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GoDaddy Releases Summer 2016 Updates
GoDaddy released their summer updates for 2016. A look at all the projects, services and products that have either been… Read more
One of World's 10 Most Popular TLDs - Netherlands ccTLD .NL - Continued to Grow in 2Q-2016
With new gTLDs pushing the number of domain extensions available worldwide well past the 1,000 mark, it is getting harde… Read more
A smart brokerage pitch from Afternic
Better lead follow up is worth the commission. Domainers tend to gripe about paying commissions to marketplaces, especia… Read more
Interview with The Man Behind The Data at Namebio – Michael Sumner
Today we are talking with Michael Sumner programmer extraordinaire at Namebio. In addition to his duties at Namebio, Mic… Read more
Poll: How much will .web domain name sell for?
How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated… Read more
ICANN: Wednesday's .Web auction must go on
Group responds to lawsuit and argues auction should take place on Wednesday as planned. ICANN has responded (pdf) to Don… Read more
The Daily Roundup for July 25, 2016
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 25, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike 23andme wins UDRP on the domain 23and.me… Read more
Controversy Dogs ICANN's .Web Auction Wednesday + Web.biz Sold & TDC Award Noms Open
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com - a lawsuit seeks to stop ICANN from auctioning off the .Web new gTLD Wednesday -… Read more
14 domain names to backorder this week
Here are 14 domain names you might want to buy this week. It's been a while since I've run my column featuring domai… Read more
How James Booth went from zero to $5 million in 6 months – DNW Podcast #94
James Booth sold $5 million in domain names within six months of opening his brokerage firm. James Booth had a bit of an… Read more
So far little is being done with the highest selling new gtld domains
Taking a look at some of the biggest reported new gtld sales on Namebio and it seems like a lot of people spent a lot of… Read more
Elliot Silver About to Bicycle 163 Miles for Cancer Care & Research + DomainX Conference Update
On August 6 & 7 DomainInvesting.com Founder Elliot Silver will be riding a bike 163 miles over a two-day stretch to help… Read more
The Daily Roundup for July 22, 2016
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 22, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike Mark Monitor sells the domain name http:… Read more
Huge Week for Domain Sales: A 7-Figure Deal, the Year's Highest, is Backed By Ten 6-Figure Sales
The prices on this week's sales chart are so high you might want to put on an oxygen mask before looking at them. The im… Read more
Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief Shows Global Registrations Jumped 11% in Past Year
Verisign released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) for 1Q-2016 today. The report,covering all do… Read more
Internet Grows to 326.4 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter of 2016
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the internet grew by approximat… Read more
THE Domain Conference Adds Separate Startup Saturday Event to Show Week in Florida
THE Domain Conference, that returns to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in September, has announced conference week will include… Read more
Uniregistry Dominates Sales Chart After Unveiling Massive Vault of Unreleased Transactions
Uniregistry has given us access to thousands of previously unreleased sales totaling nearly $42 million that stretch bac… Read more
THE Domain Conference Tabs Tobias Flaitz & Lori Anne as Keynoters for Florida Show
THE Domain Conference (TDC) has landed two accomplished keynote speakers for their 2nd annual show coming up September 1… Read more
Escrow.com Moving U.S. Office from Southern Cal to San Francisco, Reports Other Changes Too
After expanding their management team and giving the company's website a major makeover, Escrow.com has just announced t… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in June
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
DomainX 2016 Agenda Released - Frank Schilling & Bill Karamouzis to Deliver Keynotes in India
India's 3rd annual DomainX conference will be held August 6-7 in New Delhi. An all-star roster of speakers includes keyn… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Closing Day at China's World Domain Conference Friday in Wuzhen
The 2016 World Domain Conference ended today in Wuzhen, China with a morning devoted to business sessions and an afterno… Read more
Three-Letter .Coms Take 3 of the Top 4 Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The 3-letter .coms were back in the saddle this week claiming three of the first four spots on our latest weekly all ext… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the 1st Business Day at China's World Domain Conference Today
After getting guests from around the world settled in at the Waterside Resort in Wuzhen, China Wednesday organizers of t… Read more
How Ex-Paratrooper Wayne Wheat Went from Jumping Out of Planes to Selling High End Domains
When live domain auction pioneer Monte Cahn wanted a top tier auctioneer to call his events his search led to former Wor… Read more
Opening Day Photos & Highlights from China's World Domain Conference in Wuzhen
China's World Domain Conference got underway today in Wuzhen with a day primarily devoted to the logistics of shuttling… Read more
Domain Pros From Around the World Have Begun Arriving for China's World Domain Conference
Domain industry professionals from around the world have begun arriving in Wuzhen, China where the World Domain Conferen… Read more
No China Market Slowdown for Guta.com - Expanding Brokerage Moves to New Offices in Xiamen
Chinese buyers haven't been snapping up domains at the frenetic pace (and stratospheric prices) they were last year - bu… Read more
Jodi Chamberlain Launches iSugar.live with Debut Event Set for New York City July 30
Jodi Chamberlain is well-known in the domain world after helping stage major industry conferences around the world. Now… Read more
Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart Goes to a Dutch ccTLD
While it was a relatively quiet week on the aftermarket overall, the ccTLDs had plenty to celebrate, including the 6th b… Read more
DomainSponsor Takes South Florida Domain Investors Out to the Ballgame
DomainSponsor had a large crew in Miami last night where the pioneering domain monetization company hosted a meetup with… Read more
Premier Domain Auctioneer Wayne Wheat Release New Book - Bid & Grow Rich: The Secrets to Auctions
If you have watched just about any live domain auction in recent years, odds are Wayne Wheat was the award winning aucti… Read more
.NET Geodomain Takes Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart
A nice .net geodomain sale that ranks among the year's 20 biggest non .com gTLD sales took the top spot on this week's a… Read more
THE Domain Conference Gives Guests 3 Reasons to Extend Their Stay After Florida Show Ends
THE Domain Conference returns to Florida Sept. 10-14, 2016. To tempt more people to turn this year's TDC visit into an e… Read more
Verisign Named to the Online Trust Alliance's 2016 Honor Roll
Verisign is pleased to announce that we qualified for the Online Trust Alliance's (OTA) 2016 Honor Roll for showing… Read more
New Company from Jeff Bennett is Looking to Buy High Quality Domain Portfolios
NameMedia Co-Founder and its former President & CEO Jeff Bennett has launched a new company called Digital Properties th… Read more
Pair of Numeric Domains Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart - One Rakes in Six Figures
I was away on vacation last week so we have a DOUBLE dose of sales data for you this time out. We have a nice six-figure… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the 2016 Global Domain Industry Summit in Hangzhou, China
I'm back from vacation. While I was away the 2016 Global Domain Industry Summit concluded in Hangzhou, China. NameNinja'… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in May
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
7 Key Questions to Ask When Choosing a Domain Name Extension
Guest post from Jeannie McPherson, domain evangelist and marketing expert for Verisign In the last three years, almos… Read more
Verisign Announces .コム Domain Names Are Now Available for Anyone to Register
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services, Asia-Pacific Today, Verisign is excited to anno… Read more
New BlogX Conference to Run With DomainX in New Delhi + Big Crowd Turns Out for Hangzhou Show in China
DomainX Events has just announced a new conference for bloggers - BlogX - that will debut on August 5, 2016 in New Delhi… Read more
Domaining Europe 2016 Conference Closes With a Not .Com Day in the Netherlands
The 2016 Domaining Europe conference closed Tuesday evening in The Hague, Netherlands. The 8th annual event drew a nice… Read more
Blockbuster .Com Deal and Year's Biggest ccTLD Transaction Top This Week's Sales Chart
A pair of blockbuster sales set the pace on our latest weekly domain sales chart. One ranks as one of the year's four bi… Read more
Castello Brothers Sell Rate.com for $725,000 After Broker Kate Buckley Finds Perfect End User
In one of the five biggest domain sales reported so far in 2016, the Castello Brothers have sold Rate.com for $725,000.… Read more
How Keyword-Rich Domain Names Positively Affect Search Click-Through Results
Every day, billions of searches (also called search queries) take place online. These searches often include a variety… Read more
The 2016 Domaining Europe Conference Gets Underway in the Netherlands with a .Com Day
Most Americans were off work observing Memorial Day today. For the rest of the world it was the start of another work we… Read more
Three of the Week's Top 5 Domain Sales Are 3-Letter .Coms - ccTLDs Claim 8 Chart Entries
The perennial popularity of 3-letter .coms continues unabated. Three of the week's five biggest sales came from that gro… Read more
Giant INTA Conference Brought Domain Innovators to Orlando and Put Some Into Orbit
The annual International Trademark Association meeting ended today in Orlando with over 10,000 attendees from all over t… Read more
Verisign Q1 2016 DDoS Trends: Attack Activity Increases 111 Percent Year Over Year
Verisign just released its Q1 2016 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of… Read more
1st Domain Startup Summit Posts Conference Agenda and an Impressive Lineup of Speakers
In early April I told you about a unique new one-day conference coming to California in July. The Co-Founders of the Dom… Read more
Sedo's Strategy for Promoting and Marketing New gTLDs and Accelerating Aftermarket Sales
Ever since new gTLDs began rolling out there has been criticism that they haven't been marketed vigorously enough. If th… Read more
Pair of 6-Figure Sales - Including One of the Year's 5 Biggest - Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
A nice one-word .com took a place among the five biggest sales reported so far this year when Heritage Auctions closed a… Read more
We Need You: Industry Collaboration to Improve Registration Data Services
For more than 30 years, the industry has used a service and protocol named WHOIS to access the data associated with do… Read more
Life is Better at the Beach! Flippa & Domain Holdings Unveil New Brokerage Office in Florida
All of the domain brokerage companies have one thing in common - they want the best brokers working for them. That means… Read more
Domaining Europe & China's World Domain Conference Team Up to Bring Domain Investors Together
Domaining Europe conference founder Dietmar Stefitz has struck a unique partnership agreement with the organizers of Chi… Read more
Your Personal Brand Starts Online
They say first impressions are the most lasting. Today, that first encounter – whether you're looking for your dream… Read more
Verisign Launches New gTLDs for the Korean Market, .닷컴 and .닷넷
Guest post from June Seo, Director, Verisign Naming Services Korea Verisign is pleased to announce the launch of our pha… Read more
Verisign Opens Landrush Program Period for .コム Domain Names
Guest Post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services, Asia-Pacific Today, the Landrush Program Period… Read more
Year's Biggest Domain Sale to Date Tops This Week's Sales Chart at $1.2 Million
For the past 2 months TP.com has reigned as the year's biggest domain sale - but now there's a new King of The Hill - an… Read more
Show Venue Revealed for DomainX Conference in New Delhi - Extra Day Added for Taj Mahal Trip
Organizers of India's 3rd annual DomainX conference, coming up in August, have announced the show venue for their 2016 e… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in April
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of April 2016 are below. Any surprises? Top 1… Read more
Donuts Inc.'s Paul Stahura Named Finalist in Regional Entrepreneur of the Year Award Race
The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award has long been among the most prestigious honors in the business world.… Read more
Increasing the Strength of the Zone Signing Key for the Root Zone
Guest Post from Duane Wessels, Principal Research Scientist One of the most interesting and important changes to the int… Read more
Domain Industry Growth in China Boosting Demand for Conference Networking Opportunities There
The domain industry in China has seen a surge in growth over the past couple of years (including an aftermarket buying b… Read more
Short Domains Rule New Sales Chart : 6-Figure Numeric Domain and 11 3-Letter .Coms Lead Way
The new weekly sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Short .coms were back in the saddle with a dominating performance a… Read more
Fred Mercaldo's City Brand Media Announces New Partnership with Ammar Kubba's Afterthought Inc.
City Brand Media has announced a new partnership agreement with Ammar Kubba's Afterthought, Inc., owner of the @Identi… Read more
The Adventures of Angie Graves: How the Writing, Rocking, Web Wizard Became an Industry Pioneer
DNJournal's latest Cover Story details the remarkable background of WEB Group Inc. Co-Founder Angie Graves. Among other… Read more
Former Domain Holdings Broker Joe Uddeme Opens His Own Shop at NameExperts.com
After more than five years with DomainHoldings.com before leaving his post as Director of Business Development last Nove… Read more
Three 6-Figure Sales Totaling Over a Half Million Dollars Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
After seeing no reported sales above $25,000 last week, a dozen went over that figure this week with three soaring into… Read more
World Hosting Days Returns to the USA Next Month - Phoenix Resort Chosen for 2016 Event
WHD.usa will have a new venue for the conference's 2nd event in America. After debuting in Pennsylvania last year the 20… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Domainers Meet in Dubai: the Middle East's 1st Major Domain Conference
Domainers Meet, the first domain name industry conference ever held in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council, an alliance of… Read more
Lack of Large Sales Produced a Diverse Chart This Week with 11 Non .Coms on the Leader Board
In a rare occurrence .coms took less than half of the entries on our latest weekly domain sales chart. 11 places went to… Read more
Dubai Show 4 Days Away, Domaining Europe Adds Keynoter, China Summit This Summer
With conferences in Dubai, Europe and China coming over the next 90 days (and DomainX to follow in India in August, then… Read more
auDA Decides to Allow Direct .au Registrations - Implementation Date Still to Be Determined
Domain registrations in Australia's .au country code have traditionally been restricted to 2nd level extensions (like .c… Read more
Latest Verisign Industry Brief Shows 2015 Closed With a Powerful Surge in Domain Registrations
Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering the 4th quarter of 2015. The operator o… Read more
Verisign Q4'15 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 314 Million Domain Names in the Fourth Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by approxima… Read more
.Coms Account for 11 of the Week's 13 Biggest Sales With Priority.com Setting the Pace
It was a good week for the .coms as they posted the top six sales on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart, as we… Read more
Spring Brings an Abundance of Domain Meetups and Conferences Around the World
Spring 2016 is here with a nice slate of domain industry networking opportunities around the world. In the U.S. alone th… Read more
Bobbleheads.com Bags Biggest Bobblehead World Record With 15-Foot Tall St. Bernard!
Regular DNJournal readers are familiar with the remarkable story of Warren Royal who turned his $30,000 purchase of Bobb… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in March
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of March 2016 are below. Any surprises? Top 1… Read more
Escrow.com Adds Sales VP Danny Raja - Duties Will Include Developing New Domain Industry Partnerships
Escrow.com announced the addition of a key new member to their management team today when Danny Raja was introduced as V… Read more
NameJet and SnapNames Join Forces to Turbocharge Their Drop Catching Engines
Domain drop catching powerhouses NameJet and SnapNames announced today that, effective immediately, they are combining b… Read more
Domain Conferences Continue to Evolve: New Codemology Hackathon Set for Charlotte Next Fall
Earlier this week I told you about a unique new conference coming to LA this summer. Now, just four days later, comes wo… Read more
Three 6-Figure Sales Top Latest Sales Chart - 2 of Those Rank Among Year's Top 10
April is off to a good start in the domain aftermarket. This week sellers reported a trio of six-figure sales and more t… Read more
Industry Vets to Bring Unique Domain Startup Summit Conference to Los Angeles This Summer
The importance of domain names in branding and driving traffic to online enterprises is finally being realized by mainst… Read more
Igloo's Brand Stories Page Tracks How Companies Are Using Top Tier Domains They Bought
Igloo.com has just given their website a nice refresh that includes an interesting new page devoted to Brand Stories. It… Read more
.Coms and Non .Coms Evenly Split This Week's Top 20 Sales With 10 Entries Each
It is a rare occasion when .coms don't dominate our weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. The past week was one of th… Read more
You Have to Buy a Domain Before You Can Sell One - Now There is a Guide for That!
Volumes have been written about the business of selling domain names, but what if you found yourself on the other side o… Read more
Uniregistry Market Goes Live - DomainAgents Unveils New Website - .AU Lets CEO Go
Spring is here and the season isn't the only thing changing. The highly anticipated Uniregistry Market launched today, D… Read more
Week's 2 Biggest Domain Sales Were .Nets With a ccTLD 3rd - .Coms Still Take 13 of Top 20
The past week was an unusual one in the domain aftermarket. .Coms traditionally rule the roost but the biggest .com sale… Read more
Latest News on Domaining Europe - Auction & New Speakers Added to May Event in the Netherlands
With the 8th annual edition of the Domaining Europe conference just a couple of months away show Founder Dietmar Stefitz… Read more
DomainX Stages Successful Workshop in India - Co-Founder Releases Domain Investing eBook
India's DomainX conference will stage their 3rd annual event in August but they've already got another 2016 event under… Read more
3rd Edition of DNSeattle Will Welcome Attendees from the Pacific Northwest and Beyond
The 3rd annual edition of DNSeattle will be held May 12 in Kirkland, Washington at Premier Sponsor GoDaddy's offices ove… Read more
The Year's Second Biggest Sale to Date Headlines a Solid Fortnight in the Domain Market
I was away last week so we have a double dose of domain sales data for you this week - highlighted by a pair of six-figu… Read more
The New Executive Director of the Domain Name Association - Roy Arbeit - Took Charge Today
The new Executive Director of The Domain Name Association, Roy Arbeit, officially stepped into that role today. As the i… Read more
Rock Band Bree Featuring Domain Hall of Famer David Castello Breaking Out Big in the UK
As domain industry veterans know, David Castello (of Castello Brothers fame) returned to his music industry roots a few… Read more
Verisign Q4 2015 DDoS Trends: Attack Activity Increases 85% Year Over Year
Verisign just released its Q4 2015 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in February
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of February 2016 are below. Any surprises? To… Read more
China's Most Popular Auction Platform is Giving .CLUB Domains an Exclusive Spotlight This Month
For the first time China's most popular domain sales platform, 4.cn, is going to hold a premium domain auction featuring… Read more
The Year's Three Biggest Sales Were ALL Posted This Week With One Topping $900,000
Looks like the Chinese buyers were busy in the aftermarket last month after all. Our latest weekly sales chart is full o… Read more
Domainers Meet Announces Speakers & More Details About Debut Show in Dubai Next Month
We've leaned a lot more about the first big domain conference in the Middle East since we initially told you last month… Read more
InterNetX to Run Live Domain Auction at WHD.Global & and Radix Partners With SnapNames
InterNetX will kick off festivities surrounding the world's biggest hosting/cloud conference, WHD.global, with a live do… Read more
DomainHoldings Reports Year End Surge - Q4 Sales Jump 40% from 3Q - Avg Sales Doubles
DomainHoldings has announced their final results for 2015. The best news is that they closed the year with a bang, seein… Read more
Jeff Gabriel's Journey From Small Town Boy to World Record Breaking Domain Broker
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It details the twists and turns small town Massachusetts boy Jeff Gabriel wen… Read more
Sedo Domain Village Will Put Domains in Front of Huge Creative Crowd at 2016 SXSW Festival
When the massive 2016 South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film & Interactive Festival gets underway two weeks from now in A… Read more
It's a Lot Harder Than It Looks: Learn Before You Leap Into Domain Investing - DNAcademy May Help
Buying and selling domains may look easy from the outside but it is a very difficult craft to master. Most of us have le… Read more
.XYZ Auction Yields 6-Figure Sale & 5 More That Took Spots on This Week's Sales Chart
There are some nice sales on DN Journal's latest weekly Top 20 Chart but the big question was whether or not Chinese buy… Read more
Escrow.com Introduces a New Transfer Option That Eliminates Risk of Domain Loss
Escrow.com has long been the go to platform for thousands of buyers and sellers who wanted to secure their transactions.… Read more
Major Management Move at Minds + Machines: Toby Hall In As CEO, Co-Founder Out
One of the major players in the new gTLD space, registry owner/operator Minds + Machines, announced a major shake-up tod… Read more
Chinese Buyers Breathe New Life Into Early .Com Alternatives: 16-Year-Old .WS Feeling the Love
It's no secret that Chinese buyers have given the domain market - both new registrations and aftermarket sales - a huge… Read more
The Cyberthreats and Trends Enterprises Should Watch in 2016
Every year, Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services produces its Cyberthreats and Trends Report, which provi… Read more
The Door to .Store Opens in April - Radix's New TLD Gives Registry Sweet Seat at Ecommerce Table
.Store was one of the more heavily contested new TLDs with seven applicants in the chase for the ecommerce extension. Ra… Read more
Six Figure .Com Stands Out in the Otherwise Slow Week We Expected for Domain Sales
We were expecting aftermarket domain sales to be slow this week because many offices in China were closed all of last we… Read more
Heavy Hitters Converged in Seattle Last Week for Domain Name Association Summit
77 heavy hitters from both inside and outside of the domain industry got together in Seattle last week for The Domain Na… Read more
.EU Lets New Frankcom Brokerage Advertise Their Listings in Registry's WhoIs Search Database
When people are interested in buying a domain the first thing many do is conduct a WhoIs Search to get contact info. If… Read more
Slower Week in the Domain Aftermarket - Chalk it Up to the Chinese New Year?
The arrival of the Chinese New Year appears to have been accompanied by a slowdown in buying by Chinese buyers taking a… Read more
Valentine's Day Special from THE Domain Conference in Florida Offers Free Tickets for Spouses
Sunday is Valentine's Day and in the spirit of the holiday THE Domain Conference has come up with a special offer that w… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in January
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of January 2016 are below. Any surprises? Top… Read more
.Movie Registry Donuts Strengthens Film Industry Relationship With New Anti-Piracy Agreement
If you were paying attention to the Super Bowl ads in Sunday's big game you saw a new gTLD featured in one of the spots… Read more
ICANN Names a New President & CEO - Sweden's Göran Marby Will Take Over in May
ICANN has found the new President & CEO they have been seeking to succeed Fadi Chehadé who will leave those positions e… Read more
Inside China Specialist Allegravita's New Partnership with Former ICANN CSO Kurt Pritz
Allegravita, strategic advisors to companies who want to do business in China, has formed a new partnership with former… Read more
How to Choose a Cyber Threat Intelligence Provider
Throughout the course of my career I've been blessed to work with some of the most talented folks in the security and… Read more
Uniregistry Adds Industry Veterans Sam Tseng & Alan Crowe to Their Account Executive Team
Since Uniregistry launched their retail registrar in 2014 they have won many plaudits for their outstanding interface -… Read more
Quartet of Six-Figure Sales Sets the Pace in a Busy Week for the Domain Market
NameJet reported their January sales this week (including completed sales from the NamesCon live domain auction), result… Read more
More Details About the Inaugural Domainers Meet Conference Scheduled for Dubai in April 2016
Yesterday I told you a new domain conference - Domainers Meet - was being planned for Dubai in April - the first ever in… Read more
Big Changes at Sedo Bring Promotions for 2 Top Managers - Dima Beitzke Becomes Global CSO
Domain industry giant Sedo announced some major structural changes to the company's management team this morning - chang… Read more
Dubai to Get a New Domain Conference - Meetings in India & The Netherlands Also Imminent
NamesCon got the 2016 domain conference calendar off to a great start last month and after a brief respite this month, w… Read more
Priority Access Program for Verisign's First IDN New gTLD, .コム
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services Asia Verisign launched its first IDN new gTLD,�… Read more
Chef Patrick is Back in the Kitchen - This Time a REAL One as Tampa's New Doughnut King!
This morning I popped into a new doughnut shop in Tampa, but this wasn't just any doughnut shop - the Mini Doughnut Fact… Read more
Andrew Rosener Says China Wasn't Only Big Change in 2015 - Also Shares His 2016 View
With the domain boom in China such a big story this year we reached out to many top tier brokers for their thoughts on t… Read more
3-Letter .Com Brings 235K to Top This Week's Sales Chart - Big Aussie ccTLD Sale is #2
2016 has just gotten started but an old favorite continues to create the biggest sales. 3-letter .coms went ballistic in… Read more
DomainHoldings Warns Someone Using .Biz Version of Their Name May Be Attempting Scam
DomainHoldings.com VP of Operations Wendy Leung wants to make domain buyers and sellers aware of that someone using Doma… Read more
A Rising Tide from China Lifted All Boats Last Year - 13 Experts Predict What Will Happen Next
DNJournal's 12th annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. 13 industry experts weighed in on the… Read more
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Gandi.net's Investment in the Chinese Market Earns French Registrar a High Honor from CNNIC
Much has been written about the aftermarket boom created by Chinese buyers - but China presents a great opportunity for… Read more
City Brand Media Signs Deal to Develop TheMiddleEast.com & Portfolio of Over 220 Geo Domains
City Brand Media has signed a deal with WorldReach Domains to develop TheMiddleEast.com and more than 220 additional nat… Read more
Five Reasons Every Small Business Needs a Website
The 2015 holiday shopping season was a good one for businesses online. Thanks to strong sales from Black Friday and Cyb… Read more
Monster $8 Million Sale from 2015 Confirmed - Giant .Net Sale Tops This Week's Chart
While we were at NamesCon last week we learned the price paid in two huge domain sales from previous years for the first… Read more
After Their Most Successful Sunrise to Date Donuts Pours .Wine and .Vin for the General Public
This will go down as a vintage week for new gTLDs with several high profile releases including .wine and .vin from Donut… Read more
Non-Stop Networking: Why Some of the Best Moments at NamesCon Weren't on the Agenda
In my daily posts from last week's NamesCon conference I tried to give you a sense of what goes on each day & night at t… Read more
Final Day of 2016 NamesCon Conference Capped a Crowd Pleasing, Record Breaking Week
The 2016 NamesCon conference completed a remarkable four-day run last Wednesday in Las Vegas We have final day photos &… Read more
New TLD .Feedback Arrived Today with Unique Features Designed by a Familiar Industry Face
Another new gTLD entered General Availability today but the man behind the .feedback extension is a familiar face who wa… Read more
Outstanding Agenda & Wonderful Water Night Made Day 3 a Special One at NamesCon 2016: Photos & Highlights
The 2016 NamesCon conference continued Tuesday (January 12) in Las Vegas with a jam-packed business day and the annual W… Read more
NamesCon Day 2 Photos & Highlights: Frank Schilling Keynote & Live Auction Drew Capacity Crowds
The 2016 NamesCon conference continued Monday (January 11) with another busy day of business sessions, a live domain auc… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in December
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of December 2015 are below. Any surprises? To… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Sunday's Opening Day at NamesCon 2016 in Las Vegas
The 2016 NamesCon conference got off to a great start Sunday (January 10) when the first of an expected 1,200 attendees… Read more
How .Ski Allowed StartingDot's Rob Rozicki to Turn His Favorite Pastime Into a New Profession
There will be a lot of interesting people at next week's NamesCon conference including Rob Rozicki, a guy who managed to… Read more
Uniregistry's New iPhone App is a Perfect Companion to the Company's Elegant Website
Uniregistry hit all of the right notes when the registrar founded by Frank Schilling launched its website. With its eleg… Read more
2015 Domain Sales Season Ends With a Bang - 3 Six-Figure Sales Totaling Over $1M Led Way
Our final weekly domain sales report covering 2015 is out. Once the numbers were crunched it was clear that 2015 ended o… Read more
Efty Takes Landing Pages to New Level - SnapNames Gets New Look - EDC Examines New TLDs
New seems to be the operative word today. Efty has launched a unique new For Sale landing page theme gallery, SnapNames… Read more
4th Day of NamesCon Will Include 3 Keynote Addresses, 3 Masterclasses & An Executive Roundtable
A week from today we will be heading to Las Vegas to get settled in for the 2016 NamesCon conference that will run Janua… Read more
NamesCon Day 3 Will Spotlight 4 Keynote Speakers, China, Women in Domaining & Water Night!
Every day at NamesCon 2016 will be busier than the one before. That is certainly true of day 3 (Tuesday, January 12) in… Read more
Second Day at NamesCon Will Feature Four Keynote Addresses and Huge Live Domain Auction
Yesterday we talked about what's in store for opening day at the 2016 NamesCon conference January 10 in Las Vegas. Today… Read more
New Wrinkle at NamesCon: Network Lane to Bring Attendees & Experts Together on Opening Day
The 3rd annual NamesCon conference gets underway a a week from Sunday in Las Vegas. Show organizers will introduce a new… Read more
New Institute In China Aims to Turn Inexperienced Buyers Into Better Domain Investors
How much longer can the Chinese domain boom continue? Some leaders in their industry think things have already gotten a… Read more
2-Character .Com Leads New Sales Chart With 6-Figure Sale - Quartet of 3-Letter .Coms Close Behind
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We have started seeing a little more variety on our Top 20 S… Read more
Latest Industry Brief from Verisign Says Nearly 300 Million Domains Registered at End of 3Q-2015
Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering 3Q-2015. They reported 299 million doma… Read more
The Internet Grew to 299 Million Domain Names in the Third Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by approxima… Read more
Fred Mercaldo's Oakland Based Company City Brand Media Acquires Oakland.com
Scottsdale.com owner Fred Mercaldo is a key player in the geodomain space. Fred is also the CEO and Co-Founder at City B… Read more
Two 6-Figure Sales Top This Week's Chart - 3 of the 4 Biggest Sales Are 3-Letter .Coms
Ultra-short domain names loosened their stranglehold on the top sales this week, even though three of the top four spots… Read more
Brand.Bar Hosting Live NamesCon Update With Richard Lau & Terri Potratz Thursday Afternoon
The 2016 NamesCon conference is coming up FAST. The event gets underway January 10 in Las Vegas. You can get a live upda… Read more
After Getting a Second Chance at Life Richard Lau is Determined to Give Back
If you have ever met NamesCon Founder, veteran domain investor and life long entrepreneur Richard Lau you have met a wal… Read more
Verisign's Perspective on Recent Root Server Attacks
Guest post from Duane Wessels, Principal Research Scientist On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2015, some of the Internet's Domain… Read more
Alan Dunn Takes You Inside the Chinese Domain Boom & New Video Introduces The Domain Captain
One of the smartest guys in our business, Alan Dunn, wrote an illuminating article on China's domain boom that was publi… Read more
An Inside Look at eName's 10th Anniversary Event Where Top Chinese Domain Investors Met
Buyers from China have been the dominant force in driving aftermarket sales this year. As a result, on this side of the… Read more
3-Digit .Com Commands Over 200K to Top This Week's Sales Chart as Short Names Still Rule
The new weekly sales chart is out at DNJournal.com. It's the same old song but it's a tune that owners of ultra-short do… Read more
Launch of Verisign's First IDN New gTLD, .コム
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services Asia The composition of the Internet's populati… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in November
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of November 2015 are below. Any surprises? To… Read more
Mega Deal: Michael Berkens Sells Majority of Massive MostWantedDomains Portfolio to GoDaddy
In one of the biggest - and no doubt highest valued - domain portfolio sales in history, Michael Berkens has sold the ma… Read more
Security Intelligence Best Practices for the Financial Industry
Securing a financial organization's applications, networks and data is more challenging today than ever before. Almos… Read more
After A Record Sales Month .CLUB Will Have a Lot of Domains in Our Next Weekly Report
.CLUB had a record-breaking month in November, booking just over $1,622,000 in premium domain sales. Many sales fell in… Read more
Garry Chernoff Chalks Up a Half-Million Dollar Sale to Lead This Week's Top 20 Chart
Garry Chernoff, one of the pioneers of the domain investment business, has booked another blockbuster sale. At $500,000… Read more
Domaining Europe Announces New City and New Dates for Spring 2016 Conference
After seven shows in Valencia, Spain, the Domaining Europe Conference will have a new home in 2016. Dietmar Stefitz, the… Read more
Escrow.com President Brandon Abbey Exits as New Owners Make Major Changes
When Freelancer.com acquired Escrow.com last spring many were relieved to hear the new owners would keep management at t… Read more
Dreaming About Turning Your Domain Into a Booming Online Business? Better Call Sol!
Many domain investors have dreamed of developing a favorite property into a successful online business - but developing… Read more
6.xyz Tops This Week's Chart Selling for 6 Figures in One of Year's Top Non .Com Sales
Short numeric domains continue to make big money and some of the action in that red hot category extends beyond .com. Th… Read more
In Network Security Design, It's About the Users
One of the longstanding goals of network security design is to be able to prove that a system – any system – is secu… Read more
DomainHoldings Q3 Report: Sales Prices Holding Steady & More Business Coming from Europe
DomainHoldings has released their latest quarterly report covering 3Q-2015. There were a couple of surprises in the repo… Read more
As WHOIS Transitions to RDAP, How Do We Avoid the Same Mistakes?
In 1905, philosopher George Santayana famously noted, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.… Read more
Finance Magnates Get Advice on Choosing Domain Names from Sedo CSO Solomon Amoako
Domain names got a lot of stage time at the 2015 Finance Magnates Summit that drew some 1,500 financial and trading prof… Read more
Domain Pioneer Larry Fischer Blazes Innovative New Business Trail with Launch of SiteChat.com
Larry Fischer is one of the most successful domain investor/brokers of all time but the personable industry veteran's fa… Read more
How DANE Strengthens Security for TLS, S/MIME and Other Applications
The Domain Name System (DNS) offers ways to significantly strengthen the security of Internet applications via a new pr… Read more
Oversee.net Co-Founder Lawrence Ng Launches $10 Million International Business Incubator
Lawrence Ng has just launched OnRamp Fund, a $10 million business incubator that invests in early stage startups. OnRamp… Read more
Big Numeric Sale from Rick Schwartz & Pair of 3-Letter .Coms Set Pace on This Week's Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Some things never change - short domains attract buyers and… Read more
You Have Money Coming from Sale of a Domain You Didn't Know You Owned? Yes, It's a Scam
Old scams never die, they just take a vacation then come back to rope in new victims who don't realize if it sounds too… Read more
Portfolio of 5-Digit Domains Sells for $1 Million - Chinese Domaining Masterclass Resumes
We continue to see some extraordinary transactions in one of the most fascinating years in the history of domain afterma… Read more
3 Tips for Improving Your Website DNS Performance During the Holidays
With the biggest shopping season just around the corner, it is more important than ever that your website is available a… Read more
Short Domains Continue Dominance - Week's Top 5 Sales Are 4 Characters or Less
Short domains have always appealed to domain buyers but their popularity has never been higher than it has been over the… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in October
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of October 2015 are below. Any surprises? T… Read more
Demand for Numeric Domains Prompts Sedo to Add Numeric Search Function & A Numeric Auction
Interest in numeric domain names, fueled by demand form Chinese buyers, has prompted Sedo to add a new search filter tha… Read more
THE Domain Conference Announces 2016 Dates and Price Cut for Early Birds
After a successful debut show in September, THE Domain Conference has announced plans for a 2016 encore that will bring… Read more
George Kirikos Discovers Deal to Purchase LasVegas.com Could Net Seller $90 Million Over Time
George Kirikos has uncovered many major domain sales by poring over SEC filings. Today he reported hitting the mother lo… Read more
Quarter-Million Dollar Sale Tops New Sales Chart - 13 of 20 Entries are 3 Characters or Less!
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Highlights include a quarter-million dollar sale at the top… Read more
Mr. Hong Goes to Beijing: Leading Chinese Domain Investors Compare Notes at Private Summit
Chinese domain investors have practically taken over the high end of the aftermarket this year. .A top broker with both… Read more
Freelancer /Escrow.com Deal Done - Next Up Another Fundraiser for Wounded Veterans
The sale of Escrow.com we told you about last spring has now closed with Australia's Freelancer the new owner. It's busi… Read more
NamesCon Just 10 Weeks Away - Reduced Price Early Bird Ticket Offer Ends Saturday
Hard to believe but the 2016 NamesCon Conference is now just 10 weeks away! The big show will return to Las Vegas Januar… Read more
Verisign's Q3 2015 DDoS Trends: Verisign Mitigates More Attack Activity in Q3 2015 Than Any Other Quarter During Last Two Years
As part of our efforts to support National Cyber Security Awareness Month by sharing the latest cybersecurity research,… Read more
Sale of 989.com Closes at Over $800,000 Giving Rick Schwartz 3 of Year's Top 5 Sales
Another blockbuster sale from Rick Schwartz gives him 3 of the 5 highest sales reported so far in 2015, including the bi… Read more
New Delhi Will Be Next Stop for India's DomainX Conference - 3rd Annual Event Set for August 2016
Organizers of India's DomainX Conference want to educate the general public about the domain industry in India. They hav… Read more
Marie Claire Names Dr. Chris Hartnett's Daughter One of America's 50 Most Influential Women
Many of you know Dr. Chris Hartnett who was profiled in our June 2008 Cover Story. You may have also met Chris's daughte… Read more
.SRL Enters GA - 2 More Coming Wednesday Followed By .CLUB 1-2 Letter Auctions Thursday
This will be a fairly busy week for new gTLDs. One, .SRL, entered General Availability today and two more, .studio and .… Read more
Protect Your Privacy – Opt Out of Public DNS Data Collection
We've all seen the check boxes. They're hidden at the bottom of webpages. You can't ignore them, but sometimes yo… Read more
Flu.Sucks! A Weekend Trip to See Family & Fall Foliage Led to a Losing Fight With the Flu
This past week hasn't exactly gone the way I planned. My last Lowdown post was a week ago today - the day before my wife… Read more
.Top Domain Takes Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart - Single Digit Domain Draws $79,000
New gTLD .top continues to be popular with Chinese buyers. A single digit .top domain attracted $79,000 in the biggest s… Read more
To Patch or Not to Patch? Four Steps to Effective Vulnerability Management with Security Intelligence
At the 2015 Qualys Security Conference (QSC) in Las Vegas, Jayson Jean, director of iDefense Vulnerability Intelligence,… Read more
Verisign and Forrester Host Webinar on "Defending Against Cyber Threats in Complex Hybrid-Cloud Environments"
In a previous blog post, I've discussed the growing need to secure applications in our increasingly diverse and compl… Read more
.ORG Growth Continues - New Report Shows Registrations Have Passed the 10.5 Million Mark
PIR, operator of the .org, .ngo and .ong TLDs, has released their latest edition of The Dashboard. That report details h… Read more
4-Digit .Com Tops Latest Sales Chart in a Sleepy Week for the Domain Aftermarket
After firing on all cylinders most of this year the domain aftermarket was probably due for a breather and it got one th… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in September
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .Com and .Net during the month of September 2015 are below. Any surprises? To… Read more
An Inside Look at an Undiscovered TLD That Represents Millions of People Worldwide
Hundreds of new gTLDs have been released over the past year - most based on popular keywords or locations - but one I di… Read more
DomainingEurope Founder Taking Show on the Road - 1st Stops Will Be Madrid & Barcelona
DomainingEurope Conference founder Dietmar Stefitz has produced 7 annual shows in Spain but Stefitz believes more work r… Read more
Defense in Depth – Protect Your Organization at the DNS Layer with DNS Firewall
Security professionals agree that a strong security posture is one that is implemented in a layered approach. This lay… Read more
LLLL .Coms - the New Frontier? GGRG Broker Publishes Guide to This Suddenly Hot Group
GGRG.com Broker Giuseppe Graziano, who was nominated for THE Domain Conference's Blogger of the Year Award last month, h… Read more
Short .Coms Continue Chart Dominance - 11 of Week's 12 Biggest Sales Were 3 Letters or Less
Less continues to be more in the domain aftermarket - the fewer letters in a name the higher the price tag goes. That wa… Read more
Google Expands Domain Registration Service - Adds Nearly 90 New TLDs from Donuts
At this early stage Google's domain registration service hasn't posed a threat to the leading registrars but Google Doma… Read more
4 Steps to Build Your Personal Brand Online
If you are thinking of making a career move this year, make a resolution to beef up and fine tune your presence on the… Read more
Verisign Champions Cybersecurity Awareness in October
Cybersecurity is no longer a concern for just IT and security professionals. Recent breaches at organizations like Sony,… Read more
Maybe We Shouldn't Unfriend Facebook After All - Social Media Users Flocking to Domain Names
With changes in the way people use the web - gravitating to social media sites for example - there have been predictions… Read more
Farewell Breakfast Closes 1st Edition of THE Domain Conference - Event Earns Stellar Reviews
The inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference came to a close Wednesday morning with a Farewell Breakfast in Fort Laude… Read more
Verisign iDefense Analysis of XcodeGhost
At Verisign we take our Internet stewardship mission very seriously, so when details emerged over the past week concerni… Read more
Photos & Highlights From Final Business Day at THE Domain Conference + the Award Winners
The second and final business day of the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference was held Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale.… Read more
Verisign 2015 Online Survey: 97 Percent of SMBs Would Recommend Having a Website to Other SMBs
Almost three-quarters of Americans go online at least once a day. If you are a small business looking to grow, you need… Read more
Thinking Ahead on Privacy in the Domain Name System
Earlier this year, I wrote about a recent enhancement to privacy in the Domain Name System (DNS) called qname-minimizat… Read more
Introducing Verisign Public DNS: A Free Recursive DNS Service That Respects Your Privacy
There are two types of information that can be found online about you: the information you intentionally post and the i… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the First Day of Business at THE Domain Conference Monday in Fort Lauderdale
The first full day of business at the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference Monday (Sept. 28) in Fort Lauderdale, F… Read more
Highlights From vBSDcon: Plenary Talk Videos Now Available
vBSDcon, hosted by Verisign, brought more than 100 attendees from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) community tog… Read more
Photos and Highlights from THE Domain Conference's Opening Night Party Sunday Evening
The inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference officially began Sunday night with a gala Welcome Party in the revolving… Read more
Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest at THE Domain Conference & Cabana Networking Sunday
A special conference with a conference - DOMAINfest at THE Domain Conference (TDC) - was held today at the Hyatt Regency… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Saturday Pre-Show Cabana Networking at THE Domain Conference
The inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference doesn't begin until Sunday evening but many early birds had already arriv… Read more
Diverse Day in Fort Lauderdale: Back to Back Fireside Chats Feature Lori Anne Wardi & Bloody Mary!
The first of 3 consecutive events connected to the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference (TDC) began today when vet… Read more
DomainSherpa Publisher Michael Cyger Takes Stake in Domain Investment Platform Efty.com
Domain investment platform Efty.com has announced that DomainSherpa.com publisher Michael Cyger has invested in the comp… Read more
Summit in the Sun: South Florida Ready to Welcome Domain Pros from Around the World
We will be spending Thursday en route to Fort Lauderdale for the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference that gets un… Read more
Top 3 Names on This Week's Sales Chart Total $1.35 Million - All Are 3-Digit or 3-Letter Domains
3-letter and 3-digit .com domains are still pulling in the big bucks. That category produced all of the past week's top… Read more
Service Providers Headed to THE Domain Conference - Protected Parking Will Offer Unusual Option
People have always been advised NOT to hold trademark/brand related domain names due to the potential legal liabilities… Read more
Ilze's Odyssey: How a Daughter of Latvian Immigrants Wound Up Rocking the Domain World
Ilze Kaulins-Plaskacz has become a rock star in her chosen field - domain investing. No surprise after her days in L.A.… Read more
.ORG Administrator PIR Calls on Kevin Kopas to Become Their Channel Manager for Asia
Public Interest Registry (PIR), who administers the .ORG TLD, has added a key new member to their team. Kevin Kopas star… Read more
Over 43,000 Visitors Attended 2015 DMEXCO Show - Sedo Pleased With Results
That huge DMEXCO conference in Cologne, Germany concluded its two-day run Thursday with the final visitor count coming i… Read more
# of Domains Registered Worldwide Closing in on 300 Million + My Wife's Birthday Gets Off to Sari Start
Verisign released their latest Domain Name Industry Brief covering the 2nd quarter of 2015 Wednesday. They reported the… Read more
Verisign Q2'15 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 296 Million Domain Names in Second Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by two millio… Read more
Schwartz Does it Again - 801K Sale of 3-Digit .Com Gives Him Week's Top Sale & 2 of Year's Top 3
For a guy who has gone into retirement Domain King Rick Schwartz sure has managed to stay busy in the domain aftermarket… Read more
NamePros Raising Money for Medical Emergency - DCA Award Noms Open + Domains Loom Large at Medium.com
We have several things to share with you today. NamePros is holding a series of auctions to help a domainer tackle huge… Read more
Sedo to Promote New gTLDs at Giant DMEXCO Conference in Germany This Week
Imagine an internet conference 100 times bigger than a typical domain conference. Sedo will be holding court at just suc… Read more
The New Land of Opportunity? An Inside Look at India's Emerging Domain Market
India has a population four times larger than the U.S., but only 19% of the population is online (it's 87% in America).… Read more
Domain Inquiry Analysis: Researching Offers to Maximize Domain Sales
Combining domain parking with domain inquiries is the ultimate combination for domain names that are not developed. The… Read more
THE Domain Conference Has Blossomed Into a Full Week of Business & Fun in the Florida Sun
Just two weeks from today we will be heading down to Fort Lauderdale for the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference.… Read more
Two of Ten Biggest Sales Reported So Far This Year Take Top Spots on Latest DNJ Chart
We have some catching up to do this week! I was away on vacation so this week I bring you up to date on all sales report… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .COM & .NET Registrations in August
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET during the month of August 2015 are below. Any surprises? Top 1… Read more
DOMAINfest Asia Auction Ending Thursday Has Already Drawn Over $6 Million in Bids
While the first DOMAINfest Asia conference ended Monday in Macau, the RightOfTheDot.com domain auction being held on the… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the First DOMAINfest Asia Conference that Ended Today in Macau
The inaugural edition of the DOMAINfest Asia Conference ended today at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Macau and by all account… Read more
Diana Jackson Painting for The Water School to Be Auctioned Off at THE Domain Conference
Many of you who know my wife Diana know that she is a gifted oil painter. As a fan of The Water School Diana was inspire… Read more
Finalists For THE Domain Conference Awards Announced - Vote for Winners Before 8PM EDT Tuesday
After more than 160 individuals or companies were nominated for THE Domain Conference Awards, run off balloting was cond… Read more
Missed Us at Black Hat? No Problem. See iDefense IntelGraph Today
Black Hat USA 2015 is behind us. Through all of the presentations, celebrations and meetings, one thing was very clear… Read more
.Online Sets New High Water Mark for Day 1 New TLD Registrations - MediaOptions Moves PX.com for $1 Million+
Radix Registry had high hopes for their latest new gTLD - .online - that entered General Availability Wednesday. Their d… Read more
Hot Summer Domain Sales Pace Slows a Bit Though Non .Coms Continue to Make Their Presence Known
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The past week was a relatively slow one with only ten report… Read more
Above.com Begins a Repositioning of Their Brand - Aaron Kvitek Hired to Oversee the Effort
Above.com is a well-known domain industry brand but many domain investors still aren't aware of all of the services they… Read more
Flood of Nominations For THE Domain Conference Awards Requires Run-off Vote
THE Domain Conference's 1st Domain Industry Awards are off to a flying start with 161 different people or companies name… Read more
Making Money from Your Own Blog - How One Guy Did It Even Though His Family Disapproved
One of the many interesting people I met at this month's DomainX conference in India was Jitendra Vaswani. Even though J… Read more
Radix Registry Has High Hopes for .Online - New gTLD Enters General Availability Wednesday
Coming off the most successful Sunrise period for a generic new gTLD, Radix Registry has high hopes for their new .onlin… Read more
eNaming.com Rings the Six-Figure Bell Again - Tops Chart With Four-Letter .Com
Tracy Fogarty continues to enjoy a fruitful first year as head of her own brokerage, eNaming.com. Tracy had the two high… Read more
From Its High Tech MLS to Low Tech T-Shirts Sedo Does What it Takes to Sell Domains
Sedo announced a major new outlet for the SedoMLS network today, adding leading wholesale domain name registrar, eNom, a… Read more
THE Domain Conference Has Opened Nominations for Their 1st Domain Industry Awards
THE Domain Conference (coming up September 26-29 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) has just opened nominations for their 2015… Read more
Half Million Dollar Mark Breached Again - Two-Letter .Com Does the Trick This Time
For the 3rd consecutive report our all extension top sales chart is headed by a sale that hit or exceeded a half million… Read more
Sales Soar at DomainHoldings, Chinese Domaining Masterclass in Session, Sedo Set for Big Show
We have several notes to send you into the weekend with, starting with a big jump in sales at DomainHoldings, continuing… Read more
Will Google's ABC.XYZ Address for New Holding Company Get New gTLDs Over the Hump?
