A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on May 28, 2019. 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 →

An electronics trade association, a plant seller and a cryptocurrency company bought domain names this past week.   Sedo closed a whopper of a sale this past week–Cooking.com for $402,500. The domain doesn’t resolve and I haven’t been able to determine if it’s an end user buyer or an investor. But I was able [...] Continue reading →

It looks like the auction list for NamesCon Europe has been published on NameJet. Bidding on domain names in the upcoming conference auction has begun. Assuming the auction is run in the same way as the NamesCon Global auction in January, there will be a smaller group of domain names included in a live auction [...] Continue reading →

The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia have expressed their “deep concern” over ICANN’s recent decision to continue processing Amazon’s application for the .amazon top-level domain. At their board meeting on 15 May, the board directed ICANN “to continue processing of the .AMAZON applications according to [...] Continue reading →

At some point, a lot of people at least try setting up their own website or working with domains. It can feel like very alien territory, especially if you're not used to operating in that kind of a digital environment. [...] Continue reading →

I’m starting to sound like I don’t like Frank Schilling but I do. He’s one of my favorite people in the industry.   I’ve written this same post 3 times. I just don’t think he should take a break from being a keynote speaker at our conferences.  He’s done plenty, we’ve all seen it. [...] Continue reading →

It occurred to me recently that my regular coverage of companies that choose to abandon their unused dot-brand gTLDs may have created a misleading impression that the dot-brand portion of the new gTLD program has been a big old waste of time. I make no apologies for this. As a news guy, I look for [...] Continue reading →