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High
End of the Domain Market Continues to Heat Up with
$600,000 Sale of a 3-Letter .Com
The
high end of the domain market is
roaring full steam ahead again. After no sales
reached six figures in our last biweekly domain
sales report (published March 15) we
saw a $380,000sale of TopHotels.com
reported by Sedo Tuesday and today I can
tell you that K-Ventures
has just sold ECL.com through GoDaddy
for $600,000 in the 2nd biggest publicly
reported sale year
to date (ECL.com and TopHotels.com
will both be added to our YTD Top Sales Charts
when they are updated with our next bi-weekly
sales report that will be out Wednesday evening
(March 29).
While
the ECL.com sale has closed we don't yet know who
the buyer is as the domain is under WhoIs privacy
and, with the nameservers
yet to be
changed,
the landing page is a Dan.com notice that the domain
is no longer available). However, the seller said he
was told the buyer was based in Asia.
This
is the second big 3-letter .com sale for K-Ventures
in as many months. In February they posted a $353,000
sale of PFP.com to 9GAG.com.
Big
Money Sales Back From Brief Break with $380,000
Deal Closed at Sedo
In
our latest bi-weekly domain
sales report (published March
15), we noted that it was the first report of the
new year that had no publicly reported six-figure
(or higher) sales to chart. Given all of the
global economic issues we are seeing now, some
wondered if that meant trouble ahead for top tier
domains after their strong start to 2023. We
cautioned that one report provided far too little
data to draw any meaningful conclusions from and Sedo
underscored that today when they announced a
$380,000 sale of TopHotels.com.
As of
this writing, that ranks as the 3rd highest sale reported
so
far in 2023 (we will be adding it to our
YTD Top Sales Chart in our next report that
will be out Wednesday evening, March 29). That
trails only Help.com ($3 million at
Above.com in January) and another Sedo sale, Giveaway.com
at $400,000, last month. It looks the buyer
acquired TopHotels.com as an upgrade for
their established hotel booking site at TheTopHotels.com
as TopHotels.com is now forwarding to that site (it
was directed elsewhere prior to the sale).
We are
also hearing about some even bigger sales that have
been getting closed under NDAs this month. As the
year goes on we will continue to see ups and
downs but the value of a strong Internet
presence has been proven over and over again in
recent years, which in turn has kept demand for
quality domains high. While we are on this topic, if
you missed it, let me again point you to our
new
Cover Story in which one of the world's
top domain brokers, MediaOptions.com Founder
Andrew Rosener, breaks short and long term
prospects down in a way that will give you a new
understanding of both today's global economic
picture and how domains fit into the current and
future business climate.
Radix
Take Pride in Premiums, ICANN 76 Concludes in
Sunny Cancun & Jimmy Wales is Coming to
NamesCon!
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.
$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.
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)!
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 RolandasJapertas (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.
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 March31.
Show organizers
have also started releasing some early
highlights of the show agenda and just
announced a bigget 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
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.
.ART
Weds Web2 with Web3,- Michael Gilmour to Grill Ron
Jackson & Ari Goldberger's Wild Ride
The.ART
registry, launched in 2017 as part of
the ICANN
new gTLD program that has brought
hundreds of new domain extensions to the Internet,
has received a warm welcome from the creative
community. Even though .ART is now a permanent and
increasingly popular part of the established
Domain Name System (DNS), the registry has now
launched a new domain initiative of its own - one
that allows registrants to have the same name
on both the DNS and the decentralized ENS (Ethereum
Name Service) favored by Web 3.0
proponents.
Anyone
who has registered a .ART domain can now go to www.Protocol.art
and register their matching ENS name so that
“theirname.art” will function in both
Web2 (DNS) and Web3 worlds. The registry notes
that .ART is also collision-proof - only
the owner of a DNS .ART
domain
can register the matching ENS .ART domain.
Similarly, if an ENS .ART domain is registered for
an available DNS .ART domain, only the person who
owns the ENS .ART domain can use the DNS .ART
domain.
Registry
Founder Ulvi Kasimov noted, ".ART is the first domain registry to offer this innovative matching domain capability across both
ENS and DNS, making .ART domains more powerful and useful than any other blockchain
capable domains. We believe that this will open up new possibilities for artists, collectors, curators, galleries, museums and anyone who wants to
express themselves creatively online or on Web3. Our vision is to make .ART domains not only
a digital identity but also a digital asset that can be used in various ways on different platforms.”
A couple of
other notes today, ParkLogic.com
Founder and long-time friend Michael
Gilmour has invited me to join him for
his next Fireside Chat that will be live
via Zoom
tomorrow (Tuesday, March 14 at 5PM U.S.
Eastern Daylight Time). Michael (who was
profiled in a November 2008 DNJournal Cover
Story) does a monthly Chat that
comes out every second Tuesday (recordings
of many of those can be viewed on his YouTube
channel).
It
will be a little different for me to be the
one answering questions rather than asking
them but it will be fun and we are overdue
for a long conversation. Last September we
had a meeting planned at our home base here
in Florida when Michael, who lives in
Australia, was visiting the U.S.
However, the day before we were to
connect he had to cancel his flight because Hurricane
Ian was bearing down on the Sunshine
State with our town, Tampa, expected to take
a direct hit, resulting in the airport
closing down. The massive storm wound up
Michael
Gilmour
ParkLogic Founder
turning inland before it
got to us, devastating the Ft. Myers
area instead. Recovery there still has a
long way to go and our hearts remain with
our friends in that beautiful part of the
state.
Last but not
least, we want to congratulate another long
time friend, pioneering domain attorney Ari
Goldberger, on completing a 255-mile
bicycle adventure across the state of
Florida! Ari's Coast
to Coast trip started on the
East Coast at Titusville (where he
also got to see a rocket launch from the
Kennedy Space Center) and ended 10 days
later in St. Petersburg on the Gulf
Coast.
His
route happened to bring him within a couple
of miles of our Tampa home so we took the
opportunity to get together for dinner that
night while he was resting up and getting
ready to start the last legs of the journey
the next morning. Ari (who was profiled in a
June 2006 DNJournal Cover
Story) successfully hit the
finish line in downtown St. Pete on the
western edge of Tampa Bay Thursday (March 9)
and we were able to watch him do it
Ari
Goldberger at a brief stop during his
255-mile Florida
Coast to Coast bike adventure completed
March 9, 2023.
thanks
to the live Facebook stream he
provided at various points throughout the trip.
Technology is a wonderful thing but
following Ari's ride reminded us nothing
beats fresh air, sunshine, blue skies and
all of the other wonders Mother Nature
provides!
Verisign's
Final Domain Brief for 2022 Shows Growth Stalled
for .Com and .Net but New gTLDs and ccTLDs Rose
Verisignhasreleased their latest
quarterly Domain
Name Industry Brief,
covering the closing quarter of 2022 and
wrapping up the past year as a whole. The year
ended with 350.4 million domains across all
TLDs worldwide. That is up 8.7 million from
the end of 2021, representing a growth rate of 2.6%.
However, the rate of growth within domain
categories varied considerably, running from no
growth to double digit gains.
.Com remains,
by far, the the dominant TLD on the Internet but
its growth rate has stalled in recent quarters.
.Com closed 2022 with 160.5 million
registrations, down 400,000 from the
previous quarter, but up a bit (500,000)
from 160 million at the end of 2021 to post
a 0.3% increase year over year.
Verisign
operates both .com and .net and the story was
similar for .net. The TLD finished 2022 with
the same number of registrations it had at the end
of the previous quarter, 13.2 million, and
actually slipped a tick year over, down 200,000
from the 13.4 million in force at the end of
2021.
The
"new" gTLDs, as a group, enjoyed
the highest growth rate, 11.1%, but that
category is working from a much smaller base. The
new G's added 2.7 million domains in 2022 to
finish the year with 27.4 million registered
worldwide. However, within the group there are big
differences between the haves and have nots. The 10
biggest new gTLDs account for over half
of all registrations in a group that now has over
1,000 competitors.