Google's decision to use a .XYZ address for their new holding company is good news for new gTLDs and especially .XYZ. St… Read more
Final Day of DomainX Hits Mainstream Media Home Run as Horde of Reporters Make Beeline to Bangalore
The 2015 DomainX conference concluded today in Bangalore, India - a day that produced something I have never seen at a d… Read more
Networking Was the Name of the Game at the Opening Day of DomainX in India
The 2015 DomainX Conference opened today in Bangalore, India. Networking is the number 1 reason people go to domain conf… Read more
Inside Bangalore - A Quick Trip Around India's High Tech Capital Where DomainX Starts Friday
With one day to go before the 2015 DomainX conference begins Friday at 12 Noon (local time) at India's Taj West End Hote… Read more
DomainX in Bangalore, India Will Be a Feast for the Eyes as Well as a Fest for Investors
We arrived in India early this morning, a couple of days ahead of the DomainX conference, so we could explore Bangalore… Read more
How To Write Great Domain Sales Copy
You've registered and acquired domain names for years, and now you decided it's time to achieve some sales. Perhaps… Read more
Full House Will Be on Hand for India's 2nd DomainX Conference - Final Agenda Now Set
India's 2nd annual DomainX conference is coming up this week with the two-day event set to run Friday and Saturday in Ba… Read more
Money Back Offer on Dirty Domains - Free Chinese Domaining Class - Entire TLD Up for Sale
It has been a busy week making preparations for our trip to India to cover next week's DomainX conference.. As a result… Read more
Boom! Neustar Acquires Bombora Technologies in $86.9 Million Deal
Neustar, the tech services giant that operates the .biz, .us and .co registries and provides backend services to many ot… Read more
For the Second Week in a Row the Top Domain Sale Reaches a Half Million Dollars
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Even though the domain aftermarket is enjoying a solid year,… Read more
NamesCon Introduces New Team Member Terri Potratz & Rolls Out Show's 1st Affiliate Program
NamesCon Producer Richard Lau has geared up for another growth spurt by adding a key new member to the full-time show st… Read more
The Paul Stahura Story - How He Went from Building Robots to Reconstructing the Domain World
In a new Cover Story at DNJournal.com we profile Paul Stahura, a man who has been a key player in the domain industry fo… Read more
Australia's .AU Reaches 3 Million Registrations Putting it in the World's Top 10 ccTLDs
Australia's venerable .AU ccTLD reached a major milestone this week when it passed 3 million domains registered, solidif… Read more
India's DomainX Conference 2 Weeks Away - Registrations Have Already Doubled 2014 Total
After drawing approximately 350 attendees to their successful inaugural show last summer organizers of India's DomainX c… Read more
2-Letter Domain Tops Sales Chart at Over 500K Followed by Big Numeric Sale & Eight LLL .Coms
Domain buyers continue to go long on short domains. A look at our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart makes t… Read more
Launch of DNA University Brings "Higher Education" to Domain Industry: 1st Session a Week Away
The Domain Name Association, a trade association whose members include many of the biggest corporate players in the spac… Read more
5th Birthday Gives .CO Chance to Celebrate COlossal Success That Led to a $109 Million Sale
5 years ago today .CO domains entered General Availability with a bang. Within 30 minutes .CO registrations had passed t… Read more
Aussie Mike Robertson's Big Adventure in America Continues to Bear Fruit for DNC Holdings
9 months ago Mike Robertson (who previously gained fame at Fabulous.com & DomainGuardians.com) moved to America from his… Read more
Numeric Domains Help .Coms Sweep 19 of 20 Entries on This Week's Sales Chart
.Com reminded everyone it's good to be king this week as they swept every position but one on our latest all extension T… Read more
Laying Down the .Law - Legal Credentials Will Be Required to Register a Name in the New Extension
Minds + Machines will launch their new .law TLD with Sunrise July 30 and they are banking on limited availability helpin… Read more
Three Decades & More Than 10 Million Registrants Later .ORG Turned 30 Today!
.ORG fans are singing Happy Birthday to their favorite domain extension today as the revered TLD celebrates its 30th bir… Read more
THE Domain Conference Adds More Than a Dozen Top Speakers for Debut Show in September
Organizers of THE Domain Conference have been busy since early June when they announced their keynote speaker for the Se… Read more
Pair of 6-Figure Sales and a Half-Dozen 3-Letter .Coms Highlight This Week's Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. While it was another big week for the .coms, fans of new gTL… Read more
Donuts Hires Andee Hill in Move Meant to Give Domain Investors More Attention
After selling the EscrowHill.com platform Founder Andee Hill said she intended to stay in the domain industry. Today Don… Read more
Greenberg & Lieberman Expands Their Escrow Services with Acquisition of EscrowHill Platform
Greenberg & Lieberman is an IP law firm that is well known in the domain world but a lot of people didn't know they have… Read more
THE Domain Conference Week Just Got Busier - Major 2-Day Meet Up for Business Women Added
There was already considerable excitement surrounding the debut edition of THE Domain Conference (TDC), coming up in Flo… Read more
.Coms Retake the Driver's Seat Dominating This Week's Chart With a 150K Sale Setting the Pace
After seeing new gTLDs take the top spot on our all extension Top 20 Sales Chart for the last two weeks in a row, the .c… Read more
Verisign Reports More Domain Registration Growth Worldwide - 18 Million Added in One Year
Verisign released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering 1Q-2015 today. The report revealed that the… Read more
The DNA Promotes New gTLDs By Documenting Sightings at InTheWild.domains Website
The Domain Name Asoociation has taken a novel approach for promoting the use of new gTLDs. A DNA site at InTheWild.domai… Read more
How Mountain Climbing Multi-Tasking Super Mom Tessa Holcomb Achieves Peak Performance at Work & Play
New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: The domain brokerage company Tessa Holcomb launched at DomainAdvisors.com adopted a ne… Read more
For the 2nd Week in a Row a 6-Figure New gTLD Takes the Top Spot on the Domain Sales Chart
New gTLDs are starting to make some noise in the domain aftermarket. It is still early in the game but for the second we… Read more
Is WhoIs Privacy Important to You? If So You Will Want to Weigh In on a Battle Brewing at ICANN
A lot of people utilize WhoIs privacy services to keep their personal contact details from being available to anyone (in… Read more
DOMAINfest Caravan Adds A Major New Stop - First DOMAINfest Asia Set for Macau Sept. 4-7
NamesCon continues to expand the DOMAINfest brand they acquired last year. Since then they have staged some successful o… Read more
Warren Royal's Coronation is Complete - TV Star Mike Rowe Features Bobblehead King on CNN
If you are a domain investor dreaming of turning one of your favorite domains into a thriving business, Bobbleheads.com… Read more
$140,000 Wine.club Sale Closes - New gTLDs Take Top 2 Spots on This Week's Sales Chart
We got a change of pace this week with something other than 3-letter .coms setting the pace on latest domain sales chart… Read more
India's DomainX Conference Announces Major Expansion & New Venue for August Show
After a successful debut event last summer in Hyderabad an expanded DomainX Conference will return in August with a plus… Read more
Dream Team: DOMAINFest Joins Forces With THE Domain Conference for Fall Show in Florida
The inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference continues to take (and change) shape as the September event in Fort Laude… Read more
The 3-Letter .Com Beat Goes On - They Bag 11 of the Top 20 Spots on Our Latest Sales Chart
I'm back from a vacation break and little has changed on the domain sales front since I left - 3-letter .coms are still… Read more
Over 1.3 Million Piping Hot Donuts to Come Out of the New Domain Registry's Oven This Summer
Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new gTLDs, will begin releasing over 1.3 million previously reserved dom… Read more
It's Summertime and Route 66 is Calling But as Always Domains Come Along for the Ride
We're away for a week of summer vacation, visiting the Grand Canyon and Williams, Arizona, a town famous for being on Am… Read more
Morgan Linton to Keynote THE Domain Conference - John Ferber & Braden Pollock Featured Too
With the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference coming up this summer, key positions on the agenda are rapidly being… Read more
A New GeoDomain Leadership Conference - GEO.CEO - is Coming to Los Angeles in May 2016
I've really missed geodomain conferences but, after a 5-year hiatus, that hole in the show calendar's heart will finally… Read more
Domains & Hosting Are a Perfect Match So How Come We Don't See Each Other More Often?
Domain development is a common theme at domain conferences so we've often wondered why hosting companies don't attend. W… Read more
A Peak Inside the Igloo: Publicly Reported Domain Sales Are Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Our latest weekly domain sales report was released last night and, as always there were some impressive sales at the top… Read more
Short Domains Continue Dominance - 12 of Week's Top 20 Sales Are 4 Characters or Less
3-letter .coms have been on a tear this year. Fewer than usual were reported this week with only two on our all extensio… Read more
THE Domain Conference Rolls Out New Website, Additions to Agenda & Discount Ticket Offer
With the inaugural edition of THE Domain Conference now just four months away the organizers (Howard, Barbara and Ray Ne… Read more
Mind + Machines Chairman & Co-Founder Fred Krueger Resigns - Will Turn Attention to Mozart
There was a major surprise in the annual report released by new gTLD registry operator Minds + Machines today. Page 3 of… Read more
Forbes Produces a Must See Video of High Flying Domain Daredevil Divyank Turakhia
Divyank Turakhia is a wildly successful serial entrepreneur who most recently founded Media.net after he and his brother… Read more
Closing Day Photos & Highlights from the 1st WHD.usa Conference Held in America
The first WorldHostingDays conference ever held in America - WHD.usa - came to a close Wednesday night (May 20, 2015) at… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Day One of America's 1st WHD.usa Conference in Pennsylvania
The first WorldHostingDays conference ever held in America - WHD.usa - got underway Tuesday at the beautiful Seven Sprin… Read more
Hold onto Your Hats! Flippa Acquires Domain Holdings - Predicts $70 Million in Sales This Year
We have learned that Flippa.com a popular marketplace for buying and selling websites, domains, and apps, has acquired p… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Monday Night's Pre-Show Party at WHD.usa - Conference Opens Today
The WHD.usa conference gets underway today in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. WHD is the world's largest series o… Read more
Looks Like a Mini Domain Conference May Break Out During the WHD.usa Event Next Week
The world's largest series of conferences for the hosting and cloud service provider industry - WorldHostingDays (WHD) -… Read more
Giuseppe Graziano Releases The Definitive Guide to Numeric Domains and It's Free of Charge
Giuseppe Graziano, who recently opened his own brokerage & consulting shop at GGRG.com, has produced a nice gift for inv… Read more
One-Word .com Tops This Week's Sales Chart Backed by 5 More Hits from 3-Letter .Coms
Five more 3-letter .coms filled spots in the top ten on our latest weekly Top 20 Sales Chart. However a name just one le… Read more
DomainHoldings Reports 1Q-2015 Sales Jump 40% Over Same Quarter a Year Ago
DomainHoldings has released their latest quarterly report covering the 1st quarter of 2015. The year over year numbers a… Read more
Busy Birthday for NamesCon's Richard Lau: New Office Opens, Jodi Chamberlain Exits, Domainfest Emerges
NamesCon Co-Founder Richard Lau turned 45 today and like most other days he is working on conference business. There's a… Read more
ParkingCrew's Axel Kaltz Acquires Kaltz.com in a Way You Never Would Have Expected
There is an old aphorism in journalism that says a dog biting a man isn't news, but a man biting a dog - now that's news… Read more
.CLUB Celebrating 1st Anniversary with $1 Domains at Select Registrars Until 11:59PM Tonight
The new gTLD program is now old enough to see several registries celebrating their 1st anniversaries. That day arrived t… Read more
3-Letter .Com Boom Continues - One Nets Nearly a Half Million $ - 8 More Make Top 20 Chart
The sheer number of 3-letter .coms on our weekly Top 20 Sales Chart has been unprecedented but now the prices are reachi… Read more
Domain & Hosting Industry Experts to Converge Two Weeks from Today at WHD.usa
Two weeks from today the first WorldlHostingDays conference ever held in America will open at the 7Springs Ski & Mountai… Read more
Domaining Europe Releases Photo Gallery from 2015 Conference in Valencia, Spain
The 2015 Domaining Europe conference was held in Valencia, Spain April 23-25. Show organizers have now posted dozens of… Read more
After Launching New Direct Auction Sedo Closes Week with Support for .Irish at Netistrar Party
It has been a busy week at Sedo, beginning with the launch of a new auction feature called Direct Auction that will be o… Read more
3-Letter .Coms Continue Reign Taking 3 of Top 5 Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
I know this is starting to sound like a broken record but 3-letter .coms continue to rock the house. Three of the top fi… Read more
Freelancer.com CEO & Chairman Matt Barrie Tells Us What's in Store for Escrow.com
A lot of people were surprised to hear this week's news that Escrow.com had been acquired by Australia's Freelancer.com… Read more
DNSeattle Returning for Round 2! Next Month's 2015 Meetup Follows Sold Out Debut in 2014
Last year's debut edition of the DNSeattle meetup for domain industry professionals in the Pacific Northwest quickly sol… Read more
Australian Firm Freelancer.com Buys Escrow.com - No Changes Planned for U.S. Based Business
Sundays are usually pretty quiet in the domain world, but Australia's Freelancer.com dropped a bombshell as the weekend… Read more
.Green Turns Earth Day into Earth Month - Celebration Continuing This Weekend in New York City
While Earth Day was held on Wednesday, the .green registry has been holding a month-long celebration around the event. I… Read more
3 Letter .Coms Hit a 2015 High With $290,000 Sale That Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart
We've been talking a lot about a boom in 3-letter .com sales this year and yet more fuel was added to the fire this week… Read more
Day 1 is Done at the 2015 Domaining Europe Conference in Valencia, Spain
The 2015 Domaining Europe conference got underway today at the Sorolla Palace Hotel in Valencia, Spain where show founde… Read more
Marchex Sells Over 200,000 Domains to Go Daddy
Marchex, who in recent years has morphed from a major domain sales and development company into a mobile advertising ana… Read more
George Hong Brokers Year's Biggest 3-Letter .Com Sale to Date
It's no secret that sales of 3-letter and other short .coms have been booming and that trend continued today when we lea… Read more
World Hosting Days Conference Coming to America for the First Time Next Month
A World Hosting Days (WHD) conference is coming to the U.S. for the first time ever next month and many domain companies… Read more
eMarketer Report Says Success of New gTLDs May Depend on Promotion By Major Brands
eMarketer, a major market research firm, has released a new study on the introduction of new gTLDs and their chances for… Read more
.Coms Take 18 of 20 Positions on This Week's Sales Chart with 3-Letter .Coms Still Rocking
No six-figure sales were reported this week but there were still a lot of solid sales to report, especially from the .co… Read more
DomainHoldings Broker Tracy Fogarty Leaves to Open Own Shop at eNaming.com
After two years as an outstanding broker at DomainHoldings (and 20 years as a successful broker in both the mortgage and… Read more
Building .Buzz: How Bill Doshier Wound Up Running His Own Domain Registry
Hundreds of new domain extensions have been introduced over the past year with most of them scooped up by well-funded co… Read more
New Study Says "Consumers Feel Uncomfortable with the 'New Internet' and New gTLDs"
The quote in the headline above comes directly from a press release we received today from the NCC Group about a New Int… Read more
Demand for 3-Letter .Coms Continues to Soar - They Take 14 of 20 Entries on Latest Sales Chart
The latest weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Two six-figure sales led the way but the big news was an… Read more
Friday's World Domain Day is the 1st of Three India Conferences Planned for 2015
After a successful debut in Hyderabad last August World Domain Day is back, this time in a different city, for round two… Read more
Next Heritage Auctions Live Domain Sale Coming to San Francisco This Summer
Heritage Auctions has announced that their next live premium domain auction will be held in San Francisco on June 25. Su… Read more
Uniregistry Tells Customers They Will Be Rolling Out "Innovative New Domain Marketplace" Soon
Uniregistry sent a letter to clients thanking them for helping the new registrar reach over 800,000 registrations in the… Read more
Car.info Takes the Checkered Flag with Biggest Domain Sale Reported This Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It's not often that we see a .info domain on our weekly all… Read more
Go Daddy Off to the Races With Fast IPO Start - .CLUB Registry Reaches 200,000 Registrations
One of the biggest stories not just in the domain world, but the mainstream business world as well, is Go Daddy's first… Read more
Latest Report From the Public Interest Registry Shows .ORG Growth Continued in 2014
Public Interest Registry, the operator of the .org domain, released their latest bi-annual domain name report covering t… Read more
Aiming to Increase Appetite for New gTLDs Free Sedo Food Truck Served 1000s at SXSW
We're used to getting sales reports from Sedo, but the data that came in today was different with frozen yogurt and coff… Read more
Pair of 6-Figure Sales and More 3-Letter .Coms Highlight This Week's Domain Sales Chart
This week's Top 20 Sales Chart looks a lot like last week's chart with .coms taking nine of the top 10 spots and 16 plac… Read more
Forbes Says Compatibility Issues Could Be Bigger Threat to New gTLDs Than Lack of Awareness
A Forbes Magazine article published Tuesday pointed out a New gTLD roadblock that could be an even bigger threat to adop… Read more
Domaining Europe Adds New Speakers for Show Opening One Month from Today in Spain
The 2015 Domaining Europe conference gets underway one month from today in Valencia, Spain. With the event drawing close… Read more
Page Howe Raises .LA's Profile During Trip to Washington D.C. With Southern California Business Leaders
Veteran domain investor Page Howe wrapped up a 3-day trip to Washington, D.C. last night as part of a new role he has ta… Read more
15 .Coms & 5 ccTLDs Fill This Week's Top 20 Domain Sales Chart Including Five 3-Letter .Coms
.Coms had another solid sales week, filling eight of the first nine places on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sal… Read more
After Winning in the Domain World Michael Gilmour Goes to Battle on the Bookshelf!
I have always been astonished by how remarkably creative so many people in the domain industry are. Our embarrassment of… Read more
5-Figure Domain Sale Prompts THE Domain Conference to Extend Discount Through St. Patrick's Day
You may have noticed that IrishWhiskey.com sold for €10,000 to earn a spot on the all extension Top 20 Sales Chart las… Read more
.Com Turns 30! With Top Domains Now Worth a Fortune More Criminals are Trying to Crash the Party
Happy 30th Anniversary .Com! The world's most popular domain extension reached that milestone today (March 15, 2015) - t… Read more
4Q Reports from Verisign & Archeo Show Continued Growth in New Registrations & Aftermarket Sales
Registry operations giant Verisign and a leading aftermarket sales company, Archeo, have released new reports on 4Q-2014… Read more
Rising Business Star & 2nd Generation Domain Investor Heather Hartnett Featured in Wall Street Journal
Many of you know Domain Hall of Fame member Dr. Chris Hartnett & may also know his daughter Heather, a domainer herself… Read more
Big Sales in Every Category Give This Week's Domain Sales Chart a Healthy Glow
The domain aftermarket continues to fire on all cylinders. This week we saw another six-figure .com sale as well as one… Read more
Free Map of Domain Universe Charts Birth of 800+ TLDs Created Since 1st Domain Registration in 1985
Sunday will mark the 30th anniversary of the first domain name ever registered. Since that day in 1985 more than 284 mil… Read more
$5,000,000+ Sale of Invest.com Apparently Completed, Name Now Out of Escrow
Last November we shared the news that that an Israeli venture capital company had bought Invest.com for over $5 million.… Read more
New Indian Domain Conference Coming to Mumbai as Part of 1st DigitalCon Event Next Month
Two of the key organizers from last year's DomainX conference in India, Nishank Yadav & Anshul Goyal, have co-founded a… Read more
Domaining Europe Provides First Peak at the Agenda for Next Month's Conference in Spain
The 2015 Domaining Europe conference is coming up April 23-25 in Valencia, Spain and show founder Dietmar Stefitz has ju… Read more
Trio of Six-Figure Sales (one Topping 500K) Headline This Week's Domain Sales Report
Spring is still a couple of weeks away but impressive domain sales continue to blossom at a variety of venues. Three mor… Read more
Radix Adds .Online to Growing Portfolio of New gTLDs - .CO.COM Happy With Year One Results
Radix Registry is celebrating the addition of .online to their portfolio of solely owned new gTLDs that already includes… Read more
Discount Tickets to THE Domain Conference Look Like a Great Deal After Our Visit to the Venue
We just came back from South Florida where we thoroughly explored the Fort Lauderdale resort where the inaugural edition… Read more
South Florida Domain Pros Get a Preview of THE Domain Conference Coming to Fort Lauderdale Next Fall
The South Florida Domain Pros held a meeting last night in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. We drove over to see industry frien… Read more
Sedo Rings Up One of the Year's Five Biggest Sales to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Though the year is still young we've already seen a lot of impressive domain sales, the latest coming this week when Sed… Read more
Sales Boom at DomainHoldings Apt to Continue With HongKong.com & Others Added to Inventory
Domain Holdings released their full 2014 sales results (and 4Q-2014 results) Monday, reporting just under $31 million in… Read more
NamesCon 2016 Tickets Just $199 Through Feb. 28 + Last Call for South Florida Domain Pros!
Dates have been announced for the 2016 NamesCon conference and if you act now you can go for next to nothing! Plus, this… Read more
Flippa.com Expands Offerings with New Premium Domain Brokerage Service
Flippa.com is a popular platform for selling both developed websites and domain names. The company has also enjoyed succ… Read more
Start Spreading the .News - Rightside Acquires One of the Most Attractive New gTLDs
New gTLDs have been getting released at such a furious pace over the past year it's hard to keep up with them. Still, in… Read more
Sedo Domain Takes a Shine to Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart - Changing Hands for $95,000
After the flood of domain sales we had over the past two weeks the market was due for a little bit of a breather this we… Read more
Adam Strong Beefs Up NameBio, Elliot Silver Has a New Son & Rick Schwartz is Now Engaged!
We've gotten a lot of good news from some long time friends (and fellow writers) over the past 24 hours - some business… Read more
Goodbye T.R.A.F.F.I.C. - Hello THE Domain Conference! Neu Event Coming in Late September
After a historic 10-year run the pioneering T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is officially joining co-founder Rick Schwartz in… Read more
Globerunner Releases Updated .COM vs. New gTLD Marketing Test Results & the Winner Is...
Last summer we told you about an interesting .COM Vs. New gTLD search engine marketing test conducted by Globerunner.com… Read more
Flood of New Data From DomainNameSales Shows Domain Aftermarket is On Fire
Welcome to the biggest weekly domain sales report in the 12-year history of DNJournal.com! The domain aftermarket staged… Read more
Hold the Date! South Florida Domain Pros Set to Meet Again February 26 in Fort Lauderdale
South Florida Domain Pros are getting together again in two weeks with a meetup scheduled for Thursday, February 26 in F… Read more
HA's Live Domain Auction Produced Nearly $1 Million in Sales Today - 3 Names Hit 6 Figures
Heritage Auctions staged their latest premium domain auction today in front of a live audience at the Waldorf Astoria Ho… Read more
With €400,000 Purchase of Viajes.com Amado Benitez Plans to Be a Big Player in the Travel Business
You may not have heard of Barcelona, Spain based domain investor/developer Amado Martin Benitez before, but don't be sur… Read more
Clock Winding Down on Radix's Premium New gTLD Domain Auction at Above.com
A new gTLD premium domain auction at the Above.com Marketplace entered its final 14 days today. The Radix Registry contr… Read more
Biggest Sale in 5 Years & Another That May Become Highest Ever + 5 More That Hit 6 Figures!
It was an amazing week for domain sales. Our latest weekly domain sales report may well be the most remarkable one in th… Read more
Donuts Reaches 1st Anniversary With Over 1.2 Million New gTLD Domains Sold
Donuts, the largest operator of new gTLD registries with more than 150 extensions now live, is celebrating their 1st ann… Read more
Biggest Domain Sale in 5 Years Rung Up By Rick Schwartz - Porno.com Brings $8,888,888!
Domain King Rick Schwartz has done it again! The pioneering domain investor and co-founder of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. confere… Read more
State of the Industry: After a Big Leap Forward in 2014 Experts Think 2015 Will Be Even Better
Here it is - our 11th annual State of the Industry Cover Story! We have once again called upon leading experts from acro… Read more
Big Sale of HomeCare.com & Tidal Wave of ccTLDs Flood This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. While HomeCare.com stole the show with an impressive sale in the… Read more
NamesCon Extended Auction Heads Into Final Week With Bids on 2 Names Totaling Over $1 Million
The RightOfTheDot Live Domain Auction staged at the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas Jan. 13 generated just under a mill… Read more
Valideus Lures Jeff Neuman Away from Neustar to Help Launch New Company in America
London based management consultancy Valideus decided to launch a sister company in the US and they have gotten off on th… Read more
Latest Quarterly Verisign Report Shows Continued Growth in Worldwide Domain Registrations
Verisign has issued their latest Domain Name Industry Brief covering3Q-2014. Always a treasure trove of interesting info… Read more
Big Names Now Up for Bid in Next HA Live Domain Auction Coming Up Feb. 9 in New York City
Pre-bidding has now opened for the next live domain auction from Heritage Auctions. The mainstream auction giant will… Read more
2-Letter Swedish ccTLD Domain Tops This Week's Sales Chart After Selling for Over 250K
The competition between .coms and the new gTLDs has caused some to overlook the ccTLDs - a category, that like .com, is… Read more
Adam Dicker to Deliver Keynote Speech at the 2015 Domaining Europe Conference in Spain
At NamesCon last week in Las Vegas Adam Dicker's sessions often attracted a standing room only crowd. Those on the other… Read more
NamesCon 2015 Sends Happy Attendees Home With Another Winning Hand
We're back home after 8 days on the opposite side of the country. We headed west to cover the 2015 NamesCon conference i… Read more
Final Day Photos & Highlights From the 2015 NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas
The 2015 NamesCon conference completed its four-day run Wednesday evening in Las Vegas. We have photos & highlights from… Read more
NamesCon Day 3 Review: Live Domain Auctions Live Again & Lefkowitz Brings Vegas Buzz to the Club!
Day 3 of the 2015 Namescon conference Tuesday saw RightOfTheDot.com breathing new life into live domain auctions and the… Read more
Day 2 Photos & Highlights from NamesCon 2015 Including Another Amazing Water Night
The 2015 NamesCon conference continued full steam ahead with a busy 2nd day Monday (Jan. 12) in Las Vegas. After a jam-p… Read more
Live Results : NamesCon 2015 Right of the Dot Auction
DNN will be live blogging from NamesCon in Las Vegas. We do not guarantee the accuracy of these results. Check here for… Read more
Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the 2nd Annual NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas Sunday
The 2015 NamesCon conference got underway Sunday at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas with a day christened Domainfest at… Read more
NamesCon: Where New Friends Are Made and Old Friends Meet - Sometimes for the First Time!
The 2015 NamesCon conference doesn't officially begin until later today but things were already hopping at the show venu… Read more
Final 2014 Domain Sales Numbers Show Impressive Increases Over Previous Year
New DNJournal Newsletter: Another domain sales year is in the books and 2014 was one we will remember fondly. Total doll… Read more
Andee Hill Enlists Noted Domain Attorney Stevan Lieberman to Expand Services at EscrowHill.com
While some of us came out of the holidays carrying a little more excess weight than we wanted, EscrowHill.com went in th… Read more
Pair of Six-Figure Sales Give 2014 a Good Sendoff and Get 2015 Started on a High Note
Due to the holiday break we have 3 weeks worth of sales data for you this week! A pair of six-figure sales provided the… Read more
Are You Ready to Rumble? ParkingCrew Issues $100 a Match Foosball Challenge at NamesCon
While we love the speakers, sessions and exhibits at NamesCon, what could be more fun that watching our industry cohorts… Read more
2015 Domain Sales Season Off to a Good Start: 3-Digit Numeric .Com Sells for $800,000!
We have learned that Michael Berkens' company, MostWantedDomains.com, has completed an $800,000 sale of a 3-digit numeri… Read more
Welcome to Fabulous 2015! 2014 Was Good & We Believe the New Year Will Be Even Better
Not sure where 2014 went but ready or not, here comes a New Year! A solid rebound in the domain aftermarket and the infl… Read more
With NamesCon #2 12 Days Away Here are 12 Previously Unpublished Photos from the Debut Show
The 2nd annual NamesCon conference is just 12 days away. The event gets underway January 11 at the Tropicana Hotel in La… Read more
TrafficZ Shutting down operations on Dec 31st, 2014
According to an email sent out by TrafficZ, it will cease it operations after Dec 31st, 2014, which is a relatively shor… Read more
TrafficZ Exits Parking Business - Will Shut Down New Year's Eve
One of the biggest names in the domain parking business over the past decade, TrafficZ, is closing down effective at 12:… Read more
Women in Domaining Will Meet at NamesCon With WaterSchool Support in Mind
A Women in Domaining Cocktail Social will be held January 12 during the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas. With TWO priva… Read more
Christmas Day: A Day that Reminds Us We are Here for More Than Ourselves
The headline above paraphrases one of our favorite Christmas quotes (from the late newscaster Eric Sevareid). We wish ea… Read more
NamesCon & RightOfTheDot Issue Update on Live Domain Auction Coming Up January 13
The 2nd annual NamesCon conference coming up January 11-14 in Las Vegas will have something the debut show last January… Read more
He Loves .LA! Page Howe Sets Up Shop on Hollywood Boulevard in Bid to Boost .LA Domains
Veteran domain investor Page Howe loves his hometown. The Los Angeles native is now combining his passion for both LA an… Read more
Ron Jackson Finally Owns DomainNameJournal.com
For more than a decade, Ron Jackson has been producing his domain industry publication DNJournal. It's been regarded… Read more
Huge Boost for GeoDomains: Tom Henderson & Fred Mercaldo Form City Brand Media
Last summer Fred Mercaldo went looking for funds to expand his geodomain development platform at CitiesPlanet.com. Fred… Read more
Coffee.Club Goes From a Domain Name to a Business Delivering Product in Just 6 Weeks
6 weeks ago Bill McClure cut a deal with the .CLUB registry to buy the Coffee.club domain for $100,000. Bill promised to… Read more
Another 3-Letter .Com Clears the 6-Figure Bar to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The thirst for short .com domains remains unquenched - a point underscored again this week with another 3-letter .com he… Read more
Oversee Out of Conference Business - Sells Domainfest to NamesCon - New Shows in the Offing?
After Oversee.net sold off the last of their high profile domain divisions, DomainSponsor.com, earlier this year most ha… Read more
ICANN systems compromised through phishing attack
A number of ICANN's staff email accounts have been compromised by a phishing attack, which lead to administrative pass… Read more
Escrow.com Golf Tourney + Go Daddy + Parsons Foundation = $380,000 for Wounded Veterans!
Escrow.com and Hanna's Restaurant stages an annual golf tournament in Southern California to raise money for the Semper… Read more
DomainFest will be part of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas
A change on the Namescon Agenda lead The Domains to ask if NamesCon had bought out domainFEST – well, here's the off… Read more
EasyGroup Does It the Hard Way - Coughs Up Over $21,000 For a Domain 9 Years After UDRP Failed
A common complaint about the UDRP process is that decisions by arbitrators can be wildly inconsistent. That resulted in… Read more
The NamesCon 2015 Preview: Bigger & Better are Bywords for Round 2 in Las Vegas Next Month
After a successful debut last January, the NamesCon conference will be returning to Las Vegas next month for an encore t… Read more
Domaining Europe Set to Return to Valencia, Spain Next Spring
Dates have been set for the 7th edition of the Domaining Europe conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain. Show founder Di… Read more
7-Figure Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart After Bank Spends Big to Get 3-Letter Domain
The high end of the domain market continued a nice run this week with a 7-figure sale topping our all extension Top 20 S… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Rightside's Big Day at NASDAQ Friday
Friday was a memorable one for Rightside - the parent company of eNom, Name.com, NameJet & Rightside Registry. Rightside… Read more
One Degree World Places Big Bet on New gTLDs - 1st Websites Launched Today
Las Vegas based One Degree World launched the first of what they say will be hundreds of revolutionary new travel and en… Read more
New Dream Team? Kellie & Mike Move to Tampa to Help Make DNC's Wish Come True
New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: Domain industry veterans Kellie Peterson and Mike Robertson have moved to Tampa, Flori… Read more
...And the Hits Just Keep on Coming! A 7-Figure Domain Sale is Reported for the 3rd Week in a Row
For the 3rd time in as many weeks a 7-figure domain sale has come to light with a Pennsylvania Bank selling their 3-lett… Read more
Domain Registrations Still Booming - Over 18 Million Added Over Past Year According to Verisign
Verisign released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering 2Q-2014 this week and it contained a lot of… Read more
Long Holiday Weekend Brings Aftermarket Lull Offset by Sale Over $5 Million in Escrow
With the four-day Thanksgiving weekend in the U.S. resulting in a very short work week, domain sales were light. Still,… Read more
TLD Registry to Present Masterclass on Booming Chinese Domain Market at NamesCon
With NamesCon 2015 less than six weeks away the show's agenda is rapidly falling into place. Today TLD Registry announce… Read more
Europol seizes 292 domains for counterfeit goods on Cyber Monday
The European law agency Europol has seized 292 domain names in cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce… Read more
The week in Domains (Week 49/2014)
The week in domains summarizes the domain name industry news on a weekly basis. Today with a daily sales recap, upcoming… Read more
TRAFFIC East 2014: A Pictorial Review from an Unforgettable 10th Anniversary Show
The 10th anniversary edition of the TRAFFIC conference that concluded earlier this month on Miami Beach marked the end o… Read more
One of Our Readers Will Get Free Coffee for Six Months as Coffee.club Celebrates Their Launch
When Bill McClure acquired Coffee.club in a $100,000 deal four weeks ago he said he would launch a new coffee subscripti… Read more
The Year's Biggest Sale to Date Towers Over This Week's Domain Sales Chart
At the end of last week news broke that Japan's Nissan Corporation had sold Z.com to GMO Internet, Inc. for a whopping $… Read more
LogicBoxes Webinar to Unveil Automated System to Help ccTLD Registries Sell More Domains
While new gTLDs are getting the lion's share of attention since they started going live earlier this year, LogicBoxes be… Read more
Z Whiz! Z.com Sells for Nearly $6.8 Million in Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year
This is how you close out the year on a high note! With less than six weeks left to go in 2014, the year's biggest domai… Read more
A New gTLD Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart and 3 ccTLDs Hit the Top 10
They say variety is the spice of life. If that's true you will love this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. Severa… Read more
Legal Brand Marketing Lands Best Law-Related .co.com Domains in Win-Win Deal with Registry
It is widely believed that the success of new registry operators rests on end user adoption and development in their nam… Read more
Time to Break the Ice - NamesCon Invites Trademark Association President to Give Keynote Speech
NamesCon 2015 will have J. Scott Evans, President Elect of the International Trademark Association (INTA), as a keynote… Read more
Marketing Matters: TLD Registry Honored for Promoting New TLDs & Chinese Extensions
A common criticism of new gTLD registry operators is that they don't do enough to market their offerings. No one has sai… Read more
NamesCon Tickets for Just $399? Yes! IF You Register Before Midnight Tonight
From what we are hearing it sounds like just about everybody is going to be at the 2nd annual NamesCon conference coming… Read more
Archeo Domains Rings Up $1.6 Million in 3Q Sales - Says When it Comes to Domains Size Matters
Archeo Domains reported today that they closed $1.6 million worth of domain sales in the recently concluded 3rd quarter… Read more
The 9th Seven-Figure Sale Reported So Far This Year Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com with the year's 9th reported seven-figure sale leading the ch… Read more
Power.com Sold for Nearly $1.3 Million in One of the Year's Biggest Sales
Thanks to George Kirikos we are able to report that the domain Power.com has been sold to Power Integrations, Inc. for $… Read more
With New Bridges to Help You Cross the Language Barrier the Booming Chinese Domain Market is Beckoning
Chinese buyers have been in the middle of many of 2014's biggest domain sales.As a result domain owners in the U.S. and… Read more
Buyers Love 3-Letter .Coms - Lov.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart With 7 More on Leader Board
Domain buyers have long had a love affair with 3-letter .coms. That was shown again this week when LOV.com topped our la… Read more
Why Bill McClure Agreed to Pay $100,000 for Coffee.Club
In the middle of the closing night party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East Saturday night, Bill McClure and .CLUB officials climbed… Read more
Endurance International Group Reveals Purchase of BuyDomains.com from NameMedia
One of the best-known companies in the domain space, BuyDomains.com, has been sold by NameMedia to the Endurance Interna… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Final Business Day & Farewell Breakfast at TRAFFIC East 2014
The 2014 TRAFFIC East conference concluded over the weekend at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach. Saturday was the… Read more
Photos and Highlights from Day 2 of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2014 Friday in Miami Beach, Florida
After opening Thursday evening with their traditional Welcome Party at the Fountainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach, the 10th… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Opening Night at the 2014 TRAFFIC East Conference in Miami Beach
The 10th anniversary edition of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference got underway tonight with a scintillating opening night ou… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the First Day of Pre-Show Networking at TRAFFIC East on Miami Beach
On a picture perfect day on Florida's Miami Beach the 10th anniversary edition of the pioneering T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferen… Read more
TRAFFIC Gets Underway Wednesday - Organizers Promise a 10th Anniversary Bash You Won't Forget
We're about to head out for Miami Beach and this week's 10th anniversary edition of TRAFFIC that gets underway with pre-… Read more
Median Domain Sales Prices in Latest Quarter Again Leave 2013 Numbers in the Dust
In our last two newsletters we detailed a powerful aftermarket sales advance in the first two quarters of this year. In… Read more
Domain Sales Continued Double Digit Year Over Year Gains in 2Q-2014
As I told you in the previous DNJournal Newsletter, domain sales kicked off 2014 with some astounding year over year gai… Read more
Dramatic Comeback for Domain Sales Reached a Crescendo With Huge Gains in 1Q-2014
After a long, debilitating recession sales in the domain aftermarket finally started a comeback in 2013. The rally conti… Read more
Emall.ca and GoDaddy Team Up to Launch Premium .CA Sales Platform at DomainExchange.ca
Emall.ca Inc. (who owns what many consider the best portfolio of premier .CA Canadian ccTLD domains) has teamed up with… Read more
TRAFFIC's 10th Anniversary Conference Opens With Cabana Networking One Week from Today
TRAFFIC East opens one week from today when Cabana Networking will get underway at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beac… Read more
Domain Sales Have Rebounded Strongly This Year But Past Week was Weak
In compiling 2014 domain sales data for a report I will give at next week's TRAFFIC. conference, I found that total doma… Read more
AusRegistry Issues the 1st in a Series of Quarterly Reports Analyzing Performance of the .AU ccTLD
AusRegistry, the Melbourne based organization that provides the technology that powers Australia's popular .AU ccTLD (in… Read more
With Final Countdown to TRAFFIC East Underway Verisign Named Premier Sponsor
We have barely a week left before heading out for the 10th anniversary edition of TRAFFIC. at Miami Beach. Over the week… Read more
NamesCon Adds New Element to January 2015 Show - A Live Domain Auction Run By RightOfTheDot
The expanding NamesCon conference in Las Vegas will have more than additional floor space and a bigger crowd when the sh… Read more
A Dozen .Coms Lead This Week's Sales Parade but ccTLDs & Non .Com gTLDs also Dot Top 20
For the first time since the end of August no six-figure sales were reported this week. That left the door open for a $6… Read more
Uniregistry Adds Another All-Star: Natalie Lambert Signs Up as Director of Business Development
Just last week we told you about Frank Schilling's Uniregistry adding two long time industry standouts to the company's… Read more
What domains can teach about brand engagement in foreign markets
Since the early 2000s, domain names can be registered and written in any language – for example Chinese characters are… Read more
Six-Figure Mark Breached Again This Week With Sedo Doing the Honors This Time Out
68 sales of six figures (or more) have been reported so far this year with the latest of those coming this week when Sed… Read more
The 10 Most Memorable Moments in TRAFFIC History & 10 Reasons to Go to the 10th Anniversary Show
Hard as it is to believe that a decade has already passed, TRAFFIC Co-Founders Rick Schwartz & Howard Neu will be bringi… Read more
U2! Frank Schilling's Uniregistry Adds Two Rock Stars to the Company's Management Team
With Frank Schilling as its founder Uniregistry.com already had the industry equivalent of Elvis at the helm. Still, the… Read more
Too Cute! Heritage Auctions Sells Cute.com for Over 200K to Top This Week's Sales Chart
I was away on vacation last week so I have a double dose of domain sales data for you this week. The biggest development… Read more
Halloween Masquerade Ball & Rick Schwartz Roast to Highlight TRAFFIC's 10th Anniversary
Just one month from today the 10th Anniversary edition of the pioneering TRAFFIC conference will get underway at the his… Read more
How a Double Dose of Good News Made a Memorable Beach Vacation Even Better
Last week my wife Diana and I were spending a week on vacation at one of our favorite places, Florida's Siesta Key, when… Read more
Backing from City of Las Vegas Helped .VEGAS Draw Plenty of Attention to Their Launch
Befitting its status as the new gTLD representing the Entertainment Capital of the World, .VEGAS had a very splashy Gene… Read more
Igloo.com Expands Domain Brokerage Services With Acquisition of Aftermarket.com
Domain brokerage and consulting firm Igloo.com has acquired online domain sales platform Aftermarket.com from Thought Co… Read more
Rob Grant Closes Six-Figure Sale of TorontoRealEstate.com to Top This Week's Sales Chart
Rob Grant has the world's best portfolio of geo-targeted .com real estate domains. Rob collected the latest dividend fro… Read more
8 More New gTLDs Arrive Today as New Study Pits New gTLDs Against .Coms in SEM Test
8 more new gTLDs entered General Availability today, joining 8 others that arrived Monday and hundreds more before that.… Read more
Afilias Puts the DotGreen Community Back on the Field with Kathy Nielsen Also Joining the Team
Afilias, who last February won the rights to operate one of the best new gTLDs, .green, has made some major moves to bol… Read more
Tattoo U: Learning a Thing or Two from a Local Tattoo Convention (There are Still Riches in Niches)
I learn about a lot of niche opportunities that I didn't know existed by reading the local newspaper every morning. Such… Read more
Give Us This Day Our Daily Domain! Young Entrepreneur Jacob Fedosky Aims to Do It With New Site
The last time we caught up with fast moving young entrepreneur Jacob Fedosky he was off to college at Texas Tech where h… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the 1st DomainX Conference in Hyderabad, India
With the conclusion of the first DomainX conference last Sunday (Sept. 7, 2014) at the Marriott Hotel and Convention Cen… Read more
In Memoriam: Tina Smith - She Left a Light On For Us That Will Never Go Out
This is a sad day for those of us the domain industry who have had the pleasure of knowing or just crossing paths with t… Read more
Big Sale of Digital.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart - .DE Domains & 3-Letter .Coms also Soar
When Heritage Auctions ran their latest premium domain auction in July, the biggest bid went to Digital.com. Today that… Read more
Industry Companies Plan to Give Domains a Major Push at Huge Online Marketing Expo This Week
Europe's largest online marketing fair and conference - DMEXCO - will have a very strong domain industry flavor when it… Read more
1st DomainX Conference Ends in India, Dolly Parton Goes .Country, Kellie Peterson Becomes President!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the first DomainX conference for domain investors was held Sunday in Hyderabad, I… Read more
2nd Half of Indian Domain Conference Doubleheader Coming up Sunday When DomainX Debuts
India's first pair of conferences devoted solely to domain investing will be completed Sunday when the DomainX Conferenc… Read more
Garry Chernoff's Latest Home Run & a Big .CA Sale Take Top Spots on This Week's Sales Chart
If big domain sales were home runs legendary domain investor Garry Chernoff might well be our version of Babe Ruth. The… Read more
How Jothan Frakes Has Broken Down Barriers and Brought People Together
He's is the domain world's leading diplomat. In a new DN Journal Cover Story we detail how one-time wallflower Jothan Fr… Read more
Veteran Domain Broker Kevin Kopas Joins Radix Registry as Channel Manager for the Americas
Even if you don't know Kevin Kopas by name, you have probably seen some of the results he produced during his time as a… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the 1st World Domain Day Conference in Hyderabad, India
A new international domain conference, World Domain Day, debuted Sunday, August 24 at the Avasa Hotel in Hyderabad, Indi… Read more
NameCheap for NetNeutrality: FCC, don't flush our rights down the toilet [video]
NameCheap Released a video today for Net Neutrality: Find out more here: http://netneutrality.com/ No related post… Read more
.CLUB 1st to Hit 100K - Hitfarm Says Farewell - Big Sale for .CA - Adam Strong Appreciated
We have several interesting items to close the week with. Everything from .CLUB reaching a new gTLD landmark, to a well-… Read more
Despite Competition from New gTLDs .ORG Continues to Grow with Registrations Passing the 10.4 Million Mark
When the new gTLDs began arriving in the first half of this year a lot of people predicted that the new competition woul… Read more
New Data from DomainNameSales Helps Flood DNJ's Weekly Top 20 With Big Sales
What a difference a week makes. Last week we were talking about the aftermarket taking a nap - this week it's PARTY TIME… Read more
Finalists Announced for 2014 TRAFFIC Awards - 64 Nominees Chosen Across 11 Categories
The 2014 TRAFFIC Awards will be handed out at the conference's 10th anniversary show that starts Oct. 30 at the Fontaine… Read more
Radix Retools Landrush Process for Their New gTLDs With New No Risk Low Price Model
With hundreds of new gTLDs hitting the market this year, some registry operators are re-thinking the roll-out process in… Read more
Rival Promoters Square Off in India With 2 Domain Conferences Scheduled 2 Weeks Apart
Two rival domain conference promoters will be going head to head in Hyderabad, India over the next two weeks with each p… Read more
DomainNameSales Had a Banner 2Q That Included Two 7-Figure Sales and Seven in 6 Figures
DomainNameSales.com had a blowout 2nd quarter that included one sale over $2 million and another above $1 million. Unfor… Read more
The Aftermarket Took a Breather This Week But News About an Uncharted Blockbuster Bubbled Up
OK, who accidentally hit the snooze button? Someone must have because the past week was the slowest we've seen in the af… Read more
10 For 10! The 10th Annual TRAFFIC Awards Will Honor 10 Winners - Nominations Now Open
The 10th anniversary edition of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conference will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami's… Read more
Susan Lawrence Proves Baseball Isn't the Only Business That Has All-Star Free Agents!
