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Radix
Take Pride in Premiums, ICANN 76 Concludes
in Sunny Cancun & Jimmy Wales is Coming to
NamesCon!
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I
hope you all had a great week and
we are wishing you a Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
We have a few items to share before heading into
the weekend. Radix
has released their semi-annual Premium
Domains report (.pdf file) covering
the second half of 2022. Radix recorded $3.76
million in Total Premium Revenue in H2-2022,
bringing their total for the year to approximately
$7.6 million - the highest annual total the
operator of 10 top level domains has recorded to
date. |
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$2.7
million of that second half revenue came form renewals
of premium domains which is a very good sign,
indicating buyers of those top tier names were happy
with their domains and likely to continue
contributing to Radix's annual revenue stream. That
is supported by a 5% increase in second-time
renewals the company saw in the second half compared
to the 1H-2022.
Another
interesting detail is that 39% of Premium
registrations were 3 characters or less in length.
The biggest revenue producers in order were .tech,
.online and .store, followed by
.space, .site and .fun.
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The 76th
ICANN Community Forum completed
its 6-day run Thursday (March 16) in Cancun,
Mexico. From all of the photos I saw on
social media, I couldn't help noticing
that a lot more people from the domain
investment side of the industry were at this
ICANN meeting. I think the photo Mark
Ghoriafi from MrPremium.com
posted on Facebook (below) explains it all -
like real estate, it is location, location,
location (in that order)! |
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Above & Below: The
folks from IT.com
were also in the house (and probably on the beach too) and
shared several photos on LinkedIn. Business Manager Rolandas
Japertas (at far right below) stayed busy welcoming show
goers to the registry operator's booth.
Above (left to right):
IT.com com Advisor Joe Alagna, PTL Group Chairman Dr.
Gregg McNair and Intis Telecom Director of Business
Development Natalija Japerte with Rolandas at the
IT.com booth.
Below: No conference
is complete with its social events and entertainment. Below a
native dance troupe caught everyone's attention with their
authentic attire, marvelous moves and musicianship.
For those who like to
plan ahead, the next ICANN meeting (ICANN 77) will be
held in Washington, D.C. June 12-15, 2023 at the Marriott
Marquis Hotel. |
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While we are talking about
meetings, the countdown has started for the 2023
NamesCon Global conference coming up May 31
through June 3 in Austin, Texas. Registration
for event at the downtown Omni Hotel is already
open with an early bird rate of $399
available until March 31.
Show organizers have also
started releasing some early highlights of the show agenda
and just announced a big get for the roster
of speakers this week - Wikipedia
Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales’ experience in launching
what’s still the #1 most-visited website in over
40 countries gives him a unique perspective on the
challenges and opportunities facing the domain name
industry and the internet at large as it grapples with
issues around fragmentation, trust, and the collision
between technology and human rights.
Back in 2004, Wales issued one of the most
ambitious mission statements of all time, saying
“Imagine a world in which every single person on the
planet is given free access |
Jimmy
Wales
Wikipedia Founder |
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to the sum of all
human knowledge. That's what we're doing.” You can
debate how close to that Wikipedia has come, but there is
no question Wales has had a massive impact around the
world. This is a session you won't want to miss. |
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(Posted
March 17, 2023)
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