Web.com's marketplace sales from February were low, but NamesCon juices numbers. February was a very slow month at Web.com's sites NameJet and SnapNames. If you exclude sales from the NamesCon auction, they had only 44 sales of $2,000 or more totaling ... Continue Reading1 Comment
New .Com Winners & Losers
· Domain RegistrarsNameSilo jumps on monthly list. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers November 2018. The only notable movement was NameSilo, which jumped ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Google Domains tops 2 million .com domains
· Domain RegistrarsGoogle's registrar now the ninth biggest for .com domain names. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers October 2018. As forecasted, Google ... Continue Reading6 Comments
.Com Winners & Losers
· Domain RegistrarsHow domain name registrars performed in the latest official report. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2018. Here's how ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com CEO David Brown to exit next year
· Domain RegistrarsTwo decades after founding Web.com, David Brown steps down following acquisition. Web.com founder, CEO and President David Brown is leaving the company in early 2019, the company announced today. The move comes after Siris Capital Group acquired the ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Com Winners: Some shakeup in the top 10
· Domain RegistrarsTop 10 registrars juggle places in latest monthly report. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers August 2018. Note that HiChina is now listed ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com acquires Tucows’ half of NameJet
· Expired DomainsDeal is a sign of the times in the expired domain business. Web.com is now the sole owner of domain name auction site NameJet after acquiring Tucows' (NASDAQ: TCX) interest in the business. NameJet was created as a partnership between Enom and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Web.com is now a private company
· Domain RegistrarsSiris Capital takes Web.com private. It's official: Web.com is now a private company. Shareholders approved an acquisition by Siris Capital Group yesterday. They got a bit of a bump from when the deal was originally announced at $25.00 per share; ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain name registrars and .Com, by the numbers
· Domain RegistrarsICANN publishes latest .com data. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) about the .com registry. This registrar-by-registrar report covers May 2018. There was little change on the charts. For new registrations, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
June’s top DNW stories
· UncategorizedHere's a rundown of the top stories and podcasts on DNW from last month: 1. Timing is everything: why .XXX dwarfs other adult top level domain names - The .XXX namespace and others recently sold by ICM Registry paint a picture of how difficult it is to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment