The registry fee for .RU and .РФ domain names is increasing to 120 rubles from the current 70 rubles, an increase of 71%, the registry, the Coordination Center for TLD RU, announced, the first increase in 10 years. The increase applies to registration and renewals from 1 July and was approved at a meeting of…
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DotConnectAfrica Seeks Redelegation of .Africa gTLD at Trial
Sophia Bekele The dotAfrica (.Africa) gtld delegation has been faced by so much controversy for some time now. The ruling on the preliminary injunction in January 2017, allowed ICANN to go ahead to delegate the string to ZACR but should DotConnectAfrica Trust prevail at trial, the .Africa string will be re-delegated to DCA. CIO East…
Aron Meystedt Sells Tablets.com – NamePros
Aron Meystedt, owner of XF.com Investments and Director of Intellectual Property at Heritage Auctions has sold the domain name Tablets.com. The news was confirmed by Aron (@XF.com) today, telling NamePros that an investor had acquired the domain name, but no sales price could be revealed. The domain name was acquired by Aron in 2010, who…
Half Million Dollar Sale Of REFI.COM Tops Weekly Chart
The sale of refi.com for an even half million dollars was easily the biggest reported domain name sale for the week ending 12 March, making it the second biggest sale of 2017 to date, only eclipsed by the sale of 01.com for $1,820,000 through VIP Brokerage. The $500,000 sale for refi.com was brokered by Buckley…
Domain Movers: Bands.com, AutoDraw.com + More
Welcome! This is Domain Movers, we track corporate domain name transactions and report the early findings to you. The following domain names often relate to new brands, new products, new advertising campaigns, new services and much more. Some big names in today’s list and this is only a small sample…