Getting hold of a new gTLD could cost applicants well north of a quarter million dollars in base application fees alone in the next round, according to ICANN. Presenting the results of its year-long Operational Design Phase to the GNSO Council via Zoom last night, staffers said application fees are likely to be either around [...] Continue reading →

Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of November 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 26% shorter than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of November 2022 mp.ltd [...] Continue reading →

It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he sold his portfolio to GoDaddy. The press release partially read like this: This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, including 373.com, Faculty.com, CarAuctions.com, and iBill.com. It also includes names targeted at small businesses such [...] Continue reading →

As vendas no varejo sofreram profundas transformações com a consolidação da transformação digital.  A diversidade no portfólio de produtos e a comodidade de comprar produtos sem precisar sair de casa ganha cada vez mais adeptos mundo afora e isso repercute nos números de receitas do comércio digital. No segundo trimestre de 2022, os números do [...] Continue reading →

It’s been a long while since I actively used Uniregistry to sell my domain names. Despite this, I continue to receive spam emails sent via an old purchase inquiry thread. In fact, the domain name that was subject of the email has since been sold twice – first by me and then by the company [...] Continue reading →

The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has, for several years, experienced technical problems that have nothing to do with the local staff or host countries of the event. In fact, the volunteers who were part of the local staff of its 17th edition, held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, were constantly overcompensating for issues [...] Continue reading →

US retailer Macy’s has dumped its dot-brand gTLD .macys. The company told ICANN recently that it no longer wishes to hold a registry contract, noting that it never used the gTLD. ICANN last week agreed that as a dot-brand with no third-party users, the domain will not be redelegated to another registry. It’s the seventh [...] Continue reading →