With baseball season winding down several big name free agents will be hitting the market this fall. However, if you run… Read more
Making News: Adam's Dicker's Domain College, Michael Gilmour's Webinar & the TRAFFIC Awards
Several upcoming events to tell you about today - including a new class at Adam Dicker's Domain College, a special webin… Read more
Chat Domains Chalk Up Big Bucks With a Pair of ccTLDs Delivering Over $220,000 at Sedo
Chat has always been a popular keyword in domain names. Just how popular was underscored this week when Sedo made two hu… Read more
ArcheoDomains Launches Revamped Blog & Issues Q2 Newsletter With a GeoDomain Focus
ArcheoDomains announced the launch of a revamped blog today with a new focus on helping new businesses navigate how to b… Read more
Verisign Reports More than 19 Million Domains Added to the Internet Over the Past Year
Verisign released their Q1-2014 Domain Name Industry Brief today, a report that said the total number of registered doma… Read more
DomainQueen Update: We've Joined Dozens of Others in Taking the Unorthodox Interview Plunge
We accepted Charlotte Gilbert's invitation to do her unorthodox 15-question interview at DomainQueen.com and the results… Read more
The Year's 7th Reported 7-Figure Sale Tops This Week's DN Journal Top 20 Sales Chart
The chase for the top spot on this week's DN Journal Sales Chart wound up being a one-horse race with a 3-letter .com wi… Read more
With New Blog Industry Veteran Charlotte Gilbert Offers a Different Take on the Domain Business
Yep, there are already plenty of domain blogs but you can bet DomainQueen.com will be different, because Charlotte Gilbe… Read more
Rightside Completes 1st Day as a New Public Company + DomainGuardians Books Million $ Sale
After beginning life as a division of Demand Media, domain conglomerate Rightside Group completed its first day as an in… Read more
More Good Sales News: Sedo Reports Double Digit Rise in Average Prices in 1st Half of 2014
Just two days after DomainHoldings reported a huge increase in their 2Q-2014 domain sales, Sedo is out with a report tod… Read more
Chinese Buyers Continue to Spend Big on Domains - Their Latest Chart Topper Hits Nearly 200K
Chinese buyers have taken over the upper reaches of the 2014 domain sales charts, accounting for more than half of the y… Read more
Domain Sales Heat Up - Domain Holdings Reports 2Q-2014 Sales 3X Higher Than Previous Quarter
After a long recession, we've been seeing reported domain sales rebound nicely in 2014 and further evidence came today w… Read more
What's a Better Domain for a Blueberry Farm - Blueberries.link or HowsMyPicking.com?
When I picked up a couple of fresh pints of blueberries at my grocery this week I couldn't help noticing the domain name… Read more
Four 6-Figure Transactions Totaling Over $1.1 Million Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Someone mist have missed the summer doldrums memo! Four high end sales lit up the domain aftermarket this week with thre… Read more
Webfair Virtual - The 1st Online Only Domain Conference Ready to Open Its Doors Thursday Morning
In February we told you about plans Michael Marcovici of DomainIndex.com had to stage the first virtual domain conferenc… Read more
3rd Heritage Auctions Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction Will Be Held Thursday
As word of mainstream auction house Heritage Auctions's commitment to domain names has spread, the firm has been able to… Read more
Sedo Plans Major Promotion of New gTLDs at Europe's Biggest Digital Marketing Conference
Some new gTLDs have been criticized for a lack of promotion. Industry giant Sedo plans to turn up the volume for the new… Read more
Love of Domains Explained: Mystery Revealed By "Smokey & The Bandit" Movie Fanatics!
How many times have you tried to explain to friends & family exactly what it is you do and why you love, of all things,… Read more
6-Figure Chinese .Com Sale and a Powerful ccTLD Performance Light Up This Week's Sales Chart
The latest domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The past two weeks were highlighted by a big Chinese entree with… Read more
NamesCon Proves Me Wrong - Rooms for the January 2015 Show in Las Vegas Will Be $79 Again
When NamesCon announced the dates for their 2015 show in Las Vegas I wrote I will be surprised if their room rates are t… Read more
Chart Topping Seven-Figure Sale at Sedo Closes First Half of 2014 on a High Note
We've got some catching up to do! As regular readers know I've been away the past two weeks so our new double length dom… Read more
A New Option for Buying and Selling High End Domain Names Has Just Launched at HilcoDomains.com
The options you have for buying and selling high end domains just increased by one as well-known IP auction house Hilco… Read more
Domainers Bestow Awards on 16 Industry Leaders, .CO.COM Enters GA &HA Announces Next Auction
I had a very nice break the past 2 weeks, but I'm sorry I had to miss the 2014 Domainer's Choice Awards dinner that was… Read more
We are Back in the Real World Ready for Whatever the Second Half of 2014 Has in Store
I'm back from a two-week break that my wife Diana and I spent celebrating our 30th anniversary in Europe. It's the longe… Read more
I'm Taking a Break But I Have a Good Excuse!
The DNJournal office will be closed until July 8. This will be the longest break I've taken since launching the publicat… Read more
ParkingCrew Parent Team Internet Sells Majority Interest in Company to Matomy Media Group
A global digital-performance-based marketing company, Matomy Media Group, has acquired a majority ownership position in… Read more
Quality Trumps Quantity: Lessons Learned from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West 2014
In a final look back at TRAFFIC West 2014 in Las Vegas we tell you about a surprising prediction about Google's fate fro… Read more
India to Get Its 1st Major Domain Conference - Plans Announced for September Event in Hyderabad
Though India-based domain companies & investors play a key role in this business the country has never hosted a major do… Read more
2013 Domain Sales Easily Surpass Previous Year Despite Mixed Bag in Closing Quarter
The domain aftermarket got back on the right track in 2013 with reported sales enjoying a double digit jump from the pre… Read more
CitiesPlanet Starts Fundable Campaign to Realize Platform's Game Changing Plan for GeoDomains
Last year we told you about a venture capital company's investment in CitiesPlanet, the geodomain development platform c… Read more
.Website Set to Debut on New gTLD Battlefield That 's Getting Bloodier With Each Passing Day
One of the biggest concerns I would have if I were launching a new gTLD would be the hit the perceived value of new TLDs… Read more
Symphony.com Leads This Week's Sales Chart at 375K as Mob.com Makes 6-Figure Music Too
Two of the year's top 20 domain sales were reported this week with Symphony.com conducting the biggest transaction in a… Read more
CentralNic Makes Move Into Retail Registrar Market With Multi-Million Dollar Acquisition of Internet.bs
CentralNic, a publicly traded domain registry services provider listed company on the London Stock Exchange, has made a… Read more
Paul Goldstone Recalls the Pre-ICANN Days of Domain Registration as He Becomes the New Secretary of the Registrar Stakeholder Group
Paul Goldstone, who founded one of the earlier domain registrars, has been elected to the Executive Committee of ICANN's… Read more
ICA Takes Down Corwin Letter on Network Solutions/.XYZ Issue After Fairness Objections Raised
Yesterday we told you about a letter that ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin wrote about the current Network Solutions/.XYZ c… Read more
Phil Corwin's Wake Up Call to ICANN: Time for Oversight Body to Clean Up the NetSol/.XYZ Mess
For those of you who have not been following the Network Solutions/.XYZ news closely and are wondering what all of the h… Read more
How a New Website is Going to Make My Son-in-Law's Dream Come True
I've always advised domain investor/developers to take one domain related to a subject they are passionate about and bui… Read more
.Coms Sweep 17 of 20 Entries on This Week's Domain Sales Chart and Bag the 4 Biggest
You've heard of the calm before the storm - the past week was more like the calm after the storm. We had a 7-figure sale… Read more
.CO.COM Releases Most of Their Premium Land Rush Domains at Sub $50 Prices
The .CO.COM Registry has decided to release many of their premium (short, most memorable) domains for immediate hand reg… Read more
As Phantom .XYZ Registrations Pile Up at NetSol Stats Tracker Plans to Subtract Inflated Numbers
Well I had hoped for better in the ongoing .XYZ/NetworkSolutions registration fiasco but apparently its not going to hap… Read more
Profile.com Owner to Get $1.5 Million + Equity to Sell Domain in Deal Brokered by WebsiteProperties.com
We've learned that brokerage WebsiteProperties.com has won a contract for the owner of Profile.com that will give him $1… Read more
Papering the House Backfires on New gTLD Registry But Who is Really to Blame?
Network Solutions placed tens of thousands of new gTLD domains in client's accounts without asking their permission firs… Read more
Domain Sales Explode With $3 Million Sale & Four 6-Figure Sales Logged Over Past 2 Weeks
Americans expect to see fireworks on July 4th but they arrived more than a month early in the domain aftermarket with th… Read more
Tooting the .XYZ Horn: Founder Daniel Negari Says His New gTLD Debuted With a Bang
.XYZ Founder Daniel Negari, whose TLD just entered general availability, has drawn attention by predicting .XYZ will hav… Read more
Curtain Comes Down on TRAFFIC West: Photos & Highlights from the Last 2 Days in Las Vegas
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference completed its 2014 run at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas with a Farewell Breakfast S… Read more
.CLUB Welcomes Another Entertainment Superstar - Demi Lovato - to the Club
As we are getting packed up to head home from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference in Las Vegas we just got word that .CLU… Read more
Day 2 Photos & Highlights from the 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Conference in Las Vegas
The 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference continued Thursday with the first full day of business at the Bellagio Hotel in… Read more
Day 1 Photos & Highlights from the 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West Conference in Las Vegas
The 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. West conference officially got underway Wednesday (May 28) at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas an… Read more
Pre-Show Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C West in Las Vegas
The 2014 T.R.A.F.F.I.C West conference opens this evening with the traditional Welcome Cocktail Party at the Bellagio Ho… Read more
Reflecting on America's Most Somber Holiday & Remembering Gavin Durni
Americans are observing one of the nation's most important holidays today - Memorial Day - a day devoted to honoring the… Read more
TRAFFIC Adds Offer You Can't Refuse: Mob Lawyer/Legendary Mayor to Sign Free Books
The TRAFFIC West conference that opens Wednesday evening in Las Vegas continues to add special last minute attractions.… Read more
Pasta.com Sells for 250K + 50 Cent Helps Launch .CLUB & DNW Has an Offer You Can't Refuse
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Pasta.com has sold for $250,000 - that's a LOT of carbs! Also, rap superstar 50 C… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Grants My Wish and Even Throws in a Couple of Autographed Guitars!
In a change of plans, hot rock band Otherwise, who records for Century Media Records, will play both acoustic and electr… Read more
Hat Trick for 6-Figure Sales: Trio of High End Deals Lights Up This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After taking a break the previous week, high end buyers were… Read more
TRAFFIC Unveils New Details About Next Week's Show in Las Vegas: Otherwise to Perform
The 2014 TRAFFIC West conference is coming up next week in Las Vegas and show organizers have released some interesting… Read more
New Quarterly Sales Reports from Domain Holdings Bring Additional Insight to Aftermarket Trends
Domain Holdings opened a new window into domain aftermarket sales trends this week when the brokerage company released t… Read more
.CLUB Doubles Down: Will 50 Cent's Appeal Produce a Downpour of Dollars for the New gTLD?
The lack of new gTLD marketing has been a recurring theme lately. The one really big exception has been .CLUB, who seems… Read more
Long Isn't Always Wrong: Three-Word .Com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. High end buyers like short names so it is rare to see a name… Read more
Domaining Spain Ends 2014 Run After Attendees from 18 Countries Converged in Valencia
The 2014 Domaining Spain Conference concluded its 3-day run at the Hotel Sorolla Place in Valencia Saturday. Show promot… Read more
TRAFFIC Adds 2nd Keynote Speaker to Expanded Agenda for This Month's Las Vegas Show
TRAFFIC Co-Founder Rick Schwartz has added some new elements to this month's conference in Las Vegas, including a second… Read more
Fate of New gTLDs & Future of Domain Investing Will Be on the Table at TRAFFIC Las Vegas
A high stakes game will be going on when the TRAFFIC West Conference runs May 28-31in Las Vegas with the fate of new gTL… Read more
New gTLD Top Ten Club Gets New Member in Record Tying Time - .CLUB Does it on Opening Day
As more and more new gTLDs enter General Availability it gets harder and harder to stand out in a crowd that has now rea… Read more
Six-Figure Country Code Sale at Sedo Races to Top of This Week's Domain Sales Chart
A German ccTLD delivered a satchel full of cash to top our all extension Top 20 Sales Chart this week. That big sale at… Read more
South Florida Domain Pros Forming Industry's 1st Local Professional Trade Association
For several years now domain investors have gathered in a handful of local cities or regions for occasional meetups. Now… Read more
Coming to Your City! bree (featuring David Castello) Opens U.S. Tour Tonight
This will be a BIG night for Domain Hall of Famer David Castello who also plays drums in the rapidly rising rock trio br… Read more
TRAFFIC Fetches New Lead Sponsor - GetItFido Will Launch Monetization Service in Las Vegas
When the TRAFFIC West conference returns to Las Vegas this month a new premier sponsor will be on board. GetItFido has b… Read more
New TLDs Need Active Websites to Gain Recognition - How .ME is Getting it Done
Before ICANN launched its new gTLD program, re-purposed ccTLDs like Colombia's .CO and Montenegro's .ME managed to remod… Read more
Flashcards.com Helps Sedo Ace This Week's Sales Test With Quarter Million Dollar Deal
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Over the years Sedo and their Senior Broker, Dave Evanson, h… Read more
Top 10 New gTLDs Gobbling Up Nearly Half of Sales - 92 Others Fighting Over What's Left
According to nGTLDStats.com 102 new gTLDs have at least a tiny share of the registrations that have been made to date, h… Read more
Land Rush for Chinese .Online and .Website TLDs Ends Thursday - General Availability Begins Monday
Two new Chinese language TLDs - .在线 (.online in Chinese) and .中文网 (.website in Chinese) will open general avai… Read more
2014 Domain Sales Chart Gets a New Leader With 7-Figure Sale of a 2-Letter .Com
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A blockbuster $3.6 million sale that we reported in our Lowd… Read more
MI.com Changes Hands for $3.6 Million in the Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year
We have a new leader in the 2014 domain sales race! Xiaomi Inc., a major privately owned consumer electronics manufactur… Read more
Oh My! Rook Media Buys DomainSponsor in a MAJOR Shakeup of Domain Monetization
Consolidation continues to change the domain world as we knew it. In one of the biggest mashups to date, Rook Media acqu… Read more
Consolidation Comes to the Domain Blog Business - DomainShane & AccidentalDomainer Are Merging
Consolidation has been re-shaping the domain industry for years now so it was just a matter of time before that irresist… Read more
3 Six-Figure Sales (2 That Rank Among the Year's Top 20) Lead This Week's Aftermarket Action
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The pace remained quick in the aftermarket with a trio of 6-… Read more
Some First Impressions as Six More New gTLDs Entered General Availability Today
New gTLDs continue to sprout in numbers that are threatening to put the spring flower population to shame. 6 more entere… Read more
That's a Wrap! Wall to Wall Photos & Highlights from DomainFest 2014 in Hollywood
The 2014 DomainFest conference wrapped up its three-day run at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California April… Read more
Companies in the News: Verisign, Famous Four's .PARTY, Heritage Auctions & DomainNameWire
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, news from Verisign, Famous Four Media who just won the right to .PARTY, Heritage… Read more
Huge Wave of New Domain Sales Data Floods This Week's Chart With BIG Numbers
A tsunami of new domain sales data hit our office this week - flooding our weekly charts with the highest number of sale… Read more
DomainNameSales Sets a New Record for a .Net Sale Banking $500,000 for Mobile.net
DomainNameSales.com Vice President of Sales Jeff Gabriel has confirmed the company has sold Mobile.net for $500,000 in t… Read more
.CO.COM Land Rush Starts Tomorrow Then HA's 2nd Big Domain Auction Happens Wednesday
A couple of notable domain sales events will be happening over the next 48 hours. The new .CO.COM registry opens their 9… Read more
Three for Three?: Frank Schilling Offers Yet Another Way for Domain Owners to Make Money
Frank Schilling has already produced 2 big hits as a domain service provider with a disruptive domain monetization servi… Read more
The DNA Completes Its Board With New Members from Afilias, Web.com, Neustar, Amazon & Asiamix
The Domain Name Assocation has finalized its 12-member Board of Directors with the election of five new Directors. The D… Read more
Blacklist.com Attracts a Lot of Greenbacks to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
After hitting the second half of last week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart with EnergyStock.com. Bilal Kapadia is bac… Read more
Clubbing the Competition? Land Rush for New .CLUB gTLD Buoyed By Major Marketing Push
I'm hearing that the new .CLUB gTLD that opened its Land Rush period today can be seen just about everywhere you look at… Read more
New DNJournal.com Facebook Page Offers Exclusive Content and New Article Alerts
DNJournal has had a presence on Facebook since 2007 however, since I joined before Facebook started offering company pag… Read more
DomainFest Organizers Talk About What Has Changed & What's Ahead Next Week in Hollywood
DomainFest opens Monday morning in Hollywood, California. Show organizers are switching things up this year with changes… Read more
High End Domain Buyers Take a Break - Non .Com Domains Claim 3 of Week's Top 5 Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After four consecutive weeks highlighted by six and seven fi… Read more
Rick Schwartz Says Domain Investors Will Be Top Dogs When TRAFFIC West Returns in May
With TRAFFIC West 2014 just two months away Co-Founder Rick Schwartz sent out a conference update letter promising domai… Read more
NamesCon Returning in 2015 - Las Vegas Show Will Run January 11-14 at the Tropicana Hotel
After a very successful debut show this past January in Las Vegas the NamesCon conference today announced dates for a re… Read more
Finalists Named in DCA Award Balloting - Field Narrowed to Top Three in 16 Industry Categories
The first stage of balloting for the 2014 Domainers Choice Awards was completed over the weekend with the field narrowed… Read more
DCA Noms Close Saturday Night...Calling All SoCal Domainers...Larry Fischer Lands a BIG One!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: time is running out if you want to vote in the 2014 Domainers Choice Awards, plus… Read more
Rockin' Day for Registries! Neustar Buys .CO, TLD Registry Takes Bow in Macau, Sun Rises on .XYZ
What a big news day for domain registries - one that culminated late this afternoon when Neustar announced an agreement… Read more
2 More Big Sales (One Ranking Among the Year's Top Ten) Lead This Week's DNJ Chart
The domain aftermarket's long streak of big sales continued this week with two more that cracked the six-figure mark. On… Read more
With U.S. Exit Who Will Oversee the Internet? + What's Inside Frank Schilling's New Domain Registrar?
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the U.S. Government plans to give up oversight of ICANN so who will fill that rol… Read more
Berlin Becomes 1st City to Have its Own TLD Tomorrow When Open Registration for .BERLIN Begins
Like ccTLDs, new TLDs representing major cities like New York, Paris and Miami will give local businesses, service provi… Read more
You Think Domain Names Are Expensive? A Mobile Phone Number Just Sold for $2.12 Million!
We've seen several 7-figure domain sales over the past two weeks but did you know that some mobile phone numbers also se… Read more
2-Digit Domain Sells For 7 Figures & 4-Letter .Com Commands 6 Figures to Lead New DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We are continuing to see some eye popping sales at the high… Read more
Heritage Auctions Steps Back Up to the Plate With 2nd Major Domain Auction That Opened Today
Heritage Auctions became the 1st major mainstream auction house to sell domain names last fall when they racked up over… Read more
2014 Domainers's Choice Awards Nominations Opened Today in 16 Industry Categories
Nominations for the 2014 Domainer's Choice Awards opened today and will remain open until midnight March 22, 2014. The t… Read more
Inside the House That Domains Built: Frank Schilling Opens the Doors to His Grand Cayman Home
The Financial Times published a nice profile of legendary domain investor Frank Schilling today. Most of you are already… Read more
And the Hits Just Keep on Coming! 37.Com Sold to Chinese Company for Nearly $2 Million
Just yesterday I told you about the first two 7-figure domain sales reported this year - Whisky.com at $3.1 million and… Read more
TWO Multi-Million Dollar Sales Take Over Top Spots on DNJ's Weekly & YTD Sales Charts
The year's first seven-figure domain sales were reported this week - one cracking the $3 million barrier and the other e… Read more
SXSW Interactive Festival Begins Friday - Sedo's Jeremiah Johnston to Speak About New gTLDs
The huge SXSW Interactive Festival begins its five-day 2014 run Friday in Austin, Texas. Sedo's long time General Counse… Read more
Web.com Swallows SnapNames, Afilias Gets .Green & Domains90210 Opens Auction Site
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, SnapNames changed hands again, this time moving from KeyDrive to Web.com. Afilias… Read more
1st Domain Conference Requiring No Travel & Little Cost - Webfair Virtual - Coming in June
Webfair Virtual, being organized by DomainIndex.com, plans to offer a low cost alternative to traditional domain confere… Read more
Whisky.com: How Michael Castello Turned a Free Domain Into a $3.1 Million Sale!
In a new DN Journal Cover Story domain visionary Michael Castello reveals one of his greatest successes - the previously… Read more
100.com Changes Hands for $950,000 in the Highest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Last week I was talking about the high end of the market tak… Read more
Top Level Domain Holdings Wins Costly Fight For .Wedding But Bows Out of Battle for .Green
The fate of one of the more attractive new gTLDs was announced today when TLDH revealed they won rights to operate the c… Read more
Making News: Uniregistry, .CO.COM, RightOfTheDot, The DNA, SedoMLS & Name.com
Just another Manic Monday! Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com Frank Schilling's Uniregistry.com, .Co.COM, RightOfTheD… Read more
Domain Boardroom Sets Dates for the Private Forum's 3rd Annual DBR Funfest
Dates for a popular domain industry get together were announced today on DBR FunFest's Facebook page. The 3rd Annual DBR… Read more
Web.com Enters 8 New Markets, .ORG Growth Continues & Domainfest Names Its Keynote Speaker
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, Internet services provider Web.com hasn't been content to do business only online… Read more
High End of Domain Market Takes a Breather But Two Older 7-Figure Sales Come to Light
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After producing a long string of six-figure sales in recent… Read more
Annual Sedo Study Says .Com Rang Up Higher Sales & a Bigger Share of the Market in 2013
Domain sales and monetization giant Sedo released their annual Domain Market Study covering 2013 today. Sedo said .com r… Read more
Domainfest Lands Stone Temple Pilots With Chester Bennington But Who Has ChesterBennington.com?
Domainfest 2014 has signed famous rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington to play a private concert for sh… Read more
DomainingSpain Conference Update Comes With a Love Story & A Hard Lesson Learned
The annual Domaining Spain conference will be returning to the beautiful seaside city of Valencia May 8-10, 2014. Today… Read more
There They Grow Again! John Ferber Launches New Ad Firm & Turakhia Fortunes Continue to Rise
After selling Advertising.com for $500 million John Ferber entered the domain business as co-founder of DomainHoldings.c… Read more
4 More 6-Figure Sales (All .Coms) Top This Week's Sales Chart - One Ranks Among Year's Top 5
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After producing a half dozen six-figure sales the previous w… Read more
CitiesPlanet Inks Deal With iDigitalRussia.com to Develop and Launch Over 4,700 .RU Websites
CitiesPlanet.com, the domain development platform founded by geodomain industry leader Fred Mercaldo, has just signed on… Read more
Olympics Whetting Your Appetite for Sports Domains? Sedo & .CLUB Want to Put You in the Owner's Suite
If you are like many domainers, ideas for new domain names are popping into your head while you watch the current Winter… Read more
You Can't Tell the Players Without a Program: New Tools for Keeping Track of the New gTLDs
If you go to a basketball game you may pick up a program so you can figure out who's who among the dozen or so players o… Read more
A Half Dozen 6-Figure Sales (5 of Them ccTLDs) Lead Another Big Week for the Domain Market
You have to love the fast start the domain market has gotten off to in 2014. In yet another big week, a half dozen six-f… Read more
New Venture for Sedo Co-Founders Schumacher & Essman - Helping Build a "Sedo for Apps"
Tim Schumacher & Ulrich Essman, 2 of the 4 college friends who founded Sedo in 2001, have gotten involved in a major new… Read more
Why Rick Schwartz Believes Buying New gTLDs Now Could be Hazardous to Your Financial Health
A lot of different views about new gTLDs are expressed by the 17 domain industry experts featured in our latest annual S… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the 1st DNSeattle Domain Meetup Held on Top of the Space Needle
DNSeattle, a new meetup for Seattle area domain investors and entrepreneurs, was held for the first time Thursday night… Read more
State of the Industry: 17 Experts Dish on What Happened in 2013 & How New gTLDs Will Impact 2014
The 10th edition of DN Journal's annual State of the Industry Cover Story is out. . We have assembled our biggest panel… Read more
Wan More Time! For the 2nd Week in a Row the 3 Biggest Domain Sales Total Over $1.3 Million
As legendary linguist Yogi Berra once said, It's deja vu all over again! For the 2nd week in a row, the top three sales… Read more
First Domains From Donuts Start Coming Out of the Oven Tomorrow When Open Registration Begins
No one has placed a bigger bet on new gTLDs than Donuts. The new registry operator raised over $100 million to go after… Read more
Marc Ostrofsky Gives Us the Inside Story on Home Depot's Big Purchase of Blinds.com
When the Wall Street Journal reported that Home Depot had acquired Blinds.com, I immediately remembered that was a domai… Read more
DomainFest Returning to Original Name & Hollywood Location for 2014 Show Opening March 31
DomainFest will be returning to Los Angeles March 31-April 3, 2014. The upcoming conference will have a different name,… Read more
Trio of 6-Figure Sales Totaling Over $1.3 Million Headline a Fabulous Fortnight for Domains
The domain aftermarket has gotten the New Year off to a quick start. A trio of six-figure sales - two of which passed th… Read more
Photos & Highlights from David & bree's Rock & Roll Wedding Saturday in Las Vegas
Domain Hall of Famer & rock band musician/manager David Castello married band mate bree Saturday afternoon at the Gracel… Read more
Going to the Chapel and They're Going to Get Married: David & bree's Rock & Roll Wedding Just Hours Away
Our friends, Domain Hall of Famer David Castello and his beautiful bride and bandmate bree, are getting married this aft… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the Last Two Landmark Days at the Inaugural NamesCon Conference
With close to 600 registrants on hand, the inaugural NamesCon Conference completed its run with 6 keynote speakers, 30 b… Read more
Huge Water Night Party at NamesCon Raised Over $111,000 for the Water School But 3 Domainers Got Scalped!
The domain industry showed up in a BIG way for the Water School last night at a huge Water Night fund raising Party held… Read more
Photos and Highlights From Opening Night at the Inaugural NamesCon Conference in Las Vegas
We arrived at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas Monday, joining almost 600 others who are converging there for the debut… Read more
Rosters Released for Epic Ping Pong Battle at NamesCon - Women in Domaining Also to Meet
Lots of NamesCon news for you today. The rosters have been released for next week's 16-man East vs. West ping pong battl… Read more
Competition in the Domain Escrow Business Escalates with EscrowHill.com Opening Today
With the arrival of hundreds of new TLDs this year many expect the number of aftermarket domain sales transactions to gr… Read more
2014 Domain Sales Season Gets Underway With a Big Canadian ccTLD Sale Leading the Charge
And they are off! The 2014 domain sales season is underway with the first week of reported sales now in the books. With… Read more
Growing Companies in the News: Afternic, the .ME Registry & WhizzbangsBlog
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, notes on growth developments at three well-known companies. A new partnership has… Read more
Crazy for Keynotes! Next Week's NamesCon Conference Will Feature Five Keynote Speakers
The countdown to the first ever NamesCon conference continues. A big crowd will be on hand for next week's inaugural eve… Read more
2013 Domain Sales Season Closes With 30 Five-Figure Sales Logged Over the Final 2 Weeks
The 2013 domain sales season is over, closing with 30 five-figure sales reported over the past two weeks. With no six-fi… Read more
The Holidays Were Great But It's Even Better to Be in a Business Where Going Back to Work is Fun!
I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable holiday season with family and friends. As much as I enjoyed the break, I kn… Read more
Award Winning Sedo Brokers Provide an Inside Look at the Business of Buying & Selling Domains
With PPC revenue down, domain sales have become more important than ever in generating revenue. That has boosted the rol… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East 2013: A Pictorial Review of the Last Bash on Fort Lauderdale Beach
The 25th edition of the pioneering TRAFFIC conference was held in October on Ft. Lauderdale Beach.Though we provided dai… Read more
Welcome to 2014! Get Ready for a Year Filled With BIG Changes and Even Bigger Opportunities
A new year beckons with great prospects for people in the domain business. Like every year that has come before, 2014 wi… Read more
Final Agenda Announced for 1st NamesCon Conference Opening 2 Weeks From Today in Las Vegas
NamesCon organizers have released the final agenda for their debut show that opens Jan. 13 in Las Vegas. It is an ambiti… Read more
Water School's Good Work Earns Domain Industry Supported Charity a $100,000 Cash Award
Most domain industry participants are well aware of the life saving work being done by the Water School - work that has… Read more
Christmas Comes Early for Domain Sellers With Six 6-Figure Sales Topping This Week's Chart
It was a banner week for domain sales led by a half-dozen six-figure sales including the year's biggest ccTLD sale. All… Read more
HA's Debut in the Domain Business Continues to Pay Dividends Well After 1st Sale Ended
Heritage Auctions rang up over $1.5 million in their first domain sale but even those who did not have a name in the auc… Read more
Domain Masters Radio Resurfaced Wednesday With an Outspoken New Mann Behind the Mike
After nearly 9 years on the air, the Domain Masters radio show went silent last spring. However, it returned Wednesday w… Read more
Trio of 6-Figure Sales Totaling Over $1 Million Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Several domain owners got very nice early Christmas presents this past week when they sold names that soared into the si… Read more
2014 Tour Will Bring bree (with Drummer/ Domainer David Castello) to Our City & Maybe Yours Too!
Christmas came early for us today when we learned that Domain Hall of Famer David Castello will be bringing bree (the ra… Read more
Why Do We Call Them Computer Bugs? Google Honors the Woman Who Coined the Term in 1945!
You seen Google Doodles, the whimsical cartoons the search giant uses in place of their standard logo to mark special oc… Read more
Fix.com Sells for $850,000 + HA Moves MutualFunds.com to Push Auction Total Past $1.5 Million
High end domain sales slowed during the Thanksgiving holiday last week but they are back this week. We have learned that… Read more
Companies Making News: Archeo, InterNetX's New Domain Game, Turkey.com & Igloo.com
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Archeo sets Buy It Now prices on over 30,000 domains, InterNetX tests your knowledge… Read more
Domain Bargain Hunters Kept Thanksgiving Cash Registers Ringing Last Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. America's 4-day Thanksgiving weekend cut the U.S. work week… Read more
Tickets for Domaining Spain 2014 Now Available & We Have a Half-Price Ticket Code For You
With a low registration price and hotel room rates discounted to an astonishingly low €70 a night, Domaining Spain has… Read more
.KIWI Borrows Page From .TV Game Plan - Fixed Prices Announced for "Premium" Names
The .KIWI registry has decided to set fixed prices ranging from $500 to thousands of dollars on the premium names in the… Read more
One Lucky Organization Will Win a $35,000 Website Makeover From .ORG Operator PIR
Public Interest Registry (PIR), the administrator of .ORG domains, has announced 10 finalists in their .ORG Website Make… Read more
Happy Thanksgiving! What Time Has Taught Us and What We Have Learned
When I think of the countless things I am thankful for today, the many special people I've met and friends I've made in… Read more
88888.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart After Changing Hands in One of Year's 20 Biggest Deals
When you first see 88888.com you might think someone has a button stuck on their keyboard, but there is gold in those nu… Read more
First Big Wave of New gTLDs Arrives with Donuts Opening Sunrise for 7 Extensions Today
After years of talk new gTLDs have finally started arriving at registrars in significant numbers. Donuts, one of the big… Read more
Queen of the Hill: Andee Hill Leaves Escrow.com to Launch New Service at EscrowHill.com
Andee Hill, the former Director of Business Development at industry giant Escrow.com, has left the company to launch her… Read more
HA Stages 1st Domain Auction - Mann Goes Behind the Mike & Bree Wows Crowd With New Video
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal: Reflections on the first Heritage Auctions live domain sale...Colorful domain pioneer… Read more
British Expert Edwin Hayward Sounds Off on Nominet's Decision to Offer New .UK Domains
Last year Nominet had British domain owners in an uproar with their plan to allow top level .uk registrations for the 1s… Read more
ccTLDs Bounce Back With Week's Biggest Domain Sale and Six Places on the Top 20 Chart
After .coms went on a rampage, sweeping 19 of 20 entries on our all extension Top 20 Sales Chart the previous week, the… Read more
Oversee Offers a Cure for Mundane Weekends With Their Latest Website - WanderWe.com
Oversee.net owns one of the industry's largest domain portfolios but they have become major developers as well. Some of… Read more
Final Countdown Underway for Landmark Heritage Auctions Domain Sale Coming Up Thursday
For the first time one of the world's three biggest auction houses - Heritage Auctions - will be running a live domain a… Read more
How NamesCon Plans to Spur Domain Industry Growth With New January Show in Las Vegas
After seeing a void on the domain conference calendar Richard Lau decided to fill it with a new show. NamesCon is not ju… Read more
Paul Goldstone Assembles All-Star Team Led By CEO Ken Hansen to Launch CO.COM Registry
Domain industry veteran Paul Goldstone has decided what he wants to do with his favorite domain - co.com.Today Goldstone… Read more
Why Team Internet, EMail.biz, Fred Mercaldo & Elliot Silver Have Reason to Celebrate
You may have heard the sound of corks popping in domain circles over the past few days. Several well-known faces in our… Read more
$2.7 Million 2-Letter .Com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart With Year's 2nd Biggest Sale
The domain aftermarket had another solid outing this week with the year's second biggest sale (and its third 7-figure tr… Read more
Go Daddy Founder Bob Parsons Donates $1 Million to Help Military Veterans in His Hometown
Go Daddy Founder and former U.S. Marine Bob Parsons was back in his hometown of Baltimore this week. Parsons went home t… Read more
Veteran's Day 2013 - Saluting Military Veterans in the Domain Industry
Today is Veteran's Day in the U.S., a day when America honors the men and women who have served in our Armed Forces. The… Read more
Calling All Military Veterans Now Serving in the Domain Industry - We Want to Recognize You Monday
Monday will be Veteran's Day in the United States - a day when we honor the men and women who have served in America's m… Read more
Castello Brothers Sell LagunaBeach.com - KK.com Goes for $2.4 Million - Ward.com Acquired for $2,999!
In a rare occurrence, the Castello Brothers have let one of their developed geodomain properties go. Meanwhile, another… Read more
.Coms Fill First 3 Spots on This Week's Top 20 Sales Chart But Non .Coms Also Do Well
The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. .Coms registered another win, taking the top 3 spots on our all… Read more
Veteran Domain Industry Exec Taryn Naidu Lands on the Right Side of Demand Media Makeover
Demand Media has announced the CEO, executive team and company name chosen for a newly formed domain services company th… Read more
Scintillating Schwartz-Schilling New gTLD Debate Video Now Complete With Part Two Online
TRAFFIC has released the 2nd part of the show's video of a scintillating new gTLD debate between Team Schwartz & Team Sc… Read more
Domain Sales Soar in 3Q-2013 - $ Volume Rockets Up 37% From 2Q-2013 - Up 47% from 3Q-2012
With the high end of the market finally making a comeback, total sales across all extensions not only improved in 3Q-201… Read more
Part One of Rousing Schwartz vs. Schilling New gTLD Debate Video is Here + Plus a New Association is Formed to Promote the New Extensions
Without question a highlight of last week's TRAFFIC East conference was a rousing debate over new gTLDs that pitted team… Read more
Past Fortnight in the Domain Aftermarket Produced Three 6-Figure Sales & Dozens in 5 Figures
The latest weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Since we were away covering T.R.A.F.F.I.C. last week this… Read more
Domains Move Into the Big Time With Heritage Auctions Pushing Them in National Ad Campaign
In July I told you about one of the world's 3 biggest auction houses - Heritage Auctions (HA) - opening a new domain div… Read more
Domain Industry Joins Family & Friends Mourning the Loss of Trellian Founder/CEO Ren Warmuz
It is always painful to lose someone you care about but when a person in the very prime of their life is lost way too so… Read more
Domain Hall of Fame Member Michael Mann Announces Plan to Start a New Political Party
After making his mark in the domain industry T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Hall of Fame member Michael Mann is now seeking to win a muc… Read more
TRAFFIC East Ends With Food, Friends & Fond Farewells at Wednesday Morning Breakfast
The curtain came down on the 25th edition of TRAFFIC Wednesday morning when the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference clos… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Final Day of Business at the 2013 TRAFFIC East Conference
The final day of business at the 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference Tuesday (Oct. 22) got underway with a breakfast at… Read more
Photos & Highlights from Day Two at the TRAFFIC East Conference Monday at Ft. Lauderdale Beach
The 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference continued Monday (Oct. 21) with the first full day of business at the Ritz Carlt… Read more
Opening Day Photos & Highlights from the 2013 TRAFFIC East Conference at Fort Lauderdale Beach
The 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference officially got underway Sunday (Oct. 20) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Florida's… Read more
Photos & Highlights From a Fabulous Day of TRAFFIC East Pre-Show Networking at Ft. Lauderdale Beach Saturday
The flock of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. early birds continued to grow Saturday on a gorgeous day at the Ritz Carlton Hotel at Fort L… Read more
How T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Pre-Show Networking Turned into a Crazy Mix of Mardi Gras and ComicCon
A funny thing happened as the first day of pre-show networking at the 2013 TRAFFIC East conference wound down at the Rit… Read more
TRAFFIC Gets Underway Today With 2 Days of Pre-Show Networking Leading Up to the Main Event
We're driving south today, on our way across the state to Fort Lauderdale Beach for the TRAFFIC Conference that is now g… Read more
John Quail's Claim to Fame: How a Young Irish Entrepreneur Used Domains to Build a Booming Business
DNJournal Cover Story: 28-year-old John Quail has had a lot of success buying & selling high end domains. He started in… Read more
Domain Aftermarket Explodes With 3 Blockbuster Sales Totaling $2.2 Million
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it was a banner week for the aftermarket. We saw the year… Read more
All Aboard! The 1st Rolling Domain Conference Was Held on a Stunning Luxury Bus in Berlin
Christoph Grueneberg & Thomas Mueller have staged the largest German language domain show for 7 years, but this year the… Read more
With Domain Investing Becoming a Bigger Game Elliot's Blog Gets a Perfect New Name
If you typed ElliotsBlog.com into your browser this morning you might have been surprised to see a different website app… Read more
Demand Media Co-Founder Richard Rosenblatt Resigns as Chairman & CEO
Demand Media Co-Founder Richard Rosenblatt has stepped down as the company's Chairman, effective immediately, and has al… Read more
Why Bonus Networking Days Are Attracting a Growing Flock of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Early Birds
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conference coming up Oct. 20-23 in Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida will be a great place to do bu… Read more
Trio of 6-Figure Sales Including Year's 2nd Biggest ccTLD Sale Power Domains to Another Big Week
The domain aftermarket continues to gain steam as we head into the home stretch for 2013. The past week saw three 6-figu… Read more
Bidding Opens in TRAFFIC/Above.com Silent Auction + Servers.com on the Block in Bankruptcy Sale
Auctions are in the news today. The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference has enlisted Above.com's Domain Marketplace to run a Silen… Read more
How You Can Help Escrow.com Secure a Spot in the Super Bowl Advertising Line Up
When the 2014 Super Bowl game is played in February more than 100 million TV viewers may see a commercial featuring a na… Read more
People & Companies in the News: Public Interest Registry, Steve Banfield & Hilco Streambank
A busy week for the domain business started with the Public Interest Registry, the operator of the popular .ORG TLD, ann… Read more
TRAFFIC Just Two Weeks Away - Agenda for the Florida Show Includes a New gTLD Debate
T.R.A.F.F.I.C.'s annual Florida conference is always a highlight of the year's closing quarter and the upcoming show Oct… Read more
Hot Week for Domain Sales Led By an $850,000 Deal & Two Others at a Half Million Each
Summer may be over but 2013 domain sales were hotter than ever this past week when 3 of the year's top 10 sales were rep… Read more
Sedo Founders Sell Remaining Shares to United Internet - Domain Powerhouse to Go Private
European internet giant United Internet has acquired the last 4.46 million shares of Sedo that were still held by the co… Read more
Igal Lichtman's Domain Monetization Legacy Lives on With ParkingCrew Picked to Serve TrafficMedia Clients
With the February 2013 passing of domain industry legend Igal Lichtman, Lichtman's TrafficMedia team began looking for s… Read more
Verisign Research Says Businesses Prefer Websites to Social Media - Sedo Offers New gTLD Insight
A couple of new studies are out with findings that should be of interest to domain investors. Verisign canvassed global… Read more
Registrar InterNetX Lures New Resellers With Free Professional Domain Management Software
One of the first issues people run into when they get into the domain business is keeping track of and managing the grow… Read more
Endless Parade of Scammers & Domain Hijackers Prompts Rick Schwartz to Expand Hall Of Shame
Rick Schwartz's new HallOfShame.com website is outing would be domain thieves found guilty of reverse domain hijacking.… Read more
Pizza.net Changes Hands for 6 Figures in Year's Biggest .Net Sale to Top This Week's Chart
A hot one came out of the .net oven this week. Pizza.net changed hands in the biggest .net sale reported so far this yea… Read more
Companies & Organizations in the News: Marchex, Archeo, DomainTools & Southern California Domainers
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Marchex changes plans to take their Archeo domain division public, DomainTools hi… Read more
Blockbuster Acquistion: Go Daddy Buys Afternic and SmartName From NameMedia
In one of the most significant acquisitions in domain industry history GoDaddy has purchased two major businesses from N… Read more
Six-Figure Sale of Intranet.com Helps Sedo Sweep 9 of the Week's 10 Biggest Sales
In our last weekly domain sales report of the summer (fall officially arrives this weekend!) Sedo celebrated the end of… Read more
DomainNameSales Rolls Out New Services Led By Beefed Up Brokerage Team & Buy It Now Option
DomainNameSales (DNS), the disruptive aftermarket sales platform founded by Frank Schilling, has added some more new ser… Read more
German Partners Acquire Sale.co.uk Domain to Expand Business They Created at Sale.de
Christoph Grueneberg and Thomas Mueller are well-known figures in the domain business. They own one of the top .de domai… Read more
Domaining Cheat Sheet – Domain Name Industry Terms from A to Z
When it comes to the domain name industry there is a big list of technical terms and jargon that have been constantly ev… Read more
Oversee/DomainSponsor Celebrates Sam Tseng's 10th Anniversary With the Company
There are very few people in the domain industry that have spent ten years with the same company. ! It takes a special k… Read more
.ME & Marlers Team Up in Effort To Teach Kids Programming & Create Tech Jobs in Rural America
The .ME Registry has teamed up with domain investor/developer Bruce Marler and his wife Tiffany in a partnership designe… Read more
Multi-Million Dollar Deal - the Year's Biggest to Date - Leads This Week's Expanded Sales Chart
I was on vacation last week and during that quiet time (from a reporting stand point) the domain aftermarket was busy ma… Read more
$100 Million Deal to Buy Directi in the Works & Marc Ostrofsky's New Book Hit Store Shelves Today
Today in the Lowdown - a deal to buy India's biggest registrar, Directi, is in the works....Domain pioneer Marc Ostrfofs… Read more
200,000 Domains from the Massive Marchex Portfolio Made Available on New Sales Platform
One of the best portfolios in industry history is now up for sale with more than 200,000 names to choose from. The portf… Read more
Rick Schwartz's Hall of Shame - The New York Times Does Domains & Jim Grace Joins Team Internet
I want to update you on some news and information that came out while I was away on vacation last week. We start with Ri… Read more
Two-Letter .Com Domain Sold for $4.7 Million in the Year's Largest Domain Sale to Date
I just returned from vacation and this is the kind of news I like to come back to. Veteran domain brokers Tessa Holcomb… Read more
Chrome Developer Tools: The Web Developer's Best Friend
If you're the curious developer type like me, you may have found your way to Chrome DevTools, the advanced new way to… Read more
Two-Character .Com Sold for $140,000 in Deal Co-Brokered by SuccessClick and DomainGuardians
SuccessClick and DomainGuardians teamed up to sell a two-character .com domain (a number and a letter) for $140,000 - th… Read more
Will 2014 Be a Breakout Year for the Domain Name Industry?
