We tracked the digital spillovers of the Russia-Ukraine war two weeks after it began and saw how the news was reflected in domain registrations. We also noticed that even this year’s Oscars slapping incident drove relevant domain registrations. [...] Continue reading →

Safe.net was previously sold for $50,000 USD back in 2011 by Domain Holdings, that’s a name you probably haven’t heard for a while! Anyway, would you pay $50K for Safe.Net, it looks like it’s going to sell for a lot less a decade later, bidding with only a few hours left is at $10,500 USD… [...] Continue reading →

It used to be a regular feature on Robbies Blog named “Recently Registered Domains” however traffic slowed on these but I thought after having a break from them for a while, we shall bring them back again and today is our first post back on some recent domain name registrations, How do we find out [...] Continue reading →

Sedo released their weekly domain name list and Sightful.com led the way at $35,000. USAi.com was second at 35,000 Euro, ($34,971). xDay.com was third at 30,000 Euro, ($29,982). 53 .com sales 21 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     bocox.com at 12,600 USD remoteanalytics.com at 9,999 USD revbet.com at [...] Continue reading →

ICANN has rejected a complaint from a man about a web site apparently offering prostitution services. As I reported last month, the American had filed a Request for Reconsideration with ICANN’s board of directors after his complaints to Compliance about Namecheap were rejected. He’s unhappy that US-based Namecheap won’t take down the domain adultsearch.com, which [...] Continue reading →

CentralNic has reported its first-half financial results, showing revenue up 93% to $334.6 million when compared to the same period last year. Given the company’s acquisitive nature, some of the growth of course came from companies it has recently bought, but CentralNic said trailing 12-month organic revenue growth was a health 62%. Adjusted EBITDA [...] Continue reading →

The domain name blunt.com sold last month for $165,000, it has emerged. Legal cannabis distributor Farmhouse Inc, which runs a social network called WeedClub and the @420 Twitter account, announced the sale in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing yesterday. The company said: In June 2022, the Company received an unsolicited offer for its domain [...] Continue reading →