A lot of political domain names became worthless after last month's election, but Trump's win ensured that names with "Trump" in them remained popular. Over 9,000 .com domain names with Trump in them were registered last month, including nearly 3,000 ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Marijuana domain names dominate .com
· UncategorizedPeople are getting creative with marijuana domain names as legalization spreads. The real winner in Tuesday's U.S. elections might have been marijuana. California, Massachusetts and Nevada passed recreational initiatives and several other states ... Continue Reading7 Comments
.Com Winners & Losers: Uniregistry continues to win transfer customers
· Domain RegistrarsNot much change in latest month of data. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from July. There were few major changes this month compared to last month, other than HiChina making ... Continue Reading9 Comments
The cliff is here: Verisign predicts .com/.net domain base to fall this quarter
· UncategorizedCompany forecasts a drop for Q4. Verisign (NYSE: VRSN) expects the total number of .com and .net domain names registered at the end of the fourth quarter to be less than at the beginning of the quarter. In other words, more domain names will be deleted ... Continue Reading3 Comments
“Page” top trending term in .com thanks to these weird registrations
· UncategorizedPage and history on chart thanks to one man's curious domain name registrations. Verisign released its list of top trending keywords for September today, led by "page" in the number one spot. Registrations of domain names with the term page in them ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The .Com Cliff is .Coming
· UncategorizedIs .com's growing base of registrations about to go negative? Jim Bidzos was wrong. Bidzos, the CEO of .com registry Verisign, was celebrating a better-than-expected third quarter last year. Domain name registrations were higher than normal thanks to ... Continue Reading15 Comments
A .com price freeze through 2024 more likely?
· Policy & LawMore likely, but not guaranteed. When ICANN published its proposed contract extension with Verisign for the .com contract, it didn't discuss the question of pricing. .Com prices are currently capped at $7.85 wholesale. The extension, from 2018 to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com Winners & Losers: A slow month
· Domain RegistrarsNew .com registrations dropped a bit in June compared to a year ago. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from June. Total new .com registrations this June compared to June 2015 ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Com Winners & Losers
· Domain RegistrarsDomain Name Wire's monthly .Com Winners & Losers based on the latest official data. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from May. Here are the top 5 registrars in May in terms of ... Continue Reading5 Comments
No surprise: Pokemon names tops in .com last month
· UncategorizedPokemon-related names were the top trending domains in .com last month. .Com registry Verisign has published its monthly list of the top trending words registered in .com. The list includes words that made the biggest jump in registrations from one ... Continue Reading1 Comment