Domain News
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Crawford QUITS as CentralNic CEO
Ben Crawford is leaving CentralNic, the domain registry/registrar that he has led for the last 13 years. The company announced…
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“George Dikian” responds to VPN.com lawsuit
Pseudonymous domain investor responds to lawsuit alleging he duped broker out of $250,000. In June, domain brokerage VPN.com filed a…
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Escrow.com releases 2022 Master of Domains rankings
Escrow.com has released its 2022 Master of Domains list. This list shows the top 10 domain name brokers, as ranked…
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Tox Pressotechnik tries to reverse hijack tox.com
German company tries to get valuable three letter domain name without paying the market price. Tox Pressotechnik GmbH & Co.…
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Escrow.com releases their top 10 highest grossing brokers of 2022
Escrow.com released their Master of Domains, the top 10 highest-grossing domain name brokers of the year. All familiar and well…
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Drop-catcher adds 100 more registrars after rapid growth
Drop-catcher Gname has added 100 new ICANN shell registrar accreditations, according to ICANN records. The Singapore-based company has created companies…
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Domain universe shrinks again: .com and .cn down, .au up
The number of registered domain names in the world shrank again in the third quarter, with mixed results across various…
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Verisign releases Q3 2022 DNIB
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest…
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James Iles joins GoDaddy as liason to domain investor community
Prolific domain industry writer takes new role at GoDaddy. James Iles James Iles has joined GoDaddy as its domain investment…
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Beyond the top 10 in .com
Here’s who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top…
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New gTLD applications to cost about $250,000
Getting hold of a new gTLD could cost applicants well north of a quarter million dollars in base application fees…
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Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: November 2022
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most…
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7 years later Mike Berkens remains pleased that he and Judi sold their portfolio
It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he…
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End user domain sales including a one letter domain
Here are some domains end users bought at Sedo this week. Very few of this week’s Sedo sales have developed…
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Macy’s scraps .macys gTLD
US retailer Macy’s has dumped its dot-brand gTLD .macys. The company told ICANN recently that it no longer wishes to…