Donuts' first domain name registrations are starting to drop. Here are initial numbers. Donuts is releasing renewal numbers for its new TLDs daily as the first batch of names exit the auto-renew grace period. Yesterday, Donuts COO and Co-Founder ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN budget proposal shows new TLDs weaker than expected
· Policy & LawAs registrars predicted, 2015 forecast was too rosy. ICANN released its 2016 draft FY16 Operating Plan & Budget for the fiscal year beginning this July, and it shows weaker-than-expected new top level domain name results in the current year. The ... Continue Reading9 Comments
GoDaddy sets IPO range, plans to raise $400M at up to $3B valuation
· Domain RegistrarsCompany sets anticipated range in SEC filing. GoDaddy revealed a planned IPO range of $17.00-$19.00 per share in an SEC filing this morning. At the mid price point of $18.00, GoDaddy will raise $396 million. If it prices at the high end, and its ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Survey: .Club and .Web domain names are favorites
· Uncategorized.Club is In Da Club. .Club is a favorite new top level domain name, according to this year's Domain Name Wire Survey. The survey asked which top new level domain name was the respondent's favorite, as well as which TLD they thought would get the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
· UncategorizedHappy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a ... Continue Reading55 Comments
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
· Domain SalesJoseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo's network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a high of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Wearables.com: Benefits of a great domain name with Luis Rincon – DNW Podcast #22
· PodcastsHow a category-defining domain name creates instant credibility. Domain name investors know that great domain names offer a number of benefits to the companies that use them. In this episode, Wearables.com co-founder Luis Rincon gives concrete examples ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Google: Make your website mobile friendly by April 21…or suffer
· UncategorizedGoogle says major mobile search changes are coming. Unless you want to lose search traffic, you need to make your site mobile friendly before April 21. Google announced today that it will place more weight on how mobile-friendly a website is when ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Google pays $25 million for .App domain
· UncategorizedGoogle pays dearly for rights to control .App domain name. Google has won the rights to operate the .App top level domain name after paying what may be a record-breaking price for a top level domain name. 13 companies applied to run the .app domain ... Continue Reading6 Comments
