Domain Name Blog

I recently found an interesting post on http://www.dailydomainer.com/2007173-who-is-monitoring-your-domain-searches-update.html about domainers falling prey to domain search monitoring scammers. There are people that can monitor the searches you perform. Here is how it works: you have a nice idea of a domain name you would like to register, you perform a WHOIS search but minutes later this [...]

Well, many people are curious how much are their domain names worth. Over the years there have been many free appraisal services but only some have evolved into something valuable. To save you from wasting your time, I looked at six most popular free domain appraisal services and with a help of an example I [...]

It is 26 March 2008 and the long awaited Go Live phase of the .Asia domain name has approached. It is a start of first-come-first-served registrations, allowing those who missed Sunrise to get their .Asia domain at last.

Now that ICANN starts suggesting that there might be some new domain name TLDs, it would be interesting to look back and see what historic TLDs have we lost through the years and why?

Some experts like to compare domain industry to real estate sector, however, internet based businesses, although, a part of global economy, remain partly isolated and thus are not strongly influenced by credit crisis and other negative factors. That is why domain investors and internet marketing entrepreneurs are getting more active from year to year.

Since the Czech domain governing body eased the rules to allow everyone registering CZ domain names, the number of applications have skyrocketed. On March 16 CZ.NIC celebrated the 400,000 names threshold with champagne and fireworks. It is a great result for a European country that is slowly but steadily gaining attention as

Acoording to Pool.com, the .ASIA Landrush, taking place from February 20, 2008 to March 12, 2008, has received 473,633 domain name applications. With the Sunrise and Pioneer period applications, the total number of .ASIA domain name applications adds up to over half a million.

DGM, one of the big players in the Affiliate marketing field, has issued a press release in a quest to polish the tainted image of affiliate schemes. DGM, a company that takes its business seriously and doesn’t participate in shadowy schemes, speaks to protect the market. They believe that the 2008 will be the year [...]

To celebrate April – the annual season of .EU domain name renewals, some American registrars have decided to increase the registration prices. GoDaddy is amongst those, increasing the price from $11.99 to $14.99. But hey, stop before you start to get angry. It is known that the .EU zone is a complete disaster.

Two hot live domain name auctions powered by SnapNames and held by Moniker are coming up. The first will be hosted in Grand Floridian Hotel in Orlando, Florida during May 20-24. The next will follow on June 19-20 at Meridien Montparanasse Hotel, Paris, France. Hurry, deadlines are approaching!