A discussion about new top level domain names. Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of new TLD company Minds + Machines, shares his thoughts on new top level domain names on this week's podcast. We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Minds + Machines pockets another $4.4 million from losing new TLD auctions
· Domain SalesCompany now has $45 million in cash. New top level domain name applicant Minds + Machines continues to add to its pile of cash by losing new TLD contention set auctions. In a release out this morning, the company said it received $4.4 million for ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Minds + Machines nets $8.4 million from auctions, .Cloud and .Book settled
· UncategorizedCompany wins by losing five auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has bolstered its bank account by $8.4 million as a result of losing five private auctions for new top level domain names. The losses included a handful of highly ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Minds + Machines close to $4 million in domain registration revenue
· ServicesCompany says it has sold the equivalent of nearly a half million .com domain names. New top level domain name portfolio company Minds + Machines issued a press release this morning touting its results to date after launching 10 new TLDs. According ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Susan Lawrence joins Minds + Machines
· UncategorizedFormer Oversee.net and Above employee to work for registry. Ron Jackson's job placement service has just placed a new candidate. Susan Lawrence, who has worked at several domain name companies, has joined Minds + Machines as Senior Director of ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Minds + Machines’ new domain names off to slow start
· UncategorizedDemand appears to have been low at launch. Minds + Machines launched its first six owned and operated top level domain names yesterday. The results can only be described as weak, at least based on overnight zone file numbers. Here's the activity in ... Continue Reading5 Comments
This is the biggest week yet for new TLDs (16 domains!)
· Uncategorized16 domains hit the market this week. At the end of last month, I wrote about how the next 50 days would be important for new TLDs. Within that 50 days, this week is perhaps the biggest: 16 domain names will enter general availability. Call it ... Continue Reading5 Comments
An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
· Domain RegistrarsGetting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry's success. I've written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to domain name ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.London’s unique “SunPriorityRush” period ends tomorrow
· UncategorizedTomorrow is a key deadline for .London domain names. The .London domain name is launching, and it's very different from previous domain name launches. I reached out to Antony Van Couvering with Minds + Machines to learn more about the .London ... Continue Reading53 Comments
Celebrate Broadway celebrates .Broadway win
· UncategorizedContention set for .broadway top level domain name won by trade association. Celebrate Broadway, Inc., a subsidiary of The Broadway League Inc., has won the contention set for the .Broadway top level domain name. Other applicants included Donuts and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment