Radix released a report on the sale of premium domain names across their new gTLDs from January to June this week, with over 80 domain names sold for more than $2,500, and 3 for more than $10,000, and overall grossing $1,360,865, a similar figure to the second half of 2018. Radix, which according to nTLDstats,…
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NamesCon 2020 Dates (Slightly) Change For A Day At The Beach
NamesCon Global logo NamesCon Global have announced a slight change in the dates for their 2020 event to be held in Austin, Texas, for the first time, from 29 January to 1 February, a 3 day delay on the previously announced dates. And the reason for the change, in part, is partly because of a…
.RU Increases Registration Fee in 2018 and Domainers Bolt
Registrations in Russia’s ccTLD dropped by 351,130 in 2018, or 6.5%, primarily due to an increase in the registration fee on 1 July which led to domain investors, described as those registrants with portfolios of more than 100 domain names, according to the Russian Domain Space 2018: Outcomes and Development Prospects report released in July.…
Verisign Quarterly Results Continue Show 4.3% Increase in .COM/.NET Registrations In 12 Months
Verisign released their results for the second quarter of 2019 which showed a continuing growth in registration numbers for their 2 big top-level domains – .com and .net (combined). For the quarter combined registrations for .com and .net grew 4.3% from the end of the second quarter of 2018, and a net increase of 1.34…
MMX: Registrations and Sales Up, ICM’s Adult Domains Stabilised and .LONDON Out
Minds + Machines Group (MMX) released its half yearly trading results to 30 June last week. In the first half of 2019m MMX reported a healthy year-on-year growth in registrations, up 19% to 1.82 million. There was also strong channel growth within the original 28 MMX new gTLDs with new sales billings through the channel…