.KIWI, a new domain extension aimed at the New Zealand market, has experienced tremendous registration growth the past two weeks. .KIWI has gained 170,000+ domain registrations according to NtldStats and NameStat, websites that track new domains. As of this writing there are 187,225 .KIWI domains registered. This now puts the .KIWI domain 22nd in terms [...] Continue reading →

As America closes in on the 4th of July weekend, a major holiday, many will be out enjoying family, events, fireworks, beer, and barbecue.  This could be a good opportunity for those across either side of the pond to steal some names at auction with less competition.  Here are some picks for upcoming NameJet auctions [...] Continue reading →

Occasionally I become interested in a new technology that is just beginning to bud, and if it sounds promising, like others I may take a gamble on registering some domains within that field in the hope the technology eventually goes mainstream. Each year as the domains come up for renewal I spend some time reviewing [...] Continue reading →

Hello everyone. I’ve organized a big sale of domains from my portfolio.  There really is something here for everyone. Short Domains Aged Keyword Domains (10 – 20 years) Not So Aged Keyword Domains (under 10 years) Spanish Keyword Domains 1-word ccTLD Domains New gTlds Premium Domains Developed Domains Revenue Generating Domains Flippa Auctions Brokered Domains [...] Continue reading →

It is an undisputed fact to anyone involved in the domain name aftermarket that a significant upswing in overall pricing trends of certain categories of domain, namely short 2 and 3 character .com as well as strong one-word .com, have been realized over the past year due to a strong influx of Chinese buyers into [...] Continue reading →

While cleaning out an inbox the other day I somehow came across a link to a blog post from four years ago, titled, Domain-squatter parasites not interested in haggling, apparently. As you might have guessed already, the author relates the story of how he woke up one day deciding he’d like to own a particular [...] Continue reading →

Although it isn’t a regular column to this blog, consider this my weekend musings, if you will.  The following are some thoughts I was having a moment ago while giving my head and beard a quick trim for the coming week. Several days ago I caught a post on Abdul Basit’s blog, New Year Starts [...] Continue reading →