Here's who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top 10 domain registrars for .com, ranked both for that month's new registrations and total .com domains under management. This week, a reader asked if I would ... Continue Reading1 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
Name.com social media guy’s Tesla video goes viral with help of Elon Musk
· UncategorizedWith a little help form Elon Musk and Tesla, Jared Ewy's video explodes. If you've never met Name.com's Jared Ewy before, hopefully you've at least seen some of the funny videos he has created for the company. He just created his most viral video ... Continue Reading1 Comment
March’s Top 5 Stories on DNW
· UncategorizedHere's what made waves in March. March was a busy month in the domain name industry with people heading to CloudFest in Germany and the ICANN meeeting in Puerto Rico. On DNW, top stories involved Scientology, expired domains and a couple of big domain ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Top search results for “Domain Name”
· Domain RegistrarsSome observations about Google's search results for "domain name". I was doing some research this morning and searched Google for domain name, both with and without quotes. I was a bit surprised by the search results. Since I was logged into Google ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Name.com expired domains are now on GoDaddy
· Expired DomainsExpired domain deal came with portfolio acquisition last year. In October 2017, Donuts sold about 200,000 domain names to GoDaddy. These domains were in a portfolio that Donuts inherited when it acquired Rightside. GoDaddy was after more than just ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Star.org sells for $225,000 at Sedo
· Domain SalesDomain sells through SedoMLS network. The domain name Star.org has sold at Sedo for a staggering $225,000. Based on sales data at NameBio, this is the third largest .org sale to ever be made public. The top sale was Poker.org in in 2010 (also at ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Black Friday: $3.99 .com domains
· Domain RegistrarsThere are discounts on .com domains this Black Friday. As expected, lots of domain name registrars are offering discounted domain names today for Black Friday. Many have deals on new top level domains, but the deals are no better than what you can ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Analyzing Donuts’ deal to acquire Rightside
· Domain RegistrarsRightside had to sell and Donuts is the logical buyer. Last week, Donuts agreed to acquire Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) for $213 million. As luck would have it, I was vacationing in Costa Rica when the deal was announced. I gave some initial thoughts right ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Rightside investor tells shareholders to vote “no”
· Domain RegistrarsInvestor continues to push for change at Rightside. J. Carlo Cannell, whose clients at Cannell Capital LLC own about 7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME), is asking other shareholders to vote against the board at its annual meeting June ... Continue Reading2 Comments