Between name collisions, registry reserved domains, and premium pricing, the best new TLD opportunities are difficult to find. I think there are some opportunities for domainers to make money with new top level domain names, but they are limited. ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Donuts pitches photography related domain names at tradeshow
· Domain SalesCompany markets six of its domain names to photography industry. New top level domain registry Donuts is exhibiting at the The Photography Show 2014 in Birmingham, England. The show began Saturday and runs through tomorrow. The company is pitching a ... Continue Reading3 Comments
4 more Donuts domain names entered GA yesterday. Here are the numbers.
· Domain SalesDonuts' domain names continue to spill onto the domain name market. Yesterday four new Donuts domain names came off of "Early Access Pricing" and became available for standard registration prices. .Tips I could tell this one was getting traction ... Continue Reading2 Comments
.Green and .Wedding contention sets settled in multi-million dollar auctions
· UncategorizedTwo three-applicant contention sets are resolved. The .green and .wedding new top level domain name contention sets have been resolved in private auctions. It's unclear which company won the .green auction as applications have not yet been ... Continue Reading8 Comments
GoDaddy auction data provide early indication of new TLD demand and values
· Domain RegistrarsAuction data show competition for new TLD registrations and shed light on strategic considerations for ordering domains. What are domains registered under new top level domain names worth, and what is the demand for them? We already know how many ... Continue Reading23 Comments
Rightside Registry offers its own Domain Protected Marks List
· ServicesService for blocking trademark domain names is very similar to Donuts'. Rightside Registry announced its own version of the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML) service last week. With the service, trademark owners can block their marks from being ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Guru rockets to over 10,000 domain names
· Domain Sales.Guru tops 10,000 domain name registrations and Donuts now has around 25,000 registered second level domain names. People placed a lot of pre-orders for new top level domain names... On the first day of general availability, the .guru namespace ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Donuts’ next 7 sunrises: only 2 top 100 domain names
· Domain SalesBased on zone files, only two of Donuts' second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts' first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next batch of ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Digging in on Donuts’ Sunrise: Amazon tops the list, gaming, and top registrars
· UncategorizedHere's a look at the top registrants and registrars, plus details on possible gaming and EAP day one registrations. Last night I published initial data about Donuts' sunrise period on its first seven domain names. This was based on names in the zone ... Continue Reading17 Comments
The numbers are in! Donuts sunrises typically get 100+ domains, but they also got gamed
· Domain SalesMost of Donuts domain names received at least 100 sunrise registrations, and some of them are of questionable merit. Donuts has just published its zone files for the seven domain names that recently exited sunrise. Most of the domains have at least 100 ... Continue Reading17 Comments