.CO Passes 600,000 Registrations With Big Goals

November 11, 2010
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.CO Passes 600,000 Registrations With Big Goals

As the .CO ccTLD continues its impressive growth in registrations, the registrar .CO Internet has breathlessly claimed .CO is challenging .COM.

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ICANN Voted to Allow Registries to Buy Registrars

November 11, 2010
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ICANN Voted to Allow Registries to Buy Registrars

ICANN Board of Directors voted to allow new gTLD registries to buy registrars.ICANN will also allow registrars to apply for or operate new gTLD registries.

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Afilias improves security for .IN Domain with DNSSEC

November 11, 2010
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Afilias improves security for .IN Domain with DNSSEC

Afilias, a global provider of Internet infrastructure services, announced that it has enabled Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) for the .IN country code top-level domain (TLD) for the country of India, improving global security for this domain which houses over 700,000 .IN domains.

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Registration Opens for .nxt conference

November 11, 2010
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Registration Opens for .nxt conference

Early bid registration for the .nxt conference is available.You should consider attending this conference if you are interested in new top level domain names.

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AfternicDLS Expands Again: Name.com Becomes 5th Instant Transfer Premium Partner

November 11, 2010
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The AfternicDLS and a leading registrar, Name.com, announced today that Name.com will join Afternic’s Domain Listing Service as a premium partner. By teaming up with leading registrars, the AfternicDLS is boosting sales by making possible instant transfer of domain names sold at any of their premium partner sites.

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Afilias Announces .INFO Website Award Winners – Hands Out Over $15,000 in Cash Prizes

November 11, 2010
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Afilias, the operator of the .INFO Registry, today announced the winners of their 2010 .INFO Awards. A panel of judges selected the top three websites built on .INFO domains from a field of more than 130 entries submitted from over 20 countries around the globe. At stake was a $7,500 first prize, $5,000 for...

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T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010 – What Happened & How It Helped Clarify the Conference Hierarchy

November 11, 2010
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The 2010 Traffic Miami conference was a landmark event, not just because it drew great feedback from attendees, but because it also brought some clarity to a domain conference picture that had become muddled by a tsunami of shows. In our new complete show review article we break down what happened and what it...

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Total $ Value of Reported 3Q-2010 Domain Sales Slip Slightly From 09 But Median Price Up 15%

November 11, 2010
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In our latest newsletter emailed to opt-in subscribers we broke down 3Q-2010 domain sales reported to DN Journal. A lack of 7-figure blockbuster sales caused the total $ value of reported sales to fall from both the previous quarter and 3Q-2009 but a big rise in the median price showed increasing prices in the...

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Available Domains Are Easy to Find – With a Script?

November 11, 2010
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Available Domains Are Easy to Find – With a Script?

In a post on his blog, YipIt founder Vinicius Vacanti describes how his company wrote a script in order to find an available domain name that for their criteria for a name for their site, a service that finds you great local deals by learning your tastes. Do you think writing a script to...

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.MX ccTLD Auction Ends Today With No Bids So Far

November 11, 2010
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.MX ccTLD Auction Ends Today With No Bids So Far

The SnapNames .MX ccTLD domain auction in cooperation with sales.mx is ending in less than five hours. To date none of the domains in the auction has received any bids despite some no reserve listings that are included in the auction. The list contains many second level .MX domains which were released by the...

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