I’ve sent this week’s newsletter a few moments ago and compared to last week’s, it contains three times more domains. Anther difference is represented by the fact that the prices are extremely low this week, with most domains being in three figure territory. Now as a broker, I’d love nothing more than to sell a [...] Continue reading →

Already inexpensive drop catching service to offer cut rate pricing as it boosts number of registrars. Expired domain name backordering service Pheenix is offering a new tier of expired domain backorders at just $13.99 per domain. The new “Super Saver” backorders be usurped by any standard Gold backorders. The Gold backorders cost a little bit [...] Continue reading →

Math is hard. Running a marathon is hard. Writing on the web, no matter what anyone tells you, is not hard. In fact, it’s become so easy that you pick up a following writing nothing more than 140 character messages riddled with abbreviated words, hashtags, and @ replies. What’s hard is writing [...] Continue reading →

After more than 160 individuals or companies were nominated for THE Domain Conference Awards, run off balloting was conducted last week to choose the finalists. They were announced this morning when the last round of voting to pick the winners also opened. The polling will close at 5PM U.S. Eastern Pacific Daylight Time (8PM EDT) [...] Continue reading →

Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as [...] Continue reading →

[originally published 13/8; see note below] Google’s announcement this week that it is restructuring under a new company setup called Alphabet could lead to a greater awareness for new gTLDs. The announcement was, as the New York Times reported, “short on details about how the new structure will work.” But one part of the [...] Continue reading →

The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went live for voting and although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any category received more than 50% of the votes, so there is [...] Continue reading →