It was a big 6-figure sale of signet.com that topped the Domain Name Journal chart of top reported sales for the week ending 24 June, selling for $300,000 in a sale brokered by Garry Chernoff through Afternic Brokerage. The sale easily eclipsed the next biggest sale, ampli.ca, which sold for $50,000 through Sedo and then…
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More Domain Industry Consolidation as CentralNic Acquires Key-Systems
The British-based CentralNic has acquired the parent company of the German Key-Systems, KeyDrive, for $35.8 million it was announced today. The acquisition will see the combined group become the 11th largest registrar globally by generic top level domain volume and will be among the top 5 registry service providers by number of registry clients. Key-Systems,…
Donuts Hurts .NEWS Credibility in Sale of .NEWS Domains To Clickbaiters and Science Deniers
Donuts this week announced the sale of 7 .news domain names to Webseed in a 6-figure deal that happened in 2017 with websites appearing for the domain names earlier this year. But has Donuts gained “a six-figure price” but just hurt the top level domain’s reputation by selling, and promoting the sale of, such prominent…
World.Rugby launches .rugby as global rugby community invited to join digital revolution
World Rugby has made history by launching the .rugby internet domain name, kicking-off a digital revolution that will deliver multiple promotional benefits to the global rugby community. World Rugby’s website has become www.world.rugby and all of the international federation’s digital properties, including email addresses, are being seamlessly transitioned as part of a phased major digital…
.GR Launches .ελ on 10 July
Greece’s internationalised ccTLD .ελ is set to launch on 10 July at 11:00 local time, the registry has announced. In an announcement by the registry ICS-FORTH GR, they advise that the registration of domain names under the .ελ country code top level domain will be possible for every interested person or legal entity, as long…