Five top level domains change hands. ICANN has published five registry agreement assignments. First, GoDaddy Registry has acquired .study and .courses from Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd. Each domain has about 3,000-4,000 names in the zone. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What’s going on with new TLDs? – DNW Podcast #389
· PodcastsDigging into recent new TLD data and marketing efforts. New top level domains seem to have some wind in their sails after a decade on the market. Radix, for example, saw revenue grow 35% last year compared to 2020. Today, I chat with Radix’s Senior ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Radix posts $38 million revenue in 2021
· ServicesRevenue jumps 35% year over year. Privately held top level domain name company Radix reported some of its financials today. The company grossed over $38 million in revenue in 2021, up 35% from 2020. That number is net of all discounts and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
MMX offers 26% premium in latest tender offer, plans to delist
· ServicesCompany that sold its assets to GoDaddy is returning cash to shareholders and winding down its operations. MMX (AIM: MMX), aka Minds + Machines, is offering its remaining shareholders 10.4 pence per share to surrender their equity in the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Non-.com sales – 2021 top stories
· Domain SalesDomains ending in something other than .com sold briskly in 2021. .Com is king. It's a fair statement. .Com is the largest namespace with nearly 160 million registrations. .Com dominates the domain aftermarket, too. But for domain investors ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Namecheap releases 2021 domain data
· Domain RegistrarsRegistrar reports top TLDs, renewal rates, and aftermarket sales. Namecheap published its 2021 Namecheap Domain Insights & Trends report today. The report provides data on top domain choices, renewal rates, and early sales on its new ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
NFTs trip up Uniregistry’s top level domain auctions
· Policy & LawA marketing stunt gone horribly awry? Frank Schilling's top level domain company UNR auctioned its 23 top level domain names at the end of April, grossing more than $40 million. To date, none of the TLDs have transferred to the winning bidders. The ... Continue Reading8 Comments
That time everyone piled into .XYZ
· UncategorizedEnd users are buying .xyz domains. How did we get here, and what happens in the future? Yesterday, Square announced it was rebranding its corporate umbrella to Block and chose the domain block.xyz for its website. Block also uses spiral.xyz for one ... Continue Reading24 Comments
Two signs in a row with new top level domains
· UncategorizedThis is the first time I've seen this... I recently visited family in Texas and saw something that caught my eye. First, I passed a sign for a church that uses the domain name cityreach.church. I've come across a handful of churches using ... Continue Reading4 Comments
A look at .live
· Uncategorized.Live is faring well as live online content becomes more popular. Let's dig in. Today, Donuts issued a press release remarking on the growth of its .live top level domain name. .Live is Donuts' largest new top level domain based on domains under ... Continue Reading2 Comments
