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.…
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$609,000 for Exchange.eth?
I have been reading a few articles on this Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and trying to get a handle on exactly what is being offered. An article on CoinDesk a couple days ago shows that some serious money is being invested for names that will end in .eth. Exchange.eth went for $609,000. The article points…
ppgs.com was sold for $28k in BIN sale
DOMAIN SALES Jhm.com just changed hands with undisclosed price. Ppgs.com was sold for ￥199,990 CNY (approximately $28,929 USD) in a BIN sale at 22.cn, however, the whois information has not updated. 3482.com was auctioned for ￥112,000 CNY (approximately $16,201 USD). Qipo.com was auctioned for ￥66,500 CNY (approximately $9,619 USD). 17817.com was auctioned for ￥60,000 CNY…
auDA Release New Code of Conduct As Transparency Questions Continue
The .au policy regulator, auDA, released a new code of conduct last week as questions of transparency continue to gnaw away at the organisation with a former long-term director launching a funding initiative to raise money for a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. The Code of Conduct which was released to time with the current…
Former Afnic CEO Reveals New Job With French Government
The former CEO of Afnic, Mathieu Weill, has announced his new position following a surprise resignation in late April. The new position is Head of Digital Economy Department with the Ministry of Economy in France. Weill surprisingly quit his role as head of Afnic, the announcement coming in late April with the board appointing Pierre…