Verisign: Total domain registrations inch up 1% year to year
Verisign, operators of the .com Registry, have released a “Domain Name Industry Brief” since 2004. The latest edition spans Q1/2023 and here are the highlights: The first quarter of 2023 concluded with a total of 354.0 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), reflecting an increase of 3.5 million registrations or 1% compared […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Onlycom: Missing a dot, “COM” trademark applications surge at the #USPTO
Several recent trademark applications at the USPTO are seeking the registration of marks that end in “COM” as a three letter suffix matching the TLD. But there is no dot before the “COM” part. What do they have in common? Most of them are applications by Chinese entities, for products that seek to belong under […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Fabulous to raise .com prices
Effective September 1st, Verisign is jacking up prices after a contractual agreement with ICANN takes effect. The .COM Registry is upping its base cost for .COM domains by 54 cents, and that exact amount will be tagged onto the cost of domains registered at Fabulous: Effective September 1st, 2021, the .COM registry, Verisign, is […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.End-users don’t care about the .com price increase by #Verisign
It’s a sad realization of corporate greed: Verisign secured in its .com contract to increase its base pricing up to 7% annually. ICANN, overseers of TLDs and a company that is supposed to negotiate better contracts benefiting the consumer did not invite other, potentially more capable registries to an open bid. Ergo, more expensive domains […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Unnamed action verb domain for sale at $1.8 million dollars
How much is an “action verb” domain worth as a .com? According to its seller’s brokerage, Grit Brokerage, that’s a “buy it now” of $1.8 million dollars. But if you had $1.8 million would you spend it on a domain without knowing what it is? Taking a different approach to domain brokering, Grit simply lists […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Video from the Righteous .com auction of domain names!
Fish, bird, sheep, and other valuable cattle were sold in a big Righteous .com auction, attracting millions of viewers connected from every corner of the Covid-19 stricken world. Auctioneer Frank “CJ” Bullock ignored the still recovering Texas weather, setting up camp on an open platform to auction valuable domain names. “I ain’t got no fear […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Devil’s #domain: Why I renewed all my #Verisign .com domains until 2045
Verisign is increasing the price of .com again but that’s not the real news. The juice is that they are adding a new clause to the existing contract with ICANN that only eagle-eyed lawyers—along with Greek-Canadian domain investors—can spot. What is the latest addition to the Verisign contract? Let’s summarize page 66, paragraph 6: If […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.#Domain sightings: MSIFLA .com on a parked utility vehicle
What are domain sightings anyway? Simply put, they are encounters with domain names in the real, tangible, 3D world we live in. No, we’re not talking about virtual reality and the internet—these are encounters with domains emblazoned on vehicles, street and business signs, products, and more. We group these domain sightings into two main categories: […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Can’t get the .COM? Get the .KOM
Gotta love homophones, words that sound alike. When you think of dot .COM, there’s only one way to spell it, right? Wrong. How about writing it as “.KOM” then, and even if that’s not a real TLD it can still become a brand. The applicants for the .KOM trademark thought exactly that, filing a trademark […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.VentureBeat: Dot .Com is dying and .Tech is the next hot TLD
Dot .com is dying a slow death, with millions of domains in the hands of “trolly cybersquatters.” An article at VentureBeat claims that .com is out, and .Tech is the next “hot” extension for companies wanting a name that is already taken as a .com. To justify its claims, the article points to the price […]
Copyright © 2023 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Someone wants to trademark “.COM” at the United States Patent and Trademark Office!
A new trademark application at the USPTO attempts to register “.COM” – that is “dot com.” The application cites the following services as the mark’s use: Providing an on-line platform which provides insurance offers from multiple insurance companies This is an “intent to use” application, so should domain investors who deal with dot .com domains […]
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