Buyers can now search by SEO and Google metrics. Domain name marketplace Sedo has improved the searchability of expiring domain inventory and given it its own home: expiringdomains.sedo.com. Users can now search and sort by four Majestic SEO ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo makes expired list downloadable, Name.com changes happy hour
· Expired DomainsDownload lists to look for good domains, and you now have longer to buy discounted domains at Name.com. A couple of quick news items for you on this Monday morning... Sedo made its expired domain name inventory list downloadable. The marketplace ... Continue Reading2 Comments
A strong month for .com; here are the winners & losers
· Domain RegistrarsA strong month for .com domain name registrations. ICANN has published the latest official .com transactions report from Verisign, which includes data by registrar for March 2017. March was a strong one with 3.22 million new .com domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
1&1 Finally Joins SedoMLS
· Domain SalesAt long last, two companies that are part of the same group strike a deal. Domain name registrar and hosting company 1&1 Internet has finally joined the SedoMLS program, the companies announced today. I say finally because both 1&1 and Sedo are part ... Continue Reading5 Comments
United Internet taking market share from GoDaddy in new TLDs
· Domain RegistrarsAfter slow start, company is grabbing share in recent TLD launches. United Internet, a group of companies that includes 1&1, Sedo, InterNetX, and United Domains, appears to be taking a good chunk of the new TLDs market share away from ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Donuts adds another 20,000 registrations with next 6 domains
· Domain RegistrarsDonuts next six domains launch and 1&1 is picking up steam thanks to cut rate pricing. Another five six of Donuts domain names reverted to "regular" pricing today and they picked up about 20,000 registrations in the first hours, according to updated ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Domain search progressing, but still not ready for new top level domain names
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn't ready for new top level domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New TLDs disappear from GoDaddy home page, plus 1&1’s hidden sunrise
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy demotes new TLDs from the home page, 1&1 not offering sunrise registrations through its largest brand. Here are a couple noteworthy items related to new top level domain names. First, over the weekend I noticed that promotions for new top ... Continue Reading6 Comments
1&1 begins pre-registration, and new TLDs are getting much more confusing
· Domain RegistrarsTop ten domain registrar 1&1 is now accepting pre-registrations on a first come basis, and the various pre-registration offerings are rather confusing. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy was beginning to accept paid pre-registrations for a handful of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Survey: Go Daddy Top Domain Name Registrar
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy tops survey for fourth year in a row, eNom continues slide. For four years running, GoDaddy has topped the list of domain name registrars in the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. GoDaddy took home top honors in this year's survey with 43% of the ... Continue Reading8 Comments