Nominet, the national registry for .uk domain names, issues its latest annual Domain name industry report revealing the importance of a .uk domain to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) as their primary web address. The report also shows the continued increase in popularity of country code domain names driven by strong growth in countries such as China and Russia.
Most domainers stop at the registration duration screen to switch to a 1 year registration when registering a domain name with Godaddy - but perhaps less experienced users don’t.
In any case, as has been covered by other bloggers here and here, Godaddy have changed their default registration duration to 5 years - instead of the previous 2 - to increase revenue.
Domain Directors, an associated company of Instra Corporation, an auDA (Australian Domain Name Administrator) and ICANN accredited registrar, yesterday commenced legal proceedings in the Supreme Court of Queensland against auDA, the Australian domain name policy and regulatory body.
Last week, auDA unilaterally cancelled Domain Director’s domain name registration for “auregistry.com.au”.
Have you implemented a domain name strategy? Many established businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups fail to account for their use of domain names in their general business planning.
The Court of Appeals in Kentucky has granted a motion to stay on the forfeiture hearing for the 141 gambling domains that were seized by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The hearing, originally scheduled for December 3, will now take place on December 12.
Are you planning to register a domain name? Don’t jump in unless you have some facts known! First of all you need to decide “with whom” you plan to register it. A google search will give you more options than you can handle. Price is certainly important, but you need to know some more important things than just the price.
First of all, you need to register a domain where you will have complete control over it. Most registrars do give you control, but not all. You need to have control over:
The domain name kredit.de recently sold for €892,000 (~US$1,133,000), a remarkable sale given the state of the current financial markets. This makes it the largest reported sale for any .de domain name and, according to Domain Name Journal, the third largest sale for the year to date, outshining the $1 million sale of vibrators.com announced earlier this week.
Recently I helped a customer redeem back their domain name. The domain name was registered for the end user by a reseller under the reseller’s name one year ago. Later, the reseller no longer carried on her web design business and passed on the domain name to another company, who in turned passed it to yet another designer.
The domain name vibrators.com sold for US$1 million to PriveCo, a small company selling adult goods, and is set to be one of year's biggest sales.
Going by Ron Jackson's Domain Name Journal year to date sales charts, the sale would currently sit in fifth place in reported sales. The year's biggest reported sale was fund.com, selling for $9,999,950.
Certainly the domain name is a good fit for the company based in Detroit, Michigan, although they will be undoubtedly hoping the value of the domain name will lead to an increase in sales.
The .CO.NL Operator announces today its official Launch dates for the Grandfather period, Trademark Sunrise, Landrush and Go Live. Anyone willing to secure a .CO.NL domain name will be able to submit their requests through the numerous Registrars that have already partnered with the Operator to allow their customers to benefit from this new alternative.
