U.S. Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security have released a road map setting out steps to stop the cyber threat to nations internet infrastructure, announced NTIA. The document provides a coordination plan among government, civil society, technologists, academics, and industry sectors. From the announcement: "The road map is organized into five lines of effort — [...] Continue reading →

Evergreen.com, the domain name consultancy and brokerage founded by Jen Sale and Adam Strong, introduced a new domain name newsletter today. Dubbed, The One, this domain name-focused newsletter will be solely devoted to one word .com domain names. From the newsletter I received today: We are happy to announce the launch of our newsletter – [...] Continue reading →

Domain Broker Sharjil Saleem, who has put together a string of top tier sales in recent years, has just added another - a $1 million deal for Meet.com. [...] Continue reading →

While looking through my DomainTools emails this morning, I noticed quite a few XFL domain names registered at MarkMonitor. The domain names were registered under the corporate registrar’s privacy proxy service, DNStination Inc., so the actual registrant of the domain names is unknown. None of the domain names seem to resolve at this time. Yesterday, the [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 29, 2018. 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 →

I think it is important for domain investors should create some sort of business continuity plan for their domain investments, even if they do not technically operate a business. If something unexpected happens that prevents one of us from operating our business or directing someone else to operate it, some sort of continuity plan would [...] Continue reading →

21 cities are likely in the running for football teams. In which cities will the new, faster version of American football land? Some domain name registrations are a good hint at possible cities. XFL is a new (again) football league that wants to reimagine the sport. WWE chairman Vince McMahon tried to launch the [...] Continue reading →