They say a rising tide lifts all boats and that seems to be the case in the domain business this year. [...] Continue reading →

These companies should upgrade their domain names. These companies have made poor domain name choices. Being big does not necessarily mean you are better at choosing your domain. When I survey the corporate landscape in China, I see many large companies needing to upgrade their domains. Brand-matching is the golden rule of domains. For example, [...] Continue reading →

Initially the .org extension was intended mainly for organizations, particularly not-for-profit organizations. However, for decades anyone can register and use an .org domain name, and it is regularly one of the strongest extensions after .com. In this article, I look at who is buying .org domain names by examining how names sold to end [...] Continue reading →

Radix (an advertiser on thedomains) released data on the first half of 2021. .Tech was the highest grossing tld with over $360,000 in retail annuity premium sales. $2.91M in retail premium revenue Comprises of $1.67M coming from renewals 43% growth in premium new registrations from H2 2020 47% growth in premium renewals from H2 2020 .TECH was the highest-grossing TLD with $362K in [...] Continue reading →

Radix registry, who run a bunch of new TLDs including .tech, .space, .online, .press and more have released their premium sales report for H1 2021. It’s been a good year for the company so far, with their overall premium sales up 43% from H2 of 2020. Here [...] Continue reading →

When I first looked at Bored Ape Yacht Club it was two days after minting, and I remember thinking, hmmmm – 0.35ETH for a JPEG of an ape, not sure that makes any sense. Then I joined the Discord, saw the activity, noticed people were changing their profile pictures on Twitter, and FOMO set [...] Continue reading →

Premium revenue up over 40% in first half of 2021. Radix reported a boost in Premium domain sales in H1. This chart shows which price tiers the new registrations were in. Image courtesy Radix. Top level domain name company Radix saw a surge in premium domain name revenue in the first half of this year. [...] Continue reading →