Movie studio buys domain Injustice.com — for a new online game or movie? Movie studio Warner Bros. has purchased the domain name Injustice.com for $7,500 through Afternic. This is one of those domains with many uses, but that the owner must have known could end up being the title of a movie or game. [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

Tablet traffic is very different from mobile phone traffic. I recently looked through the my Google Analytics account to understand how visitors access Domain Name Wire. 96% of visits come from a traditional computer such as a laptop or desktop. That leaves a relatively small number coming from mobile platforms. But more shocking to me [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

Most visits are from the U.S., but almost half from other countries. Most visits to Domain Name Wire come from the U.S. — but it only represents 52% of the total. Here are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Domain Name Wire through the end of April: 1. United States 2. भारत [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

A few thoughts about the domain industry. I’ll be at a conference all day, so I’m going to kick today off with some recent thoughts about the domain name business. I have other posts in queue for today. …ICANN will be under intense pressure to hit its deadlines now that it’s sitting on $350 [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

Republican National Committee registers Cory Booker domains and creates petition sites. Ever since Newark, New Jersey mayor and super-hero Cory Booker kinda-sorta-maybe got on the Obama campaign’s case for attacking Mitt Romney on his Bain record, Republicans everywhere have been rejoicing. That includes the Republican National Committee, which just registered the domain names IStandWithCory.com [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

Domain Name Wire is now hosted by GoDaddy.com A couple weeks ago I changed web hosts to GoDaddy.com. Several people have asked why I decided to change hosts in the first place and why I chose GoDaddy. Why I changed hosts When I started Domain Name Wire I hosted it with the same host [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →

Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. शीर्ष स्तर डोमेन होल्डिंग्स, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 दस लाख. That’s over $60 मिलियन अमरीकी डालर. We’re talking about a company that basically has no revenue. So far it has just been spending [...] जारी रखें रीडिंग →