Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. One of the best [...] Continue reading →

The .storage gTLD is to get a second sunrise period after being acquired and repurposed by XYZ.com. The registry will operate a “Trademark Landrush Period” for three weeks from November 7 as the first stage of .storage’s reboot as an open-to-all gTLD. It’s not technically a “sunrise” period under ICANN rules — that phase was [...] Continue reading →

Mobile phone manufacturer HTC has become the latest dot-brand operator to get out of the new gTLD game. The $4.3 billion-a-year Taiwanese firm has told ICANN that it no longer wishes to run .htc as a dot-brand registry and ICANN has signaled its intent to terminate the contract. It becomes the 27th dot-brand, from the [...] Continue reading →

Welcome to Domain Movers. We track corporate related domain name transactions and report these findings to you. How do companies use domain names? Branding, Marketing, Advertising, Email communication and much more. Domain names are vital to companies around the world and easily allow people to visit one location. Here are the latest movements detected: AmericasPledge.com [...] Continue reading →

  New Sherpa out today.   I think its a good mix this week with Adam Strong, Ali Zandi, and myself.  Adam has been in domain investing a LONG time. One of the original investors and has done very well.  He is in a different place than most domainers and has become a real [...] Continue reading →

ICANN lifer Dan Halloran has added the title of chief data protection officer to his business card. The long-serving deputy general counsel was named ICANN’s first CDPO on Friday, continuing to report to his current boss, general counsel John Jeffrey. Privacy is currently the hottest topic in the ICANN community, with considerable debate about how [...] Continue reading →

What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We discuss the recent shill bidding situation at NameJet, and whether it's a safe place to buy and sell domain names• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: POVG.com, EasyAngle.com, Uncomfortable.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised and some tough [...] Continue reading →