“I’ve spent so much time, money and effort on my website and it isn’t doing anything for me. I need someone to show me, in a language I understand, how to fix and get the most out of my website.” An Australian Small Business Owner Only half of Australian small businesses have a website and [...] Continue reading →

ICANN's Board of Directors approved the delegation of four new internationalized domain name ccTLDs last Thursday. These approved country code domains include Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. An internationalized domain name (IDN) refers to domain names that contain non ASCII characters. These domain names offer the ability to use characters from non-English [...] Continue reading →

An analysis of domain sales reported to us in the 1st quarter of 2010 showed that total dollar volume was down 18% from the same quarter a year ago, however the entire year over year difference can be attributed to three big sales made in 1Q-2009. On the bright side the median sale price [...] Continue reading →

A new cover story is out at DNJournal.com. Few domain sales have set more tongues wagging than the $350,000 sale of CookingGames.com in January. A lot of people didn't believe the price but it was real and it was worth every penny to buyer Bill Karamouzis who has had enormous success developing gaming websites. This [...] Continue reading →

As we reported in February, Affilias, who operates the .info Registry, asked ICANN for approval to sell one and two character .info domain names. ICANN approved this request at it's board meeting last Thursday, 4/22/10. Affilias plans to distribute the new one and two character domain names in a similar fashion to [...] Continue reading →

In the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we're closing the week with a roundup of recent developments led by some embarrassing shenanigans involving both complainants in UDRP proceedings and NAF panelists. New revelations cast doubt on how well justice is being served in some UDRP domain proceedings. [...] Continue reading →

When I head over to New Orleans for the GeoDomain Expo next week I will be looking forward to seeing two of the sharpest developers in the space again; Scottsdale.com's Fred Mercaldo and Bruce Marler of the Missouri.me Network. Both will be coming to the show fresh off major expansions of their businesses. [...] Continue reading →