The live domain auction held last Monday during NamesCon had several large sales. The total sales volume during the live auction was approximately $2.3 million. The NamesCon auction continues for two weeks (ending February 13) in the form of its extended auction hosted on NameJet. There are hundreds of domain names for sale as part [...] Continue reading →

My involvement in the ICT industry over the last 40 years has always been to look at the strategic advantages that new technologies have to offer. I entered the industry through a proto-internet development called videotext. I looked at this technology, at what organisations could do with it, and assisted, for example, in [...] Continue reading →

Spice Girls references aside, the promo code for February 2019 will help you save on renewals of .com and .net domains via a truly spicy promo code. Use the code HOTSAUCE Feb. 1 – 28 to renew your .com domains for $10.99 and .net domains for $12.99. This promo code does not apply to registration [...] Continue reading →

NamesCon auction tops $2 million and extended auction closes in two weeks. This week’s NamesCon domain name auction in Las Vegas grossed $2.3 million in sales. Five domain names sold for six figures: OL.com $900,000 Leads.com $435,000 DomainNames.com $370,000 DJs.com $130,000 Stop.com $110,000 The auction went much faster than previous ones as the auctioneer and [...] Continue reading →

Annual General Meeting will be in the domain capital of the world in 2021. ICANN will hold its 2021 Annual General Meeting in Seattle. ICANN has officially selected Seattle for its 2021 Annual General Meeting. The meeting will take place October 23-28, 2021 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle. Seattle is home to more domain name [...] Continue reading →

Morning Folks!! I think one of the problems and one of the biggest things domainers ignore is the size of their audience. There are 7 Billion people on the planet. But who and how many folks you target is the key between success and failure and when you divide too much, you get really close [...] Continue reading →

Seventeen Afilias-operated gTLDs have been approved for use in China. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced yesterday that the following Afilias-owned TLDs now have its official seal of approval: .archi, .bio, .black, .blue, .green, .lotto, .organic, .pet, .pink, .poker, .promo, .ski, .vote, .voto and .移动 (xn--6frz82g, means “mobile”), Also approved are .asia and [...] Continue reading →