Generic Top-Level Domains: Will they spark a revolution in online real estate? Michael Berkens at The Domains reported a… Read more
National Advertisers Say ICANN Preparations for New gTLD Rollout "Woefully Inadequate"
In a letter we received today, the Association of National Advertisers, who represents dozens of well-known global brand… Read more
Sedo & Go Daddy Team Up to Produce 6-Figure Sale That Tops This Week's Sales Chart
Aftermarket powerhouses Sedo and Go Daddy Auctions joined forces to generate a 6-figure sale and take the top spot on ou… Read more
Rising Star: How 27-Year-Old Warren Buffett Disciple Daniel Negari Is Building an Internet Empire
Few 27-year-olds have enjoyed as much entrepreneurial success as Daniel Negari has. From online retail sales to high end… Read more
A Hair Razing Experience: How the Water School Has Changed Lives (Including Jodi Chamberlain's)
After allowing her head to be shaved in return for donations to The Water School, veteran domain conference promoter Jod… Read more
After Debuting With a Bestseller Author/Domain Pioneer Marc Ostrofsky Returns With Word of Mouse!
Domain industry pioneer & author Marc Ostrofsky made the New York Times Best Sellers List with his first book, 2011's Ge… Read more
The Beat Goes On: Email.biz Offers Free Original Music Downloads to Attract New Users
This past spring I told you about Indian entrepreneur Anshul Goyal signing a Bollywood movie star to serve as spokespers… Read more
Russian Girls Reign Over This Week's Sales Chart After 6-Figure Deal at DomainNameSales
After just a one-week absence the six-figure sale returned this week with RussianGirls.com doing the honors at DomainNam… Read more
DomainState Unveils New Domain Industry Directory & Special Section Detailing Registrar Stats
One of the first domain forums - DomainState.com - is now offering a comprehensive domain industry directory featuring 1… Read more
Domainer Steven Newman Takes the Development Plunge With Slick New Site at SportsPicks.com
I've always thought that it was a good idea for domain investors to try their hand at developing at least one website on… Read more
POP.CO Promises to Put Businesses Online Instantly + Two Veteran Industry Execs Join New Teams
The .CO registry has announced the beta release of POP.CO, a new platform that says it can almost instantly put a busine… Read more
How CBS-TV Got UnderTheDome.com For a Bargain Price Just Before the #1 Show Launched
I you have been watching TV this summer you probably know all about CBS-TV's hit series Under The Dome. It has been the… Read more
Sedo Dissects the Domain Market & Their Own Financial Results + What's Up With Chicago.com?
Sedo has released their latest quarterly domain market study and reports sales were spread across a record number of TLD… Read more
7-Week Run of Blockbuster Domain Sales Ends But Over 30 Solid 5-Figure Sales Were Booked
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After 7 straight weeks with at least one 6-figure (or higher… Read more
Nearby Now Plugin Brings Dynamic Content to WordPress Using Mobile Checkins
I'm excited to have recently joined the team at Leads Nearby to lend a hand with website development and marketing. P… Read more
Do the Math: Domain Market Comeback Continues With Blockbuster Sale of MathGames.com
For the 7th consecutive week the domain aftermarket has produced at least one 6-figure (or higher) sale and the latest o… Read more
TRAFFIC Picks a New Miami Beach Venue & Hints of a New Conference Role for Adam Dicker
Predicting a new boom in the domain business, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. co-founder Rick Schwartz announced the fall 2014 Florida sh… Read more
Bill Karamouzis Buys MathGames.com for $725,000 to Launch Groundbreaking New Company
Bill Karamouzis has revealed that he paid $725,000 to acquire MathGames.com to use for a new website that is the first o… Read more
How Bill Karamouzis Plans to Change the World With a Big Idea and a Bold Domain Buy
After shocking the domain world by paying $350,000 for CookingGames.com in 2010, Bill Karamouzis went on to build an int… Read more
Igloo & DomainNameSales Team Up For $600,000 Sale as Domain Market's Hot Streak Continues
So much for the summer doldrums! Just before the deadline for our latest weekly domain sales report, we received word th… Read more
Weekly Streak of 6-Figure (or Higher) Domain Sales Will Reach at Least 7 + Sedo Embraces Brazil
With Sedo announcing a $300,000 sale today our weekly domain sales chart Wednesday will have at least one 6-figure (or h… Read more
One of World's Largest Auction Houses Opens New Domain & IP Division Led by Aron Meystedt
In a landmark development for domains, Heritage Auctions (HA.com), the world's 3rd largest auction house, has created a… Read more
John Berryhill Collars Reverse Domain Name Hijacker on Way to Winning 2 UDRPs in One Day
Attorney John Berryhill has had many good days in the UDRP arena but Wednesday was an especially gratifying one as he lo… Read more
3-Letter .Com Sells for 6 Figures to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The six-figure sale of a 3-letter .com led this week's sales… Read more
Key Domain Sales Indicators Turn Positive in 2Q-2013 - $ Volume & Median Prices Both Rise
The domain aftermarket may have turned a corner in the 2nd quarter of 2013. We've finished breaking down the sales data… Read more
New Funding & Key Partnership Has CitiesPlanet Poised to Put GeoDomains In Higher Orbit
CitiesPlanet.com, the world's first full monetization platform for geodomain brands, today announced both a major capi… Read more
Dr. Chris Hartnett's Accomplished Father, William Hartnett, is Eulogized in the U.S. Congress
When I interviewed Dr. Chris Hartnett for a 2008 Cover Story, Chris spent a good deal of time talking about the influenc… Read more
.CO Celebrating 3rd Birthday & Sedo Report Showing Solid Aftermarket Performance for the TLD
The .CO Registry has a lot to celebrate this week. Saturday marks the TLD's 3rd birthday as a globally available open ex… Read more
$380,000 Deal Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart as High End Resurgence Continues
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the 3rd week in a row a blockbuster sale has taken a pla… Read more
The European Union's .EU Becomes 9th TLD Offered By The SedoMLS Premium Network
For domain sellers multiple listing services have dramatically improved the visibility of domains for sale - putting lis… Read more
Ouch! Only Thing of Value Left From CompUSA & Circuit City Are Domain Names & Trademarks
I used to spend a lot of time & money at the local CompUSA store. I liked the place so much I even bought stock in the c… Read more
Sedo Revisited: How the Industry Pioneer Has Kept Pace Through a Decade of Constant Change
Over the past decade much has changed at Sedo but the company continues to play a leading role in an industry where the… Read more
High End Sales Continue Comeback With BIG Body.com Deal But "Sale" of MD.org Ends in Lawsuit
High end domain sales continue their comeback with Go Daddy reporting a big deal for Body.com. The year's top 3 sales ha… Read more
Blockbuster Sale of 114.com Takes Top Spot on DN Journal's New Weekly Top 20 Sales Chart
As we told you in our Lowdown section Tuesday, the first 7-figure domain sale reported in 2013 has been completed with 1… Read more
New Partnership Between IP Neighborhood & Fabulous.com Expands Market for Premium Domains
Intellectual Property intelligence firm IP Neighborhood and professional domain services provider Fabulous.com have join… Read more
Year's First 7-Figure Sale Reported - $2.1 Million Domain Goes to a Chinese Buyer
Seven-figure domain sales have been few and far between in recent years. Only two were reported all of last year and non… Read more
REParking.com Creates New Path to Better Revenue From Mortgage and Real Estate Domains
BankAds.com Co-Founder Sean Sullivan believes the key to getting the best domain monetization results is to stop relying… Read more
Partnership With Marchex Gives DevHub's Rapid Development Platform a Major Boost
DevHub.com is known for its rapid website development platform that helps small businesses quickly establish a web prese… Read more
Price Paid for Brand.com Revealed - It's Now the Biggest Domain Sale Reported This Year
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal - topped by the biggest sale reported so far this year. The honor… Read more
Dollars From Donuts: New gTLD Registry Operator Invests in More People & New Office Space
A key player in the upcoming launch of new gTLDs, registry operator Donuts Inc, is continuing to gear up for the arrival… Read more
Have Gavel Will Travel: How Paul Keating Became One of the Domain Industry's Top Attorneys
Over the past decade globe trotting domain defender Paul Keating has proven himself to be one of the best in the busines… Read more
New DomainsBot Name Suggestion Tool is First to Recommend TLDs As Well As Keywords
Many registrars offer domain name suggestion tools (a service most often provided to them by Domainsbot.com). Today Doma… Read more
Aftermarket.com Offers New Option for Buying, Selling & Parking Domains in One Place
Multi-faceted domain industry company Thought Convergence, the parent company of DomainTools.com, TrafficZ.com and After… Read more
InternetMedia & MediaOptions Joint Venture Produces New Way to Sell Domains at DNX.com
If you've been looking for a new way to sell your domains, the people behind DNX.com, a domain name exchange that just l… Read more
Trek.com is Star of This Week's Sales Show After Changing Hands in One of Year's Top 5 Transactions
No question about who was this week's star in the domain aftermarket. Broker Peter Ejtel of SharedReviews.com closed a s… Read more
Fact Book 2013: Everything You Wanted to Know About Canada's .CA ccTLD
CIRA, the administrator of Canada's .CA country code domain, has done an excellent job of promoting the ccTLD in recent… Read more
Week's Top Domain Sales Include One of the Year's 10 Biggest Non .Com gTLD Transactions
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A trio of .coms and a non .com gTLD sale fill the first four… Read more
Less Than 3 Weeks After Buying Bouquet.com Bill McClure Has Site Up & Affiliate Program in Place
Bill McClure bought Bouquet.com for $30,000 in the TRAFFIC Las Vegas live auction just 3 weeks ago but he already has an… Read more
Bar None: Photos & Highlights from the Ari Goldberger Family's Celebration of Life
As I told you in my last Lowdown post, when I was getting ready to head out for Cherry Hill, New Jersey to attend this p… Read more
Why a Webcast May Be This Weekend's Best Show & What Ari Goldberger Has to Do With It!
Though he has been an entrepreneur since he was a kid, business has always taken a back seat to attorney Ari Goldberger'… Read more
6-Figure Drought Ends With DomainNameSales Ringing Up One of Year's 10 Biggest Sales
After three consecutive weeks with no six-figure sales reported, DomainNameSales.com ended the aftermarket's high end hi… Read more
Frank Schilling Announces Major Improvements at DomainNameSales.com
DomainNameSales.com had an immediate impact on the domain sales business when the site launched last year. Frank Schilli… Read more
The 5 P's of Domain Name Valuation Patented by GoDaddy
Website Magazine recently shared that GoDaddy, the world's most popular domain name registar, has been granted two p… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas 2013: A Pictorial Review of the Big Show at the Bellagio
For a a fresh perspective our customary final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. review article is being presented in a pictorial review for… Read more
A European Elected to Chair ICANN's Registrar Stakeholder Group For the First Time
Despite the huge role European countries play in the global domain industry no one from the continent has ever chaired I… Read more
Six-Figure Sales Drought Reaches 3 Weeks But Market's Mid-Range Continues to Bustle
After seven straight weeks with one or more six-figure domain sales reported, we've now gone three weeks in a row withou… Read more
nterNetX's DomainShop Wins Top Prize for Their White Label Registration & Hosting Solutions
Many domain investors operate their own domain registration and/or hosting businesses by using white label solutions fro… Read more
BrandBucket Founder Says Business is Brisk for Brandable Domains
Category defining .coms are kings of the domain world but .coms have always been the leader in brandable names too. Even… Read more
Breakfast of Champions: Why the Final Hour at TRAFFIC Las Vegas Was One of the Show's Best
I'm back home from another highly productive TRAFFIC conference. My last post from Las Vegas Saturday had everything exc… Read more
Photos & Highlights From Friday's Closing Day of the 2013 TRAFFIC Las Vegas Conference
The 2013 TRAFFIC Las Vegas conference closed with a busy day & night of activity Friday (May 31) at the Bellagio Hotel (… Read more
Photos & Highlights from a Busy 2nd Day (& Neon Night) at TRAFFIC Las Vegas 2013
The 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference continued Thursday at the Bellagio Hotel with a busy second day that includ… Read more
Opening Day Photos & Highlights from TRAFFIC Las Vegas 2013: Cabanas, Cocktails & Canadians!
The 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference officially got underway Wednesday (May 29) at the dazzling Bellagio Hotel.… Read more
Fun, Fountains & Friends: Pre-Show Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas
The 2013 T.R.A.F.F.I.C Las Vegas conference gets underway today at the beautiful Bellagio Hotel but many guests got a ju… Read more
U.S. Domainers Join Millions of Americans Observing Memorial Day Today
For those who live outside the U.S. and may be wondering why this seems to be a slow business day, it's likely because f… Read more
In the News: Bill Sweetman, Bree, TRAFFIC Las Vegas, Hilco IP Auctions, Afternic & Directi
As we head into a long holiday weekend in the U.S., we have news and information from several fronts today. The people &… Read more
ccTLDs Take 9 Places on This Week's Sales Chart But No 6- Figure Sales for 1st Time in 2 Months
After 7 straight weeks with one or more 6-figure sales, the domain aftermarket took a breather this week with the highes… Read more
Domainers Rally Around Relief Efforts for Oklahoma Tornado Victims With Charity Domain Auction
DomainBoardroom.com, ElliotsBlog.com and Escrow.com have joined forces to stage a three-day charity domain auction to ra… Read more
DomainAdvisors.com Rebrands Under a Cool New Name - Introducing Igloo.com!
We all love domains but the industry veterans behind DomainAdvisors.com decided that when it comes to standing out in a… Read more
TRAFFIC Las Vegas Through the Years - The Shows That Set the Stage for Next Week's Big Event
When the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference returns to Las Vegas next week it will be the 6th time the pioneering domain conferen… Read more
Companies in the News: Email.biz, TRAFFIC, Directi's .IN.NET & Michael Cyger's SEOBlog.com
Lots of ground to cover in the Lowdown at DNJournal today - most centering on the launch of new businesses. Email.biz, D… Read more
David Castello & Bree to Make National TV Debut Tonight With a Live Performance on AXS-TV
Things are happening fast for bree and domain industry giant David Castello, a lifelong musician who manages the rapidly… Read more
Two Reasons Nashville.com's David Castello is Doing a Happy Dance
Domain industry giant David Castello ( who is also a life long musician) moved to Nashville a couple of years ago to man… Read more
Companies in the News: NameMedia's BuyDomains.com, Sedo & Hilco IP Auctions
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: BuyDomains.com has unveiled a slick new website aimed at end users, Sedo had good… Read more
Select.com Tops This Week's Sales Chart With Seller Getting 1,100% Return on His Investment
Select.com has the penthouse suite on this week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart at DNJournal.com after veteran domain… Read more
TRAFFIC Keeps Live Auction Tradition Alive With Catalog Release for May 30 Sale in Las Vegas
Live domain auctions have been a fixture at TRAFFIC conferences ever since the pioneering event staged the first one eve… Read more
Matt Cutts: What to Expect for SEO in Coming Months
Google's head of web spam Matt Cutts has just released a new series of webmaster resource videos. Featured below is th… Read more
Stop the Presses! Change of Plans for the Big Water Night Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas
A big fund raising party for the Water School was going to piggyback on this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference… Read more
Back By Popular Demand: After a 5-Year Absence TRAFFIC Returns to Las Vegas This Month
Las Vegas used to be an annual stop on the TRAFFIC calendar but this month's conference will be the first show co-founde… Read more
Trio of 6-Figure Sales Including Year's Biggest ccTLD Deal Fuel Big Week for Domains
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was another very strong week for the aftermarket with one… Read more
How the Domain Boardroom Funfest Wound Up Getting Bobbled - And Why That's a Good Thing!
DomainBoardroom's 2nd annual DBR Funfest wrapped up a four-day run in Dana Point, California Monday that had guests ravi… Read more
Escrow.com Transactions Pass $1.5 BILLION Mark - More Than Half From Domains & Websites
Escrow.com released some pretty startling sales numbers today when the company reported the total value of Escrow.com's… Read more
TRAFFIC Las Vegas: Last Week to Save on Hotel & Registration Rates + Water Night Party Planned
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference is just 3 weeks way and if you want to go to the highly anticipated event, you c… Read more
Companies in the News: .ME Registry, Hilco IP Auctions, Afternic & NameJet
The options for acquiring good domains are going up. .ME is offering 5 premium generic domains to whoever has the best d… Read more
Livestream CEO: Good Domain is the Best Marketing Investment Ever Made
A few months ago Inc. published a short yet inspiring video interview with Livestream CEO Max Haot on the subject of bus… Read more
One of Year's Three Biggest Sales Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The past week was a strong one for the domain aftermarket. One of the year's 3 biggest sales set the pace and we also sa… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the Final Day of Business at Domaining Spain 2013 in Valencia
The Domaining Spain conference closed another successful run over the weekend in Valencia. We've gotten some photos and… Read more
Jodi's Mane Goes Down the Drain in Spain and the Man Responsible For It Gets a Special Honor!
In one of the most highly anticipated events at the 2013 Domaining Spain conference that ended over the weekend, show co… Read more
FreshDrop Launches Free Domain Backordering With Pheenix
Our favorite domain name data and aftermarket research service, FreshDrop has just launched their own unique domain name… Read more
How a 10-Year Journey Helped 2-Year-Old Rook Media Become a Domain Monetization Darling
New DNJournal Cover Story: Every now and then someone seems to come out of nowhere and capture people's attention - the… Read more
More Opening Day Photos & Highlights from the Domaining Spain 2013 Conference in Valencia
The 2013 Domaining Spain conference got underway Thursday in Valencia. We had some more opening day photos come in overn… Read more
Domaining Spain 2013 Got Underway Today With New gTLDs Leading the Agenda
The 2013 Domaining Spain conference got underway today with a good crowd on hand for the start of the three day event at… Read more
Twin $200,000 Sales at HuntingMoon Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
HuntingMoon.com racked up TWO $200,000 sales this week to claim the first two positions on our latest all extension Top… Read more
.PW Registrations Exceed Expectations - Visa Gives .ME High Visibility - NAF Reports Decline in UDRPs
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The .PW Registry hoped to sell 100,000 domains in its first year but has already… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Announces Plans Through 2015 - Florida Show Will Move to New Venue Next Year
The next T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is coming up just 5 weeks from now in Las Vegas. In addition to that show, co-founder… Read more
People & Companies in the News: Chicago.com, Oversee.net, Bill Sweetman & VentureCamp.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Josh Metnick's Chicago.com forms a major new partnership, Oversee.net announced i… Read more
VentureCamp: Ambitious New Reality Series Features Domains, Start Ups, Mentors & Mansions!
Chad Folkening is shooting for the stars in his latest enterprise - VentureCamp. It is a business start up incubator/web… Read more
Domain Broker's Family Mourns the Loss of Their 13-Year-Old Daughter - Friends Seek Help for Them
Brianna Berrier, the 13-year-old daughter of domain broker Matthew Berrier, passed away under difficult circumstances la… Read more
This Week's Domain Sales Included One of Year's 10 Best + Top 10 ccTLD & Non .com gTLD Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The past week was a good one for domain sales with a 6-figur… Read more
Today's Most Marketable Domains
Domains are the foundation not just for online business, but for online marketing. At least, that was what DotSauce's… Read more
Debut CD Coming From bree - the Rising Rocker Discovered by Nashville.com's David Castello
Domain Hall of Fame member David Castello's return to the rock music world is continuing full steam ahead. David and bre… Read more
1Q-2013 Domain Sales Results Broken Down in New DNJournal.com Newsletter
DN Journal's latest newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers today and is also available on the web. In it we break… Read more
Boston Marathon Bombing Brings Out Vultures Looking to Profit From Tragedy
It never fails. Whenever disaster strikes, vultures come out of the woodwork to register domain names related to the tra… Read more
Facebook Founder and Top Tech Leaders Launch New Political Action Site on .US Domain
Facebook Founder Marc Zuckerberg and some of the world's top tech leaders, representing companies including Google, Yaho… Read more
Two-Word .Com Clicks for 6 Figures at Sedo and They Go on to Post 12 of the Week's Top 20 Sales
The first week of April was a particularly good one at Sedo.com. They closed a $120,000 sale (one of the year's 10 bigge… Read more
Why Brandroot.com's Michael Rader is Banking on Brandable Domains
Generic domains tend to get most of the attention in this business but many of the most successful sites on the web were… Read more
Registered Domains Now Number Over a Quarter of a BILLION + George Kirikos Scores Big Win in Court
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Verisign's latest quarterly Industry Brief revealed total domain registrations ha… Read more
Escrow.com to Unveil New Website This Weekend - Here is a Sneak Peak
Starting tomorrow Escrow.com visitors will be greeted by a sleek new look featuring a completely revamped format and col… Read more
Friction Over New gTLD Program May Produce Fireworks at ICANN Meeting Opening Sunday
We may see some fireworks at the ICANN meeting that opens Sunday in Beijing, China. ICANN heads into the meeting playing… Read more
Big Week for Domain Sales with Two of the Year's 10 Biggest Deals + 2013's Top ccTLD Sale
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a big week with two of the year's 10 biggest sales re… Read more
eNom's Auction of 39 One and Two Character .ORG Domains Including 1.org Opens Sunday
PIR's Project 94 auction of 94 previously unreleased one and two character .ORG domains continues with eNom's portion of… Read more
Nothing But Net: Fred Mercaldo's Fascinating Journey from Steelworker to Geodomain Statesman
New DNJournal Cover Story: It took awhile for Fred Mercaldo to find his true calling. After morphing from steelworker to… Read more
Citing Afilias Survey Retail Trade Magazine Says Consumers Have No Clue What New gTLDS Are
RetailDigital.com published a story today that said 75% of U.S. and UK consumers are oblivious to new web extensions. Ev… Read more
DomainBoardRoom Celebrates 6th Birthday Sunday - Members Set to Party at Upcoming Funfest
Congratulations to founder Donna Mahony and the members of DomainBoardRoom.com on the private domain forum's 6th birthda… Read more
Flurry of NDA Sales Leaves Door Open for Lower Level Deals to Take Top Spots on Sales Chart
This was the slowest sales week we've seen thus far in 2013 but, as the old saying goes, numbers can be deceiving. Ironi… Read more
HealthInsurance.net Sold For $525,000 - Plus .PW Opens to the Public
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com - HealthInsurance.net changes hands for $525,000 and, with its land rush now over,… Read more
Industry Veteran Opens New Forum Dedicated to Domain Leasing & NeusNews Gets New Look
This year's buzz around domain leasing is about to get even louder. Industry veteran Gordon Martin has just opened a new… Read more
DomainHoldings Rings Up 6-Figure Sale to Take Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
DomainHoldings.com sits at the summit on DN Journal's latest weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart after handling a six-figur… Read more
Ari Goldberger Goes Big with Launch of Songs.com and MD.com
Most of you know Ari Goldberger as one of the domain industry's elite attorneys but he is also a serial entrepreneur who… Read more
Parking is Dead? Why ParkingCrew's Founders Say You Can Cancel the Funeral
How many times have you heard that domain parking is dead? If that is the case, then you have to ask why so many new com… Read more
Simon Johnson Ratchets Up the Domain Intelligence Arms Race With IP Neighborhood
One sure sign that this industry has come of age is the increasing sophistication of professional research tools availab… Read more
Extent of Procter & Gamble's UDRP Deceit Growing as More Facts Come to Light
Earlier this week a WIPO panel found Procter & Gamble guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, in part because they gros… Read more
ccTLDs Take Top Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart & Pile Up Nearly Half of All Entries
Someone must have declared the past 7 days ccTLD Week. Country code domains took the top two spots on our latest all ext… Read more
After a Decade of Creating Research Tools for Domain Investors Luc Lezon Paints His Masterpiece
When I entered the domain business one of the first people I came across was Luc Lezon, a software wizard who, after sta… Read more
Procter & Gamble Not Too Big to Fail - Reverse Hijacking Attempt Tarnishes Famous Name
If there was a Dumbest UDRP Filing of the Year Award Procter & Gamble would probably have the 2013 dishonor sewed up and… Read more
Five Great Australian Domains Go on the Market - Our Rule Book Goes Out the Window
They say rules are made to be broken but I try not to break them, especially when they are my own rules! However, they a… Read more
Google Spreadsheet Trick Automatically Generates Popular Keyword Lists
One of the original Google Labs projects, Google Sets, was discontinued and later integrated as a feature in Google Spre… Read more
Go Daddy Scores Brownie Points With Aspiring New gTLD Registry Operators at Arizona Confab
Go Daddy didn't become the world's biggest domain registrar by leaving a lot of stones unturned. They know the operators… Read more
Afternic Locks Up the Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart With LawHelp.com
There were no 6-figure sales reported this week but Afternic came within hailing distance of that lofty level with a hig… Read more
SXSW Interactive Festival to Address New gTLDs With Presentation from Sedo's Jeremiah Johnston
The massive 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas is going to shine a light on new gTLDs. On Monday, March 1… Read more
Webfest Global's Maiden Voyage: Why the Conference Set Sail With a New Name & A Different Game
After running 6 annual conferences under the DOMAINfest Global banner, the show's promoter, Oversee.net, decided it was… Read more
World Accelerator Adds Teacher.com, Couple.com & Scandal.com to Their New Development Platform
Last fall Gary Millin launched World Accelerator, a new platform aimed at partnering with experienced development teams… Read more
Great Value, Beautiful Location & Timely Agenda Has Domaining Spain Set Up for Another Sellout
Domaining Spain 2013 is now less than 8 weeks away. This annual conference in beautiful Valencia, Spain is a phenomenal… Read more
.CO.UK Rescued, .ORG Rockets, Chris Hartnett Sparkles & Igal Lichtman's Light Shines On
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com - Great Britain's venerable .CO.UK extension avoids a self-inflicted wound, .ORG s… Read more
3-Word Portuguese Term Produces Week's Top Domain Sale - Canadian Domain Fills #2 Slot
This week's all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart has a distinctly international flavor with a pair of non English ter… Read more
New Service Offers Short Term Cash Loans Secured by Your Domains & Financing for New Purchases
Attorney Matt Collins has launched a new financial services company at inteLend.com. Collins designed the business to se… Read more
NameMedia CEO Kelly Conlin in Line for a Board of Directors Seat at a Major Media Conglomerate
NameMedia's Kelly Conlin is one of the few top executives who has successfully transitioned from traditional media to di… Read more
What Do Domainers, Escrow.com, Guitars, Giving, Geddy Lee and Rush Have in Common?
Here is a riddle to puzzle over this weekend (at least until you find out the answers in our latest Lowdown post) - What… Read more
DomainMarket President Resigns, Protrada Partners With DomainPower & .US Registry Up For Grabs
Today in the Lowdown: After just 10 months on the job the President of Michael Mann's DomainMarket has resigned...Protra… Read more
Sedo and DomainNameSales Trade Punches to Sweep 9 of the Week's Top 10 Domain Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Popular venues Sedo and DomainNameSales traded punches in a… Read more
Family & Friends Honored Domain Industry Giant Igal Lichtman at Funeral Service This Afternoon
A funeral service for domain industry giant Igal Lichtman was held this afternoon in Igal's home town of Livingston, New… Read more
The Domain Industry Loses a Giant - Igal Lichtman Leaves Us After a Life Very Well Lived
This is the hardest article I've ever had to write. When I got a text message last night that said my beloved husband, I… Read more
Did You Know the Latest New TLD Land Rush Opened Today? Say Hello to .PW
You've been hearing about ICANN's impending launch of 100s of new gTLDs for years now, but new gTLDs come in more than o… Read more
DomainAdvisors Get Their Mojo Working With $300,000 Sale That Tops This Week's Chart
DN Journal has a double dose of domain sales data for you this week. There was no sales column last week while I was awa… Read more
Death of Parking Pronouncements Premature? Oversee Says PPC Earnings Are Improving
Oversee.net CEO Debra Domeyer tells us the company saw year over year growth in domain monetization with average PPC rev… Read more
Rick Schwartz Sounds Off on New gTLDs and the Key Difference Between Them and .Com
Rick Schwartz shared his new gTLD view with me while I was conducting interviews for our current State of the Industry C… Read more
Closing Day Photos and Highlights From the 2013 Webfest Global Conference in Santa Monica
The 2013 Webfest Global conference (the 7th annual show staged by Oversee.net's DomainSponsor unit) closed last night af… Read more
Day 2 Photos and Highlights from the Webfest Global Conference Including Kim Kardashian Keynote
Variety was the order of the day Wednesday at the Webfest Global conference. In keeping with the show's expanded agenda,… Read more
Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the Webfest Global Conference + Richard Lau Loses His Locks
In my last post Tuesdsy morning, that went up just before the 2013 Webfest Global conference got underway at the Fairmon… Read more
FreshDrop Pro's New Domain Finding Features and Lifetime Discount
The industry veterans at FreshDrop have recently introduced new features for aftermarket and expired domain name researc… Read more
Photos and Highlights From Frank Schilling's Dinner for Domain Brokers Last Night in Santa Monica
The 2013 Webfest Global conference opens this morning with a Speed Networking session at 9am Pacific time (12 Noon Easte… Read more
$13 Million in Sales Helps Win Amanda Waltz a Major Promotion at DomainAdvisors
DomainAdvisors Limited has promoted Amanda Waltz to become their new Director of Sales and Acquisitions. In making the a… Read more
Someone Filed a UDRP Against Me - Now What?
If you find yourself asking this question, then a new guest article at DNJournal.com by veteran Internet legal counsel B… Read more
Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz Looks Back at His 1st Year on the Job and Ahead to What 2013 Has in Store
Exactly one year ago today Tobias Flaitz became the CEO at domain industry powerhouse Sedo.com. I caught up with Tobias… Read more
Webfest Networking: "If You Want to Go Somewhere, Find Someone Who Has Already Been There!"
The headline above is a famous quote from Robert Kiyosaki, who also said, The richest people in the world look for and b… Read more
Estate.com Changes Hands in the 2nd Biggest Sale of the New Year to Top DNJ Sales Chart
In the 3rd six figure sale reported in the opening month of 2013, Estate.com has changed hands in a deal that puts it at… Read more
Free Revenue Producing Domains, One Year of Parking Revenue Paid in Advance - For Real?
Welcome to the new world of parking company promotion! Despite the decline in PPC revenues in recent years, the parking… Read more
The State of the Industry: 15 Experts Weigh In on Where We've Been & Where We Are Headed Now
Every January we have kicked off the new year with a State of the Industry overview featuring a select group of domain b… Read more
Frank Schilling Invites Domain Brokers to Dinner
Call it an offer you can't refuse or at least one you wouldn't WANT to refuse if you are in the domain brokerage busines… Read more
Water Night! What It Is and Why You Will Want to Be Part of It if You Are Going to Webfest Global
Yesterday I ran through a lot of things that will be going on during the upcoming Webfest Global conference.Today I can… Read more
Beyond Kim Kardashian Webfest Global Show Agenda is Tabloid Fodder Free
The choice of Kim Kardashian to be the keynote speaker at the Webfest Global conference has generated a lot of criticism… Read more
Kim Kardashian Named Keynote Speaker for the Upcoming Webfest Global Conference
Well, I have to admit I didn't see this one coming! Oversee.net has selected celebrity/entrepreneur Kim Kardashian to be… Read more
Sedo Posts Year's 2nd Six-Figure Sale to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Sedo claimed the top spot on this week's Domain Sales Chart after banking $112,651 for the #1 domain. That is also the s… Read more
Michael Cyger Reaches a Major Milestone as DomainSherpa.com Posts Its 100th Show
When Michael Cyger launched the video interview site DomainSherpa.com just under two years ago it quickly became clear t… Read more
A Tale of Two Markets: Median Domain Prices Rose in 2012 But Total $ Volume Slipped
The 2012 domain sales season is in the books. We have crunched the numbers for the final quarter and for 2012 as a whole… Read more
GeoDomain Giant Skip Hoagland Goes on the Warpath - Slaps Chamber of Commerce With Lawsuit
Skip Hoagland owns one of the world's best geodomain portfolios, including Atlanta.com, BuenosAires.com and HiltonHead.c… Read more
DomainHoldings Co-Founder John Ferber Becomes a Movie Producer! 1st Film Opens Saturday
DomainHoldings.com Co-Founder John Ferber is a man of many talents. After selling his previous company, Advertising.com,… Read more
Software Company's $375,000 Domain Purchase Tops This Week's Sales Chart
Week 2 of the 2013 domain sales season produced a very substantial six-figure sale. We learned that Booker Software Inc.… Read more
Finding Your Niche: How a Laid Off Local TV Reporter Created a New Career for Himself Online
I have often talked about the boundless world of opportunity offered by the web. It's just a matter of finding your nich… Read more
Domain Leasing Continues to Gain Converts - NoktaDomains Latest to Get On Board
While it is true that there is nothing new about domain leasing, I've never seen interest in leasing higher than it is r… Read more
The Mane in Spain Goes Mainly Down the Drain! Jodi Chamberlain Next to Lose Hair for Charity?
PPX Chairman Gregg McNair managed to convince a series of male domainers to let him shave their heads in exchange for do… Read more
DomainInvest Rolls Out New Affiliate Program Designed to Boost Hosting.co.uk Business
DomainInvest.lu, a company co-founded by industry veterans Frederick Schiwek, Markus Schnermann and Xavier Buck, is maki… Read more
1st Week of the 2013 Domain Sales Season Finds 3 DNS Transactions at Top of the Chart
The 2013 domain sales season is officially underway with the first week of data now in. With the past week shortened by… Read more
Peter Maxymych - The Latest Domain Industry Figure to Make a Big Splash in the Music Business
One thing that has always impressed me about people in the domain business is how creative they are. Many have shown tha… Read more
Demand Media's Taryn Naidu Comments on Company's Acquisition of Registrar Name.com Today
In the first major acquisition of the new Year Demand Media announced today that they have acquired Denver-based domain… Read more
DN Journal's First Decade - 2012: The 10th Year of the Ride of Our Lives
I have been featuring some of the key people and events we have covered over the past decade in a series of 10th Anniver… Read more
Silver.com Strikes Gold - Closes 2012 Sales Season in One of the Year's 3rd Biggest Deals
The 2012 domain sales season has come to a close - and it ended with a bang as Silver.com changed hands in the year's th… Read more
DNJ's First Decade - 2011: Predictions We Would Run Out of Things to Write About Prove Wrong
When I started DN Journal in 2003 people told me, you are going to run out of things to write about in a few months! For… Read more
DNJ's First Decade - 2010: Conference Wars Continue & Cover Stories Feature Key Players
The latest in our series of posts highlighting key people and events we have covered in DN Journal's first decade (our 1… Read more
A New Year, a New Beginning - Looking Forward to Moving Onward & Upward With You in 2013!
Happy New Year! My wish for each of you is that 2013 will be your best year ever. I have a gut feeling that lot of good… Read more
DN Journal's First Decade - 2009: Recession Arrives But Domain Investors Hold Their Own
The latest in our series of Lowdown posts highlighting some of the people and events we have covered in the course of DN… Read more
A Perfect 10: DN Journal Completes Its First Decade and We Couldn't Have Enjoyed it More - Thank YOU for Making it Possible!
DN Journal marks its 10th Anniversary on New Year's Day. I always thought it was more productive to look forward than ba… Read more
The Pitfalls of Domain Development
I can't tell you how many domains I've developed for myself, but I can tell you that the number has slowed significa… Read more
Highlights From DN Journal's First Decade: 2008 - Another Big Year Before the Great Recession Arrives
DN Journal marks its 10th anniversary January 1st. We continue highlights from our first decade with a look at 2008 - an… Read more
Super Broker & DomainAdvisors President Jeff Gabriel Takes New Position with Frank Schilling's Company
DN Journal has learned that super broker Jeff Gabriel (the man behind the biggest all cash domain sale ever reported - S… Read more
Highlights From DN Journal's 1st Decade: 2007 - The Year the Domain Boom Reached New Heights
Last week I started running a series of highlights from DN Journal's first 10 years - an anniversary we will officially… Read more
"The joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes back to you" - Merry Christmas!
Somehow, not only for Christmas, But all the long year through, the joy that you give to others, is the joy that comes b… Read more
DNJ-10: Domain Pioneers Up Close & Personal: How Our Cover Stories Evolved Over the Years
DN Journal will celebrate its 10th anniversary on January 1, 2013. One of the things the publication has become best kno… Read more
DNJ-10: Conferences in Tech Meccas Silicon Valley & Seattle Put Domains on The Map
Here is another set of highlights from DN Journal's first 10 years. After the 2004 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference gave domain… Read more
Verisign Releases Latest Quarterly Domain Brief - # of Registered Domains Soars 12% in One Year
Verisign released their latest Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 3rd quarter of 2012, today. The quarter ended wi… Read more
DomainNameSales Goes on a Tear With a Hand in ALL of The Week's 11 Biggest Domain Sales
It should be a very Merry Christmas at DomainNameSales.com. The domain aftermarket sales platform founded by industry le… Read more
DN Journal's First 10 Years: Revisiting Some Familiar Domain Industry Faces and Places
2 weeks from today we will be celebrating a milestone - the 10th Anniversary of DNJournal.com. DNJ was originally meant… Read more
Companies & People in the News: Go Daddy, Webfest Global, Roy Flanders & .INFO
I was away last week for a special trip with my daughter but now I'm back with some catching up to do! I'll start by tou… Read more
The Domain Aftermarket Crowns a New 2012 Heavyweight Champion With $2.45 Million Sale
Sales at the ultra high end of the domain market have been rare this year. Until this past week, only one had breached t… Read more
I'll Be on a Brief Hiatus This Week Taking a Special Trip With My Daughter
From the time she was a small child my daughter Brittany said she was going to grow up to be a doctor. She will reach th… Read more
Go Daddy Domains and Websites Now on the Warehouse Shelves at Costco.com
You've got to hand it to Go Daddy - they are everywhere.. Another example of the huge inroads Go Daddy has made on Main… Read more
Two Names Share Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart - Four Others Tie for #3
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Ties were the order of the day with two names tied for the t… Read more
You Know the Domain King - Now Meet the .BIZ Baron - Email.biz Founder Anshul Goyal
You know Rick Schwartz as the Domain King but you might not be familiar with the .BIZ Baron - India's Anshul Goyal. His… Read more
Christmas.com Gets a New Lease on Life With Move to Left of the Dot's Sub-domain Platform
After spending almost a decade as a parked page, the spectacular potential of Christmas.com is finally being realized af… Read more
Group That Owns Some of World's Best Domain Names Seeking Development Partners
World Media Group owns a stunning collection of domain names including World.com, USA.com, Lawyer.com, Doctor.com and Lo… Read more
Lapping the Field: Why Legendary Domain Investor Frank Schilling is Out to Change Our World
5 years ago we published a Frank Schilling profile that became one of our most widely read Cover Stories to date. There… Read more
One of Europe's Top Conferences - Domaining Spain - Opens Registration for April Show
Domaining 2013 has opened registration for their 5th annual event, coming up April 25-27 in Valencia, Spain. The confere… Read more
Domain Aftermarket's Mid Range Back in the Spotlight While the High End Takes a Breather
This wound up being the only week in November without a six-figure sale being reported. After ten sales were logged at t… Read more
New Domain Sales Platform Targets End Users With Pricing Guidance and Quality Names
There are a lot of well established domain sales venues out there so you might not think there is a need for any more. H… Read more
Castello Brothers Sign Big Nashville.com Deal Covering Everything From Management to Sale
The Castello Brothers (Michael and David) have signed a management, development, monetization and sale agreement for one… Read more
CEO of Team Internet AG's ParkingCrew Comments on Why Company Went After Elephant Traffic
In a major move last week Team Internet AG acquired Elephant Traffic and is now integrating Elephant Traffic into its ra… Read more
Seven of My Favorite Thanksgiving Sayings (and Sincere Thanks From Me to You)
Americans are celebrating one of our most meaningful holidays today - Thanksgiving - a day when we pause to give thanks… Read more
Four 6-Figure Sales Totaling Nearly $1 Million Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
We're three weeks into November and all three have been very strong ones for the domain aftermarket. The past week was t… Read more
Woman Who Lost Lawsuit for Squatting on Man's Name Forced to Pay Plaintiff's Legal Fees Too
A lot of people have had UDRPs filed against them or been sued for registering a domain based on a celebrity's name. How… Read more
Outsourcing End User Domain Sales Leads with Fancy Hands
Outsourcing time consuming tasks related to Domaining is something that I've thought about over the years, but never r… Read more
Guess Who is Heading to Hollywood After Winning Nashville's Musician of the Year Competition
Last month I told you about a rapidly rising Nashville-based rock trio fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist BREE with… Read more
Attorney & TRAFFIC Co-Founder Howard Neu Takes the Field With a New Domain Legal Team
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference Co-Founder and veteran domain attorney Howard Neu has just launched a new venture. Neu has tea… Read more
ICANN Drops a Bomb - New TLD Point Man Kurt Pritz Resigns Due to "Conflict of Interest"
ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade sent shock waves through the domain community today when he announced the resignation of ICANN CS… Read more
Twin 100K Sales at Sedo Spearhead Another Strong Week for Domains
The domain aftermarket's November rally continued this week, led by a pair $100,000 sales at Sedo and 31 others that rea… Read more
Companies in the News: MediaOptions, DomainIndex, Nominet and Telnames
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: MediaOptions Lures a New Business Development exec away from Go Daddy, DomainInde… Read more
Another Free High Profile Backlink: Instagram Launches Web Profiles
Does social media activity contribute to SEO performance? Some say it doesn't. I'm standing by my theory that social… Read more
Moving Music/Video Tribute to Veterans Created by Sams Family Members Going Viral
America will observe Veteran's Day Sunday. The meaning & emotion behind this special day has been captured in a very mov… Read more
DN Journal's Top 20 All-Cash Domain Sales Reported Since 2003
We have never published an all-time top domain sales chart, because we can't vouch for sales reported before we started… Read more
One of the Year's Five Biggest Transactions Headlines a Solid Week in the Domain Aftermarket
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was an excellent week for the aftermarket with two six-fi… Read more
Big Changes at Sedo - Three Co-Founders and Chief Sales Officer Leaving
Earlier this year Sedo Co-Founder and Former CEO Tim Schumacher left the company that he started 12 years ago with Ulric… Read more
Domaining Radar: A Domain Name Registrar for Geeks
New domain name industry businesses and services are cropping up at an increasing pace. The industry is growing steadily… Read more
3Q-2012 Domain Sales Produce Rise in Median Price & Transactions But Total $ Volume Dips
A new DN Journal monthly newsletter covering 3Q-2012 domain sales is being emailed to opt in subscribers this morning. 3… Read more
Rick Schwartz Launches New Business Based on "Million Dollar" Domain Names at JointVentures.com
Rick Schwartz has added a new business to his entrepreneurial portfolio. Schwartz just launched Jointventures.com, a new… Read more
Sedo Releases 3rd Quarter Sales Results - Reports Much Stronger Median Sale Prices
Sedo released their latest quarterly Domain Market Study today, breaking down their sales results in 3Q-2012. Their numb… Read more
Resetting the Table: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Caps a Year of Positive Change in the Conference Game
After several years of over-saturated domain show calendars, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 successfully closed a year that will go… Read more
How Will Those Big Marchex Domain Sales Revealed Thursday Fit Into DNJournal's Charting System?
Marchex has released the prices they received in each of their top 500 domain sales over the past four years. With 49 of… Read more
Marchex Spins Off New Company That Gets Their Domain Assets & Reveals Prices from Their Top Sales
In a major development today, Marchex announced they are spinning off a new company - Archeo - that will get all of thei… Read more
The Year's Biggest ccTLD Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart With Another ccTLD at #3
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a great week for country code domains as the ccTLDs t… Read more
Adam Dicker Stars in New Video Series & Edwin Hayward Launches Counter Attack on .UK Proposal
DNForum.com owner Adam Dicker was one of the big hits at the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference - now he is bringing the kin… Read more
Domain Name Market in Doldrums? The Back Story on Today's Article in the San Francisco Chronicle
A new article about the domain aftermarket was published by the San Francisco Chronicle today. I was quoted extensively… Read more
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: BREE & David Castello Meet Eurhythmics Star Dave Stewart
In my last post I told you about the rapidly rising rock trio fronted by BREE (featuring Domain Hall of Famer David Cast… Read more
3-Letter .com Takes Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart After Selling for $80,000
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This was a good week for 3-letter domains with a pair of 3-l… Read more
You've Gotta BREElieve! New Artist Managed by David Castello is Breaking Out
Domain Hall of Fame member David Castello returned to the music business in the summer of 2011 when he moved to Nashvill… Read more
Jacob Fedosky's Fast Track From Teenage Domainer to Corporate Director of Domain Development
19-year-old Jacob Fedosky started buying and developing domains in high school and continued to do so after leaving his… Read more
Google Introduces Disavow Backlinks Tool for SEO
A much-anticipated new tool aimed at combating negative links has just been released by Google. Within your Google Webma… Read more
Rook Media and The Water School Bring Crowd Sourced Philanthropy to Domain Parking
We have been long time supporters of The Water School, a life saving charitable organization with widespread industry su… Read more
Rebranded Webfest Global & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. to Run 2013 Shows on Revamped Playing Field
After being re-named Webfest Global, the Oversee.net conference formerly known as DOMAINfest Global, has joined T.R.A.F.… Read more
Big Week for ccTLDs as They Take 8 Places on DNJ's Top 20 Chart Including 5 of the Top 10.
