ICANN is expecting at least 1,268 applications for new generic top-level domains, according to CEO Rod Beckstrom. Speaking to DI at the weekend, Beckstrom said that the TLD Application System had 1,268 user accounts when registration closed March 29. That represents a spike of over 50% from the 839 registered TAS accounts that ICANN had [...] Continue reading →

In my opinion, today's Godaddy expired domain auction list is average at best. There are some nice domains but as a whole it doesn't measure up to quality that is usual available. The 3 character .com, 3c9.com, is leading the way as I write this. As far as keyword domains, [...] Continue reading →

I have a few names going off today that I would like you to pay a lot of money for.  I’ve also included some names that I also like today but not as concerned what you pay for those.  Enjoy the last day of the month. Hope you made your numbers is you have any. [...] Continue reading →

DNN recently analyzed the top 1,000,000 most heavily trafficked and popular websites in the world, according to Alexa, and the results were shocking when we specifically looked at the now 1 year old active dot XXX extension. Our research revealed that only 61 developed websites that are using the .XXX extension placed inside the top [...] Continue reading →

A raft of new top level domains may be on the way soon, but the dotFM registry was amongst the first to promote a country code domain (ccTLD) for wider commercial use. Fifteen years along the track, our domain DJ charts the progress of this ground-breaking [...] Continue reading →

Arstechnica wrote an article recently entitled Spam levels still low a year after Rustock botnet takedown. From the article: In March 2011, a Microsoft-led team targeted and decapitated the Rustock botnet, and a dramatic decrease in spam traffic was noticed almost immediately. It turns out that a full year later, spammers have not been [...] Continue reading →

Somewhere out there a sly router dog is smiling down on me. These previously unreported sales contribute to the roll Domain Name Sales is on for April. For those like Donna, who price to sell, there's never been a better selling engine in the domain space. I wonder how Frank feels [...] Continue reading →