Every year we celebrate the professional American football championship (which we cannot say by name without an army of scary-efficient lawyers swooping down on us with cease and desist letters) with great zeal. This year is no different. Again, discounted domain names are on the menu, but this year we’re raising the steaks. No, no [...] Continue reading →

Auction grosses over $1.5 million; extended auction ends February 8. Right of the Dot held a live domain name auction at NamesCon last night in conjunction with NameJet. Compared to previous auctions, it seemed like the live auction hall stayed pack much longer than in previous years. The auction grossed over $1.5 million in sales. [...] Continue reading →

The Caribbean suffered six major storms in 2017, including the record-breaking Category 5 hurricanes Irma and Maria. In the unprecedented destruction, the islands of Dominica and Barbuda lost all communication and telecommunications service, and eight other Caribbean countries were severely disrupted. Each hurricane season wreaks greater devastation than the last, yet decreased telecommunications [...] Continue reading →

Fabulous.com is preparing some big changes to the look and feel of their website. All the old tools will remain but some new ones are coming soon. Fabulous has made it possible for customers to list domains for sale on Sedo as well as the Fabulous Marketplace. Afternic is coming soon. Here is a sneak [...] Continue reading →

New site offers domain stats for most TLDs. The creator of new top level domain stats site NameStat.org has launched DomainNameStats.com in beta. DomainNameStats.com provides the latest stats about each top level domain name: new, old and country code. For each domain the site includes: Daily change in domains List of newly registered domains [...] Continue reading →

A few weeks ago, when I was reporting the conclusions of a probe into ICANN’s new gTLD program, I wrote a prediction on a piece of paper and placed it into a sealed envelope.* I wrote: “They’re gonna call this a whitewash.” And I was correct! Ta-dah! I’m here all week. The lawyer for applicants [...] Continue reading →

As a content guy, I can’t help but notice how brands use interactions to create a mood. Some brands do it better than others, but when you successfully introduce an element of fun — like the MailChimp high-five after an email send — it kind of gives the brand a soul. What makes [...] Continue reading →