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The .coms, as usual, took the most positions on our latest w… Read more
New Protrada Partnership Promotes Domain Investing + Two Industry Veterans Brew Up a New Business
Protrada.com has made telling mainstream business owners and investors about the value and power of domain names one of… Read more
George Kirikos Uncovers 3 Sales Totaling Over $1.1 Million That Top New DNJ Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. You may recall hearing about some big sales this year at pri… Read more
Closing Day Photos & Highlights from the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
The 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference closed Wednesday morning (Oct. 10) with a Farewell Breakfast at the Ritz Carlton Hote… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the First Full Day of Business at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Monday
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 conference being held on Florida's Fort Lauderdale Beach got down to business Monday with a full… Read more
Opening Day Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Sunday on Fort Lauderdale Beach
After two days of pre-show networking, the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference officially got underway Sunday (Oct. 7) at the… Read more
Saturday's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Pre-Show Photos & Highlights from Fort Lauderdale Beach
The 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens this evening with a 6pm welcoming cocktail party at the oceanfront Ritz Carlton… Read more
First Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Conference on Fort Lauderdale Beach
The 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference in Fort Lauderdale, Beach, Florida doesn't officially open until tomorrow evening but… Read more
Two 6-Figure Sales, Including the Year's 2nd Biggest ccTLD Deal Top This Week's Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The domain aftermarket enjoyed a very solid week led by a pa… Read more
People, Companies & Events in the News: T.R.A.F.F.I.C., Phil Corwin, Verisign & David Castello
Lots of bases to cover in the Lowdown at DNJournal today including our favorite unsung event at T.R.A.F.F.I.C., an updat… Read more
More Tips on Choosing a Domain Broker From the Guy Who Brokered the Biggest Sale Ever Reported
In a follow up to our recent Cover Story on domain brokers, Jeff Gabriel, the man who brokered the most expensive domain… Read more
Nominet May Offer .UK Domains That Cost 800% More Than .CO.UK - Says It's Not About the Money
Apparently not a believer in the old axiom, if it's not broke, don't fix it, Nominet, who administers Great Britain's .U… Read more
Domain Brokers: How to Choose One and What it Takes to Be a Successful One
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. We take a look at the rapidly expanding domain brokerage business to find out… Read more
Afternic Website to Get Major Makeover Next Week + Domain Industry Women Take Center Stage
Expect to see a much different website if you log in at Afternic around this time next week. The popular aftermarket dom… Read more
Companies in the News: Yahoo, Media.net, Sedo, Go Daddy, NameMedia, Team Internet & Oversee.net
If company activity in the domain industry over the past 24 hours is any indication, the final quarter of this year (tha… Read more
Platinum.com Strikes Gold - Tops This Week's Chart as One of Year's Five Biggest Domain Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal. This week's sales race was no contest as Platinum.com zoomed to… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Releases List of Over 300 Domains to Be Auctioned Off October 8th
With the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference less than 2 weeks away final show details continue to be announced. Today the li… Read more
Event Queen Jodi Chamberlain Expands Her Domain With Launch of a Global Executive Network
Jodi Chamberlain has earned a stellar reputation for producing crowd pleasing industry events. She recently took another… Read more
Above.com Integrates Domain Monetization, Registration & Sales in a New Domain Investor Platform
Above.com has undergone a major makeover. The well-known domain services company based in Australia launched a new Doma… Read more
DOMAINfest Global Gearing Up For Return to Santa Monica, California in February
The DOMAINfest Global conference will be returning to the oceanfront Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California… Read more
Where's the Afterparty? At #1 on This Week's Domain Sales Chart!
No blockbuster sales were reported this past week but a wide assortment of solid mid-range sales were booked. The best o… Read more
Back to the Future: Two Geodomain Veterans Return With Plans For a New Conference
Two veterans from the geodomain space, Former Associated Cities Executive Director Patrick Carleton and Chicago.com Chai… Read more
Google's View of My Hometown - What Are All of These Odd Domains Doing In My Search Results?
A couple of times each year I go back to the small Midwestern town where I grew up to visit family. I did a search on Go… Read more
Team Internet CEO Jumping with Joy After Landing Axel Kaltz for Key Role at ParkingCrew.com
Nico Zeifang, the CEO at Team Internet AG is always upbeat, but he was more excited than usual when he contacted me toda… Read more
Webquest's Chad Wright Rings Up a $90,000 Sale to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. .Coms enjoyed a banner week sweeping all but one entry on ou… Read more
Gregg McNair Expands Into the Domain Registration Business With Big Move at Internet.bs
PPX International Chairman Gregg McNair has just added another domain iron to his company's expanding fire. McNair has a… Read more
DomainSherpa's Michael Cyger Launching Twitter Based Venture Supported by 275,000 Followers
Most of you are familiar with Michael Cyger's DomainSherpa.com, one of the web's best domain information resources thank… Read more
Costco Does Domains - Warehouse Club's Magazine Dispenses Advice From Go Daddy
I was leafing through the September issue of the Costco member's magazine when I was surprised to come across an article… Read more
Domain Aftermarket Heats Up With 70 Sales Ranging From $10,000 - $120,000 Over Past 2 Weeks
The latest domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This expanded edition covers the past two weeks of sales reporte… Read more
Keynote Speaker Named for Next Month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2012 Conference on Fort Lauderdale Beach
A man who has been referred to as the King of Affiliate Marketing has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the 2012 T.… Read more
The Jackson Family's Weekend Wedding Had a Distinct Domain Flavor
The past few days have been a whirlwind surrounding my daughter Brittany's wedding to David McCreery in Sarasota, Florid… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Rocky Mountain Domain Conference's 2012 Meetup in Denver
After staging his first Rocky Mountain Domain Conference last year in Denver, Michael Law, assisted by Mike Awada, prese… Read more
Domain Holdings Expands Executive Team Again Bringing Industry Vet Michael Feeley Onboard
The executive team at Domain Holdings continues to expand with Michael Feeley being added as Vice President of Sales for… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards Ballot Deadline is 9PM Tonight
If you want to cast a ballot in the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Awards voting, you have to get your choices in by 9pm U.S. Easte… Read more
New Zealand Set to Launch New Extension, Taking Just 4 Months From Application To Approval
While the debate over new gTLDs continues, one nation is taking advantage of the autonomy individual nations have in run… Read more
Year's 2nd Biggest .Org Sale Tops Chart After .Com's Six-Figure Sales Streak Finally Ends
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After 5 straight weeks of 6-figure .com sales, the streak ca… Read more
What Does DN Journal, Sex.com and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire All Have in Common?
Over the years we have been mentioned in numerous national mainstream publications including the Wall Street Journal, N… Read more
M.I.T. Takes Dim View of New gTLDs - Former ICANN Chair Sees No Benefits Whatsoever
Though they are essentially a done deal the debate over new gTLDs continues with M.I.T.'s prestigious Technology Review… Read more
With 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Show 48 Days Away Organizers Aim Revamped Website at End Users
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers have beefed up the show's website, retaining the easy on the eyes exterior but adding a lot of… Read more
People & Companies in the News: .ORG, Michael Mann, T.R.A.F.F.I.C., Zenscrow & Jerusalem.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .ORG continues to grow rapidly, Michael Mann's companies earn some major recognit… Read more
Farewell to Max "Americar" Walker - A Domain Industry Treasure Who Left Us Too Soon
For the past 10 years friendly Australian Max Americar Walker has been one of the regulars at DNForum.com that old-timer… Read more
Another High End Sale at Sedo Extends Industry's Six-Figure Sales Streak to Five Weeks
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The industry's six-figure sales streak remains alive after a… Read more
Escrow.com Forms Strategic Partnership With the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
With the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference less than 8 weeks away, activity is heating up on every show front including the… Read more
With New Startup Taking Off Morgan Linton & Teammates Decide to Quit Day Jobs & Go For Broke
Congratulations to Morgan Linton are in order on a couple of fronts today. From a personal standpoint there is his impen… Read more
People and Companies in the News: DotGreen Community, Rob Grant & NameMedia
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal, background on a new feature story that takes you inside DotGreen Community's 5-year… Read more
After 5 Years Preparing to Run a New gTLD DotGreen Community's Fate Rests in ICANN's Hands
Founder Annalisa Roger and her team at the DotGreen Community know it will be difficult for a new gTLD to break through… Read more
Alan Dunn Joins DomainHoldings as Senior VP & DomainSherpa Adds New Producer Wayne Nelson
Domain Holdings Group continues to add to an already outstanding management team. Well-known and highly respected domain… Read more
Six-Figure Sales Streak Extended to Four Weeks With Deal At Sedo Topping New DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, For the fourth week in a row a six-figure sale leads our all… Read more
Industry Veteran Victor Pitts Joins Above.com as Director of Domain Services
Victor Pitts has joined fast-growing domain registrar Above.com as Director of Domain Services. Pitts, who has previousl… Read more
Sedo Sells Hoteles.es for Over $340,000 - The Inside Story Behind the International Transaction
In a deal shepherded by Sedo Senior International Sales Consultant Frank Tillmanns, the company has completed a €275,0… Read more
Michael Castello's Martian Connection - Why the Red Planet's New Rover is His Favorite Robot
Michael Castello of Castello Cities Internet Network was in our area on a family vacation over the weekend. However when… Read more
Sedo Broker Dave Evanson Reports Selling Designers.com for $118,000
Sedo broker Dave Evanson just posted on his Facebook page that he has wrapped up a $118,000 sale of Designers.com for th… Read more
6-Figure 2-Letter .Com Sale Handled By Toby Clements Tops This Week's Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The current streak of six-figure domain sales has been exten… Read more
Free Escrow Service for Domain Name Sales Under $500
A revolution in buyer and seller protection for an industry that is no stranger to scams and theft is underway. Francois… Read more
Chef Patrick Beams Out of ScienceFiction.com - Braden Pollock Takes Over the Bridge
There is a new captain on the bridge of the starship ScienceFiction.com. Original co-founder Patrick Ruddell has sold hi… Read more
Companies in the News: GoDaddy, Sedo, ECOP.com, Oversee.net & DomainHoldings
The new work week is off to a flying start with news on several fronts. The CEO at GoDaddy has stepped down, Sedo reveal… Read more
Fewer High End Domain Sales in 2Q-2012 Cause $ Volume to Slip But Median Prices Edge Up
DN Journal's new monthly newsletter is going out to opt in email subscribers today. The newsletter, also available onlin… Read more
Scottsdale.com Owner Fred Mercaldo Comments on the Blockbuster Sale of Denver.com
The 7-figure sale of Denver.com has created quite a buzz in the geo domain community. One of those most excited is Scott… Read more
New DNJournal Chart Includes Another 6-Figure Sale and One of Year's 10 Biggest ccTLD Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, For the second week in a row a 6-figure sale tops the leader… Read more
Geo Domain Giant Dan Pulcrano Sells Denver.com to Peter Niederman in 7-Figure Deal
In a huge geodomain deal, Boulevards New Media Inc., the Silicon Valley-based company headed by CEO Dan Pulcrano, has so… Read more
Toronto Newspaper Questions Whether Canada's .CA ccTLD Can Survive New gTLDs
An interesting article in the Toronto Star has a headline asking whether or not Canada's .CA extension - the nation's of… Read more
Course Correction: Why Airline Pilot Bob Olea is Now Banking on Domains as Well as Planes
DN Journal's new July Cover Story is out. It's a fascinating profile of United Airlines pilot/domain investor-developer… Read more
Happy Days for .CO But Skeptics Predict Consumers Will Seek .Com Shelter in New TLD Flood
.CO had a lot to celebrate on the TLD's 2nd birthday today, including 1.3 million registrations in more than 200 countri… Read more
Hostingcon 2012 Concludes in Boston With Many Domain Industry Faces In the Crowd
As the home base for a number of domain industry companies and individual entrepreneurs, Boston has always been a beehiv… Read more
DomainNameSales Scores First 6-Figure Sale Reported Since Late June
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the first time in four weeks, a six-figure sale was repo… Read more
Programmer Helps Narrow List of Decent Five and Six Letter Available Domains
Web developer and programmer Corey Ballou has developed a new and simple, yet refined application for discovering short… Read more
Companies in the News: Oversee.net, Thought Convergence, Afternic & Dnbiz
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Oversee.net adds a key new member to their management team, Thought Convergence r… Read more
Domain Registrations Jump 23 Million in 1 Year, .CA Celebrates 25th Birthday + Cool Tool from DomainsBot
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Worldwide domain registrations soared by more than 23 million names over the past… Read more
A Rare Look at What the Death of a TLD Looks Like: U.S. Agency Shuts Down Kids.us
R.I.P. Kids.us. The rarely used extension that was created by an Act of Congress in 2003 with the idea of providing a sa… Read more
Escrow.com's Close Call, MHB's History of the Domain Business & Andy Booth's Ascent
I read three articles this week that I thought were especially interesting & relevant and will remain so for a long time… Read more
.ORG Reaches 10 Million Registrations - Here's the Name That Put Them Over the Top
.ORG has soared to new heights having reached more than 10 million domain registrations. The official announcement came… Read more
Six-Figure Drought Continues But Four and Five Figure Domain Sales are Flourishing
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. 6-figure sales remained on summer vacation for the 3rd week… Read more
New .INFO Contest Offers Chance to Win a Revolutionary Lytro Camera
The new Lytro cameras have created a considerable buzz among gadget and photography freaks and Afilias, who operates the… Read more
SedoMLS Network Expands Again with Addition of Rob Monster's Epik.com
Domain aftermarket giant Sedo announced the newest addition to the SedoMLS network today with U.S. registrar & domain de… Read more
Protrada Adds Over 50,000 New Members With Acquisition of DomainFace.com Assets
The innovative domain trading platform Protrada.com that debuted last summer just took another giant step forward. The c… Read more
Facebook Threat to Domains Wanes as Ad Execs Show Diminishing Interest in FB vs. Rest of Web
During its meteoric rise a lot of people predicted the popularity of Facebook would lower the value of domain names. Wit… Read more
.CO.NO Went Live Today After Winning Court Battle With Norway's .NO Registry
11 years ago Norwegian company Elineweb A.S. acquired the two-letter Norwegian country code domain CO.NO. Last year the… Read more
Market's Mid-Range Continues to Hum With This Week's Top 20 Sales Totaling Over $440,000
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the second week is a row no six-figure sales were report… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Offers $150 Ritz Carlton Gift Card to Those Who Register for 2012 Show This Week
If you are planning to go to the 2012 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference October 7-10 at the Ritz Carlton on Fort Lauderdale Beac… Read more
Summer's Here and the Time is Right for Domainers at the Meets
This year's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is still 3 months away but domainers in some parts of the U.S. will get a chance t… Read more
Great Scot! How Tommy Butler Went From Gutting Chickens to Developing Glasgow.com
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Tommy Butler owns and operates Glasgow.com, the well developed website that r… Read more
Media Battle Royal: In the Race to Influence Consumer Spending the Web Trails But is Gaining Ground
The Internet, TV, Radio, Newspapers, Magazines & Mobile are all competing in a race to wield the most influence on consu… Read more
A Different Take on New TLDs from the CEO of a Company That Loves .Coms AND New TLDs
The latest DNJournal.com newsletter is now going out to opt-in subscribers and it has also been posted online. We have h… Read more
Sedo Serves Up More Data, Moniker/SnapNames Targets China & Sudden Death for Digital Archery
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sedo announces a new feature that provides more valuation data about domains for… Read more
ArtDeco.com Draws Highest Sales Price Reported in the Domain Aftermarket This Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Things were slower than usual at the upper end of the domain… Read more
Teen Domainer Brian Diener Co-Founds New Content Production Company at CollegeCopywriters.com
While still in high school Brian Diener made a name for himself by chronicling his adventures as a domain investor on th… Read more
Domain Monetization Companies in the News: DomainHoldings, ParkLogic and Oversee.net
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com domain monetization companies and leaders are in the news including DomainHoldings… Read more
Complete Videos of Speeches Made by Incoming and Outgoing ICANN CEOs Today in Prague
ICANN's new CEO, Fadi Chehadé, made a well-received public debut with a speech today at ICANN's 44th international meet… Read more
ICANN Names a New CEO to Replace Rod Beckstrom - Fadi Chehadé to Take Over by October 1
ICANN today named Fadi Chehadé as its new CEO replacing Rod Beckstrom who will step down July 1. The 50-year-old Chehad… Read more
Leading Aftermarket Venues Gain Exposure to New Customers in China + Two Recommended Reads
If you list domains for sale with two popular aftermarket venues, the AfternicDLS and/or Sedo.com, new partnerships thos… Read more
MovingCompany.com Arrives at Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart After Selling for Six Figures
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The six-figure sale of MovingCompany.com in a deal that rank… Read more
Italian Company Loses Both UDRP & a 2nd Attempt to Take Name Away Through a Lawsuit
Less than a week after Rick Schwartz scored an important UDRP win against a Brazilian company that tried to hijack one o… Read more
Sedo Predicts What the Ten Most Successful New TLDs Will Be
Last week when ICANN announced the 1,409 new TLDs that 1,930 applicants are chasing, speculation immediately began on wh… Read more
Justice is Served - Brazilian Hijackers Who Attempted to Steal Rick Schwartz's Domain Found Guilty
Just when I was about to give up on domain owners getting a fair shake in the UDRP system (arbitrators rule against doma… Read more
Two ccTLD Sales That Rank Among the Year's Ten Biggest Stand Out on This Week's Chart
It was a good week for the ccTLDs as three country code domains landed on the upper half of this week's all extension To… Read more
Big Reveal Bares All - Next Step, the Big Wait
ICANN's Big Reveal was held this morning (U.S. time) in London where the domain name system's oversight body released th… Read more
Many Domain Investors See Big Reveal as Big Yawn
Wednesday's Big Reveal Day when ICANN will officially announce who has applied to run what new TLDs is capturing a ton o… Read more
Frank Schilling Continues His Transformation from Legendary Investor to Leading Service Provider
Frank's Schilling's place in domain industry history was secured years ago when he was universally recognized as one of… Read more
Another Huge Win for the Web - Consumers Now Say Online is Their Favorite Way to Shop
Ever since the Internet arrived on the scene I've watched in amazement as the web has steadily overtaken one traditional… Read more
Toby Clements Closes One of the Year's 3 Biggest Domain Sales to Top New DNJournal Chart
Toby Clements sells a lot of domains through his popular newsletter but he really outdid himself this past week when he… Read more
Donuts Inc. Fattens Up on New gTLD Apps Downing Over 25 Dozen in One Sitting
In my last post I told you about some of the dozens of applications to run new gTLDs that have been turned in by some of… Read more
Big Reveal Still 2 Weeks Away But New gTLD Applicants Already Spilling the Beans
Now that ICANN has closed its bug-riddled TLD Application System they have set June 13 as the date for the Big Reveal. T… Read more
DomainAdvisors Rings Up One of the Year's Four Biggest Domain Sales to Top This Week's Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. DomainAdvisors.com has rung up a lot of big domain sales but… Read more
DomainSponsor Welcomes One of Their 1st Employees Back Home as Song Signs On
A lot of companies and good people have come and gone in this business over the years but few came, went, then came back… Read more
Industry Pioneer Monte Cahn Joins DomainHoldings Team as Executive and Advisor
Monte Cahn, the domain industry pioneer who founded Moniker.com in 1999 and served as the popular registrar and brokerag… Read more
Rick & Howard Lock in Dates For Their First Las Vegas T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in 5 Years
Time flies when you're having fun. When T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu take the big show back t… Read more
Domain Industry Donors Support Newly Bald Brethren By Giving Over $50,000 to The Water School
After the antics of one mad barber from Australia, two domain conferences and four scalps collected - the results are no… Read more
Two Sales Totaling $160,000 Share Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
For the second week in a row there were enough notable domain sales reported to fill nearly TWO all extension Top 20 Sal… Read more
ICANN Re-Starts Stalled New TLD Application System as New Marketing Firm Enters the Fray
After being shut down for nearly six weeks due to technical issues, ICANN's TLD Application System (TAS) has finally bee… Read more
DONA.com Becomes 1st Registrar to Offer UDRP Insurance & ICA Support With Share of Profits
A new domain registration service has rolled off Domaining.com creator Francois Carrillo's assembly line. DONA.com bring… Read more
iPhone App Puts Historical Domain Sales Information at Your Fingertips
Here's an app every domain investor will want to have on their smartphone. Simply called Domain Sales the app provides a… Read more
Marriage Made in Heaven: Protrada Adds Appraiso to Their Website Development Platform
A couple of months ago I told you about a new website appraisal tool that had just been released at Appraiso.com. Now Pr… Read more
Solid Week for Domain Sales With Enough Notable Sales to Fill TWO Top 20 Charts
It was another solid week for the domain aftermarket led by a 6-figure sale and enough in the 5-figure range to fill TWO… Read more
Bari's Back! Ex Moniker Exec Bari Meyerson Takes Business Development Position at eNom
Bari Meyerson, a popular domain industry veteran who was a fixture at Moniker.com before leaving that registrar last Dec… Read more
With 3 of His 5 Daughters Graduating This Week Marc Ostrofsky is Going Plane Crazy
You will have to forgive domain industry pioneer and best selling author Marc Ostrofsky if he seems a bit disoriented th… Read more
New Study From Sedo Shows Rising Domain Sales With Buy Now Most Popular Listing Option
Sedo has released their latest quarterly Domain Market Study, covering domain sales made on their worldwide platform in… Read more
Three Previously Unannounced Six-Figure Sales Set the Pace in a Banner Week for Domains
Warm weather is returning to most parts of the northern hemisphere and domain sales seem to be heating up in tandem with… Read more
2012 DNCruise Officially Scuttled But Chef Patrick May Raise the Anchor Again Next Year
After two well received voyages in 2010 and 2011, DNCruise, the only domain conference held on a cruise ship, will not l… Read more
Honorary Domainer Lisa Bloom Releases Another Best Seller & Writing Bug Bites Ammar Kubba
TV personality, author and attorney Lisa Bloom, the fiancée of well-known domain industry figure Braden Pollock, has re… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Goes Back to Vegas in New Venue + Escrow.com Launches New Tool for Brokers
After a 3-year hiatus, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference will return to Las Vegas in the spring of 2013 with the big show pl… Read more
3 Six-Figure Sales and 66 That Hit Five Figures Headline Busy Fortnight for the Domain Market
The latest domain sales report from DNJournal.com covers the past two weeks of action in the aftermarket and a busy fort… Read more
Some Final Thoughts on Domaining Europe 2012
We're back from a great week in Spain where the Domaining Europe 2012 conference was held last week. We stayed over a co… Read more
Photos and Highlights From Day 2 Friday & Closing Day Saturday at Domaining Europe 2012
The Domaining Europe 2012 conference ended Saturday evening in Valencia, Spain with the 4th event in this series winning… Read more
Opening Day Photos and Highlights from the Domaining Europe 2012 Conference
The Domaining Europe 2012 conference got underway late Thursday afternoon in Valencia, Spain and opening day activities… Read more
Pre-Show Photos & Highlights From Domaining Europe 2012 in Valencia, Spain
Diana and I arrived in Valencia, Spain Tuesday evening along with some other early birds who wanted to get a jump start… Read more
Spain Joins Michael Mann in the Domain Spotlight & Deadline Looms to Protest .Com Contract
This week's Domaining Europe conference will put Spain in the industry spotlight along with Michael Mann who was the sub… Read more
DNJournal Newsletter: Domain Sales Transactions Up 15% in 1Q-2012, Total $ Volume Dips
The latest DNJournal.com newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers this morning. In it we break down the domain sale… Read more
New Book From Domainer/Developer John Colascione Details How to Master Your Website
One thing that has always impressed me about the domain business is how many creative people are in it. We've got author… Read more
Moniker Hits the Jackpot - Leads New DNJournal Chart With Year's 2nd Biggest Domain Sale
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A blockbuster sale at Moniker, the second highest sale repor… Read more
BREE on the Verge of Major Breakout With Release of New Video Featuring David Castello
Despite tremendous success in the domain industry, David Castello couldn't resist returning to his first love, music , w… Read more
.US Finally Getting Big Promotional Push From the American ccTLD's Registry - Neustar
For the past decade many .US buyers have felt that apathy at the American ccTLD's registry had left a potentially great… Read more
Moniker Closes Year's 2nd Biggest Domain Sale + ICANN Forced to Delay New TLD Application Deadline
Moniker.com has closed a major domain sale, one that ranks as the second biggest sale reported so far in 2012. Also toda… Read more
Industry Veteran Jim Grace Joins DomainHoldings as Director of Monetization
DomainHoldings.com continues to add to its staff of seasoned industry veterans, bringing highly regarded former DomainSp… Read more
Market's Mid-Range Makes The Most Noise This Week With Nearly 2 Dozen Solid 5-Figure Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A trio of .coms in the mid five-figure range fill the first… Read more
Largest IDN Sale on Record Comes to Light - Deal Completed in 2011 Came with $216,000 Price Tag
We have learned that a deal for a major city IDN geodomain was completed in July 2011 when the final installment on a $2… Read more
Rick Schwartz Puts Fight Against Reverse Domain Name Hijackers in Business World Spotlight
As most of you know, a little-known Brazilian company is attempting to use the UDRP process to hijack the generic domain… Read more
DomainHoldings CEO Jason Boshoff to Deliver Opening Day Address at Domaining Europe 2012
The Domaining Europe 2012 conference coming up April 26-28 in Spain has added DomainHoldings.com CEO Jason Boshoff to a… Read more
Independent Operators Trouncing Local Newspapers & TV in Fight for Online Ad Revenue
If you've been thinking about developing a geo or geo-targeted domain name into you own local media business, you might… Read more
Busy Domain Sales Week Topped by One of the Year's Five Biggest Deals
Flowers aren't the only things blossoming this spring - domain sales also seem to be busting out all over. The past week… Read more
Domain Industry Evangelist to Share Stage With Donald Trump & Anthony Robbins in San Jose
Protrada.com's Troy Rushton is going to get a golden opportunity to tell the mainstream business world about the value o… Read more
Philly.com & 2 Philadelphia Newspapers Sold for $55 Million to Local Business & Political Leaders
The City of Brotherly Love was rocked by a major media deal today when the Philadelphia Media Network, publishers of Phi… Read more
Congratulations to Domain Investor/Developer/Blogger Elliot Silver and His Wife Karen
Our friend Elliot Silver has enjoyed multiple successes in the domain business but none of them have made him anywhere n… Read more
Google Launches Consumer Surveys, Offers New Revenue Stream for Publishers
Google has just launched an innovative new service that aims to monetize web content by providing crowdsourced consumer… Read more
Google Partners With Florida to Offer State's Businesses Free Websites
Google and several Florida business development agencies have entered an interesting partnership aimed at getting more o… Read more
Two 6-Figure Sales & One of Year's 10 Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sales Highlight New DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of 6-figure .com sales and one of the year's 10 bigge… Read more
Free Advice From Domain Attorney Paul Keating + IDNTools Retools & New Look for Escrow.com
At next month's 2012 Domaining Europe conference in Valencia, Spain noted domain industry attorney Paul Keating will be… Read more
New Free Resource from Francois Carrillo Puts Extensive Domain Information at Your Fingertips
Francois Carrillo recently launched a new website at Dofo.com (short for domain information) and he has been adding feat… Read more
People in the News: NameMedia's Jason Miner, ICA's Phil Corwin, Marc Ostrofsky & Lana Del Rey
We wrap up another busy week in the domain business with news & information from or about some well-known figures in our… Read more
Ron Jackson Going Bald? If Gregg McNair Has His Way It Will Happen Next Month in Spain
Help! Gregg The Mad Barber McNair has his hair clippers out again and I am the one in his sites this time! Right now it… Read more
6-Figure Sale at Sedo and Clamor for Country Codes Kept Cash Registers Ringing This Week
Sedo.com claimed the top spot on our all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart this week with a nice six-figure sale. Sedo… Read more
Escrow.com-DomainTools Partnership = Faster Transactions + Domaining Europe Names Keynoter
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Escrow.com and DomainTools announce a new partnership that will speed up domain s… Read more
Clements Brothers Launch New Domain Name Auction House and Brokerage Service
Two domain industry veterans who are also brothers, David Clements and Toby Clements, have joined forces to launch a new… Read more
Brazilian Company Using UDRP as a Burglary Tool in an Attempted Generic Domain Theft?
This reverse domain hijacking trend is getting out of hand. Not that it comes as a surprise. With the high value of gene… Read more
Blockbuster .Net Sale One of Two 6-Figure Deals That Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
A blockbuster 3-letter .net sale - the year's biggest non .com gTLD sale reported to date - claimed the top spot on this… Read more
New Domain Monetization Options Continue to Grow with Latest Advance at DomainPower.com
New domain monetization options are continuing to sprout. TrafficMedia.com & Protrada's DevName.com are doing it by redu… Read more
Domain Pioneer Mike "Zappy" Zapolin Filming New Documentary With Deepak Chopra
Mike Zappy Zapolin has been involved in the development and sale of some of the best generic domain names on the Interne… Read more
ICANN Meeting Opens In Costa Rica With a Warning from Outgoing CEO Rod Beckstrom
The 43rd ICANN public meeting got underway today in Costa Rica with outgoing President and CEO Rod Beckstrom (who will l… Read more
Fly Like an Igal: Lichtman Innovates Again With Dazzling Automatic Website Builder at TrafficMedia
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. 9 years ago our very 1st Cover Story featured an innovative new monetization… Read more
Total Number of Domains Registered Soars 10% in Past Year + Mountain Rises at NameMedia
Domain registrations continue to rocket. The latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief reports the number of domains re… Read more
New Solutions Make Domain Development Much Easier - DevName Launches Latest Option
One of the more encouraging trends I've seen in recent months is how quickly automated domain development platforms are… Read more
One of the Year's 3 Biggest ccTLD Sales Tops Another Strong Week for the Domain Aftermarket
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. .Coms dominated the all extension chart, sweeping 18 of the… Read more
South Florida Domainers Set to Meet March 22 + The Davy Jones Connection to Ari Goldberger
One of the biggest local domain groups in the U.S., South Florida Domainers, just announced their 1st meeting of the yea… Read more
Inside Sedo: Co-Founder & Former CEO Tim Schumacher Leaves With a Fascinating Look Back
After more than 10 years leading domain industry powerhouse Sedo, Co-Founder and former CEO Tim Schumacher left to explo… Read more
Morgan Linton Launches an Innovative Website Appraisal Platform at Appraiso.com
Morgan Linton, his fiancée and business partner Daina Burnes and a private developer they have been working with are in… Read more
Oversee.net Makes Another Change at the Top - One Co-CEO is Elevated, the Other Exits
Less than five weeks after naming Debra Domeyer and Scott Morrow Co-CEO's, Oversee.net has made another change at the to… Read more
Do You Run a Popular Advertiser Supported Website? A Flood of Money May be Coming Your Way
More and more advertisers are chasing eyeballs that have moved to the web by spending a bigger percentage of their ad bu… Read more
The Year's 1st Reported 7-Figure Domain Sale Headlines a Banner Week for the Aftermarket
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It took two months to break the ice, but the year's first re… Read more
David Castello Launches New Music Publishing Company and Signs His First Writer
Domain Hall of Famer David Castello made a major return to his music industry roots in 2011 when he moved to Nashville t… Read more
With 7 Weeks Left for New gTLD Applications Activity is Heating Up at Consulting Companies
Those who want to run their own new gTLD registry have to get their applications in before ICANN closes the door on the… Read more
Market's Mid-Range Flexes Its Muscles This Week With Over 3 Dozen Solid Five-Figure Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. While no six-figure domain sales were publicly reported this… Read more
Ron Sheridan's Pixt.com May Revolutionize Photo Sharing + Lana del Rey Wins Major Award
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, Ron Sheridan's latest venture - an innovative photo sharing platform with slick n… Read more
Presentations & Videos from DOMAINfest Global Conference Now Available to All Online
If you weren't able to attend the 2012 DOMAINfest Global conference that ran January 31 - February 2 at the Fairmont Mir… Read more
6-Figure AfternicDLS Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart - ccTLDs Take 8 Places
A very nice 3-letter domain changed hands for 6 figures to top this week's domain sales chart. The all extension Top 20… Read more
.ORG Continues High Rate of Growth - 2011 Marked the 3rd Straight Year of 9-10% Gains
The Public Interest Registry (PIR), administrator of the .ORG TLD, enjoyed another growth spurt in 2011. According to th… Read more
Afternic Expands Into Russia, the Biggest German Domain Show Begins & WaterShave.org Debuts!
The AfternicDLS announced its latest expansion today - one that opens up the rapidly growing Russian market for domain s… Read more
DOMAINFest Global Review: Industry Changes Prompted a New Direction for the Big Event
The DOMAINfest Global conference held in Santa Monica, California Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2012 was the show's 6th annual event… Read more
What Could Be Better Than Spring Time in Spain? Join Us in Valencia For Domaining 2012 in April
We have heard so many good things about the biggest domain conference in Spain, staged annually by Dietmar Stefitz, that… Read more
Aftermarket Catches Fire Over the Past Fortnight With 4 Six-Figure Sales and 63 in Five Figures
I was away last week covering DOMAINfest Global so this week I am bringing you up to date on all reported domain sales f… Read more
Who Is The Single Woman David Sams Has Gotten Involved With?
You might think that National Enquirer like headline is meant to trick you into clicking through to this article but it'… Read more
With a Little Help From Einstein, Warren Royal Again Proves the Power of a Great Domain
Domainers have always preached the value of a category defining .com domain name. Such a name provides instant credibili… Read more
CEO Switch at Sedo Was Among the Major Events at DOMAINfest Global Last Week
During the course of last week's DOMAINfest Global conference, long-time Sedo CEO (and company Co-Founder) Tim Schumache… Read more
Closing Day Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica
DOMAINfest Global 2012 is now history. The 6th annual show concluded in Santa Monica with a farewell breakfast this morn… Read more
Day 2 Photos & Highlights From DOMAINFest - Oversee Sells Moniker & SnapNames
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we have Photos & Highlights from the DOMAINfest Global conference, covering late D… Read more
Pre-Show and Opening Day Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica
The 2012 DOMAINFest Global Conference is underway. While the show officially opened this morning, there was a lot of pre… Read more
Go Daddy Joins SedoMLS, Doors Open at DOMAINfest Today & 2011 Domain Sales Dissected
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The SedoMLS Network announces a new partnership with registration giant Go Daddy,… Read more
Reported Domain Sales in 2011 Slide Vs. 2010 - Mostly Due to Impact of Sex.com
DN Journal's January Newsletter is going out to opt-in subscribers today. Read more
The State of the Industry January 2012: DN Journal's Biggest Annual Cover Story is Now Out
For the 8th consecutive year, DNJournal.com kicks off the New Year with our annual State of the Industry Cover Story, an… Read more
.Com Registrations Pass the 100 Million Mark - Final Agenda Set for DOMAINfest Global
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: .Com registrations pass another milestone - the 100 million mark. Plus, DOMAINfest G… Read more
Role Reversal: 6 Non .Com gTLDs and 2 ccTLDs Join 12 .Coms on this Week's Sales Chart
Last week a half dozen ccTLDs and a pair of non .com gTLDs earned placed on DN Journal's all extension Top 20 Sales Char… Read more
Europe's Domaining 2012 Conference Announces Additions to the Show Speakers Line Up
Europe's Domaining 2012 conference, coming up in Valencia, Spain April 26-28, is still three months away but show organi… Read more
3 New Party Venues Ready to Welcome Guests at Next Week's DOMAINfest Global Conference
The DOMAINfest Global 2012 conference will be running next week in Santa Monica, California. Over the past couple of wee… Read more
Industry Heavyweights Find New Domain Monetization Gold in Old Vein: Email Addresses
When I got an email from Chicago.com owner Josh Metnick with a subject line that said Something amazing is happening! I… Read more
SOPA Sinks, Water School Founders Retire & David Castello Rocks
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Wednesday's widespread protest by key Internet websites has killed the controversial… Read more
New Speakers Added to DOMAINfest Global Lineup & Escrow.com Hits the Billion $ Mark
DOMAINfest Global has added 3 expert speakers to the line up for the upcoming show in Santa Monica. Escrow.com has reach… Read more
6 ccTLDS and 2 Non .Com gTLDs Join a Dozen .Coms on DN Journal's Weekly Sales Chart
Diversity was the keyword for week two of the 2012 domain sales season. As usual, the .coms did dominate with a dozen en… Read more
Muhammad Ali Turns 70 & Brings Back Memories of the Day I Met "The Greatest of All Time"
Legendary boxing champion Muhammad Ali is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Seeing all of the news items about Ali's… Read more
DOMAINfest Extends PITCHfest Application Deadline + 1, 2 & 3 Letter .PRO Auction Winding Down
The deadline to apply for DOMAINfest Global's popular PITCHfest Contest for online entrepreneurs (coming up Feb. 1) was… Read more
Four Domain Conferences Issue Updates & Lana Del Rey Readies for Her National TV Debut
In today's Lowdown at DNJournal.com we have news from 4 different domain conferences; DOMAINfest Global, the next Southe… Read more
Multi-Million $ Marijuana.com Sale Made Possible By Little-Known Service at Escrow.com
You probably heard about the sale of Marijuana.com (including both the domain name & the popular forum built on it) last… Read more
Using Domain Names as the Cornerstone of SEO
Savvy domain investors have been aware of the concept and benefits of using keywords in their domain names for SEO purpo… Read more
2012 Sales Season Opens With a Flourish: Million Dollar Deal & Two at Six Figures Set the Pace
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It covers the first week of 2012 sales. The New Year got off… Read more
People & Companies in the News: Braden Pollock, Patrick Ruddell, ICANN, Sedo & .CO
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Inside Braden Pollock and Patrick Ruddell's new partnership in ScienceFiction.com… Read more
Domain Pioneer, Author & Evangelist Marc Ostrofsky Goes Global With New Book Deal
Marc Ostrofsky, the domain industry pioneer known for the sale of Business.com in a deal valued at $7.5 million and for… Read more
2011 Domain Sales Season Closes With a Bang Led By a Trio of Six-Figure Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, encompassing the final week of the 2011 domain sales season.… Read more
Dark Cloud Over ICANN's New gTLD Program as Department of Commerce Steps In
It looks like ICANN will begin accepting applications for an unlimited number of new gTLDs on schedule next week. Howeve… Read more
Newspaper Giant Gannett Buying 1000s of iPhones & iPads to Help Reporters Gather News
I love my iPhone as much as anyone but I never envisioned the do everything device might become a key piece of news gath… Read more
2012 is Here Bringing a New Opportunity to Have Your Best Year Ever!
I love new years (and not just because it is a good excuse to drink champagne though I do give New Year's Eve bonus poin… Read more
Braden Pollock: Could He Be the Domain Monetization Messiah People Have Been Looking For?
DNJournal.com rings in the New Year with a new Cover Story. Ever since domain parking revenue went into a tailspin a few… Read more
Miami Police Dept. Lets MiamiPolice.com Drop - Gives Cybersquatter Early Christmas Gift
Despite warnings from a local citizen that they were about to lose MiamiPolice.com, the Miami Police Department let the… Read more
News Aggregator Domaining.com Organizes Domain Sale to Pay Back Bloggers
A few top domain blogs and news sites do well financially through advertiser support, but it is a labor or love for the… Read more
A .Net Gives That Extension a Rare Win in This Week's Domain Sales Race
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The next to last week of the 2011 sales season came with a s… Read more
Why Prominent Domain Investor Dr. Chris Hartnett is Buying Guns and Ammunition
Dr. Chris Hartnett is one of the most well-known investors in the domain business. However, Chris has always believed in… Read more
We Have White Christmases Too: Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah From Florida!
We had a wonderful Christmas in Florida Sunday. It was 82 degrees & sunny so snow was a little scarce but we still have… Read more
Global Domain Registrations Continue to Grow at a Rapid Clip - Up Over 8% From a Year Ago
Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry covering the 3rd quarter of 2011. The new report shows… Read more
Two Sales That Rank Among the Year's 20 Biggest Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Two high end domain sales, one that soared all the way into the top ten for 2011 and another that reached the year's top… Read more
Afilias Announces 2011 .Info Award Winners - Will Hand Out $18,000 in Prize Money
The operator of the .Info registry, Afilias, has announced the winners of its 2011 .Info Awards recognizing the best web… Read more
Lana Del Rey to Appear On Saturday Night Live in Her First American TV Appearance
The music career of Lana Del Rey continues to explode. Today it was announced that the sultry young singer, the eldest d… Read more
800-Pound Gorilla Go Daddy Gains Even More Weight as Huge Private Equity Investment Closes
Last summer #1 registrar Go Daddy announced that the company had entered into an agreement with 3 private equity firms t… Read more
.FR Registrations Heading Up as France Opens Its ccTLD to Most Europeans & the UK
I've always been a fan of ccTLDs that represent the world's major economies, including France's .fr. I've reported a lot… Read more
Hot New Nashville Singer/Songwriter Bree Brings David Castello Back to the Future
The Castello Brothers, who have both been professional musicians, have become rock stars in the domain business. Now, th… Read more
Two-Letter .Com Changes Hands for Six Figures to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The six-figure sale of a two-letter .com through Moniker/Sna… Read more
Tebowing.com - Registered Two Months Ago, Getting Millions of Visits, Now Worth Big Bucks?
Tebowing has become a global sensation with people all over the world striking the prayerful pose that Denver Broncos qu… Read more
Web Development Special: Start With A Great Business Website
A new year is almost here! I would like to extend a special offer to DotSauce readers seeking professional website devel… Read more
2012 PITCHfest Contest Offers Opportunity to Find Investors for Your New Online Business Idea
DOMAINfest Global 2012's PITCHfest Contest on Feb. 1 will give participants a chance to pitch their projects to a panel… Read more
Fantasy Domaining Contest Offers All Expenses Paid Trip to DOMAINfest Global 2012
The 2012 DOMAINfest Global conference is less than 8 weeks away. A Who's Who of the domain industry will be in Santa Mon… Read more
Paul Goldstone Celebrates a 40th Birthday and TWO 15th Anniversaries All in the Same Week
The domain industry is such a young one that there are very few companies that have been around for even a decade. Yet P… Read more
A Trio of Six-Figure Sales Sets the Pace in Another Busy Week for the Domain Aftermarket
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Domain buyers rang up more than two dozen reported sales at… Read more
Two Debuts Today: Gates Open for .XXX and DomainTools Launches Screenshots.com
General availability of the new .XXX extension began today, Names are available on a first come, first served basis at s… Read more
Changing of the Guard at Sedo: Co-Founder Tim Schumacher Stepping Down as CEO
Sedo Co-Founder Tim Schumacher, the pioneering domain industry company's CEO, is leaving that post December 31. Schumach… Read more
Domain King Semi-Retires From Blogging So Businessman Rick Schwartz Can Fully Blossom
For over a decade now domain industry pioneer Rick Schwartz has been sharing his knowledge & advice about the business o… Read more
Mid Six-Figure Sale of Answer.com Sets the Pace on This Week's DNJournal.com Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Moniker/SnapNames claimed the top spot on the all extension… Read more
Aftermarket.com Celebrates 1st Anniversary With Big Domain Sale Topping the $500,000 Mark
Last year at this time Thought Convergence was busy launching their new domain sales platform at Aftermarket.com. With a… Read more
Jodi Chamberlain & Dietmar Stefitz to Produce Major Conference Next Spring in Spain
After producing Spain's biggest domain conference for the past 3 years, Dietmar Stefitz is aiming higher for the fourth… Read more
5 Tips on Using Social for SEO
Social media is often overlooked in its roll as an element of SEO. In this article I share 5 areas of interest along wit… Read more
A $90,000 .Com and 8 ccTLDs Share the Spotlight on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
If variety is the spice of life the past week was a very spicy one for the domain aftermarket as seven different TLDs ea… Read more
The Domain Family Loses a Well-Known Friend But His Loving Spirit Will Live On
Michael & Judi Berkens have lost their beloved Yorkie Bandit who passed away over the weekend. At Traffic conferences, B… Read more
Michael Berkens Talks About 450K Meet.me Sale & Other Hot Topics in DomainHoldings Newsletter
DomainHoldings.com recently began publishing a free newsletter that has been providing a lot of interesting tips and inf… Read more
3 Sales Totaling $1.25 Million Top This Week's Chart - ccTLDs Ring Up 4 of the 5 Biggest Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a big week with two of the year's ten biggest sales b… Read more
Amazon Fires Up Tablet Sales But What Does Another App Platform Mean for Domains?
With Amazon's release of their new Kindle Fire model on Monday, tablets are again the talk of the town. While the jockey… Read more
Time to Climb: Deadline Looming For Domainers Who Want to Take on Mount Kilimanjaro
Next spring some adventurous people with good hearts from the domain industry will take part in a climb of Africa's maje… Read more
Is It Too Late to Make Money in the Domain Business? Ask the Guys Who Just Sold Meet.me
I am frequently asked whether or not it is too late to make money in the domain business? Obviously, I thought the answe… Read more
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone to Deliver Keynote Speech at DOMAINfest Global 2012
Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone will deliver the keynote speech at the 2012 DOMAINfest Global conference coming up January… Read more
Five 50K+ Sales Give Moniker/SnapNames Top Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Solid five-figure sales were abundant this week with almost enough to fill TWO Top 20 charts in the latest sales report… Read more
$18,000 in Cash Prizes Now Up For Grabs in 2011 .Info Awards Contest + .XXX Landrush Gets Underway
The 5th Annual .Info Awards competition is now underway with more prize money than ever before ready to be distributed t… Read more
Left of the Dot Media Taps Two Domain Industry Veterans to Strengthen Their Board
Left of the Dot Media Inc., fresh off a nice geodomain deal with Oahu.com last month, is back in the news with word that… Read more
Sedo Spots Some Interesting Sales Trends in Their Latest Quarterly Domain Market Study
Sedo's latest quarterly Domain Market Study came out Wednesday and, as always, it is packed with interesting information… Read more
One of Year's 10 Biggest Sales Leads a Pack of 6-Figure Deals to the Top of New DNJ Chart
The big boys came out to play this week giving the domain aftermarket four six-figure sales, including one that ranks am… Read more
Impressive Protrada Platform Attracts $3 Million Investment in Parent Company Winged Media
Winged Media, a rapidly growing domain technology and monetization company with offices in Australia and the U.S., has s… Read more
.XXX Sunrise Ends - ICM Registry Pleased With Results and Looking Forward to Land Rush
The ICM Registry announced today that more than 80,000 applications for new .xxx domain names were received in the Sunri… Read more
Overnight Sensation?: Domainer's Daughter Lana Del Rey Featured in New Rolling Stone
I've been telling you for the past few years that Lizzy Grant (stage name Lana Del Rey), the daughter of veteran domain… Read more
3Q-2011 Domain Sales A Mixed Bag: Total $ Volume Rises From 2010 But Median Prices Slip
A new DN Journal newsletter is going out to opt in subscribers today. The publication is also available to everyone onli… Read more
After a Domain Conference Shakeout T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Shines in 2011 Show on Fort Lauderdale Beach
A new Cover Story at DNJournal.com is a comprehensive review of this month's T.RA.F.F.I.C. 2011 conference on Fort Laude… Read more
Proposed New Legislation Could Put You Out of Business After a Single Complaint Letter
ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin has sounded an alarm that should make the hair on the back of your neck stand up. Some pro… Read more
Biggest Numeric Domain Sale Ever Reported Reigns On This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The largest numeric domain sale ever reported crushed the aftermarket competition this week to lead DN Journal's latest… Read more
DomainsBot Gets a Major Upgrade + An Update from the ICANN Meeting Underway in Dakar
A new version of the popular DomainsBot domain name suggestion tool went live today, making it easier for people and com… Read more
The Work Week Can Wait, I'm Still Savoring a Very Special Sunday!
