and keeps racking up notable sales. Sedo just sold Announce.com for $90,000. The domain has a rich history of web sites dating ... Continue Reading3 Comments
.EU coming to Romania and Bulgaria, New .EU Code of Conduct
· Domain Registrars, Policy & LawTwo updates from EURid, the registry for .eu domains. EURid, the registry for the .eu country code domain, made a couple big announcements this week. First, residents of Romania and Bulgaria will now be able to register .eu domains. This is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Top Domain Name News Stories of 2006
· UncategorizedRecord-breaking domain sales, acquisitions, and growing industry credibility all highlight a critical year for the domain name industry. The domain name industry had a heck of a year. It's impossible to rank the top news stories of 2006, but I'm going ... Continue Reading16 Comments
.Org Domain Names See Big Sales
· Domain Sales.Org domain names saw eye-popping sales values in 2006. A good friend e-mailed me earlier this week about a one word .org domain name he owned. "I just received an offer for $4,500," he wrote. "Do you think I should take it?" If he would have ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Moniker Reports Record Growth in 2006
· Domain Registrars, Domain SalesDomain registrar's aftermarket sales grow 265%, led by live domain name auctions. Domain name registrar Moniker today announced a record year for its domain name brokerage operations. The company saw its brokering of existing domains jump 265% ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
How Much Did Nintendo pay for Wii.com?
· Domain SalesNintendo purchased this prime domain name from Weyerhaeuser Co., but for how much? When Nintendo announced the name of its new video game system, the Nintendo Wii, earlier this year the company went on a Wii domain registration spree. But one domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy offers $5.99 .Com Domain Names
· Domain RegistrarsPromotional offer for $5.99 domain names ends December 31. The world's largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, is offering special pricing on .com domain names through the end of the year -- $5.99 plus $.25 ICANN fee, or $6.24 total. The pricing is not ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Details Released for New York City T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Name Conference
· ServicesThe World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. has released details about its upcoming New York City show. This will be the first TRAFFIC domain name conference held in New York. Previous events have been held in Florida, Las Vegas, and Silicon ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment