New York City’s new gTLD is currently conducting an auction for tech-related premium domain names which ends on 18 May. For eligible registrants, that is people and businesses in the city’s boroughs, there are 28 .nyc domains up for grabs. The auction has been open since 2 May but according to the SnapNames auction page…
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3877.com $54k, juwan.com $42k and more
DOMAIN SALES Gdy.com just changed hands yesterday afternoon with undisclosed price. 3877.com was auctioned for ¥376,000 CNY (approximately $54,440 USD). Wxr.com was auctioned for ¥269,000 CNY (approximately $38,948 USD). Jmm.com was auctioned for ¥252,000 CNY (approximately $36,486 USD). Huhe.com was auctioned for ¥90,000 CNY (approximately $13,031 USD). 1s.cn was auctioned for ¥70,300 CNY (approximately $10,178…
European Commission Opens Consultation on Review of .EU Rules
The European Commission is opening a consultation on the .eu rules to see if the existing regulations on .eu are still fit for purpose, or if they need to be changed or updated. The .eu top-level domain represents the “online digital brand” of the European Union. It was originally created in 2002 and 2004, the…
.eco Off and Running In First Weeks
The .eco new gTLD has been in General Availability for 2 weeks now and according to a post on the .eco website there were 1,200 domain names sold as of 10 May. However nTLDstats.com is only showing around 500 registrations. However using the .eco numbers, they claim to have sold domain names to companies, non-profits…
Fly.com Flies High To Be Year’s Biggest Sale to Date
TravelZoo sold the fly.com domain name for a whopping $2.89 million to easily be the biggest sale in 2017 to date to make it the 17th biggest sale ever recorded by Domain Name Journal and over $1 million higher than the previous biggest sale for the year, that of 01.com which sold for $1.82 million.…