Sunday was such a great day I'm not quite ready to let it go. The day tied together two ends of my professional career -… Read more
42nd ICANN Meeting Opens Sunday in Senegal - ICA's Phil Corwin Among Those to Attend
The 42nd International ICANN Meeting gets underway Sunday in Dakar, Senegal. The introduction of new gTLDs in 2012 will… Read more
Domain Legend Garry Chernoff Rings Up the Week's Two Biggest Domain Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Legendary domain investor Garry Chernoff was the seller in b… Read more
Closing Day Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Fort Lauderdale Beach
I'm back home after a wonderful week on Fort Lauderdale Beach for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference that closed Wednesday mo… Read more
Monday & Tuesday Photos and Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Fort Lauderdale Beach
In my last post from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Fort Lauderdale Beach conference yesterday, I signed off with 3 afternoon sessio… Read more
DN Journal's Opening Day Photos & Highlights From T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Fort Lauderdale Beach
Rain forced outdoor activities scheduled on the opening day of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Fort Lauderdale conference inside on S… Read more
More T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Pre-Show Highlights from Fort Lauderdale Beach: Conference Opens Tonight
DN Journal has T.R.A.F.F.I.C. pre-show photos highlights from Friday & Saturday at Fort Lauderdale Beach. The only 2011… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Pre-Show Photos & Highlights: The First Post From Fort Lauderdale Beach
Guests began arriving in Fort Lauderdale Beach Thursday in preparation for 2011's only T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference. The bi… Read more
Off to Ft. Lauderdale Beach for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. and a Reunion with Lana Del Rey's Dad
I'm heading off to Ft. Lauderdale Beach today so I can get settled in at the Ritz Carlton before the crowd arrives for t… Read more
Six-Figure Sales Returned This Week Including The Year's Biggest Non .Com gTLD Deal
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Six-figure domain sales returned this week after taking the… Read more
Left of the Dot Launches First GeoDomain & Darren Cleveland's City Advertising Makes Inc. 500
Two well-known figures in the domain industry have a lot to celebrate today. Left of the Dot Media CEO Chris Jensen is j… Read more
Paul Goldstone & Morgan Linton Partner to Provide Free Educational Videos at iGoldRush.com
Paul Goldstone and Morgan Linton have teamed up to make a monthly series of free educational videos available exclusivel… Read more
Inside Domainerwiesn (Domainer Oktoberfest in Munich): Germany Shows Us How It's Done!
If I could have been two places at once I would have loved to have been in Munich, Germany last week for Domainerwiesn (… Read more
GeoPublishers.com Expo Debuts on the GeoDomain Stage With an All-Star Cast in Chicago
The first ever GeoPublishers.com Expo was held last weekend in Chicago with some of the world's top geodomain owners on… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Ft. Lauderdale Beach Preview: Here Is What's In Store at the Shore
Just 10 days from now, on Sunday evening, Oct. 16, one of the most highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences to date… Read more
Public Six-Figure Sales Absent This Week But Solid Five-Figure Sales Still Abundant
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Just one week after one of the best domain sales weeks of th… Read more
Sedo Adds Domain Industry Veteran Frank Michlick to the SedoMLS Team
Sedo has added a prominent new member to their SedoMLS team. Frank Michlick has come on board to help expand a domain sa… Read more
GoDaddy Begins Marketing Premium Listings to VIP Accounts
Late yesterday, I received an email from my GoDaddy Account Manager informing me of a very interesting new service. VIP… Read more
GeoPublishers.com Expo Provides a Wealth of Information During Weekend Run in Chicago
I'm back from the first ever GeoPublishers.com Expo that was held in Chicago over the weekend. The event featured a doze… Read more
Domainers to Meet in Europe, Key Vote Coming Up For .AU & .CA Gets Its Own Domain Forum
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal: Notes on some interesting domain news from around the world including a chance for Eu… Read more
First Week of Autumn Accompanied By Surge in the Domain Aftermarket: Quartet of Six-Figure Sales Lead the Charge
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Autumn has just arrived and the first week of fall was accom… Read more
DOMAINfest Global to Serve Up New Menu of Nightspots at Next Conference in Santa Monica
When the DOMAINfest Global conference returns for its 2012 run Jan. 31-Feb. 2 in Santa Monica, the event will have an en… Read more
David Sams Was Hailed in Hollywood But a Sudden Setback Put Him on a More Rewarding Path
New DN Journal Cover Story: David Sams won 9 Emmy Awards as a wildly successful TV producer in Hollywood. His credits in… Read more
Domain Flipping: Advanced Tips and Techniques
When you think of domain flipping what kind of time-span do you associate with it? Are you flipping domains like Bruce L… Read more
Author & Well-Known Google Critic Scott Cleland Added to Speaker's Lineup for Traffic 2011
With the 2011 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference now less than three weeks away (Oct. 16-19 on Fort Lauderdale Beach) organizers… Read more
Final Agenda Released For the 1st GeoPublishers.com Expo Next Week in Chicago
Geodomain investor/developers will be gathering in Chicago late next week for the first ever GeoPublishers.com Expo. The… Read more
ccTLDs Take Two of the Top Three Places on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The biggest Australian ccTLD sale reported to date set the pace in the domain aftermarket this past week, changing hands… Read more
TrafficMedia Signs Small Business Domain Development Deal With $5 Billion Wall Street Firm
TrafficMedia.com, a one stop web solutions shop spearheaded by domain industry pioneer Igal Lichtman, has just inked a s… Read more
Final Voting for .CA Board of Directors Opens This Week - We Support Frank Michlick
An important week-long election gets underway in Canada this week. Voting that will select four new members to the Board… Read more
The Wire to Wire, Ship to Shore Review of DNCruise 2's Delightful Voyage Through the Caribbean
DN Journal's comprehensive review of DNCruise 2 (with previously unseen photos & untold details), is now out. With blue… Read more
Oversee.net Cuts 13% of Staff & The Deck is Reshuffled at DomainAdvertising.com
The one constant you can always count on in the domain industry is change. This summer we've seen the decline of some co… Read more
Rick Latona is Back - He Bags the Biggest Domain Sale Reported Over the Past Two Weeks
The last many of you heard, Rick Latona had sold his domain sales newsletter to partner Toby Clements and ridden off int… Read more
The Water School Announces 3rd Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro + Nat Cohen Unveils New Blog
Several dozen domain investors and industry executives helped raise funds for one of their favorite charities, The Wate… Read more
DNCruise 2 Delivers Big Dividends For Attendees on Last Week's Voyage to Grand Cayman & Cozumel
I've just returned from the second annual DNCruise conference and this year's event succeeded in topping last year's wel… Read more
Investing In Quality Brandable Domain Names
I'm usually touting the benefits of keyword domain names in many articles. In this post I'd like to analyze another… Read more
DNCruise Leaves Port From a City Mourning the Untimely Loss of Its Most Beloved Citizen
The 2nd edition of DNCruise - the only domain conference held on a cruise ship - gets underway today when the boat leave… Read more
Forecast: SMBs to Spend MOST of Their Marketing Budgets Online By 2015 + DX.com is Sold
As further evidence that we are all in the right line of work, local media experts BIA/Kelsey are forecasting that small… Read more
Global Domain Registrations Show Big Gains Jumping Nearly 9% From a Year Ago
Verisign's latest Domain Name Industry Brief reports that total domain registrations soared 8.6% from a year ago and now… Read more
The Year's 2nd Biggest ccTLD Sale Tops This Week's DN Journal Domain Sales Chart
After having just one name on last week's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart the country codes were back with a vengeance… Read more
How Category Defining Domains Are Helping Jesse Stein Build an E-Commerce Powerhouse
The August Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Jesse Stein and his Florida based company,Triton Web Properties, has qui… Read more
Hurricane Irene Pays an Unwelcome Visit to Domainers Along the Eastern Seaboard
Over the weekend, Hurricane Irene went on a destructive tear up the Eastern seaboard that affected millions of people in… Read more
How Steve Jobs Got The AppStore.com Domain and Trademark For Free
I'm sure you've all heard about Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. Today, I read a post that stood out among the… Read more
Left of the Dot Media Claims a Major Success With Their New Method of Domain Monetization
Left of The Dot Media (LOTD) created a lot of buzz when the new domain monetization company introduced itself at the 201… Read more
Pair of Six-Figure Sales Lead This Week's DN Journal Domain Sales Chart
6-figure sales were missing in action last week but players in the high end of the market returned this week to close tw… Read more
10 More Time-Saving Domain and SEO Bookmarklets
Last year, my original list of 12 domain name and SEO bookmarklets turned out to be quite a popular resource. Having ins… Read more
5 Conferences Scheduled in Next 8 Weeks + Sedo Adds New Member to Management Team
There were far fewer domain conferences in the first half of this year than we've seen in the recent past, but things ar… Read more
Domainers Going Back to Africa This Fall to See The Water School's Life Saving Work in Person
PPX International Chairman Gregg McNair will be leading a group of domainers back to Africa this fall to get a first han… Read more
Domain Broker Media Options Expands Into Daily Deal Space With DX.com
You are probably familiar with Andrew Rosener's domain brokerage company Media Options. The company regularly sends out… Read more
Former ICANN Staffer Says Organization's CEO Rod Beckstrom was Fired
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom announced in a Twitter post Tuesday that he would be leaving the organization next July. While B… Read more
.Coms Take 16 of 20 Places on the Latest Weekly DNJournal.com Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. SelfEmployed.com set the pace as the .coms swept 16 of the 2… Read more
Scott Day & Jay Chapman Co-Found New Foundation to Foster Internet Innovation & Creativity
Digimedia Founder Scott Day, one of the domain industry's early pioneers, has launched a new endeavor with Digimedia Pre… Read more
Visiting Domainers Made it a Special Weekend on Florida's Gulf Coast
The hotbed for domaining in Florida is located along the Sunshine State's southeast coast, but Florida's Gulf Coast (whe… Read more
Handpicked Expired Domains List, Quality .Coms Available to Register
This is the fourth in a series of updates featuring handpicked expired domain name lists. These lists were originally sh… Read more
Industry Leader Jeremiah Johnston Leaves COO Role at Sedo to Open Private Legal Practice
One of the domain industry's key executives, Jeremiah Jonhston, has left his COO role at Sedo to open his own legal prac… Read more
DOMAINfest Global Will Return in Jan. 2012 - the Playboy Mansion Party Will Not + A DNCruise Update
The DOMAINfest Global conference has set the dates for their 2012 show in Santa Monica, California. The conference, stag… Read more
6-Figure Sale of eSignature.com Puts DomainGuardians on Top of New DNJ Sales Chart
Veteran domain investor Roy Flanders called on Mike Robertson at DomainGuardians to broker eSignature.com for him and Ro… Read more
Silicon Valley Without the Silicon - Tech Enclave Can Also Boast of Natural Beauty & Endless Attractions
Diana and I are back after spending the past week in California's tech Mecca, Silicon Valley. Our son Aaron just moved t… Read more
Network Solutions - The First Domain Name Registrar - Acquired by Web.com
Web.com, a leading provider of internet services and online marketing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, t… Read more
A Pair of $200,000+ Sales Set the Pace in the Domain Aftermarket This Week
A pair of six-figure sales totaling more than half a million dollars took the top two spots on DN Journal's latest weekl… Read more
AfternicDLS Goes Mobile & Nominations Now Being Accepted for Annual Traffic Awards
The AfternicDLS has become the first domain aftermarket venue to roll out a mobile phone application that allows buyers… Read more
2Q-2011 Domain Sales Jump 20% from Year's Opening Quarter
2011 domain sales got off to a slow start with no 7-figure sales in the opening quarter of the year. However, the climat… Read more
U.S. Officials Arrest New York Man & Seize 16 Domains Allegedly Used to Sell Counterfeit Goods
Since the summer of 2010 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized 141 domain names that the agency said… Read more
Oversee.net President & CEO Jeff Kupietzky Stepping Down as Family Plans Move to Israel
After five years with Oversee.net, the past two-and-a-half as the company's President and CEO, Jeff Kupietzky is leaving… Read more
Traffic Co-Founder Howard Neu Enters the Parking Business - But Not the One You Think!
Parking has been a staple of the domain business for the past decade so it probably won't surprise you to hear that T.R.… Read more
Sedo Closes Year's Biggest ccTLD Deal To Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
It was an excellent week for the domain aftermarket as we saw the year's biggest ccTLD sale - the third largest 2011 sal… Read more
Morgan Linton Launches DomainTheft.org in Effort to Stem Stolen Name Sales
Domain investor/developer Morgan Linton has launched a new service at DomainTheft.org aimed at helping domain owners rec… Read more
People & Events in the News: Marc Ostrofsky, Adam Dicker, Lizzy Grant & DOMAINfest NYC
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown...What does new Cover Story subject Marc Ostrofsky have in common with the Three Stooges?.… Read more
Born for Business: How Marc Ostrofsky Went From a Lemonade Stand to the Best Seller List
Marc Ostrofsky's best selling book put domains in the mainstream media spotlight and it's not the 1st time he's done tha… Read more
It's Official - Domain Thief Daniel Goncalves Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison in Precedent Setting Case
Last December I told you that a convicted domain thief named Daniel Goncalves would likely be spending five years in pri… Read more
Big Investment Helps Domain Holdings Recharge Domain Development Service at DomainPower.com
Fueled by a new $2.9 million venture capital investment the Domain Holdings Group is charging into the crowded domain de… Read more
Sedo Strikes Oil With Sadara.com to Take Top Spot on DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
Sedo claimed the pole position on our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart with Sadara.com. The buyer a… Read more
TRAFFIC Calls on Bill Karamouzis to Keynote & Ron Jackson Will Speak at GeoPublishers Expo
The agendas for two key domain conferences coming up in October are shaping up nicely. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. has selected Bill… Read more
Ex-ICANN Chairman Jumps to New gTLD Job, Google Adopts .CO & Doors Open in Domainsville
Peter Dengate Thrush, who was ICANN's Chairman of the Board until stepping down from that position last month, has quick… Read more
New Domain Sales, Financing & Analysis Tools Show Industry Innovation Is Alive and Well
CAX.com, Zenscrow & Sedo have rolled out some cool new domain services that should have a positive impact on domain sale… Read more
Verisign Jacks Up .Com and .Net Prices Yet Again
In yet another painful reminder of how egregiously ICANN sold domain registrants down the river in their last contract n… Read more
New Protrada.com Platform Makes Acquiring, Managing & Monetizing Domains a Breeze
Time is our most valuable asset and the impressive new Protrada.com platform that debuted tonight makes it possible for… Read more
6-Figure Private Sale Takes Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart at DNJournal.com
Owning Minus.com turned out to be a big plus for Denver-based domain investor Brian Wick. He just banked 6 figures for t… Read more
Domain Industry Sole Men Complete 330-Mile, 29-Day Barefoot Walk in Bali
UK domainer Robert Epstone (a former manager of the seminal rock band T Rex) and fellow Rotarian Beat Schmid de Gruneck… Read more
South Florida Domainers Group Ready to Reconvene on the Intracoastal Waterway
One of the most active local domain investor/developer groups in the U.S. has another exceptionally attractive event com… Read more
Domain Industry Pioneer & Best Selling Author Marc Ostrofsky Shines On TV Again Today
Domain industry veteran Marc Ostrofsky is the best selling author of Get Rich Click!, a hot new book about making money… Read more
Year's Biggest Deal To Date Tops Latest DNJournal Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com (this expanded report actually covers two weeks since there w… Read more
Castello Brothers Moving HQ to Nashville, DNForum Goes Mobile & Marc O. Returns to The View
Castello Cities Internet Network, the corporate entity that administers the Castello Brothers' blue chip portfolio of do… Read more
Back From My Longest Break From the Domain Business In a Decade!
Since entering the domain industry in 2002 rarely has a day gone by that I haven't been immersed in the business, includ… Read more
Chance to Get Reduced Rate for Highly Anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2011 Show Ends Thursday
The 2011 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference, coming up October 16-19 at the fabulous oceanfront Ritz Carlton Hotel on Florida's F… Read more
With DNCruise II Just 10 Weeks Away It's Time to Book Passage - Rates Go Up July 1
With DNCruise II just over 10 weeks away time is running out to get the best rates for the world's only domain conferenc… Read more
Year's 2nd Biggest Non .Com Sale Is One of Three 6-Figure Deals Atop New DN Journal Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Three 6-figure sales set the pace, including one that ranks… Read more
Contract to Sell Social.com for $2.6 Million Signed in Deal Co-Brokered by Moniker & Marksmen
A contract to sell Social.com for $2.6 million has been signed in a deal co-brokered by Moniker.com's John Mauriello and… Read more
ICANN's New TLD Program - Will it Be A Successful Moon Launch or Another Train Wreck?
I will likely benefit from new TLDs as new registry operators buy ads to market their extensions. There are also friends… Read more
The Continuing Adventures of the Domain Aftermarket: Return of the 6-Figure Sale
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. After 2 weeks without a 6-figure sale, a $200,000 deal broke… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the 2011 DOMAINfest Europe Conference In Barcelona
The 2011 DOMAINfest Europe conference was held last week in Barcelona, Spain. The event, put together by Oversee.net, ra… Read more
Michael Mann to Offer Advice on How to Dominate Your Marketplace in Upcoming Free Webinar
Michael Mann, who co-founded BuyDomains (and later sold the company to NameMedia) will be presenting a free webinar on J… Read more
Free Sedo Webinar to Present the Top 5 Domain Negotiation Dos and Donts
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: We tell you how you can reserve a seat at an upcoming free Sedo webinar that will… Read more
Marc Ostrofsky Put Domain Names in The National Spotlight on ABC-TV's "The View" Today
Domain industry veteran and newly published author Marc Ostrofsky was on ABC-TV's hit show The View today, talking about… Read more
Veteran Domain Investor/Developer Marc Ostrofsky Will be on National TV Thursday (June 9)
Domain industry pioneer and author of the new best selling book Get Rich Click!, Marc Ostrofsky, will be featured on ABC… Read more
An Abbreviated Holiday Week is Accompanied by Lighter Domain Sales
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The past week included America's Memorial Day holiday and it… Read more
DOMAINFest Europe Opens - Latonas.com & Podcast.com Re-Launch & Zappy Goes Big Again
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the DOMAINfest Europe conference gets underway in Barcelona, Rick Latona announce… Read more
Another Coup for .CO: A's/Raiders Stadium Renamed O.co Coliseum + Sole Men Begin Barefoot Walk
.CO's series of successes continued today when Overstock.com announced the company is renaming itself O.co. The re-brand… Read more
New Wave of Domain Monetization Companies Pose Threat to the Old Guard
It's no secret that PPC earnings have fallen off a cliff the past couple of years. A lot of domain owners would pull up… Read more
CO-lossal Achievement: 1 Million .CO Domains Registered in Less Than a Year
Though the .CO Registry staged its global launch less than a year ago (in July 2010) it has already hit the 1 million re… Read more
Domain Aftermarket Flexes Its Mid-Range Muscles With More Than 40 Five-Figure Sales This Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This was an unusual week for the aftermarket. No six-figure… Read more
Attempt to Silence Prominent ICANN Critic George Kirikos Fails as Legal Proceeding is Withdrawn
If you are a domain owner odds are you owe George Kirikos a thank you. His monitoring of ICANN matters have saved regist… Read more
After Making a Fortune With Domains Jan Barta is Out to Conquer the Rest of the Business World
26- year-old Elephant Orchestra Co-Founder Jan Barta has built a business empire that now stretches far beyond the domai… Read more
Industry Pioneer Michael Mann Will Tell You How to Beat the Competition in a Free Webinar Thursday
Domain industry pioneer Michael Mann, who co-founded BuyDomains (and later sold the company to NameMedia), plans to shar… Read more
Hunger for Domain Names Continues to Grow as Global Registrations Jump 8% Over Last Year
The latest quarterly Verisign Industry Brief shows demand for new domain names continues to grow. 4.5 million new domain… Read more
Two of the Year's 10 Biggest Domain Sales Take Top Spots on This Week's Chart at DNJournal.com
The domain aftermarket enjoyed a very solid outing this week, generating two of the year's ten biggest sales, plus 2011'… Read more
The Carnage Continues: With the Web Continuing To Rise Magazines Lose Millions of Readers
When talking about how the Internet is siphoning readers and viewers away from traditional media, the focus has been on… Read more
John Ferber's Domain Holdings Helps Zappy Zapolin's Silver.com Reach Its Full Potential
In a model case of well executed domain development and monetization, Domain Holdings, the new company co-founded by Sec… Read more
DotcomAgency's Ian Andrew Gets $358,000 for 33.com in Deal Brokered by DomainAdvisors
Over the years Britain's Ian Andrew has sold hundreds of generic domain names through his company, DotcomAgency, but he… Read more
.PRO Names New CEO Who Helped Get .INFO Off the Ground - Plus Another Coup for .CO
RegistryPro, operator of the .PRO registry has a new CEO. The company has hired one of the original board members of Afi… Read more
Year's First Seven-Figure Sale Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart at DNJournal.com
It has been a long time coming, but finally - four and half months into the 2011 domain sales season, the year's first c… Read more
In a Constantly Changing Domain Industry Individual Lives Are Undergoing Big Changes Too
The domain business NEVER stands still and while the overall industry is constantly reinventing itself, a lot of well-kn… Read more
Small Businesses Flocking to Social Media But Websites Remain Their Top Marketing Tool
There has been considerable debate over whether or not social media would one day supplant domains/websites as the most… Read more
Taryn Naidu Moves Up at Demand Media - Named Executive VP & General Manager of eNom
Domain industry veteran Taryn Naidu has been named Executive Vice President for Registrar Services and General Manager o… Read more
Executive Re-Alignment at EVO Media/DevHub Gives the Company TWO Presidents
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: EVO Media Group, best known for their DevHub domain development platform, has alw… Read more
Teen Domainer Brian Diener Wins $10,000 College Scholarship in GoDaddy Essay Contest
I had the pleasure of meeting impressive teenage domain investor Brian Diener a few weeks ago in South Florida. I alread… Read more
AfternicDLS Solves Aftermarket Puzzle to Claim Top Two Spots on This Week's Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We saw one of the year's three biggest sales completed this… Read more
New Ploy From Overreaching TM Interests Aims to Make It Easier to Take Away Your Domains
I've always said one of the biggest threats to domain owners are attempts by covetous parties to get policies or laws ch… Read more
1Q-2011 Domain Sales Rise Slightly Vs. 1Q-2010 Despite Absence of 7-Figure Blockbusters
A new monthly DN Journal newsletter is being emailed to opt in subscribers this weekend (and is also available online).… Read more
Messy Divorce: Moniker Founder Monte Cahn's Lawsuit Against Oversee Could Get Ugly
A domain industry version of Clash of the Titans was set in motion Wednesday when Moniker.com founder Monte Cahn filed a… Read more
Trio of Six-Figure Sales Spearhead Another Solid Week For the Domain Market
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Three six-figure sales and rumors of a pair of seven-figure… Read more
2nd Generation Domainer Heather Hartnett Stars on Heather.TV + $20,000 Up For Grabs in .Biz Contest
Several offspring of well-known domainers are making it big on their own. One of the most successful second generation d… Read more
Ostrofsky Book "Get Rich Click!" Debuts at #1 + More Events, People & Companies in the News
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com:: Marc Ostrofsky's new book Get Rich Click! has soared to #1 on charts at BarnesAn… Read more
Domain Pioneer Marc Ostrofsky Tells Us About His New Book That Hits Stores on Monday
Not long after I met domain pioneer Marc Ostrofsky for the 1st time, he told me he was working on a book about how to ma… Read more
Toby Clements Takes Over Rick Latona Domain Newsletter - First Edition Went Out Today
Earlier this month Rick Latona announced that he and long time partner Toby Clements were dividing up their assets and g… Read more
Year's Best Sale + Best 2011 ccTLD Sale & 2nd Best Non .Com gTLD Sale Top DN Journal Chart
This was quite a week for the domain aftermarket as we saw not only the biggest sale of the year to date, but also the b… Read more
New DN Journal Cover Story Profiles the Secret Millionaire + More DOMAINfest Europe Details
Yesterday I mentioned that I was wrapping up work on a new Cover Story that would be released today. That article - a pr… Read more
How John Ferber Sold His Company for $495 Million and Why He Loves the Domain Business Now
Few (if any) people in the history of the domain industry have entered the business accompanied by the aura of success t… Read more
People & Events in the News: Sai Pola, Playboy Mansion Illness, Juan Calle & David Harry
It has been a busy few days here so I've had a few items pile up on my desk that I wanted to share with you as we head i… Read more
The Big Question Now: Where Does the New GeoDomain Trade Association Leave Associated Cities?
A new non-profit trade association & expo serving the geodomain industry - GeoPublishers.com - launched Thursday. The bi… Read more
Huge GeoDomain News: Industry Leaders Launch New Non-Profit Trade Association & Expo
DN Journal Exclusive: Some of the biggest names in the geodomain world have joined forces to launch a new non-profit tra… Read more
Christmas Comes Early at Sedo - A 6-Figure Sale There Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Christmas is still eight months away but a buyer at Sedo couldn't wait to get their hands on the Spanish language domain… Read more
Big Payday for Bill Karamouzis as Former DN Journal Cover Boy Sells His Company
Major congratulations go out today to Bill Karamouzis (who was featured in our March 2010 Cover Story). Bill has just so… Read more
Update From Health Officials on Playboy Mansion Illness Outbreak Leaves Unanswered Questions
On Friday L.A. public health officials released preliminary results from their investigation into the outbreak of illnes… Read more
How Much Traffic Is Social Media Likely to Send Your Site? New Research Provides the Answer
Most domain industry bloggers are taking advantage of social media outlets like Facebook and/or Twitter to help drive tr… Read more
Two More 6-Figure Sales and Six ccTLD Sales Take Places on This Week's Top 20 Chart
For the 2nd week in a row a pair of 6-figure sales set the pace on DN Journal's all extension Top 20 Sales Chart. A $90,… Read more
Rescheduled Domain Madness 3 Auction Ready to Go Wednesday Afternoon
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Technical issues blew up last week's Domain Madness 3 live auction, but the resch… Read more
Writer Apologizes for Squatters Comment As Investor Makes Compelling Case for Domains
A BusinessInsider writer who authored an otherwise balanced account of the domain business has apologized for using the… Read more
Business Insider Tells Readers Why Paying Thousands for a Domain Name May Be a Smart Move
Today in The Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A columnist for mainstream business magazine Business Insider tells readers why g… Read more
Pair of 6-Figure Transactions Including Year's 2nd Biggest Sale Top This Week's Sales Chart
It was another solid week for the domain aftermarket with two of the year's biggest sales to date getting rung up, inclu… Read more
Jodi Chamberlain Named President of TeamLauncher.com - New Outsourcing Firm Based in Manila
Jodi Chamberlain has been named President of a new full time staff leasing company. Many of you know Jodi from her long… Read more
The Rest of the Story: What We Did in South Florida AFTER the Secret Millionaire's Party
We started a 4-day visit to South Florida at a party hosted by Secret Millionaire John Ferber in Boynton Beach and ended… Read more
The Lowdown on a Sedo Charity Auction, Latonas.com, ParkLogic.com & DomainSherpa.com
In today's Lowdown, I'll tell you about a special charity auction that gets underway Thursday on Sedo.com, Rick Latona's… Read more
BIG Week for Domain Sales Led By Castello Brothers 6-Figure Sale + 3 More at That Level
Action in the domain aftermarket has been a bit slower than expected in the opening quarter of 2011, but a lot of catchi… Read more
5 Years of Painstaking Development Produces New Standard in Domain Management
ParkLogic Founder Michael Gilmour quietly accumulated a half million domains under management through personal contacts… Read more
ABC-TV Put Domain Holdings Co-Founder John Ferber in the National Spotlight Sunday Night
I hope you had an opportunity to watch ABC-TV's latest episode of Secret Millionaire that aired last night. The reality… Read more
How Domain Holdings Is Turning Tier 1 Generic Domains Into Fully Developed Businesses
When John Ferber, Chad Folkening & Erik Simons teamed up to found Domain Holdings Group last year, big things were expec… Read more
After Successful 2010 Debut in Prague DOMAINfest Europe Returns With June Show in Barcelona
The 2011 domain conference schedule continues to shape up with Oversee.net confirming the dates and location for DOMAINf… Read more
Look Up in the Sky! It's a Contest! It's a Conference! It's A Live Auction! No! It's Domain Madness!
With the country fixated on college basketball's March Madness at this time each year, our friends at DomainConsultant.c… Read more
The Year's 7th Reported 6-Figure Sale Sets the Pace on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Blockbuster sales have been scarce so far this year. With the opening quarter of 2011 drawing to a close, only seven six… Read more
If You Missed DOMAINfest Global (Or Want to Re-Visit Key Sessions) Videos Are Now Online
Even though DOMAINfest Global drew a record crowd this year, many who would like to have been at the annual event held i… Read more
ICA's Phil Corwin Joins Forces With Greenberg & Lieberman + Major Expansion at AfternicDLS
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Washington D.C. based Greenberg & Lieberman is building an internet law super tea… Read more
Chef Patrick's WhoIs Privacy Breach Ignites Blogging Brouhaha But What Happens Next?
On Tuesday Rick Schwartz published an item on his blog naming Chef Patrick as the Moniker employee who was behind a wide… Read more
.BIZ Tops All Extensions on This Week's Sales Chart - Five of Top Six Sales Are Non .Coms
This has to be one of the most unusual weeks we've ever seen in the domain aftermarket. The often-maligned .BIZ TLD topp… Read more
Sedo to Offer Top 5 Tips for Domain Sales Success + New gTLD Consulting Crowd Grows Again
Sedo is offering a free webinar - 5 Steps to Sales Success - on Wednesday, March 30th. We have details on how to reserve… Read more
DNCruise 2011 to Feature Outing With Frank Schilling When Ship Docks at Grand Cayman
After a successful maiden voyage in 2010 DNCruise will return September 5-10, 2011 with a Caribbean voyage that will fea… Read more
People, Companies & TLDs in the News: Bhavin Turakhia, Alexa Raad, .TV, .AU and Fabulous.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com an end of the week wrap-up featuring people in the news (Directi Co-Founder Bhavin… Read more
DoorHardware.com Helps Sedo Lock Down 14 of 20 Positions on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Sedo claimed four of the first five places on our new weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart and 14 of 20 positi… Read more
New GeoSkipper Allows ANY Site to Display Content Tailored to the Visitor's Geographic Location
Introducing the world's first plug-and-play tool for website geo-targeting. A new offering from the founders of Root O… Read more
An "Un-Conference" - The 1st Domain Boardroom Funfest - Slated for Myrtle Beach in August
Special interest domain meetings are enjoying a growth spurt. Successful gatherings have been held for everyone from IDN… Read more
Local and Regional Gatherings Help Fuel Grass Roots Growth for the Domain Industry
DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter is currently going out to several thousand opt-in email subscribers. The newslett… Read more
Name.com Releases Full Service Android App - First to Offer Mobile Back Ordering
Name.com has released a free full service domain registration app for Android smartphones (an iPhone version is coming s… Read more
Mike Robertson, Jen Sale, Adam Strong, Paul Keating & Bill Vanderent Form Domain Guardians
In Late January former Fabulous.com executives Mike Roberston & Jen Sale announced they were leaving the company to star… Read more
Wall Street Journal Puts Rob Grant Back in the Spotlight & .Org Reaches 9 Million Registrations
The Wall Street Journal has introduced a new interactive feature with an article spotlighting a special listing from one… Read more
Won.com Wins This Week's Domain Sales Race With 6-Figure Sale at Moniker/SnapNames
Over the past week Oversee.net's aftermarket twins, Moniker/SnapNames, closed a number of sales from their live domain a… Read more
L.A. Times Says Legionella Bacteria Found in a Water Source at the Playboy Mansion
The Los Angeles Times reported today that public health officials investigating an illness outbreak that affected a repo… Read more
Late Night King Jay Leno & Domain King Rick Schwartz Rub Elbows at Boca Raton Car Show
Late Night King Jay Leno and Domain King Rick Schwartz were among those rubbing elbows on the final day of the 5th Annua… Read more
Domainers Set for 2nd Assault on Kilimanjaro + Sampling of Domains in Roundtable Auction Released
After conquering Africa's Mount Kilimanjaro last year in a fundraising climb for The Water School, a team of domain indu… Read more
Blockbuster Sale at Sedo - 2011's Biggest Deal to Date - Headlines New DN Journal Chart
2011 domain sales have a new king of the hill, or should we say queen of the hill? GamesForGirls.com soared to the top o… Read more
Three Domain Conferences in Three Different Countries Will Run Over the Next 10 Days
There won't be as many domain conferences in 2011 as last year, but you wouldn't know it from the number of shows packed… Read more
New Developments at Four Companies Join Continuing Illness Investigation in the News
After spending most of the past two weeks focused on the outbreak of illnesses that followed this month's DOMAINfest con… Read more
Public Health Officials Offer Lab Test Help for Ill DOMAINfest Guests Who Live Outside Los Angeles
Health officials investigating the outbreak of illnesses that followed this month's DOMAINfest conference in L.A. asked… Read more
Aftermarket's Mid Range Flexes Its Muscles With 54 Five-Figure Sales Reported This Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. No blockbuster domain sales were reported this past week but… Read more
Health Officials Still Waiting for 100s of DOMAINfest Attendees to Complete Illness Survey
I was surprised to see in a new letter sent out by DOMAINfest Global organizers this morning that public health official… Read more
State of the Industry Too: Optimism Back in Style With Record Breaking Crowd at DOMAINfest Global
The new February Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Over three days at DOMAINfest Global this month an unmistakable th… Read more
Health Officials Tell Playboy Mansion Party Attendees Who Fell Ill to Contact Doctors ASAP
The LA County Dept of Public Health has just sent a letter to DOMAINfest Global attendees.The letter says if you attende… Read more
CDC & L.A. Dept. of Health Opens Investigation Into Outbreak That Sickened Domainers
The Center for Disease Control in conjunction with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has started an investi… Read more
Lab Test on Sick Domainer Confirms Suspicions - Legionellosis Bacterial Infection Found
After dozens of domainers fell ill with acute flu-like symptoms after returning home from last week's DOMAINfest Global… Read more
Trio of Six-Figure Sales Set the Pace for the Domain Aftermarket Over the Past Two Weeks
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The new column actually covers two weeks worth of data since… Read more
The Sick List Grows Longer As More Domainers Struggle With Mysterious Illness
Yesterday we told you about dozens of domainers being bedridden after falling ill upon returning home from last week's D… Read more
Disabled List from DOMAINFest Global Continues to Grow as Dozens Battle Nasty Bug
With approximately 700 people on hand last week's DOMAINfest Global conference was another great event, but there was on… Read more
DOMAINfest Global is Over But the Next Event On the Show Circuit Opens Tomorrow
We're back from another great DOMAINfest Global conference. A number of people who were at that event in Los Angeles pro… Read more
Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global's Grand Finale at the Playboy Mansion
Another great DOMAINfest Global conference closed last night with a gala party/charity fundraiser at the world famous Pl… Read more
Day 3 Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Global Conference in Santa Monica
The curtain will come down on the 2011 DOMAINfest Global conference in Santa Monica, California with a big party at the… Read more
Day 2 Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Global Conference in Santa Monica, California
The DOMAINfest Global Conference continued today at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, California. We have phot… Read more
Day 1 Photos & Highlights from DOMAINfest Global + Monte Cahn & Michael Berkens Join Forces
DOMAINfest Global got underway today in Santa Monica, California. The show's organizers, Oversee.net, said a record numb… Read more
2010 Domain Sales See Double Digit Jump Over Previous Year As 4th Quarter Sales Soar 45%
DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers this weekend. It contains a comprehensive… Read more
Final Countdown to DOMAINfest Underway + Two Fabulous Execs Heading Out On Their Own
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com some final notes before DOMAINfest Global gets underway Tuesday including plans fo… Read more
iGoldrush Launches Domain Brokerage Network & Rob Grant Gives Rivals Cold Shoulder
iGoldrush has launched an innovative new domain brokerage service with an end-user focus. Meanwhile, frigid temperatures… Read more
Sedo Sweeps First 7 Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart: 2-Digit Domain Sets Pace
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo rang up the seven biggest sales and claimed 11 places o… Read more
Sex.com Broker Jeff Gabriel Named President at DomainAdvisors.com
Less than a week after announcing a new partnership with Linton Investments, PPX International's DomainAdvisors.com has… Read more
Castello Brothers to Deliver Keynote Speech at South America's Biggest Domain Conference
When the 3rd International Internet Marketing & Domaining Conference is held in Punta del Este, Uruguay Feb. 23-25, two… Read more
Companies & People in the News: NameDrive, Kamila Sekiewicz, LeftOfTheDot & Frank Michlick
NameDrive's Director of Business Development, Kamila Sekiewicz, dropped me a note this morning detailing some major chan… Read more
The AfternicDLS Rings Up a Half Dozen Five-Figure Sales Including the Week's Biggest
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The AfternicDLS rang up four of the top eight sales, includi… Read more
The State of the Industry January 2011: DN Journal's Biggest Yearly Cover Story Is Now Out
Our 7th annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. To gauge the prospects for the domain business… Read more
DomainAdvisors.com Partners With Morgan Linton Investments in Major Service Expansion
Less than 3 months ago PPX International Chairman Gregg McNair launched a new service for the domain industry, DomainAdv… Read more
With DOMAINfest Global Just 2 Weeks Away Organizers Announce Plans For 3 Fabulous Parties
The 2011 DOMAINfest Global conference gets underway two weeks from today in Santa Monica, California. Oversee.net, the o… Read more
How Did TMZ Miss This?: David Castello Caught Getting Intimate With Star From the Twilight Movies
It has been over four years since I first met David Castello during a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. event in Hollywood, Florida. After… Read more
Meeting Mania: In Portland, L.A., Denver, Cologne & Nassau Doors Will Be Opening for Domainers
The 2011 domain conference season is about to get underway in earnest. At least five shows will be held over the next 7… Read more
DN Journal Weekly Domain Sales Report: UK Buyer Spends $100,000 to Be With His Soulmate
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A nice 100K sale got the 2011 season off to a good start, as… Read more
Good News/Bad News From Domain Execs: Wedding Bells for One, Devastating Floods for Another
This has been a good news/bad news day. On the bright side - after eight years together, DevHub Co-Founder Mark Michael… Read more
Rob Grant Rings Up Nice Real Estate Domain Sale & Sedo Super Broker Jeff Gabriel Resigns
Rob Grant owns the world's largest collection of geo-targeted .com real estate domains and it is a rare occasion when he… Read more
Big Changes Ahead for NewOrleans.com as Owners Announce New Partnership With VEGAS.com
In what looks like a geodomain marriage made in heaven premier websites representing two of America's most popular vacat… Read more
Want to Be Your Own Registrar? Free Webinar Will Tell You How to Do It & What It Costs
A free webinar coming up two weeks from today will be of interest to anyone considering becoming their own ICANN accredi… Read more
A Non .Com gTLD & a ccTLD Top Year's Final Sales Week With Each Reaching 6 Figures
Last week was the final week of the 2010 domain sales season and the year closed with a couple of unexpected guests occu… Read more
Want to Sell More Ads to Local Businesses? Free Webinar Will Provide Tips on How to Do It
With local advertisers shifting their ad dollars to the Internet I have always liked the position of geodomain owners. I… Read more
New Tropical Venue for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2011 + ICANN's Fowlie Takes 3rd Strike On His Way Out
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference organizers announce a new tropical venue for their next show in October and. cancel plans to g… Read more
Employee Misuse of Moniker WhoIs Privacy Data Harms Customer But May Spur Needed Change
Earlier today Rick Schwartz & Michael Berkens both wrote about an unfortunate incident at Moniker.com. I heard the detai… Read more
An Interview With Mike Fiol - The Man Behind Innovative Domain Auction Platform Boxcar.com
Our latest monthly newsletter is being emailed to opt-in subscribers this weekend. It is also available online. This mon… Read more
Domain Roundtable Returns to the Conference Wars in a Spectacular New Setting
After taking a year off in 2010, Domain Roundtable is open for business again. Registration opened today for a 2011 show… Read more
How .CO CEO Juan Diego Calle is Turning a Seldom Used ccTLD Into a Booming Global Brand
New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: Most of you know about the big splash that the .CO extension made after the Colombian… Read more
6-Figure 2-Letter .Com Sale Gives Sedo Top Spot on This Week's DN Journal Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo secured the top spot on this week's domain sales chart… Read more
Sad News: Veteran T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Videographer Roy Crogan Passed Away Christmas Eve
If you have ever been to a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference you have probably seen Ft. Lauderdale based videographer Roy Crogan… Read more
The Frager Fracture: Freak Accident Confines Blogger to Bed But His Fingers Are Still Flying
Marketing maven Owen Frager has always known how to get attention. His provocative headlines draw a steady flow of reade… Read more
Christmas Eve - A Very Special Night at Our House
As a kid my family opened presents on Christmas Eve but my wife's family opened theirs, like most, on Christmas Day. So,… Read more
Chef Patrick Talks About His Purchase of ScienceFiction.com & What's In Store for the Generic Gem
It is remarkable to see what a great domain can do for someone. Former real estate investor Patrick Ruddell is a relativ… Read more
Christmas Comes Early at Sedo With $233,000 Sale - Much Bigger Deal About to Close?
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo tops our latest chart with a $233,000 sale and it looks… Read more
WIth DOMAINfest Global 2011 Just 6 Weeks Away Organizers Release New Details on the Big Event
DOMAINfest Global 2011 has released an update on what is in store for the big event in Santa Monica, California Feb. 1-3… Read more
Enom/Moniker Go Live on the AfternicDLS + Rob Grant Gives Gift Baskets a Recession Worthy Twist
Last Christmas Rob Grant got a lot of press with his timely Recession Wreaths website. The tongue in cheek site offered… Read more
Elliot Silver & Jessica Bookstaff Doppelt Expand Their Networks of Well Developed Domain Names
I've always advised developing one or more of your domain names on topics you are passionate about. If you do it well, t… Read more
Quartet of 6-Figure Sales Totaling Over $1.1 Million Give the Aftermarket Another Strong Outing
As I write this, Christmas Day is still 10 days away but it seems Santa paid an early visit to the domain industry this… Read more
Five Years in State Prison Awaits Domain Thief Daniel Goncalves - Who Wants to Be Next?
The best news I have heard this week has to be word that a convicted domain thief is going to jail for his crime. Daniel… Read more
Out in the Cold? ICANN's Latest New gTLD Delay Gives Proponents Reason to Be Nervous
While I was away visiting family the past four days ICANN again decided to delay final approval of their plan to roll ou… Read more
DOMAINfest Global 2011 Announces Fantasy Domaining Contest + PITCHfest Changes
The 2011 DOMAINfest Global conference coming up February 1-3 has announced a new Fantasy Domaining Contest (similar to F… Read more
GoDaddy Auctions Go Wild Sweeping 4 of the First 8 Places on New DN Journal Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. GoDaddy Auctions staked their claim as a viable high end mar… Read more
Companies in the News: .INFO Registry, .CO Registry & Warren Royal's Bobbleheads.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The .INFO registry's latest annual report shows a 30% jump in registrations over… Read more
DomainAdvertising Issues Study Showing Impressive Results for Their New Approach to Parking
I have been hearing positive feedback from many who have tried the new graphics rich parking platform at DomainAdvertisi… Read more
Founder Monte Cahn Parts Company With Moniker.com - Will Leave the Oversee Unit Dec. 31
Domain industry pioneer Monte Cahn, the man who founded Moniker.com and stayed on to lead the popular registrar after it… Read more
GoDaddy's Bob Parsons to Keynote at DOMAINfest Global + MO.com Interviews Ron Jackson
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: DOMAINfest Global 2011, coming up in February, has landed GoDaddy Founder and CEO… Read more
Two Six-Figure Sales Totaling Over $867,000 Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The four-day Thanksgiving weekend gave most Americans a very short work week last week but the domain aftermarket contin… Read more
Major Expansion at PPX Produces New Domain Consulting, Management & Monetization Options
PPX International, the rapidly growing company headed by 2010 Domainer of the Year Gregg McNair, has been working overti… Read more
Global Domain Registrations Break the 200 Million Barrier + New Podcast Features Frank Schilling
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Versign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief reports that the total numb… Read more
Sedo Beams Up Another Six-Figure Sale to Lead DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo will have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving we… Read more
PPX Treats Domain Industry Guests To a Far Eastern Gathering They Won't Soon Forget
We just got photos and highlights from an impromptu gathering that PPX hosted for domainers visiting Hong Kong November… Read more
Domainers Venture Into The Real World, Find Businesses Ready to Hang Their Shingles Online
I just got back from an extended weekend trip to Mount Dora, Florida where Diana and I went to a huge outdoor antique an… Read more
Coup for DOMAINfest Global + Mike Mann Cashes Out & Frank Schilling Turns the Table
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: DOMAINfest Global lands the author who wrote the book that the hit movie The Soci… Read more
Sedo Completes Biggest Domain Sale Ever Reported as Sex.com Closes at $13 Million
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and this will go down as a landmark week in industry history.… Read more
Warren Royal's Booming Bobbleheads.com Banks Equity Investment from Scott Day's Digimedia
After buying Bobbleheads.com for $30,000 in 2008, Warren Royal built the domain into a booming business that has become… Read more
Local Domain Meetings Blossom As Denver Added to Calendar + I.CO To Be Auctioned Off
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Local and regional domain meetings are springing up all over. Denver is the lates… Read more
Pair of 6-Figure Domains Totaling $420,000 Top New DN Journal Weekly Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Two solid and previously unreported six-figure sales set the… Read more
AfternicDLS Expands Again: Name.com Becomes 5th Instant Transfer Premium Partner
The AfternicDLS and a leading registrar, Name.com, announced today that Name.com will join Afternic's Domain Listing S… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010 - What Happened & How It Helped Clarify the Conference Hierarchy
The 2010 Traffic Miami conference was a landmark event, not just because it drew great feedback from attendees, but beca… Read more
Afilias Announces .INFO Website Award Winners - Hands Out Over $15,000 in Cash Prizes
Afilias, the operator of the .INFO Registry, today announced the winners of their 2010 .INFO Awards. A panel of judges s… Read more
Total $ Value of Reported 3Q-2010 Domain Sales Slip Slightly From 09 But Median Price Up 15%
In our latest newsletter emailed to opt-in subscribers we broke down 3Q-2010 domain sales reported to DN Journal. A lack… Read more
The 20 Biggest All-Cash Domain Sales Ever Reported by DNJournal.com
Last week when the news broke that Sex.com would be sold for $13 million in a bankruptcy court auction a number of mains… Read more
No Free Lunch: Despite UDRP Win Company Settles Tab After Being Sued By Frank Schilling
Two years ago a company used the UDRP process to try to take a generic name away from Frank Schilling's company without… Read more
Half-Million Dollar Transaction Lands Atop This Week's Domain Sales Leader Board
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A $500,000 deal, the 11th largest sale reported so far this… Read more
Domainers Do Hong Kong...AC President Resigns...Nashville.com Coup...Lizzy Rocks The CW!
