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Michael Cyger February 12, 2016
Efty is announcing something we’ve been working on for a while: a For-Sale landing page theme gallery.
Why is this important?
I tell you in this short video overview.
Michael Cyger January 4, 2016
I’m honored to have won two awards at The Domain Conference, which took place the past two days in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.
Blogger of the Year: Michael Cyger
Domain Ambassador of the Year: Michael Cyger
Thank you to everyone who voted for me and DomainSherpa.
My mom went up with me to accept the awards — you have to check-out this picture…
Michael Cyger September 30, 2015
I’m very excited to announce that I have taken an investment position in Efty.com, the leading domain name investing platform.
Why?
Domain name investing is one of the most lucrative opportunities I’ve found. But you can’t improve your investing performance if you don’t measure it.
That’s where Efty comes in.
Michael Cyger September 25, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:
• DNSeattle on May 28th – Only 7 tickets remaining!
• .Club Turns 1, Happy Birthday!
• TheVerge.com Calls Purchase of RandPaul.com for $100k “Ransom”
• Congress to Put .Sucks On Trial
• WHOIS Privacy Reforms Incoming
• Verisign Wants Patent for “Searchable Web WHOIS”
• Company That Bought Brand.com for $500k Sells It for $300k & Files Bankruptcy
• .XYZ Featured On HBO’s Silicon Valley
• .Me Passes 800k Registrations
• GoDaddy Purchases The Domain Gddy.com Through Right of The Dot
• And much more!
DomainSherpa May 8, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:
• DNSeattle Returning for Round 2! Next Month’s 2015 Meetup Follows Sold Out Debut in 2014
• Domain Auction in Beijing: 52.com sold for $1,775,400 USD; 32.cn for $274,380…
• .Me Passes 800k Registrations
• Dumb ICANN Bug Revealed Secret Financial Data to New gTLD Applicants
• .XYZ Dismisses Own Ads As “Puffery”
• Startup Domain Name Fails: 68% Fail Radio Test
• .xyz Helps CentralNic Double Its Revenue
• Verisign Reports Earnings, 1.51 Million Net Adds
• Google Wins .map and .search
• Minds + Machines Registry Struggles With Only 63,000 Domains Over 13 New gTLDs
• And much more!
DomainSherpa May 1, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:
• Verisign Reports Earnings, 1.51 Million Net Adds
• Minds + Machines Registry Struggles With Only 63,000 Domains Over 13 New gTLDs
• Cybersquatter Jailed for Seven Years After Prison Break
• Is Amazon.com The Biggest User of New Domain Names?
• Stolen Domain Name 608.com Returned to Owner in UDRP
• Judge Denies Motion to Strike UDRP Cases From MySchool.com Pleadings
• Donuts’ New TLD Renewal Rates Range From 55% to 72%
• And much more!
DomainSherpa April 24, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:
• Donuts’ New TLD Renewal Rates Range From 55% to 72%
• Verisign Announces First Round of #InternetOfficial Contest First Prize Winners
• All 2-letter .berlin Domain Names Were Registered Against ICANN Rules
• NetSol’s Free .XYZ Bundle Renews at $57
• ICANN in “Fact-finding” Mode Over Potential .Sucks Breach
• WORLD DOMAIN DAY 2015
• MySchool.com Domain Name Owner Fights Back After Lawsuit
• Lady Gaga Dumps .org for Freebie New gTLD
• And much more!
DomainSherpa April 17, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.
• ICANN Asks FTC and OCA to Review .Sucks
• MySchool.com Domain Name Owner Fights Back After Lawsuit
• UDRP Panel Finds Not Responding to C&D Letter is Bad Faith: 14 Year Old Mascot.nl Lost
• Lady Gaga Dumps .org for Freebie New gTLD
• DomainNameSales Increases Sales Commissions
• .Flowers Gets 24k+ Registrations; But Over 98% are Registered By North Sound Names
• FastCompany Covers The New gTLD’s: Highlights Coffee.club
• And more!
DomainSherpa April 10, 2015
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.
• Telegraph.co.uk Interviews .XYZ Daniel Negari “Who Has Already Made $6.4 Million” On .XYZ
• ICANN Budget Proposal Shows New TLDs Weaker Than Expected
• Are You Surprised By Donuts’ 61% Renewal Rate?
• Survey Says .com Performs Better Than New TLDs
• Google Domains Now Listed Organically Number 1 On Google for “Domains”
• Why is .Sucks Based in Frank Schilling’s Office?
• Exact Match Domains (EMDs) are Still a Better & Cheaper Option
• And more!
DomainSherpa March 27, 2015