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All domain segments are growing, and expired domain revenue continues to grow. Tucows reported Q2 earnings this afternoon. Overall, the company’s revenues increased 10% year-over-year to $98.4 million ...
Primary and aftermarket domain revenue jumped in Q2. GoDaddy (NASDAQ: GDDY) reported Q2 earnings after the markets closed this afternoon. For the quarter, revenue clocked in at $1.2 billion, up 8% ...
American vintners are worried that someone might steal their protected regional names in the next new gTLD round. The Napa Valley Vintners has written to ICANN to “express strong opposition to the ...
A fashion clothing store, a computing resources business, and a Chevrolet dealer bought domain names. Sedo is taking a short summer break from reporting domain sales. But I know how much you all need ...
Want an expiring domain from one of these registrars? You should backorder them at NameJet or SnapNames. Last month, NameJet and SnapNames began auctioning expired domains from BlueHost and HostGator.
For the record, I not proud of that headline. It doesn’t even work in British English. But if I hadn’t done it, some of you would have complained, and I want you to be happy. Rubber company Goodyear ...
Tucows has scored a big win for its back-end registry services business, winning Radix and its portfolio of gTLDs over from rival Team Internet. The companies said in a press release today that Radix ...
The ICANN community has kicked off its “review of reviews”, a hopefully brief exercise in navel-gazing designed to free ICANN from even more navel-gazing over the longer term. The seven supporting ...
Rachel Sterling at Identity Digital published a piece today that delved into new gtlds being on the rise with tech startups. The usage of .com vs new gtlds using data from Y Combinator and Techstars.
Buyers might be more inclined to purchase a domain at the marketplace offering lower monthly payments. Elliot Silver posted today about how he handles “dual” listings that are on both Atom (premium) ...
Accelerator-backed startups increasingly turn to .ai and other alternatives. New analysis from top level domain company Identity Digital shows that young startups are increasingly turning to non-.com ...
Complainant makes arguments in its case that seem to be in defense of the domain name owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has found (pdf) Top Systems Brasil Software ...