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: PPX International invites domainers to hang out with them in Hong Kong this month...… Read more
IDNs Take Center Stage in New York City: Photos & Highlights from the Big Apple
With interest in IDN domains growing it was just a matter of time before the first formal IDN conference was staged in t… Read more
How Domain Investor/Developer Chad Folkening Went from Mowing Lawns to Buying Mansions
New DN Journal Cover Story: Former football player Chad Folkening has had to continually change directions to get around… Read more
Are You Ready for Another ccTLD Re-Launch? Coming Monday - Sunrise for .SO.
.CO enjoyed a wildly successful re-launch this past summer - now the .SO Registry hopes a little of that ccTLD magic wil… Read more
$13 Million Sex.com Sale Approved - Set to Become Top Cash Sale of All Time + Epik & Bido News
A bankruptcy court judge has approved the $13 million sale of Sex.com. Once the domain has been transferred to its new o… Read more
Year's 6th Seven-Figure Sale Takes Top Spot on This Week's DNJ Domain Sales Chart
The aftermarket produced another 7-figure sale this week - one that ranks as the 5th highest sale reported so far in 201… Read more
Sad Saga of Bogus Bidder Nelson Brady Ends With SnapNames Settling Two Lawsuits
Former SnapNames VP Nelson Brady created a world of trouble for his company and himself when he was caught shill bidding… Read more
Events & Companies in the News: BlueGlass FL Conference 2010, TollFreeMarket.com & AfternicDLS
Are your ready for another Florida conference?! Yes, DNCruise and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami just ended, but another event, fe… Read more
A Quintet of 6-Figure Sales Highlight Domain Aftermarket Action Over the Past Two Weeks
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. I was away for a 10-day stretch covering the DNCruise and T.… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010: Why the Glow Lingers Long After the Conference Curtain Falls
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and Highlights from the closing day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami. Plus, a perso… Read more
Tuesday Photos & Highlights From Traffic Miami: Award Winners, Don King & the Domain Auction
The third day of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010 conference on South Beach Tuesday (Oct. 19) kicked off with the annual T.… Read more
Photos & Highlights From Day 2 - The First Full Day of Business - At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami got down to business Monday (Oct. 18) - the first full day at the conference that is currently unde… Read more
Photos and Highlights From Opening Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami 2010
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami conference opened Sunday evening with a crowd of several hundred on hand at the Loews Hotel on… Read more
Traffic Miami Opens Tonight on South Beach With Rick Schwartz & Howard Neu Back at the Wheel
After a full year to prepare Traffic Co-Founders Rick Schwartz & Howard Neu will get back in the saddle this evening whe… Read more
Photos & Highlights From DNCruise 2010 - The First Domain Conference on a Cruise Ship
It's hard to stand out in the crowded domain conference field so Chef Patrick knew he would have to do something differe… Read more
Anchors Away! A Domain Conference Doubleheader on Land and Sea Opens Monday
A pair of extraordinary domain conferences will be held over the next 10 days with domain investors & service providers… Read more
Highlights From the First Day of Business at DOMAINfest Europe in Prague
The DOMAINfest Europe 2010 conference in Prague, Czech Republic got down to business Wednesday (Oct. 6) with more than 2… Read more
6-Figure Sale at Sedo & Sensational Outing for ccTLDs Highlight This Week's Aftermarket Action
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo uncorked a big sale to take the top spot on this week's… Read more
Domain/Identity Theft Incident Prompts T.R.A.F.F.I.C. to Add Security Session for Miami Show
Cases of domain and identity theft reported by blogger Michael Berkens this week has prompted the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. confere… Read more
3 Shows in a Row Will Bring Domainers Together on Both Sides of the Ocean As Well As In It!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Starting tomorrow a string of three special conferences over the next 16 days wil… Read more
Advertising.com Co-Founder Joins U.S. Congressman on Speaker's List for Traffic Miami
Traffic South Beach, coming up Oct. 17-20, added to its exceptional roster of speakers today. Organizers announced Adver… Read more
Half Million $ Sale at Sedo & .CO Landrush Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's New Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo rang up one of the year's 10 biggest sales to take the… Read more
Bodies Continue to Pile Up Under Internet Assault - Latest Victim: The White Pages
A headline in a local newspaper jumped out at me - White Pages End Is Near! Wow, still another true institution of Ameri… Read more
2 New Shows Added to the Conference Calendar + Where Did YOUR Parking Revenue Go?
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new domain conference has been added to the crowded October schedule and T.R.A.… Read more
Rick Schwartz Says Domainers Getting the Shaft While Partners Roll in The Dough
Our new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. South Beach preview article wound up covering much more ground than we anticipated. Conference Co… Read more
The Man Who Navigated Oversee.net Through Treacherous Straits and Back Into Open Water
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a profile of Jeff Kupietzky, the man who has guided Oversee.net (parent… Read more
Sedo CEO Tim Schumacher & the Castello Brothers Deliver Keynote Speeches in Spain
The Domaining III conference in Valencia, Spain continued today with keynote speeches from Sedo CEO and Co-Founder Tim S… Read more
Domaining III Gets Underway in Spain With Good Early Reviews from the Castello Brothers
The Domaining III conference got underway today in Valencia, Spain with business sessions and an opening night cocktail… Read more
Bean.com Bags Biggest Sale in DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Moniker took the top two positions on our latest all extensi… Read more
Tuscany, Italy & Prague Ready to Welcome the Domain World + Global Domain Regs Rise Again
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the next stop on SedoPro World Tour is coming up two weeks from now in Tuscany, I… Read more
Skip Hoagland Sells MyrtleBeach.com in Multi-Million Dollar Deal + Traffic Hong Kong Canceled
Geodomain giant Skip Hoagland has sold one of his marquee websites - MyrtleBeach.com - in a multi-million dollar deal th… Read more
Domain Pioneer Award Winner Rick Schwartz: Both Friends & Enemies Owe Him Thanks
Rick Schwartz's high profile and outspoken nature have attracted more than a few critics. While his detractors may not a… Read more
Dave Evanson Joins Sedo, DomainConvergence Postponed & .CO Passes A Major Milestone
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sedo adds veteran domain investor Dave Evanson to its Sales & Brokerage team...th… Read more
Dirt Poor No More: Six Figure Sale Tops DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
You've heard the expression - Cheaper than dirt - well, when it comes to domain names dirt is anything but cheap. GoDadd… Read more
Bing Passes Yahoo for the 1st Time But Blew Big Chance to Close Ground on Google
Microsoft's Bing search engine has slipped past Yahoo to become the 2nd most popular search engine in the U.S. according… Read more
That's Show Biz: Next 5 Weeks Will See 6 Conferences in 5 Countries & International Waters!
Though not quite as busy as a crazy stretch in August that saw five domain conferences crammed into just 14 days, the sh… Read more
Hitting Home Runs With Domain Development: Industry Pioneers Show How It's Done
Website development has been a hot topic among domain owners this year. While much of the conversation has centered on d… Read more
One of the Year's 10 Biggest Deals Highlights DN Journal's New Double Length Sales Report
I was away last week for our son's wedding in Sarasota, so I have a double-length domain sales report for you this week… Read more
We Are Not Alone: Life Discovered Outside the Internet Solar System!
For the past eight years my life, like a planet orbiting the sun, has revolved around domain names. That's not a complai… Read more
Back to My Old Stomping Grounds For a Family Wedding & Research on a GeoDomain Project
I'm currently in Sarasota, Florida where our son will be getting married on the beach this weekend. While I'm in Sarasot… Read more
High Value of Generic Domains Cited in New Interviews With Oversee.net & Swap.com CEOs
The high value of generic domain names was the topic of conversation in two new interviews with industry leaders - Jeff… Read more
Epik Mints Their Own Currency for Buying Domains & Funding Development + Latest Show News
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Attendees at the Epik Developer's Conference coming up Sept. 15-17 will find a li… Read more
Developing Story: Rob Monster's Grand Plan for Epik.com and Why Parking Won't Be Part Of It
DN Journal's new monthly newsletter is out. We connected with Epik.com Founder Rob Monster to learn more about the upcom… Read more
Another Million $ Sale at Moniker + ccTLD News + Alexa Raad Resigns as .ORG's President & CEO
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Moniker rings up a 7-figure sale in the DOMAINfest New York Extended Online Aucti… Read more
Germany's Top Domain Conference Coming Next Week + Zak Muscovitch Needs Your Vote!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A preview of Germany's biggest domain conference - DomainvermarkterForum - coming… Read more
Prince.com Reigns On DN Journal's Weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart After 6-Figure Sale
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The top sale ranks among the year's 25 biggest to date. Nine… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the DOMAINfest Power Networking Day in New York City
The DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day was held Wednesday (August 18) at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. Confe… Read more
Keynote Speaker Named for 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference
The 1st Annual Epik Domain Developers Conference is coming up Sept. 15-17 in Seattle.The founder of a company that has a… Read more
In the News: DOMAINFest New York, GreatDomains, the Annual .INFO Awards & Ray Neu
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Updates on Wednesday's DOMAINfest in New York, a new online auction at GreatDomai… Read more
Million Dollar Package Sale at Moniker + Pair of 6-Figure Deals Lead New DN Journal Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Domain buyers were very active again this week. Moniker.com… Read more
More Who Are They? Answers + 20 Free Passes to Spain's Domaining III Show Up For Grabs
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we identify the two remaining unnamed domainers from our latest Who Are They? phot… Read more
Real Estate Domain Giant Rob Grant Cuts a Unique Development Deal with Sotheby's Realty
Rob Grant, CEO of RealEstateDirectory.com (who was profiled in our April 2008 Cover Story) and John Burke, President and… Read more
If Parking is Dead How Come A New Company Is Entering the Already Crowded Space?
Parking revenues have fallen so far over the past couple of years that some have declared parking to be dead. I wouldn't… Read more
New DN Journal Domain Sales Report: Buyers Were Back Out in Force This Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Another six-figure sale leads our latest Top 20 Chart and ma… Read more
Companies and Events in the News: DOMAINfest New York, Parked.com & NameDrive.com
A second Keynote Speaker has been added for next week's DOMAINfest New York Power Networking Day...DNWStats.com adds Par… Read more
DNW Stats Fills an Industry Void With a Free Domain Traffic and Revenue Verification Service
Tired of getting ripped off by people selling domains with bogus traffic and revenue statistics? Andrew Allemann's new D… Read more
Who Are They - Round 2: Can You ID These Guys Hanging Out With Domain Pioneer Richard Lau?
Time for another round of everyone's favorite domain game (OK, so maybe it's the only domain game, but we're not too pro… Read more
Hot on the Heels of Good Domain Aftermarket News Buyers Respond By Taking a Break!
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The week started with several reports of sales increases for… Read more
A New Approach to Domain Monetization: My Experience With SmartName's eCommerce Platform
Over the past four months I have been giving the new ecommerce platform at SmartName.com a thorough test to see if their… Read more
Latest Quarterly Domain Sales Data From DN Journal & Sedo Shows Nice Uptick in the Aftermarket
The latest quarterly domain sales data from DNJournal.com & Sedo.com shows a nice uptick in aftermarket activity. Sedo r… Read more
Rick Latona on the Over-Crowded Conference Calendar: Where Does the Madness Stop?
This month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Dublin event will be the first major domain conference ever held in Ireland. In a new interv… Read more
Total Value of 2Q-2010 Domain Sales Jump 26% Over the Previous Quarter & 38% Over A Year Ago
In the latest DN Journal newsletter we break down 2Q-2010 domain sales results which showed a big jump from the previous… Read more
Who Are They? Now We Know! Readers Help Us Match Names With Industry Faces
In my last Lowdown post I asked readers to help us identify some people in our massive industry photo archives that I di… Read more
Sedo On Fire: They Sweep All But Two Entries on DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
Sedo makes a consistently strong showing on our weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart but the company outdid themselves this… Read more
Who Are They? Help Match Unidentified Domainers With Their Photos
Over the years I have taken thousands of photos of domainers at industry events around the world. I noticed in going thr… Read more
Castello Brothers to Deliver Keynote Speech in Spain & Kamila Sekiewicz Settles In At NameDrive
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The Castello Brothers will join Sedo's Tim Schumacher as keynote speakers at next… Read more
.CO Just Went Live But Aftermarket Sales Sites Devoted to the Extension Are Already Operating
The newly re-launched .CO extension just opened for general registration Tuesday but before most new .CO domain owners e… Read more
Five Shows in 14 Days! The August Domain Conference Schedule Will Be The Busiest Ever
Just when you thought the show schedule couldn't get any more crowded, here comes August and the busiest domain conferen… Read more
Pair of ccTLDs Sell For $750,000 as Non .Coms Score Repeat Win Over .Coms on DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and after 7 years of tracking the domain aftermarket we saw s… Read more
.CO Gets Off to a Fast Start - Total Regs Pass the 100,000 Mark Within 30 Minutes of Launch
The .CO extension opened for general registration today and the re-launched TLD got off to a blazing start. Within 30 mi… Read more
People & Companies in the News: .CO, Sedo, ICANN, Rick Schwartz and Rick Silver
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .CO General Registration Just Hours Away, Sedo Pro Forum website goes live, publi… Read more
Country Code Alchemist: How .CA Devotee Rick Silver Is Turning Canadian Websites Into Gold
A new Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. This month we profile Canada's Rick Silver who rules an online empire built o… Read more
Skip Hoagland's Online Empire Expands With Launch of Shooting.com and CarClassifieds.com
Skip Hoagland has always preached that partnerships are the way to get high quality domains developed into popular websi… Read more
.ORG Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary - Do You Know What the 1st .ORG Domain Registered Was?
The venerable .ORG registry is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. It was on July 10, 1985 that the first .ORG d… Read more
F Words Fetch $183,000 to Take the Top Two Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of F words totaling $183,000 set the pace at the top… Read more
Fresh Off Their World Cup Win Spain Is Gearing Up for the Country's Biggest Domain Conference
An international domain conference you may not have heard about before is coming up in Valencia, Spain early this fall.… Read more
ICANN Postscript: Inside Directi's Brussels Beerfest at the World's Best Stocked Bar
You thought ICANN meetings must be boring, right? Well, not if Directi has anything to say about it. At the latest meeti… Read more
Weekend Roundup Featuring .CO, the CFIT-Verisign Legal Battle & Domain Auction News
The Lowdown at DNJournal.com has a Weekend News Roundup featuring details about an extension for the .CO Land Rush, CFIT… Read more
Three 6-Figure Sales (Including a .CA Blockbuster) Light Up DNJ's Latest Leader Board
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. We were away on vacation last week so the latest column is a… Read more
SedoPro Forum Moves To New "World Tour" Format With Multiple Events Around the Globe
The SedoPro Forum is switching to a new World Tour format that will begin next month with a get together in Boston, the… Read more
A Memorable Summer Vacation in a Corner of the Country That the Internet Forgot
I just returned from a memorable vacation that took me across the Carolinas and even beyond the long reach of the Intern… Read more
With TV 's Audience Growing Old, Advertisers Told to Spend Their Money on the Web
Younger viewers are deserting TV in droves, choosing to consume their video online instead. The median age of prime time… Read more
French Company Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking Attempt Against American Serviceman
When it comes to domain arbitration cases, domainers usually get the short end of the stick - even when decisions should… Read more
Game Domain Passes Go, Collects $450,000 to Lead This Week's Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Summer officially arrived this week along with four hot 6-fi… Read more
Like the Lakers DOMAINfest Global Plans Repeat Win By Taking Their 2011 Show Back to L.A.
Just as L.A.'s beloved Lakers repeated as NBA champions last week, the organizers of the DOMAINfest Global conference ha… Read more
ICANN Meeting & .CO Land Rush Get Underway + Castello Brothers Worship the Sun
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: the 38th ICANN internationl ICANN meeting opens in Brussels, Belgium and the .CO… Read more
DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Conference
DN Journal's wire to wire review of Canada's first T.RA.F.F.I.C. conference has just been published. Here are the T.R.A.… Read more
The Latest T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Miami News - Plus Another Embarrassment for NAF Arbitrators
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, The preliminary agenda has been posted and early bird registration opened for the… Read more
7-Figure Sale & a Quartet of 6-Figure Transactions Lead New DN Journal Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Since we were away last week for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver th… Read more
Have Domain Regs Hit the 200 Million Mark? Plus, Andrew Allemann Launches a New Service
A new report from Pingdom.com, building on 1Q-2010 stats released by Verisign, says we are about to (or may already have… Read more
Traffic Vancouver Postscript: The Castello Brothers Cross British Columbia to Visit "The Cherminator"
Legendary Vancouver area domainer Garry Chernoff was not able to make it to last week's Traffic conference, so the Caste… Read more
Center of the Domain Universe: Vancouver + New Industry Websites and Events of Note
Many of the domain industry's movers and shakers are converging on Vancouver, British Columbia for Canada's first-ever T… Read more
Year's First Multi-Million Dollar Sale + Two 6-Figure Deals Top New DN Journal Sales Report
The weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out and it was a very solid 7 days for the aftermarket. After three stra… Read more
A Post Memorial Day Potpourri With Dan Warner, ICANN and .Mobi all in the Mix
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, some background on our new Cover Story about Dan Warner, plus concerns about how… Read more
Dan Warner's Wild Ride: He's Been Up, Down, Over & Out - But He's Still in the Race
New DN Journal Cover Story: The life of former Fabulous.com leader Dan Warner. He has done a hitch in the Navy, worked a… Read more
In the News: T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver & Milan - DOMAINfest Europe - Nelson Brady - E.co Auction
A holiday weekend news roundup from DN Journal includes: The latest update on T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver - Photos from T.R… Read more
Highlights from Verisign's 25 Years of .Com Gala Held Wednesday Night in San Francisco
Verisign staged a 25 Years of .Com Gala Wednesday night in San Francisco co-hosted by comedian Dana Carvey and Sun Micro… Read more
Gamez.com Takes Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart With Solid Sale at Sedo
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A dozen .coms took places on our latest Top 20 Chart with th… Read more
How CentralNic Utilizes the World's Greatest Collection of 2-Letter .Com Domain Names
Yesterday we ran a video interview with CentralNic Founder Robert Pooke who explained how he assembled the world's great… Read more
DN Journal's Video Interview With the Owner of the World's Greatest 2-Letter .Com Collection
Wouldn't it be great to own a 2-letter .com domain like US.com, UK.com, EU.com or LA.com? Or perhaps NO.com, DE.com, CN.… Read more
TechCrunch Launches New Website on a .CO Domain
The .CO registry's innovative Founder's Program is awarding high profile domains to early adopter developers who submit… Read more
Two New Domain Industry Websites Launch and Two Existing Sites Unveil New Features
May has seen the launch of new domain industry websites as well as the addition of new features at existing sites. The n… Read more
Verisign Planning Blowout Party in San Francisco Wednesday to Celebrate .Com's 25th Anniversary
The .com extension turned 25 years old this year and as part of a year-long celebration to mark the anniversary of the w… Read more
Sedo Captures the Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart with Capture.com
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the second straight week no reported sales broke the six… Read more
Another 6-Figure Domain Sale + Educating End Users on How Domains Can Boost Their Business
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The recent surge in high end domain sales continues with another 6-figure sale. Plus… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Preview - DN Journal's Interview With Show Promoter Rick Latona
One of the most highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences in years is coming up June 8-10 when the pioneering indust… Read more
Six and Seven Figure Domain Auction Sales This Week May Help Re-Ignite the Domain Aftermarket
As of this writing, three public 7-figure domain sales have been completed so far in 2010, but all of those were at or j… Read more
DrunkDriving.com Pulled Over at the Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
There were no six or seven figure blockbuster sales this week as the domain aftermarket throttled back to the always bus… Read more
DOMAINfest Ready to Introduce New Conference Twist in Ft. Lauderdale Thursday
With domain conferences popping up everywhere these days, show organizers are trying out new locations, formats and pric… Read more
The New "Crazy Eddie?" - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver Prices Drop "So Low They're INSANE!"
When Rick Latona announced today that he slashed the registration price for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver show to $395, t… Read more
2010 GeoDomain Expo Review: New Orleans Rolls Out the Red Carpet for Domain Developers
DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 GeoDomain Expo is now online, It features dozens of previously unseen phot… Read more
No Sale of SanDiego.com Friday - Noteholder Forecloses and Takes Control of the Domain
As we reported last Monday SanDiego.com was scheduled to be sold in a foreclosure auction Friday (May 7). This morning I… Read more
People & Companies in the News: Directi's Divyank Turakhia, Sedo, IDN Newsletter & DNS.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: 28-year-old Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia is profiled on national TV in Ind… Read more
The Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year Tops DN Journal's Latest Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. I was away covering the GeoDomain Expo in New Orleans last w… Read more
Innovative Domain Auction Service Bido.com Abruptly Calls It Quits
I was surprised and saddened to get today's news that innovative domain auction service Bido.com is closing down effecti… Read more
SnapNames/Oversee Files Suit Against Formed VP and Alleged Shill Bidder Nelson Brady
SnapNames.com and its parent company Oversee.net today announced they have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal co… Read more
SanDiego.com To Go Up For Sale in a Public Foreclosure Auction Friday (May 7)
I have learned that the assets of SD Acquisitions LLC, owner of the SanDiego.com domain name, will go up for public auct… Read more
Median Domain Sale Prices Increased In 1Q-2010 But Total Dollar Volume Was Down
An analysis of domain sales reported to us in the 1st quarter of 2010 showed that total dollar volume was down 18% from… Read more
DN Journal Cover Story: How Bill Karamouzis is Cooking Up an Online Gaming Empire
A new cover story is out at DNJournal.com. Few domain sales have set more tongues wagging than the $350,000 sale of Cook… Read more
News Roundup Led By Revelations Embarrassing to Domain Arbitrators & Complainants
In the Lowdown at DNJournal.com we're closing the week with a roundup of recent developments led by some embarrassing sh… Read more
GeoDomainers in the News: Scottsdale.com's Fred Mercaldo & Missouri.me's Bruce Marler
When I head over to New Orleans for the GeoDomain Expo next week I will be looking forward to seeing two of the sharpest… Read more
1-800-BUSINESS LLC to Auction Off Domain Name and Matching Toll Free Phone Number
1-800-BUSINESS LLC, a company that was formed to operate a business around the toll-free vanity number, 1-800-BUSINESS a… Read more
Blockbuster $300,000 Brazilian ccTLD Sale Tops This Week's DN Journal Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, The year's 2nd biggest ccTLD sale and the largest sale ever… Read more
New Site Devoted Entirely to .Tel Domain Owners Goes Live
Fans of the .tel extension got a new resource to draw on today when the TelMasters.com website went live. The site was f… Read more
GeoDomain Expo Posts Speaker Information & DOMAINfest Unveils Auction Pre-Bidding System
GeoDomain Expo organizers have posted more speaker and session information for the event coming up April 28-30 in New Or… Read more
Companies in the News: GoDaddy Auctions, The AfternicDLS and LogicBoxes
GoDaddy Auctions, the AfternicDLS and LogicBoxes all announced new service offerings today. GoDaddy added a public fixed… Read more
Oversee's Moniker and SnapNames Units Report 42% Jump in 1Q-2010 Domain Sales
Oversee.net says things are looking up for the domain aftermarket. Their Moniker and SnapNames divisions reported a 42%… Read more
Sofas.com Lounges at Top of This Week's Domain Sales Chart After $231,500 Sale
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of six-figure sales head our latest Top 20 list. Five… Read more
Multi-Million Dollar Domain Broker Tessa Holcomb Joins PPX & New Partner DomainManager.com
Tessa Holcomb, who brokered several million dollars worth of domain sales at Sedo has taken a new dual position with PPX… Read more
Consultant Says New gTLDs Will Banish .Com to Less Professional, Mom-and-Pop Operations
I was interviewed for an article posted on AOL News today. The reporter asked for my reaction to a comment from an attor… Read more
Chef Patrick Joins The Corporate World - Dude, What Were You Thinking!?
It's not often that you see freewheeling entrepreneurs like Patrick Ruddell taking a job in a big corporation, but it ju… Read more
Rick Latona Unveils Daily 24-Hour Domain Auction & Sedo Rings Up $785,000 in .TV Sales
Rick Latona converts his popular domain sales newsletter into a daily 24-hour auction that will run on the Latonas.com p… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan & GeoDomain Expo Agendas Firmed Up - Shows Only 3 Weeks Away
With the opening sessions at two major domain conferences, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in Milan, Italy and the GeoDomain Expo in New… Read more
Year's Biggest Sale To Date Soars to Top of DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was a good week for the aftermarket with a 7-figure block… Read more
NameMedia Deal With Register.com Opens Up New Sales Opportunity for Domain Owners
Major registrar Register.com has signed an agreement to join NameMedia's Domain Listing Service, the AfternicDLS. The… Read more
Rick Latona Auctions Parts Ways With President David Clements
In a Sunday surprise, Rick Latona announced that he and Rick Latona Auctions President David Clements are going their se… Read more
GeoDomain Expo Preview: 3 Days in New Orleans Devoted to Networking & Domain Development
The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will run April 28-30 at the historic Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New Orleans. To give you… Read more
Hard Deadline for GeoDomain Expo Hotel Rooms Coming Up Tuesday (April 6)
If you plan to go to the 2010 GeoDomain Expo and have not yet booked a room for the April 28-30 show at the Roosevelt Ho… Read more
Digital Marketers Says Domain Names Are a Key Factor in Successful Marketing Campaigns
A vast majority of respondents in a new Sedo survey of digital marketers said owning the right domain name is a key fact… Read more
2nd Highest .Com Sale Reported Year To Date Tops New Weekly Chart at DNJournal.com
The 2nd best .com domain sale reported so far this year gave Sedo the top spot on DN Journal's new Top 20 Sales Chart. T… Read more
GeoDomain Owners Organization Associated Cities Reboots as a Non-Profit Trade Association
Associated Cities, the association of geodomain owners that stages the annual GeoDomain Expo, has transformed itself fro… Read more
DOMAINfest Expands With Two New 1-Day Shows & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Adds a 2nd Auction
The constantly growing domain conference calendar expanded yet again today when DomainSponsor announced a pair of new on… Read more
Companies in the News: Sedo, DomainConsultant, SocialDomainers.com & Domainbie.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sedo's parent company gets a new but familiar name. Plus, news from DomainConsult… Read more
Year's 2nd Biggest .Org Sale Reported Along With 3rd Highest.Com & 5th Biggest ccTLD
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com with high ranking sales reported in every category. We saw th… Read more
Howard Neu Enters the Blogosphere + Sendori Gets 2 Patents Related to Domain Leasing
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu has entered the blogosphere after receiving HowardNeu.com as a birthday gift from h… Read more
Extreme Makeover for Premium .TV Prices - New Registrants Rejoice But Will Old Ones Riot?
.TV registry operator Verisign has blown up their previous business model for the extension. Prices have been slashed on… Read more
Auction Action Heats Up: SnapNames Reports 335K Sale & 2 More Big Events Get Underway
With spring on the way temperatures aren't the only things heating up. Auction activity is breaking out all over. SnapNa… Read more
Former Moniker VP Victor Pitts Moves to DomainIt.com + Sex.com Auction Called Off
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Industry veteran Victor Pitts, who recently left his position as a Vice President… Read more
One of the Year's 5 Biggest Domain Sales Tops This Week's Chart at DNJournal.com
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One of the five biggest sales of 2010 took the top spot on o… Read more
Sedo and Verisign Teaming Up to Auction Off the Entire Available Catalog of Premium .TV Domains
Sedo announced today that they are teaming up with Verisign (the operator of the .tv registry) to stage an exclusive auc… Read more
Demand Media Featured in Special Issue of Time Magazine + .Com Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Time Magazine has published an Annual Special Issue that features an article about one of the biggest companies in the d… Read more
A Domain Industry Climb Team Member Describes What it Took to Conquer Mount Kilimanjaro
DN Journal's new monthly newsletter has the first detailed account of a domain industry climb team's conquest of Mount K… Read more
New Online Magazine Devoted to ccTLDs Launches + ICANN Announces Trademark Clearinghouse
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new online magazine focusing entirely on ccTLDs has launched at ccTLDInvestors.… Read more
ShopCity.com Launches Nationwide Shopping Network Offering Local Partnership Opportunities
ShopCity.com is rolling out an innovative nationwide local shopping network that is offering career opportunities to par… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Puts Out Call for Test Track Participants & Live Auction Submissions
If you have an early stage company with a great domain, great idea, or both, and you are looking for investors to help y… Read more
New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com - Guns.com Mows Down the Competition
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Guns.com staged a clean getaway - topping the chart with a s… Read more
For the 1st Time Digital Advertising To Outstrip Print in 2010 + .CO Launch Plan Unveiled
A major new market survey of American advertisers and marketers says this will be the year when digital advertising fina… Read more
Moniker Completes Year's Biggest .Com Sale To Date at $800,000
We have learned that Moniker.com has completed the biggest .com sale reported so far this year at $800,000. It is the th… Read more
The Rise (and Fall?) of Domain Conferences - For Years They Have Thrived But Can They Survive Oversaturation?
New Cover Story: The 2010 conference schedule began with 3 shows in 23 days - an average of one every 8 days! Can the in… Read more
Domain Industry Climb Team Reaches the Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro & Returns Safely to Base
The group of more than two dozen domain industry pros who went to Tanzania, Africa to climb Mount Kiliminjaro in a fund… Read more
Skip Hoagland Adds Another .Com GeoDomain to His World Class Collection
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Geodomain giant Skip Hoagland has joined with a partner to purchase a .com city d… Read more
1st Domain Conference/Cruise Announced + an Update on the Domainers Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Domain conferences have been held on land in various corners of the globe over th… Read more
DOMAINfest Announces Return to Europe With Conference in Prague October 6-7, 2010
Four years after their first European conference in Barcelona, Spain, DOMAINfest will return to the Continent for a big… Read more
Peddle to the Metal: $165,000 Sale at Sedo Wins This Week's Domain Aftermarket Race
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A 165K sale at Sedo scored a runaway win in this week's afte… Read more
Registration for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan Opens With Some Very Attractive Early Bird Prices
Registration for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up in Milan, Italy April 27-29 opened today with some exceptionall… Read more
Mike Zapolin's PrescriptionDrugs.com Website Earns Spot in Harvard Business School Contest
Michael Zappy Zapolin has scored a major honor for his latest category killing domain name development project - Prescri… Read more
New Owner of UDRP.com Turns Out to Be Both a Domain Investor AND an End User
Bido.com sold UDRP.com for $16,500 last week. Considering the fact that each side in a single UDRP dispute typically spe… Read more
DevHub.com Completes Seattle Office Expansion - Major Platform Upgrades Coming Next
DevHub just completed a big office expansion project. Next, Co-founder Mark Michael says DevHUb will be introducing some… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Dialed Everything Up a Notch For the Show's Second Run in New Orleans
Dn Journal's comprehensive review of the 2nd Annual Domainer Mardi Gras Conference has just been published. This wire to… Read more
Two Dozen Domainers Set to Begin Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro Monday!
On Monday at least two dozen men and women representing the domain industry will begin a climb of more than 19,000 feet… Read more
Nice Week For the Domain Aftermarket With a Million $ Sale and Two Six-Figure Deals
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The highlights include the year's first seven-figure sale, t… Read more
Registration Opens and Keynote Speaker Named for 2010 GeoDomain Expo in New Orleans
The 2010 GeoDomain Expo will be held in the Big Easy at the luxurious Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel April 28-30. Associate… Read more
Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia is Featured on Bloomberg's UTV Network
Directi Co-Founder & Skenzo Founder, 28-year-old Divyank Turakhia, runs one of the fastest growing companies in all of A… Read more
Exclusive: Poker.org Buyer Reveals They Also Bought the 2nd Most Expensive .Org Domain Ever
The owners of PokerCompany.com made history last week when they purchased Poker.org for $1 million, by far the highest p… Read more
After 3 Weeks Away From Home It's Payback Time + Sedo Confirms $1 Million Poker.org Sale
After being away from home three of the past four weeks covering domain conferences (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas, DOMAINfes… Read more
Creating Goodwill for Your Business and GeoDomain Websites Through Community Involvement
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A case study in how to create goodwill for your business and drive traffic to you… Read more
No Blockbusters But the Middle of the Domain Aftermarket Boomed Over the Past 7 Days
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Though no 6-figure sales were reported this week there was a… Read more
The Royal Connection Between Ron Jackson, King Tut and the Castello Brothers
The Castello Brothers have developed successful websites on a number of great domain names including PalmSprings.com, Na… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Forecast: Cold & Wet With a Few Missing Guests But Rain Won't Stop This Parade
The Domainer Mardi Gras conference gets underway tonight in New Orleans. The forecast calls for a steady rain starting a… Read more
First Video Interview in Morgan Linton's New Domain TV Series is Online - Dozens More to Come
At T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas and DOMAINfest Global Morgan Linton shot dozens of video interviews for an ambitious new ser… Read more
Biking.com Brakes At #1 on This Week's Domain Sales Chart - South African ccTLD Takes #2
The new Weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Biking.com raced to the top of our all extension leader boar… Read more
Traditional Media Execs Met the Castello Brothers Today & Found Out Who Ate Their Lunch!
The Castello Brothers, David and Michael, spoke at Borrell Associates' Local Online Advertising Conference in New York C… Read more
Stars Lining Up For Domainer Mardi Gras - Saints Super Bowl Win Will Take it to a New Level
The Domainer Mardi Gras conference will be held in New Orleans Thursday through Saturday. With the Mardi Gras celebratio… Read more
Opportunity is Knocking & DOMAINfest Attendees Ready to Answer After Record Breaking Show
DN Journal's comprehensive review of the DOMAINfest Global conference that ran January 26-28 in Santa Monica, California… Read more
New Leader, New Venue & New Format Made T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas a Pivotal Event
DN Journal's comprehensive review of the 2010 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference has just been published. Our daily rep… Read more
.SE Registry Claims Victory Over .Com - New Report Says .Com Losing Foothold in Sweden
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Sweden's .SE Registry claims victory over .Com. According to a report published b… Read more
With the ccTLD Market Booming Drop.com.au is Zeroing In On Expiring Australian Domains
With the ccTLD market on an upward trajectory, dropcatching service Drop.com.au has joined the growing competition for e… Read more
The ccTLD That Represents a Place Where No One Lives!
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The ccTLD that represents a place with a population of ZERO! Plus five more count… Read more
Quarter Million Dollar Sale of Boating.com Tops Latest Domain Aftermarket Action
The latest domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Boating.com docked at $250,000 to top domain aftermarket action… Read more
Total Reported Domain Sales for 2009 Fall 12.5% But ccTLD Sales Soar 28%
DNJournal.com's new monthly newsletter is out. It reports that total reported domain sales dropped 12.5% in 2009, howeve… Read more
AOL Loses Battle in TM War With Advertise.com - Will It Impact Aborted $1.4M Ad.com Sale?
A Federal Appellate Court has ruled against AOL and given Advertise.com the right to continue doing business under their… Read more
Domain Auction to Raise Funds for Haiti Earthquake Victims + Mr. Latona's Wild Ride
An online domain auction to raise money for Haiti earthquake victims will get underway Friday... the .LU IDN sunrise ope… Read more
Companies in the News: T.R.A.F.F.I.C., DOMAINfest and Mocus.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Pre-Bidding opens for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas auction, DOMAINfest Global pos… Read more
With Back to Back Domain Conferences Starting This Week We're Playing Beat the Clock!
Back to back domain conferences get underway Thursday when the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference opens in Las Vegas. DOMAINfest… Read more
16 Domain Experts Sound Off in DN Journal's 6th Annual State of the Industry Report
The January Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com and as we do at the start of every year, we asked some of the industry's… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Keynote Speaker Promises to Help You Succeed in Your Business
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas names the Keynote Speaker for next week's conference at the Hard Rock Hotel. He has co-authored… Read more
New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com Topped by ccTLD Blockbuster
The New Year's first full week of domain sales is now in the books. Sedo helped get 2010 off to a rousing start by closi… Read more
DOMAINfest Global Hotel Sells Out and IDNTools.com Takes a Bow in Times Square
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Rooms have sold out at the host hotel for DOMAINfest Global but organizers have f… Read more
HyperLocal Online Media Sites Soaring While Old Platforms Continue to Sink
While newspapers have been decimated by the economics transforming today's media industry, Web sites that report news an… Read more
2010 DOMAINfest Global Preview: An Inside Look at What DFG Has in Store For You This Year
DOMAINfest Global 2010 is coming up later this month and all indications are that attendees will be enjoying another wor… Read more
Howard Neu & Danny Pryor Join Domain Aftermarket Competition With New Sales Platform
Another competitor joined the domain aftermarket fray Wednesday when T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu and Rodan Medi… Read more
$350,000 Deal at NoktaDomains Tops New Weekly Domain Sales Chart at DNJournal.com
The final week of the 2009 domain sales season saw the kind of light overall activity you expect over the holidays but i… Read more
Hypnotic New Album from Domainer's Daughter Lizzy Grant Now Available on iTunes
The debut album from recording artist and domainer's daughter Lizzy Grant (stage name Lana Del Ray) was released on iTun… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas Offers Private Test Track Option & DomainState Goes Up For Sale
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The upcoming T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas conference introduces a private option for… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas 2010 Preview: DN Journal Interview With Show Promoter Rick Latona
There have been many landmark shows in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. series and the upcoming show at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Veg… Read more
Reflections on the End of a Year (and a Decade) and the Start of New Ones
A fleeting masterpiece appeared in my backyard this morning. I was struck by how appropriate it was to see this on the l… Read more
The "Decade From Hell" Ends Friday But I'll Have Fond Memories of the Aughts
Another decade will end less than 36 hours from now and according to a new report from the The Pew Research Center peopl… Read more
.Com GeoDomain and 8 ccTLDs Dominate DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A nice .com geodomain set the pace with four ccTLDs rounding… Read more
RootOrange.com Contest Offers Free Ticket and Hotel Room for DOMAINfest Global
In an effort to persuade people to try their new domain leasing monetization system, Root Orange is running a contest th… Read more
Plunge in Parking Revenue Spurs Spate of New Domain Monetization Options
A plunge in parking revenue this year left domain owners hunting for new monetization options that might offer better re… Read more
Biggest Online Shopping Day Ever!
Though overall Christmas retail sales were sluggish, online sales were a bright spot this year. comScore reported that D… Read more
North Carolina Domainer Launches New Non-Profit Domain Name Knowledge Base Site
North Carolina based domainer Abdu Tarabichi has launched a new non-profit website - the Domain Name Knowledge Base - th… Read more
.INFO Annual Report Says the World's #7 TLD Tops All New TLDs With 5.3 Million Registrations
.INFO registry operator Afilias released its 2009 .INFO Annual Report this week. The extension currently ranks 7th in to… Read more
For the 2nd Week in a Row a Record IDN Sale is Reported and It Leads the New DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out DNJournal.com. A pair of previously unreported .de (German ccTLD) blockbusters… Read more
The Sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - Part 3 - "Going to the Dogs"
Elliot Silver has announced his latest site development project at DogWalker.com.This site exemplifies two things you ne… Read more
The Sky is Bright for Domain Owners Who Diversified - Part 2
My last Lowdown post on Friday was about 4 domain owners who are taking control of their own destinies with domain devel… Read more
Life in the Fast Lane: Rick Latona Got a Late Start But He's Quickly Closing In on the Competition
The new December Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. This exclusive profile of a man who seems to be EVERYWHERE these d… Read more
The Economy is Bad and PPC is Worse But The Sky is Bright for These Domain Owners Who Diversified
The economy is crippled and PPC has fallen off a cliff, but skies are blue for many domain owners who diversified into d… Read more
January Conferences Unveil Attractive Agendas & Verisign Plays Scrooge Again
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The 2010 domain conference schedule gets underway next month with two major shows… Read more
Is Holding Out a Tin Cup the Best Way to Monetize a Website With 5 Million Visitors a Month?
