Weekly Domain Sales Breakdown Domain Sales for the week of Oct 8, 2012 to Oct 14, 2012 Afternic’s sales totaled $ 875,669. The top public sale for this week was PostKarte.com, which sold for $13,318. The Society category came in first, accounting for 12.6% of the domains sold, followed by Region at 12.3%, and [...] Continue reading →

We’ve got the solution! We have teamed up with NameJet to develop an all-inclusive solution for new top level domain registries. With the pending release of thousands of new gTLDs, many registrants don’t know what to expect. Since managing the new extensions will be new territory for everyone involved, we’re excited to be a part [...] Continue reading →

Weekly Domain Sales Breakdown Domain Sales for the week of Oct 1, 2012 to Oct 7, 2012 Afternic’s sales totaled $ 894,408. The top public sale for this week was DemocraticCapitalism.com, which sold for $20,000. The Recreation category came in first, accounting for 14.5% of the domains sold, followed by Computers at 10.9%, and [...] Continue reading →

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. (October 7-10, 2012) Fort Lauderdale, Florida Who needs a vacation when you are headed to the sunny beaches of Florida in October? The TRAFFIC domain conference is quickly approaching and we are excited to be attending. As the domain industry’s premier event, we look forward to making new connections and seeing familiar faces. The [...] Continue reading →

Top Selling Domain Categories for September Each month, we break down total Afternic sales by the categorization of the domains. Over the past four months there has been a noticeable shift in popular domain name categories. While the Business and Computers categories dominated the early summer months, Recreation has now pushed those two categories [...] Continue reading →

Weekly Domain Sales Breakdown Domain Sales for the week of Sept 24, 2012 to Sept 30, 2012 Afternic’s sales totaled $ 1,913,104. The top public sale for this week was House.net, which sold for $40,000. The Recreation category came in first, accounting for 13.5% of the domains sold, followed by Society at 12.0%, and [...] Continue reading →

Total registrations are at an unexpected standstill. There’s no doubt that .com domains are still the most valuable, followed by .net names, so why have registrations declined as of late? As TheDomains stated this week, after an impressive 8.9 million increase in registrations in the first quarter of 2012, the trend seems to have tapered [...] Continue reading →