The company could drive awareness by using .Amazon. ICANN moved a big step closer to awarding the .Amazon top level domain name to Amazon.com Friday. The non-profit domain overseer approved a resolution that moves the top level domain forward ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Honeywell calls it quits on new top level domain name
· UncategorizedCompany tells domain name overseer that it doesn't want .Honeywell anymore. American conglomerate Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has decided it doesn't want to run its own top level domain name after all. The company informed (pdf) ICANN last month that ... Continue Reading10 Comments
XYZ files three trademark applications
· UncategorizedNew TLD company files for three trademarks on existing TLDs; readies two more namespaces. New top level domain name company XYZ.com LLC filed three trademark applications last week that match the slogans it uses to market three top level domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Third day of NamesCon kicks off in Las Vegas
· UncategorizedCome to my two sessions today at NamesCon. The third day of the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas is about to begin. I'm on two panels today that I invite you to attend. At 11 am I will chat with Blake Janover of Home.loans and Mike Kugler of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Bhavin Turakhia’s new TLD data from NamesCon
· UncategorizedIn a keynote at NamesCon this morning, Radix founder Bhavin Turakhia ran through some of the metrics that Radix considers when marketing its top level domain names. One takeaway is that China isn't all it's cracked up to be for new top level domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
My two sessions at NamesCon
· ServicesJoin me for discussions about big new TLD sales and .com prices. I will be both a moderator and panelist at next week's NamesCon conference. I invite you to come to my sessions on Tuesday. Making sense of $500k for a nTLD, 11 am Tuesday 1/29 on ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Radix premiums generated $1.35 million in second half of 2018
· Domain SalesRenewals account for over half of the company's premium revenue in H2 2018. New top level domain name company Radix had a strong finish to 2018 when it comes to premium domain name sales. The registry estimates about $1.355 million in revenue ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Year in review: record new TLD sales
· Domain SalesThree second level domains under new top level domains sold for least $500,000 each. Big dollar sales of new top level domain names are rare, but Donuts announced three blockbuster deals in 2018--each clipping the prior record by a small ... Continue Reading24 Comments
Afilias files for Independent Review on .Web, further delaying domain name
· Policy & LawIt's still going to be a long time before .web domain names are available to register. Following a lengthy ICANN process and failed lawsuit filed by Donuts, Afilias has filed a complaint about .Web under ICANN's Independent Review Process. Here's ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Online.Casino domain sells for record-breaking $510,000
· Domain SalesDonuts beats its previous records for a new top level domain sale. New top level domain company Donuts has sold the domain name Online.Casino for $510,000, a record for a publicly-disclosed sale of a second level domain under a new TLD. The sale tops ... Continue Reading28 Comments