MiamiHerald.com is about to find out. In an effort to survive the historic media shift from traditional platforms to the… Read more
Big Sale of Barns.com & Landmark IDN Deal Top DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Report
A pair of nice six-figure sales headline this week's domain sales report at DNJournal.com. Barns.com bagged the top spot… Read more
PPC Revenue is Finally Expected to Begin Rebounding in 2010
Many domain owners have seen their PPC revenue drop by 75% or more, but we may finally witness an end to the carnage in… Read more
Misadventures in Brick & Mortar Land + WhyPark Charity Auction Opens at Latonas.com
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Ron Jackson is back from a family visit to the frozen north. A Christmas shopping… Read more
6-Figure Sale at Sedo Sits Atop DN Journal's Latest Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo.com took the pole position on our latest Top 20 Domain… Read more
Online Ad Spending About to Bounce Back? New Survey Indicates a Turnaround is Near
A new survey of more than 1,000 global business leaders indicates that online ad spending will finally rebound in 2010.… Read more
Conference in L.A. This Week & Free Webinar Aim to Help You Cash in on Local Advertising
Are you among the many domain developers who are building sites aimed at attracting revenue from local advertisers? If s… Read more
New Domain Sales Site Launched by Industry Heavyweight Andrew Miller
The number of options for buyers in the domain aftermarket continues to grow. Andrew Miller, co-founder of industry heav… Read more
Antivirus Company Names the World's Most Dangerous Domain (.Com Gets Dinged Too)
McAfee, one the of largest manufacturers of anti-virus software, just named Cameroon's .cm country code extension the ri… Read more
7-Figure Sale Rules This Week's Domain Sales Chart Backed By Two Big 6-Figure Deals
The new weekly domain sales chart is out at DNJournal.com. There are three heavyweights totaling $2.2 million at the sum… Read more
Websites to Replace Retail Stores Within 5 Years? If Prediction Comes True Domains Will Rule
Imagine what domain names that define various categories of products and services would be worth if websites replaced al… Read more
New York Times Weighs in On the "Kids" Who Are Taking Over the Media World
New online media platforms have siphoned away much of traditional media's audience, but a New York Times reporter says t… Read more
Great Domains & VC Dollars Are Helping 30-Year-Old Jay Penske Build a New Media Empire
With acquisitions of Mail.com, Fan.com, Deadline.com & others, the 30-year-old son of auto racing legend Roger Penske is… Read more
When Millions of Americans Gather to Give Thanks Thursday 17 Members of Our Family Will Be Among Them
We're getting the decks cleared here so we can join the rest of the U.S. in celebrating one of America's biggest holiday… Read more
3-Letter Swedish ccTLD Sells for Six Figures to Top DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. It was another solid week led by one of the year's 10 bigges… Read more
Former Fabulous.com Exec Dan Warner Named CEO at DomainAdvertising.com
DomainAdvertising.com has named industry veteran Dan Warner as the company's new CEO. Warner is a well-known figure in t… Read more
German GeoDomain Website Wins $7,500 First Prize in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A German geodomain website has won the $7,500 First Prize in the 2009 .INFO Award… Read more
SnapNames Shill Bidding Scandal Leads to Another Class Action Lawsuit Against Oversee.net
The insider shill bidding scandal at SnapNames.com has resulted in a 2nd class action lawsuit being filed against SnapNa… Read more
Domain Aftermarket Options Are Expanding As Industry Players Launch New Sales Platforms
Options in the domain aftermarket are expanding with the launch of several new sales platforms by established industry p… Read more
With IDNs Finally on the Fast Track the Global Domain Market May Get a Boost
DN Journal's new monthly newsletter features an interview with two IDN experts on what the new fast track process starte… Read more
ccTLD Boom Fuels Interest in Canada's .ca & Howard Neu Gets on the Development Bandwagon
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: The boom in ccTLD sales is fueling interest in many extensions representing first… Read more
Whiskey.com Bellies Up to the Bar For a 6-Figure Deal That Tops DN Journal's Weekly Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Whiskey.com washed down $185,000 to whip all comers. Another… Read more
Domain Attorney Ari Goldberger Goes Hollywood With an Appearance on HBO
If you were watching HBO's hit comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm Nov. 8th, you may have noticed a familiar face in one scene.… Read more
First Known Criminal Indictment of a Domain Thief Has Been Handed Down by NJ Attorney General
In August we told you about the arrest of Danny Goncalves, the man accused of stealing P2P.com and selling it on Ebay fo… Read more
After 7 Months Away on a Military Mission, Steve Morales is Back on the GeoDomain Beat
Steve Morales has resumed his geodomain duties at SimplyGeo.com LLC after a U.S. Army mission abruptly took him away for… Read more
Bad News Comes in Threes? eNom Founder Paul Stahura Leaves Demand Media
After reporting the departure of two NameMedia Senior VP's earlier today, we now convey the news that eNom Founder and D… Read more
A Second NameMedia Senior VP, Brian Carr, Has Reportedly Left the Company
Earlier today we reported that NameMedia Senior VP Pete Lamson, who was also General Manager of the AfternicDLS and BuyD… Read more
AfternicDLS and BuyDomains General Manager Pete Lamson Leaves NameMedia
Senior Vice President Pete Lamson has left NameMedia where he ran two of the domain industry's biggest sales platforms;… Read more
GeoDomain Giant Skip Hoagland Teams Up With Databanq to Launch ChamberOfCommerce.com
Skip Hoagland's company, Domains New Media, has teamed up with Databanq to launch a major new site at ChamberOfCommerce.… Read more
Sedo Sweeps the First 8 Positions on DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There were no blockbusters this week but Sedo rang up a buck… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Posts the Initial Agenda for their February 2010 Show in New Orleans
Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference have posted the Initial agenda for their February 2010 show in New Orle… Read more
Latest Developments in the SnapNames Shill Bidding Scandal
The first class action lawsuit has been filed in the shill bidding scandal at SnapNames that continues to dominate conve… Read more
2009 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference Marks the End of an Era
DNJournal's comprehensive review of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, including dozens of previously unreleased ph… Read more
Companies in the News: Sedo, Moniker, Neustar, Pool.com and eBusinessDomains.com
Today in t he Lowdown at DNJournal.com: News from Sedo, Moniker, Neustar, Pool.com and eBusinessDomains.com, Sedo kicks… Read more
Photos of Alleged SnapNames Shill Bidder Nelson Brady & Our Thoughts on the Scandal
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos of alleged SnapNames shill bidder Nelson Brady and our thoughts… Read more
Best.com Bags Top Spot on DNJ Domain Sales Chart Covering the Past Two Weeks
I was away covering the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference last week so we have published a double-length report for you… Read more
Sedo's First Ever Two-Character .Com and .Net Domain Auction Gets Underway Thursday
Sedo will open a week-long online auction featuring only two-character .com and .net domain names on Thursday. Names sch… Read more
Finalists Named for 2009 .INFO Awards - Top 3 in Public Voting This Week Will Split $15,500
Owners of ten .info websites have been named finalists in the 2009 .INFO Awards Contest. That group will be whittled dow… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Closing Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
The Lowdown at DN Journal has photos & highlights from the Closing Day at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York: Annual Award Winners,… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the 1st Full Day (and Night) at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference
Tuesday was a busy day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference, starting at 10am and running into the wee hours of thi… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Opening Night at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York + Breaking News
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference opened with a welcoming cocktail party last night. In private conversations we le… Read more
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York Conference Gets Underway This Evening
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference gets underway this evening at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. We will be there to c… Read more
MythBuster: Former Farmer Gregg McNair Proves Opportunties Still Abound in the Domain Business
The new October Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Some say the really BIG opportunities in the domain business disapp… Read more
Sedo Provides Evidence Showing DDOS Attack Had Little Impact on GreatDomains Auction
Sedo has provided us with statistics and individual auction logs showing that DDOS attacks against their site on Thursda… Read more
Newspaper Reporters Urge Publishers to Move More Quickly from Print to Online Distribution
Though owners of traditional media outlets may still be hostile to the web, a new study says nearly half of their report… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York - the Last Conference That Will Feature 2 Competing Live Auctions
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York gets underway Monday evening and this will be the last show to feature multiple live domain auct… Read more
One of 2009's 20 Biggest Sales & The Year's 2nd Highest ccTLD Sale Top New DNJ Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo tops the chart with a pair of six-figure sales that ran… Read more
Video Drives New Traffic to Chicago.com & Afilias Offers Big Cash Prizes to the Best .Info Websites
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: A new video featuring a local comedian is driving traffic to Chicago.com....Afili… Read more
Partners in Paradise: Our Review of the 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum in Key West, Florida
The 2009 SedoPro Partner Forum was held at the Waldorf Astoria's Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida October 7-9. WI… Read more
Going for the Gold: Domain Developers Report Growth in Their Enterprises Despite the Recession
A number of domain owners who have headed down the development path are reporting major product launches and growth in t… Read more
Final Agenda Released For T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York + Other Tidbits to Tide You Over This Weekend
The final agenda has been released for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference coming up in New York City October 26-29. We have d… Read more
How Rick Schwartz, Rick Latona & 3 Other Industry Figures REALLY Made Their Money
I have always assumed that T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Rick Schwartz, all-around industry impresario Rick Latona, Moniker… Read more
Previously Undisclosed 600K Sale is One of 3 Blockbusters at Top of DN Journal Sales Report
The new weekly DN Journal domain sales report is out (this one actually covers two weeks since we were away for a confer… Read more
Castello Brothers Join Fred Mercaldo To Launch Another Development at Manicure.com
The Castello Brothers have joined Fred Mercaldo to launch another developed website at Manicure.com. The domain will ser… Read more
More T.R.A.F.F.I.C. NY News, Plus Links to Free Passes for a Pair of Appealing Domain Webinars
Tonight in DN Journal's Lowdown: Ron's on the late shift after spending the day replacing a totaled SUV. More on that, p… Read more
CNN Anchorman Rick Sanchez to Speak at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York
CNN Anchorman Rick Sanchez will deliver the keynote address at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York conference October 27th. Ther… Read more
Exclusive T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York 2009 Preview - This Year's Theme is "Survival"
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference is returning to New York October 26-29. At last year's NYC show, the economy had just ente… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the Final 24 Hours at the SedoPro Partners Forum in Key West
This weekend in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from from the final 24 hours at the SedoPro Partners… Read more
3rd Quarter Domain Sales Equal Year Ago Level and Rise 15% From the Previous Quarter
Despite the recession, third quarter domain sales matched the year ago level for the same quarter and rose 15% from the… Read more
Photos & Highlights from the 2009 MeetDomainers Conference In Warsaw
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the 2nd Annual MeetDomainers Conference that concluded… Read more
ICA Legal Counsel Says New Agreement Likely to Delay New gTLDs As Focus Shifts to IDNs
Internet Commerce Association Legal Counsel Phil Corwin says the new Agreement of Commitments between ICANN and the U.S.… Read more
.Biz Banks Big Bucks, Sedo Co-Founders Sell Out & U.S. Loosens ICANN Leash
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: .Biz bags over $360,000 in an auction of 1-character domains (including $66,000 f… Read more
Six-Figure Country Code Sale Beats All Comers in This Week's Domain Aftermarket Action
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A British ccTLD reigns over our weekly Top 20 Sales Chart an… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Hand Five of Next Year's Six Shows Over to Rick Latona
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founders Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu say they will turn responsibility for five of six 2010 conferenc… Read more
Castello Brothers Secure the Services of a Legendary Local TV Personality for Nashville .com
GeoDomainers continue to raid traditional media for talent as the Castello Brothers secure the services of legendary loc… Read more
People Who Use the Internet Have a More Positive View of PPC Than SEO. Really?
Do people who use the Internet have a more positive view of PPC ads than SEO? A search engine called What Does The Inter… Read more
Companies in the News: DOMAINfest Global, Neustar and Sedo
DOMAINfest Global has named the Keynote Speaker for their January conference in Santa Monica, California, Registry opera… Read more
The High End of the Domain Aftermarket Stages a Comeback With Five 6-Figure Deals
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the aftermarket staged a comeback this week… Read more
New ICANN CEO Takes a Slap at Domain Investors in Letter to Congressmen
Those who have been wondering where new ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom would come down on the organization's highly controvers… Read more
The Domain Auction Houses Will Be Hopping the Remainder of This Week
The remainder of this week will be exceptionally busy ones for most of the major domain auction houses. Starting tomorro… Read more
Despite Repeated Setbacks Aron Meystedt Never Quit & Now His Persistence is Paying Off
The new September Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. Despite nearly a dozen false starts, 29-year-old entrepreneur Aro… Read more
New Verisign Report Says the Total Number of Registered Domains Rose 9% Since Last Year
Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief reports the total number of registered domains worldwide jumped 9… Read more
New Study Provides Good News for Domain Owners Who Are Developing Content-Rich Websites
A new six-year study provides good news for domain owners who are developing their own content-rich websites. Data from… Read more
Expect ICANN's Planned Rollout of New gTLDs to Be Delayed Again
ICANN plans to begin its rollout of an unlimited number of new gTLDs in the first quarter of 2010 but we are hearing t… Read more
Free Webinar Offers to Show You "How to Sell Domain Names Fast and for Maximum Value"
A free webinar next week is offering to show you How to Sell Domain Names Fast and for Maximum Value. That is a tall ord… Read more
Highest Hyphenated Domain Sale Ever Reported Leads This Week's Top 20 Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Hyphenated domains have always been viewed with disdain by A… Read more
New Conference Aims to Help You Sell More of Your Online Ad Space to Local Businesses
A new conference coming to New York City in February plans to provide expert advice on selling your online ad space to l… Read more
Blog Publishers See Ad Revenues Soar & .Biz Gets a Boost from 1-Letter Domain Development
A New York Times report says ad revenues for popular blogs soared in the first half of 2009 while their old media counte… Read more
TrafficZ and GM Jonathan Boswell Part Ways, Boswell to Run His Own Monetization Company
TrafficZ and General Manager Jonathan Boswell have parted company. Boswell has now turned his attention to his own SEM o… Read more
Conference Promoters Sweeten the Pot With Added Incentives to Attract Early Bird Registrants
Organizers of next month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York City and the Domainer Mardi Gras conference coming to N… Read more
Wild Week for Domain Sales: $2.8 Million ccTLD Sale Revealed + 600K .com & BIG .Mobi Deal
The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and it was an especially interesting week with Christian.com find… Read more
Spreading the News: How a Home Grown Media Corps Helped Trigger a Boom in the Domain Business
Domain blogs, forums, publications, podcasts and video productions have provided the tools that have helped many newcome… Read more
Moniker Brokers 6-Figure Sale of Casino.mobi
Oversee.net has announced that its Moniker.com division has successfully brokered a 6-figure sale of Casino.mobi to Info… Read more
Should We Declare War on Domaining.com?
The content on Domaining.com consists of headlines culled from industry blogs and publications (including DNJournal.com)… Read more
Has ICANN Opened Pandora's Box? New gTLD Lawsuits & Recriminations Already Underway
New gTLDs are still months away but the lawsuits and recriminations have already begun. Turf battles over who gets to ru… Read more
Year's 6th Reported 7-Figure Deal Tops DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report
Sedo rang up the year's 6th reported 7-figure domain sale this past week and went on to sweep the first five spots on ou… Read more
Neustar Gets Nod to Operate .CO Registry & Creates .BIZ Buzz By Releasing 1 & 2 Character Domains
With announcements yesterday and today, Neustar, the operator of the .BIZ registry, laid out plans to release all of the… Read more
Industry Pioneer Warren Weitzman Regains Stolen Domains - Explains How Theft Happened
Last month we told you about a major domain hijacking incident in which more than a dozen names were stolen from industr… Read more
Rumble in the Domain Jungle: 2010 To Open With 3 Domain Conferences in Less Than 4 Weeks
TRAFFIC is going back to Las Vegas for a big show at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino January 21-23. That is just 3 days bef… Read more
Public Company Merges With Minds + Machines to Chase New Top Level Domains
Top Level Domain Holdings, Ltd. today announced that it has completed a merger with Minds + Machines, a leading registry… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Announces Dates and New Location for 2010 Conference in New Orleans
Organizers of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference announced today that they will be back in the Big Easy next February at… Read more
Richard Gabriel Sells DropShippers.com for $1.5 Million - His 2nd Seven-Figure Sale in 5 Months
Richard Gabriel, the man who sold Auction.com for $1.7 million in March has just closed another blockbuster deal, moving… Read more
.Pro Set to Offer 1, 2 and 3-Character Domains & .Mobi Launches New Resource Center
RegistryPro, the operator of the .pro TLD, says it has reached an agreement with ICANN that will allow them to release a… Read more
AfternicDLS Continues Expansion With New Partnership & Latona Releases Catalog for Next Auction
The AfternicDLS has expanded its global domain sales network again, this time through a partnership with FreshDrop.net.… Read more
Four 6-Figure Sales Lead the Pack as the Aftermarket Continues to Defy the Dog Days of Summer
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The new column actually covers the past two weeks of action… Read more
Wedding Bells Ring for Rubber Duck (AKA Dave Wrixon) & New GM Exchanges Vows With Oversee
Marriages made in heaven? Veteran domain industry exec Craig Snyder (Internet REIT & Marchex) exchanges vows with Overse… Read more
My Supernatural Vacation: A Remote Beach, A Victorian Mansion & A Ghostly Encounter
Ron Jackson is back from vacation with an account of a diverse week divided between one of the world's most remote beach… Read more
Sedo Reports Strong 2nd Quarter Domain Sales: Their Average .Net Price Topped .Com!
Sedo says that, despite the recession, demand for premium generic domain names remained strong at their site in the 2nd… Read more
Companies Owned By One of World's Richest Men Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Hijacking
This was not a good week for one of the world's richest men - Hong Kong based billionaire Li Ka Shing. A WIPO panel rule… Read more
Wikipedia Wakes Up: Stops Redirecting Domaining Searches to a Cybersquatting Page
Wikipedia had yielded to protests from the domain community and stopped redirecting people to a page on cybersquatting w… Read more
ICA Says Congressional Challenge Could Delay New gTLDS Planned By ICANN
Major Breaking News: ICANN's plans to break ties with the United States has hit a roadblock as several key U.S. Congress… Read more
Strong Week of Domain Sales Overcomes the Summer Doldrums
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com, A pair of blockbusters headline our new Top 20 Chart. One ra… Read more
Open Season on Domainers: L.A. Times & Wikipedia Abandon Objectivity and Accuracy
It is apparently open season on domainers and domaining. An overtly biased article on the L.A. Times website leads the l… Read more
Domaining is Cybersquatting? Wikipedia Thows Its Credibility Out the Window
New DN Journal Newletter: Domainers were stunned when Wikipedia recently started redirecting a search on the word domain… Read more
Domain Thief Lands in Jail After Picking the Wrong People to Steal From
A New Jersey man has been arrested for hijacking a 6-figure domain name from an ownership group that includes industry p… Read more
Local Directory Services Provider Local Matters Helps Put America.us on the Map
Providers of local directory services are helping domain owners ramp up development at a rapid pace. High profile projec… Read more
An Inside Look at Bruce Marler's Effort to Build an Online Local Media Empire at Missouri.me
We believe the best way to build a successful online business is to find a niche and fill it. Missouri's Bruce Marler be… Read more
Rick Latona Auctions Seeking CPA, Lead Gen & Affiliate Marketing Domains for Online Auction
Rick Latona Auctions is looking for submissions for a themed online auction coming up August 21-28. The special sale wil… Read more
Weekly DN Journal Sales Report: .de Leads the Top 20 & .US Makes Its 2nd Straight Appearance
DN Journal's new weekly domain sales report is out and ccTLDs turned in another strong showing, taking the top spot on… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Will Return to Las Vegas in 2010 & They Want Your Help in Picking the Dates
The T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference bypassed Las Vegas this year but the show will return to the popular desert resort in 2010… Read more
Michael Berkens - The Untold Story Behind The Best Kept Secret in the Domain Business
DNJournal.com Cover Story - Michael Berkens is one of the most successful investors in the history of the domain industr… Read more
Sedo's New Monthly Industry Spotlight Page Highlights Deals On Real Estate Domains
Sedo has just announced a new monthly Industry Spotlight feature that will highlight domains currently for sale in a spe… Read more
Sedo's New Domain Price Suggestion Tool - Can Automated Appraisals Be Taken Seriously?
Sedo is about to unveil a new Price Suggestion Tool aimed at providing domain owners with guidance on pricing their name… Read more
A Domain Industry Family Member Has Died in a Portland, Oregon Auto Crash
A one-car crash in Portland, Oregon has taken the life of 38-year-old NetXposure CEO Devin Donnelly. Devin, his mother J… Read more
eNom Issues Official Statement on Domains Stolen from Warren Weitzman's Account
eNom has issued an official statement on the domains stolen from industry veteran Warren Weitzman's account. They expres… Read more
$228,000 .Com Sale and Year's Biggest .US Deal Headline DN Journal's Weekly Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A trio of six-figure sales led by one that came in at close… Read more
HIJACKING ALERT! Over a Dozen Domains Stolen From Industry Pioneer's Account
Warren Weitzman's worst nightmare has just come true. He has been in the domain game since 1994 but Weitzman has never s… Read more
Long Weekend Getaways Are Great But There Is No Escaping Domain Names!
I took my wife on a romantic getaway this past weekend and though I rarely went online I couldn't help noticing the doma… Read more
Dates and New Location Announced for the 2010 DOMAINfest Global Conference
Dates and a new location for the 2010 DOMAINfest Global Conference have been announced. Oversee.net's big annual event i… Read more
New White Papers Promote SEO Benefits of Generic Domains & .ME as a Marketing Platform
A pair of new white papers (available at no charge) make cases for 1) the value of generic keyword domains in attaining… Read more
Marketers Plan More Cuts in Traditional Media Spending As They Shift Money Online
A new survey of business marketers from Forrester Research says that 60% of respondents intend to increase their interac… Read more
Two of the Year's Highest Ranking Sales Set the Pace in the Domain Aftermarket This Week
The weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of 6-figure sales highlighted the action with one of thos… Read more
Domain Website Owners Have Been Busy This Week - Here's a Look at 7 Interesting Updates
Over the past 24 hours we've seen 7 major updates at domain industry websites that are worth checking out. Everything fr… Read more
Castello Brothers Announce PalmSprings.com Partnership Pairing New Media With Old
Geodomain owners who hope to replace traditional media outlets in their cities are testing a variety of new online model… Read more
See Africa With Fellow Domainers & Learn How to Save Thousands of Lives Along the Way
Waterborne diseases kill 2 million children every year. Most of these deaths can be prevented by giving people access to… Read more
Exclusive from DNJournal.com: Dates and Location for the 2010 GeoDomain Expo Are Revealed
Big news about the GeoDomain Expo. DN Journal reveals the dates and location for the 2010 show - choices that should giv… Read more
Online Auction Wars Heat Up With Bido's Makeover and a New Monthly Sale at SnapNames
Oversee.net is combining the resources of two of its key companies, Moniker and SnapNames, to produce a new monthly onli… Read more
Aftermarket.com Auction Sales Dominate DN Journal's Weekly Chart & $380,000 Deal is Done
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The #1 position on our Top 20 chart went to the AfternicDLS… Read more
Well-known Domainers Are in the Audience at the Michael Jackson Memorial Service in Los Angeles
The domain community was represented at the Michael Jackson public memorial service in Los Angeles today. David Castello… Read more
The High Value of Generic Domains: Hundreds of Corporations Finally Get It
You know how valuable generic domain names are for attracting highly targeted traffic, but will the world's many clueles… Read more
Endangered Assets: Post a Protest By Monday or it May Be Open Season on Your Domains
Monday is the last day you can lodge a protest with ICANN that may keep over-reaching trademark interests from helping t… Read more
DN Journal Reports 2Q-2009 Domain Sales Results: Total $ Volume Falls 25% from 1Q-2009
Domain sales results from the just concluded 2nd quarter of 2009 are in and they aren't pretty. The total dollar volume… Read more
Reverse Osmosis: A Publicly Traded American Corporation Switches from .Com to .US
A publicly traded American corporation has changed their name and moved from their .com website to the .us version of th… Read more
A Half-Million Dollar .Com Sale & the Year's Biggest .Net Sale Top New DN Journal Chart
After taking a breather last week, six-figure sales returned this week with a $500,000 blockbuster and a $100,000 sideki… Read more
Oakville.com: A Case Study on How to Efficiently Build and Promote a GeoDomain Website
The owners of Oakville.com have developed a custom platform they plan to use to build out approximately 100 fully automa… Read more
ccTLDs Are Soaring - Will the Boom Help Bring America's .US Country Code to Life?
.US fans have often said that America's country code is a sleeping giant. The current global ccTLD boom, recent .us sigh… Read more
Rodan Media Reconfigures to Handle Growth in Their Domain Development Business
The company behind most versions of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference website that you have seen in recent years announced a… Read more
Is This Man ICANN's Next CEO? Plus an ICANN VP Admits They Want to Kill the UDRP
The Associated Press is reporting that the former chief of U.S. cyber security is the leading candidate to become the ne… Read more
Another Big Deal in the Partnership Parade: The Castello Brothers Join Forces with LZ Domains
For the second day in a row, a major entity in the geodomain space has announced a major development partnership deal in… Read more
New Weekly Domain Sales Report from DNJournal.com: ccTLDs Still Rocking
After a quartet of six-figure sales last week, the aftermarket downshifted a gear this week with the mid-level drawing t… Read more
Partnership Preacher Skip Hoagland Signs Two New Deals to Develop Top Generic Domains
He is best known for his developed geodomains but thanks to new partnership deals, Skip Hoagland is ready to break new g… Read more
2009 Domain Roundtable Provides Rousing Conclusion to the Amazing Conference Race
Domain Roundtable was the 6th major conference in the past 6 months. Could there possibly be anything new left to talk a… Read more
ICA Legal Counsel Phil Corwin Reports from Sydney Where Domain Owner Rights are Under Attack
The 35th public ICANN meeting is underway in Sydney, Australia and the agenda includes several critical issues for domai… Read more
ccTLDs Sweep the Top Three Spots on DN Journal's New Weekly Domain Sales Chart
Country code fans have three more reasons to party down this week. ccTLDs, including the biggest country code sale of th… Read more
Promoters Gone Wild - With Plans to Double Their Show Count is the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Team Tripping Out?
Here is Ron Jackson's view of the new T.R.A.F.F.I.C. alliance between Rick Latona, Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu. Despite… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the Closing Day and Night at Domain Roundtable
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Exclusive photos and highlights from the closing day (and night) of the 2009 Doma… Read more
DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Past 24 Hours at Domain Roundtable
Today in the Lowdown at DNournal.com: Photos and highlights from Monday and Tuesday events at the 2009 Domain Roundtable… Read more
DN Journal's Photos and Highlights from the Start of Domain Roundtable in Washington D.C.
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com. Photos and highlights from the Domain Roundtable conference that opened Sunday ni… Read more
New DN Journal Cover Story: ccTLDs Take Center Stage
The new June Cover Story is out at DNJournal.com. It is a detailed account of the biggest coming out party ever held for… Read more
Live Domain Auction in San Francisco Goes Down in Flames - Here's What Went Wrong
Our post mortem on the real estate related domain auction that flamed out Thursday in San Francisco - here's what went w… Read more
Final Countdown to Domain Roundtable, A New Face at NameMedia & the Latest on .NYC
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The Domain Roundtable conference gets under in Washington D.C. less than 72 hours fr… Read more
Real Estate Domain Auction - Will it Flop or Fly? Also, Why ICANN May Become Even More Unaccountable
A heavily advertised auction of geo-targeted real estate domains will be held Thursday in San Francisco - but will buyer… Read more
Pair of 7-Figure Blockbusters Headline DN Journal's Weekly Domain Sales Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week's hit parade is led by a pair of domains that crac… Read more
People in the News: Skip Hoagland, Dan Warner, Simonetta Batteiger, Gregg McNair & Rick Schwartz
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: Domain industry people in the news including geodomain giant Skip Hoagland, the long… Read more
T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Slashes Early Bird Prices for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York to New Lows
With a successful show in Amsterdam now behind them, T.R.A.F.F.I.C. organizers slash early bird prices for their next ev… Read more
Photos and Highlights from the Farewell Party at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam & The Day After
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from the closing night party at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conferenc… Read more
Final Day Photos and Highlights from the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference in Amsterdam
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Photos and highlights from the final day at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference… Read more
Wednesday Photos & Highlights from T.R.A.F.F.I.C Amsterdam Including Kevin Ham's Keynote
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Photos and highlights from Wednesday's schedule at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference i… Read more
Photos & Highlights From the First Full Day of Business at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
DN Journal has just posted photos and highlights from the the first full day of business at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs co… Read more
DN Journal's First Report from Amsterdam Where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs Conference Begins Tonight
Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: our first report from Amsterdam where the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference gets unde… Read more
Jay Westerdal Launches a New Website Devoted to His Legal Battle With Thought Convergence
Jay Westerdal has set up a new website to post developments in the ongoing lawsuit filed by Thought Convergence against… Read more
Shows.com Leads the Cast on This Week's DN Journal Top 20 Domain Sales Chart
Sales from the two live domain auctions at last month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference started closing in larg… Read more
Domain Roundtable to Help Raise Funds for the ICA By Selling Donated Domains During Live Auction
Thought Convergence, the organizers of the Domain Roundtable conference coming up June 14-17 in Washington, D.C. will pr… Read more
The Latest GreatDomains Auction Ends Thursday Afternoon & the AfternicDLS Expands Its Reach
Sedo's latest GreatDomains premium domain auction ends Thursday afternoon at 1pm (U.S. Eastern time) with 80.com and CD.… Read more
Miracle Man: How German Domainer Markus Schnermann Beat the Odds and Hit It Big
German domainer Markus Schnermann is the picture of good health: physical, mental, financial - you name it - he is at th… Read more
DN Journal's New Monthly Newsletter Previews T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features an exclusive interview with RickLatona.com President David Clements prev… Read more
Holiday Weekend Gets Off to a Good Start at the Jackson Household But the Party is Already Over
Ron and Diana Jackson kicked off the long Memorial Day Weekend enjoying a visit from a domain industry friend and his fa… Read more
Michael Mann and Rob Monster Will Make Speaking Debuts at Domain Roundtable
Attendees at next month's Domain Roundtable Conference in Washington, D.C. will see two industry heavyweights, BuyDomain… Read more
Year's Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sale & 3rd Highest ccTLD Deal Top DN Journal's Weekly Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market returned this week with the bigge… Read more
Sedo Begins Month-Long Auction Binge & TRAFFIC Amsterdam Enters the Final Countdown
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: Sedo begins a month-long auction binge on Thursday, the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference… Read more
Companies in the News: The AfternicDLS, DirectNic, NameJet and PremiumDomains.com
The AfternicDLS has expanded its reach thanks to a new registrar partner, Directnic.com, NameJet will auction off 15 pre… Read more
Thought Convergence Issues Statement on Jay Westerdal Termination.
While we believe that employment matters should be dealt with internally rather than in a public discourse, we feel comp… Read more
Breaking News: Thought Convergence Has Filed Suit Against Jay Westerdal
A search of court records shows that Thought Convergence filed suit against Jay Westerdal, his father and other parties… Read more
High End of the Aftermarket Missing This Week But the Low to Mid Range Marches On
The price tag on the #1 domain on DN Journal's new weekly sales chart is the lowest we have seen for a chart topper in q… Read more
Breaking News: Jay Westerdal Terminated by Thought Convergence
Jay Westerdal, who sold his company, Name Intelligence, LLC (which included DomainTools.com and the Domain Roundtable co… Read more
Dr. Kevin Ham Makes a Major Move Aimed at Becoming a Global Leader in Interactive Media
Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology is making a bold move toward becoming a major player in the convergence of TV and th… Read more
DN Journal's Comprehensive Review of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
The 15th show in the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference series was staged April 27-30 in the Silicon Valley. Co-Founders Rick Sch… Read more
2009: The Year PPC Gives Way to New Methods of Domain Monetization?
In any case, it looks like 2009 will at least be The Year of New Domain Monetization Initiatives. The flood of alternati… Read more
Ron Sheridan is Back With a New Company That Says It Can Cure the Domain Monetization Blues
Ron Sheridan is back in the saddle again. Less than 3 months after the legendary director of business development left h… Read more
Sunny Days for GeoDomains: DN Journal's Review of the 2009 GeoDomain Expo
The annual GeoDomain Expo, staged by Associated Cities, has a history of presenting exceptionally high value events desp… Read more
Domain Aftermarket Stages Strong Rebound in the Opening Quarter of 2009
Domain sales in the 1st quarter of 2009 rebounded sharply from a dismal showing in the closing quarter of 2008. DN Journ… Read more
World's Most Famous Domainer Will Be The Keynote Speaker at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Amsterdam
In a coup for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLDs conference coming up in Amsterdam June 1-4, show promoter Rick Latona has landed… Read more
Atlanta.com Owner Skip Hoagland Stages a Talent Raid on that City's Local Newspaper
In another sign of the times, Atlanta.com is making a bold attempt to lure writers, reporters and managers away from the… Read more
Double Length Report at DN Journal Covers Domain Sales Reported Over the Past Two Weeks
After a week off for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley, DN Journal has published a double length domain sales report that wi… Read more
"Zappy" Zapolin Unleashes Internet Warrior & New Video Captures Main Street View of Domainers
Mike Zappy Zapolin has opened the doors at InternetWarrior.com where the widely respected domain investor/developer is o… Read more
$1.4 Million Ad.com Auction Win Puts Divyank Turakhia in the YouTube Spotlight
YouTube spotlights Skenzo/Directi Co-Founder Divyank Turakhia in two videos from the Ad.com auction he won with a $1.4 m… Read more
Sedo Sweeps the First Five Spots on This Week's Top 20 Sales Chart at DN Journal
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Sedo was firing on all cylinders this week, sweeping the fir… Read more
New Articles Provide More Evidence of What Time Calls "The New Internet Start-Up Boom"
A small business start-up boom continues to gain steam in the midst of the recession as laid off employees decide to try… Read more
Bad Environment for Business? Owners of Three New Domain Related Companies Think Not
With the severe downturn in the general economy this might not seem like the best time to open a new business but that h… Read more
Is Twittersquatting the New Cybersquatting?
Is Twittersquatting the new Cybersquatting? Pingdom.com says it is and they have some interesting facts to back up their… Read more
First Newspapers, Now Magazines. New Data Shows the Bloodbath Expanding in Old Media
The Internet is the ONLY media platform expected to see a growth in ad revenues this year. Everyone knows newspapers hav… Read more
Keynote Speaker Named for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley
The keynote speaker has been selected for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley conference coming up April 27-30 in Santa Cl… Read more
GoDaddy Sued for Alleged Cybersquatting in Their Domain Parking Program
GoDaddy is being sued for alleged cybersquatting in their domain parking program. Ubid, Inc. filed the suit in a U.S. Di… Read more
$250,000 Domain Tops New DN Journal Chart & ccTLDs Take 3 Spots in the Top Ten
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Last month Richard Gabriel sold Auction.com for $1.7 million… Read more
Moniker Releases T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Auction Catalog With Over 5,500 Domains
The complete catalog for Moniker's live and extended online domain auctions at this month's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valle… Read more
Good News for Domains: Time Says "The New Internet Start-Up Boom" is Underway
Last month we wrote about seeing a nice uptick in domain sales to small business end users. The new issue of Time Magazi… Read more
New Cover Story at DNJournal.com: Who Neu? The Life of a Multi-Talented Domainer
DN Journal's new Cover Story profiles domain attorney & T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Co-Founder Howard Neu. As a talented singer, acto… Read more
Physicians.com Sells for $250,000 & Hot Water Rises Around ICANN's Plan to Flood the Web with New TLDs
Physicians.com changes hands for $250,000. Plus, hot water continues to rise around ICANN's plan to flood the Internet w… Read more
New Study Shows Generic Domains Give Search Engine Ad Campaigns a Huge Boost
A new study underscores the value of generic domain names, especially with respect to using them to improve results from… Read more
2009 GeoDomain Expo Preview: Development To Take Center Stage in San Diego
The 2009 Associated Cities GeoDomain Expo will be staged in San Diego April 23-25. To get the inside scoop on what will… Read more
Industry Standard Says "Latest Plan for Domain Names is as Doomed as .coop and .mobi."
ICANN's plan to flood the Internet with an unlimited number of new global domain extensions continues to be a hot topic.… Read more
New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DNJournal.com
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the first time since early February, no 6-figure domain… Read more
USA Today Quotes DN Journal on ICANN's Plan to Flood the Internet with New TLDs
A new USA Today article was published today about ICANN's plans to roll out an unlimited number of new global TLD's with… Read more
New OzDomainer.com Podcast Puts Ron Jackson on the Other Side of the Interview Table
Australia's Ed Keay-Smith has released a new interview in his popular podcast series at OzDomainer.com. DN Journal Edito… Read more
Domain Roundtable Releases the Agenda for Their June Conference in Washington D.C.
The Domain Roundtable Conference, coming up June 14-17 in Washington D.C., has announced the agenda for the first major… Read more
A Popular Domain Industry CEO is Stepping Down and.the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley Agenda is Out
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: The popular CEO of Fabulous.com's parent company, Dark Blue Sea, is stepping down...T.R.A… Read more
Bido Helps Bail Out the Burros, The Smart Method Behind Domain Madness & An Appealing Expo Agenda
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: A Bido charity auction raises over $2,000 for an endangered animal shelter...Domain Madne… Read more
$300,000 Domain Claims the Top Spot on DN Journal's Weekly Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A $300,000 sale that ranks among the year's ten biggest he… Read more
Another Major Newspaper Goes Bankrupt & Free Videos from DOMAINfest Global Go Online
Both of Chicago's daily newspapers are now in bankruptcy after the Sun Times files for court protection...You can now vi… Read more
Rick Schwartz Issues a Forecast for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley & The Industry at Large
DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter features a conversation with Rick Schwartz that reveals what is in store for the… Read more
Rick Schwartz Says Some Domainers Will Get Rich in the Recession, But Not With Domains!
In the last big economic downturn domainers like Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham made their fortunes by buying up assets f… Read more
Shocking New Data Shows Theme for Next Month's GeoDomain Expo Couldn't Be More Timely
The theme for next month's GeoDomain Expo in San Diego will be Freefall! (How to Monetize the Collapse of Traditional Me… Read more
The Ultimate Guide to Everything Twitter - Twemendous Tips for Tweaking Your Tweets
A sizeable community of domainers has taken over a corner at Twitter.com, the increasingly popular social network based… Read more
A New Combatant Enters the MiniSite Wars & Bido.com Announces Another Format Change
The rapidly growing domain mass development sector that we wrote about in our current Cover Story got another new player… Read more
New Weekly Domain Sales Report at DN Journal Led By Year's Third 7-Figure Sale & Surging ccTLDs
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Our latest Top 20 Chart is led by the year's third biggest… Read more
In the Lowdown at DN Journal Today: .Tel, Rick Schwartz, Kevin Ham, the ICA and the Grim Reaper
The new .tel extension opened for public registration today...Rick Schwartz will appear on a live web broadcast tonight.… Read more
Don't Be an Ass - Befriend a Burro! Domainers Fight to Save an Animal Rescue Facility
This industry attracts more good-hearted people than any I've ever been a part of. Another example of that came this pas… Read more
New Companies Are Making the Dream of Affordable Mass Domain Development a Reality
Domain name owners have long dreamed of a day when it would be possible to affordably develop their names en masse. That… Read more
The Hatchets Have Been Buried: Associated Cities Leaders Announce A Major New Agreement
Disagreements among leaders at Associated Cities (operators of the GeoDomain Expo) broke into public view last week and… Read more
Time for a Pity Party? Sorry, No Time for That in This Business!
The past couple of days I've talked about improving sales in the domain aftermarket this month. Maybe it is just the com… Read more
March Surprise: Is the Domain Aftermarket Uptick a Blip or the Beginning of a Rebound?
Is that a ray of light we see at the end of the tunnel or a train coming our way? Things are looking brighter in the aft… Read more
Spring Fever Hits the Domain Aftermarket with Solid Sales at Every Level
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DN Journal (this one actually covers two weeks since we were away on vacati… Read more
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Poorhouse" - Alternate TLDs Are Finally Paying Off
Six months ago it looked like the financial world was ending. Now I'm having my best month ever and a lot of the revenue… Read more
Full Steam Ahead: The GeoDomain Expo is a Go and We Have a First Look at the Show Agenda
The decision is in - after several days of uncertainty due to boardroom bickering, Associated Cities confirms the 2009 G… Read more
Tomorrow Will be a Landmark Day in the Media World (and for the Domain Business Too)
Tuesday will be a landmark day in the media world (and an important one for the domain business as well). The Seattle Po… Read more
Latest on the GeoDomain Expo: Indications Are the Board Will Vote Monday to Proceed With the Show
In an update to a story we posted earlier today, we now expect the remaining board members at Associated Cities to vote… Read more
Photos & Highlights From a Vacation Visit to Charleston SC (With a Domain Twist Of Course!)
I just returned from spring vacation visit to one of America's most history rich and picturesque cities, Charleston, Sou… Read more
GeoDomain Expo Update: Three Board Members Resign and Attorney's Advice Sought
An official statement on the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo may be delayed until the attorney for show organizer… Read more
Go or No Go? Official Status of GeoDomain Expo Remains Unresolved Amid Conflicting Reports
Associated Cities Co-Founder Josh Metnick says an official statement regarding the status of next month's GeoDomain Expo… Read more
Transfer of Toys.com Completed Over the Weekend and Sedo Announces a $450,000 Sale
The transfer of Toys.com to Toys R Us looks to have been completed over the weekend. That $5.1 million sale is the bigge… Read more
Industry Execs Comment on Domain Investing in 2009 and Beyond
DN Journal's latest monthly newsletter has comments from executives at Sedo, Parked.com and Neustar on the outlook for d… Read more
Condolences to Veteran Domain Investor Marc Ostrofsky and his Family
It has been a week of highs and lows for veteran domain investor Marc Ostrofsky. He had dinner with actor/comedian Robin… Read more
Toys.com Sale Continues to Bring Mainstream Media Attention to Domains with ABC News Story
The $5.1 million sale of Toys.com to ToyRUS last Friday continues to draw mainstream media attention to domain names. Ye… Read more
The BBC Reports on the Domain Aftermarket: Has the Recession Really Cut .co.uk Prices in Half?
The BBC has issued a report on the domain aftermarket and the recent $5.1 million sale of Toys.com in a bankruptcy aucti… Read more
German ccTLD Flattens the Competition to Lead DN Journal's New Weekly Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. This week a German country code domain flattened the competi… Read more
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown: 2009 GeoDomain Expo Registration Opens + News from Sedo and the AfternicDLS
In DN Journal's Lowdown today: Registration opens for the 2009 GeoDomain Expo in San Diego, Sedo's no reserve online dom… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Lets the Good Times Roll: DN Journal Reviews the Big Show on the Bayou
When someone tells me they are thinking of starting a new domain conference I tell them think of something else! But whe… Read more
ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey Announces He Will Leave ICANN at the End of the Year
ICANN President and CEO Dr. Paul Twomey today announced that he will leave the organization after his contract expires t… Read more
Newspapers Close Their Doors as New Report Predicts Local Advertisers Will Double Their Spending Online
More evidence that domain owners are in the right place at the right time. A new report from the Kelsey Group predicts t… Read more
Afilias Publishes a Major Progress Report on the .Info Extension and a Team of Domainers Scores an Upset Win in India
The operator of the .info registry, Afilias, has released a detailed new report on the progress the first new global TLD… Read more
High End of the Market Shows Some Life As 3 Sales Totaling Over $700,000 Lead New DN Journal Weekly Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. The high end of the market stirred from its slumber this wee… Read more
The Recession is Producing a Huge Wave of New Search Traffic for Financial Keywords (and Related Domains)
New research from comScore shows the recession is driving a huge wave of new traffic to search terms related to financia… Read more
On the Road Again - Some Travel Notes as We Head Home from the Frigid North
We are en route back home to Florida after stops in New Orleans and Ohio. Some things you need to know while we are maki… Read more
Photos and Highlights From the Closing Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Saturday in New Orleans
The first Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed Saturday. We have photos and highlights from the final day in New Orlean… Read more
Bourbon Street Balcony Bash Caps Day 2 at the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
Here is a link to DN Journal's Friday photos and highlights from the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans - a d… Read more
Photos and Highlights From the Opening Day of the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
We have photos and highlights from the opening day of the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans Thursday - every… Read more
Verisign Reports Worldwide Domain Registrations Rose 16% in 2008 with Country Codes Growing at an Even Faster Clip
Verisign's latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief, covering the 4th quarter of 2008, is now out and it showed anoth… Read more
Sedo Books a Sale of More Than $380,000 to Lead This Week's Top 20 Chart at DN Journal
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com.The report is headlined by the second biggest domain sale rep… Read more
Domainer Mardi Gras Ready for Its Debut Thursday Afternoon in New Orleans
Final preparations are underway for the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference that opens in New Orleans Thursday at 5pm (U.S. C… Read more
Huge Opportunity for Domain Owners: 56% of Small Businesses STILL Have No Presence Online
New research shows there is a great opportunity for domain owners to profit from a huge untapped pool of small business… Read more
The Babe Ruth of Business Development: Ron Sheridan's Rise from Orphan to MVP
The February Cover Story is out at DN Journal. It is the story of Ron Sheridan, the highly regarded Business Development… Read more
Bido.com Plans to Return to the Domain Auction Wars Next Week
Bido.com is set to make a comeback next week. The one-name-a-day auction platform debuted early last year but went dark… Read more
Still Another Top Yahoo Search Exec Jumps to Microsoft - the Third to Switch Sides Since November
Though Yahoo spurned Microsoft's offer to buy the company last year (and subsequent overtures to buy just Yahoo's search… Read more
Michael Gilmour Asks Domainers to Help Victims of the Wildfires That Are Devastating His Australian State
Massive wildfires are raging through Australia's Victoria state destroying lives and property. Victoria is home to many… Read more
RT.TV Tunes in $62,500 to Lead This Week's Action in the Domain Aftermarket
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A pair of strong country code domains headed the .coms off a… Read more
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Jumps from DOMAINfest Global to Dancing With the Stars!
That is the improbable leap that Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak is about to make. Fresh off his appearance as t… Read more
Sedo Ready to Run Their First No Reserve Online Domain Auction
Sedo has announced its first No Reserve online domain auction will be held February 26 - March 5. It can be hard to get… Read more
Triumph in Tinseltown: DOMAINfest Global 2009 Raises the Conference Bar (DN Journal's Definitive Show Review)
DN Journal has just published its comprehensive review of last week's DOMAINfest Global 2009 Conference in Hollywood, Ca… Read more
DN Journal Previews the New Domainer Mardi Gras Conference Coming Up This Month in New Orleans
The latest addition to the domain conference line-up, Domainer Mardi Gras, will run for the first time February 19-21 at… Read more
The Decline of Ad Spending and the Rise of SmartPhones (and Why Those Disruptive Forces Will Affect You)
A new survey of top media and advertising execs says the decline of ad spending and the rise of smartphones are the most… Read more
Toys.com Could Change Hands for $1.25 Million if Creditors OK Bankruptcy Auction Results
Today in DN Journal's Lowdown - an inside report from an under the radar bankruptcy auction where Toys.com closed at $1.… Read more
Sedo Says They Sold More .Infos Than .Orgs in 2008 and That Dollar Volume for .US Domains Jumped 40%
Sedo has just issued a fascinating study of the 2008 domain aftermarket. Some of the surprises included more .info domai… Read more
Year's First Reported 7-Figure Domain Sale Tops DN Journal's Latest Weekly Report
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. There was one blockbuster sale but high ticket transactions… Read more
Wrong Number? The .Tel Land Rush Got Under Way Today But Its Appeal to Domainers Is Limited
Another new TLD land rush has just gotten underway but most domainers are likely to sit this one out. The new .tel has s… Read more
DomainSponsor's Legendary Business Development Director Ron Sheridan Steps Down
After successfully completing a two-year quest to throw a party for domainers at the Playboy Mansion (accomplished last… Read more
On the Road Again - Notes on DOMAINfest Global, Domainer Mardi Gras and Europe's 1st T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
With the DOMAINfest Global Conference running this week in Hollywood, California, we're on the road again! We have some… Read more
Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and HitFarm Parking Service Are Opening a New Office in Dubai
Dr. Kevin Ham's Reinvent Technology and the company's domain parking service provider, HitFarm.com, are planning to open… Read more
Michael Collins Resigns His Position as Executive Director of the ICA
Michael Collins has resigned as Executive Director of the Internet Commerce Association in order to work on transitionin… Read more
Sendori.com is Acquired by the Operators of Ask.com, a Division of Barry Diller's IAC
In the first major domain company acquisition of 2009, Ask Sponsored Listings (operators of Ask.com), a division of Barr… Read more
A Major Domain Industry Acquisition Is About to Be Announced
The acquisition of a well-known domain industry company is about to be announced, DOMAINfest Global releases the final a… Read more
Domain Buyers Still Picking Up Low to Mid Range Names But High Ticket Items Stay on the Shelf
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Continuing a trend we saw develop in 2008, high end domain s… Read more
Kentucky Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court's Attempt to Confiscate 141 Gambling Related Domain Names
The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a local judge's controversial order that 141 gambling related domain names… Read more
Parked.com Replaces Account Reps With New Account Management Teams - "Developer" Included
Parked.com introduced a new account management system today. In the past each client had just an account rep. In the new… Read more
15 Domain Industry Experts Break Down What Went Wrong in 2008 and Predict What Will Happen in 2009
DN Journal's annual State of the Industry Cover Story has just been published. After 4 years of robust growth the domain… Read more
Domain Industry Layoffs Are Creating a Rich Talent Pool for Companies Seeking to Fill Key Positions
While no one likes to see domain industry layoffs, there is an upside for start up companies and existing firms with hol… Read more
Oversee.net - Parent Company of DomainSponsor, Moniker & SnapNames - Announces a Major Layoff
Oversee.net, the parent company of three of the best-known brands in the domain industry, DomainSponsor, Moniker and Sna… Read more
TDNAM Gets a New Name, Bob Parsons Dishes About His Average Workday and .US Gets a Plug in TV Guide
GoDaddy's TDNAM aftermarket domain auction site has a new name - it's now GoDaddy Auctions. In a related note, GoDaddy f…