It wasn’t long ago I stumbled upon a NamePro’s thread openly discussing the .ai domain extension, a country code for Anguilla — a British Overseas Territory in the Carribbean, being used to register a fast-growing domain niche: emoji domains. Like .ws and .to, the .ai extension appeared quite promising to make way for an increasing [...] Continue reading →

I've received quite a lot of feedback on my previous article on Bitcoin and rather than reply to them I thought it would be best to write a follow-up article. Most of the comments I've received mistakenly construed the fact that I was drinking the Bitcoin Kool-aid and that we should all buy, buy [...] Continue reading →

I noticed what seems like a bit of a peculiar UDRP filing at the World Intellectual Property Organization. A UDRP was filed against the DirectBooking.com domain name. The case is WIPO Case D2017-2577. There are a couple of reasons I found this UDRP peculiar and notable. The “direct booking” keyword seems pretty generic to me. [...] Continue reading →

This is the second in a series covering the top stories on DNW in 2017, as ranked by pageviews. In April 2015 GoDaddy made waves when it acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio for $28 million. The registrar, which helps domain investors buy and sell domain names, was suddenly a domain investor itself. And it was [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 27, 2017. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve.  I’m only showing where [...] Continue reading →

Mike Berkens domain name investor and blogger at TheDomains.com has filed a lawsuit against Twitter after his Twitter account @TheDomains was hacked on the 22nd of December, 2017. Mike Berkens is using a temporary Twitter account until this whole mess is resolved @TheDomainsCom. It is not clear how the Twitter account was hacked but it [...] Continue reading →

When people find out I am in the domain name business, many are intrigued. It often leads to a long conversation about domain names and what domain names are worth. Occasionally, people will ask me about a particular domain name they want or need. “How much will that domain name cost” is a question I [...] Continue reading →