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Autonews.com: Amazon May Roll Out Its Car Portal Using a New gTLD
August 25, 2016 @ 1:10 PMAccording to AutoNews.com, Amazon launched Amazon Vehicles, a “car research portal where consumers can view and reviews of thousands of new and classic cars, while being able to upload photos and videos of their own rides.” AutoNews.com went on to suggest that Amazon might migrate the service to a new gTLD or at least use…
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AutoNews.com: Amazon May Roll Out Its Car Portal Using a New gTLD
August 25, 2016 @ 1:10 PMAccording to AutoNews.com, Amazon launched Amazon Vehicles, a “car research portal where consumers can view and reviews of thousands of new and classic cars, while being able to upload photos and videos of their own rides.” AutoNews.com went on to suggest that Amazon might migrate the service to a new gTLD or at least use…
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Escrow.com Handles Over US$200 Million in Payments in H1, Buys Domain Name for A$1 Million
August 24, 2016 @ 11:49 AMEscrow.com’s parent company recently reported financial results for the first half of 2016 and disclosed a major domain name purchase. This week I had Escrow.com GM Jackson Elsegood on the Domain Name Wire podcast to provide an update on what his company is doing. Jackson was careful about talking about the company’s financials because its…
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.guru After Hitting a High of Almost 85k Domains is Now Under 60k
August 24, 2016 @ 11:33 AM.Guru which hit a high of over 84,000 domain names on April 1, 2015 now has less than 60,000 domains. .Guru was the first new gTLD to hit 50,000 registrations back in April 2014. .Guru was one of the first new gTLD’s Donuts released launched in January 2014. However as you can see from its…
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Logicboxes Launches The New Elite Reseller Program
August 24, 2016 @ 11:09 AMLogicBoxes has launched the Elite Reseller Program which focuses on high potential Web Hosts, Domain Resellers and ICANN Registrars. LogicBoxes according to a press release we just received, will now be made available to Web Hosts from all the segments of the industry. Furthermore, the localization features of OrderBox would enable them to leverage the…
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1-character & Certain 2-letter Domains in .bank and .insurance to Become Available
August 23, 2016 @ 10:44 AMfTLD, the .bank and .insurance registry announced that previously reserved names in .BANK and .INSURANCE will become available on first-come, first-served basis subject to fTLD’s Registrant Eligibility and Name Selection Policies. As these names are deemed premium they are subject to a higher initial and renewal registration fee. Please consult with an fTLD-approved Registrar…
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New Domain Extension .webcam Loses 60% of Its Registrations in a Month
August 23, 2016 @ 9:27 AM.Webcam has lost around 60% of its registrations in the since mid July months according to registrarStats.com and mTLDstats.com .Webcam which is another Famous Four Media owned new gTLD domain extension, which was offered at very low pricing at Alpnames.com, had over 97,000 registration on July 15th, before its anniversary date, now has just over…
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According to RegistrarStats .top Gains 422,000 Domain Names in One Day
August 23, 2016 @ 8:37 AMThe .Top registry added a mind blowing 422,133 domain registrations in one day according to RegistrarStats.com. .Top gained 422,133 domain registrations yesterday and now sits at 3,215,489 domain names making it the 6th most registered gTLD. Only .com, .net, .org, info and .xyz have more registrations. According to new gTLD stats .TOP has 3,266,487 registered…
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Epik.com Announces Record Results in Q2 2016 & Plans International Expansion
August 23, 2016 @ 6:44 AMEpik.com announced today record results in Q2 2016 and its plans for international expansion. Founded in 2009, the company has achieved steady growth, most recently growing revenues more than 80% in 2015, with continued rapid growth in 2016. Epik, a full-service and all-inclusive registrar and provider of hosting services, is led by Rob Monster, a…
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NFX LLC Sues to Recover Stolen Nfx.com Domain Name
August 23, 2016 @ 5:17 AMCompany files lawsuit in an attempt to regain control of its domain name. NFX LLC, which runs programs to help marketplace startups, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the domain name NFX.com. NFX claims the domain name was stolen from it sometime between September 2015 and May 2016 after an email account was hacked…
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