It wasn’t a week for big domain name sales, but it meant that some ccTLD sales were able to take out 3 of the top 4 positions on the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 11 August. The biggest sale for the week was shopping.uk which sold for a…
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.NYC Brings Back Best of Boroughs Competition For 2019
The best websites using a .nyc domain name stand to win a $5,000 cash prize, among other goodies, in the 2019 Best of Boroughs competition. The Best of Boroughs will see top websites across New York City’s five boroughs eligible to enter the citywide contest. Restaurateurs, fashionistas, financial gurus, artists, anyone and everyone that elevates…
First ICANN Managed Root Server Instance Installed in Shanghai
ICANN announced the successful installation of an ICANN Managed Root Server (IMRS) instance in Shanghai, China. A root server is a name server for the Domain Name System (DNS) root zone. Root servers respond to DNS lookup requests made by DNS resolvers generally operated by Internet service providers. When the request is a query about…
CentralNic Half Yearly Results See Organic Growth of 6%
CentralNic released their half yearly results for January to June Monday reporting both revenues and Adjusted EBITDA have tripled year-on-year, driven by a combination of growth through acquisition and underlying organic growth of around 6%. “In the first half of 2019 CentralNic’s adjusted EBITDA exceeded our full year performance in 2018,” Ben Crawford, CEO of…
Global Domain Name Count Surpasses 350 Million Mark: Verisign
The number of domain names registered around the world passed 350 million in the second quarter of 2019, totalling 354.7 million as of 30 June, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief [pdf] from Verisign. During the quarter there was an increase of 2.9 million domain name registrations, or 0.8%, compared to the first…