The
ccTLDs continued to enjoy a healthy growth
rate, moving up 4.5% after adding 5.7
million domains to close 2022 with 133.1
million registered worldwide. The country code
group, like .com, is working from a much larger
existing base which can make it harder to maintain
high percentage growth rates. The ccTLD category is
82% of the size of .com while the new gTLDs, at this
point, are just 17% of .com's size.
Radix
Reports Creators Ranging from Solo Entrepreneurs
to Major Celebrities Adopting .Store for
eCommerce
Radix,
the operator of top level
domains .Store, .Online, .Tech, .Website, .Space,
.Press, .Site, .Host, .Fun And .Uno, has earned a
reputation as one of the most innovative and
effective marketers in the domain industry. In a
press release we received today, the company shared
results from a 3-month creators.store
campaign they launched in November that provided
further proof of that. The effort attracted over 7.5
million views across all social platforms in
just 90 days. You can see a video that was
part of the campaign below:
Ad
for Maroon 5 ecommerce site at Maroon5.store
.Store
was already riding a wave of momentum before
the latest campaign began with celebrities
including Maroon 5,
Mariah Carey, Rhianna,
Dude Perfect, Zach King,
Mark Rober
among those who had already
decided to set up shop on their .Store
domain. However, the campaign has helped
push total .Store registrations past the 925,000
mark, making it one of the six most popular
new gTLDs on the Internet (Radix has three of
those six with .online and .site also
in that elite group).
The
Radix release noted "the combined reach
of creators currently using .Store Domains
stands at over 1.6 billion, capturing the
attention of their fans and other creators
alike." The creator behind one
of those websites, AirforceProud95 (a flight sim YouTuber
from Florida with over 1.37 million
subscribers), added "I needed a short and memorable name for my
merch store, so I went with a .Store domain because
it
provided a clean, simple, and
easy-to-remember access point for my viewers." He
launched his merchandise store on airforceproud95.store
via CreatorSpring.
ArjunPande, Brand Manager,
.Store Domains, said "We
are thrilled to see that .Store Domains are the
preferred choice for the world's top creators. We are excited about .Store
Domains being naturally included to play a crucial
role in the growth of a $104
billion strong creator
economy. With over
200 million creators within that
economy, merchandising is a critical aspect of the
ecosystem and .Store is seeing high adoption owing
to its strong product-market fit."
"With a .Store domain, creators are able to own a
brandable merch store address that is easy to
remember and recall for their followers. It’s an
intuitive and obvious choice, too, since their fans
are likely to search for ‘rihanna store’ or
‘maroon 5 store’ when looking them up online.
With so much more potential, we are keen to explore
collaborations with key registrar partners
within the domain industry.”
After
a Tough 2022 Escrow.com Reports Revenue Rebound in
Their Latest Domain Name Investment Index
2022turned
out to be a mixed bag for a lot of
companies involved in the buying and selling
domains. The common thread was a strong first
half, followed by a second half slowdown
brought on by a variety of challenges in the
global economy that we have talked about at
length. That certainly seems to have been the case
at Escrow.com
who has released their 4Q-2022 Domain
Investment Index Report (.pdf rule).
The
company reported that their total revenue in
Q4-2022 plunged to $80 million after coming
in at almost twice that - $158 million - in
the same quarter the year before. Over 75% of that
decrease came from a plunge in the volume of
domain name transactions that Escrow.com handled.
Despite the slowdown in 4Q, Escrow.com still had a
profitable 2022 after booking $411 million
in revenue for the
year
(down 20% from
the
$514 million taken in for all of 2021). A
couple of the key factors Escrow.com cited was a 35%
drop in global venture capital funding in 2022
and a corresponding slowdown in the number of sales
made at the ultra high end of the market where
prices can reach eight figures for one domain.
The
good news is that a solid rebound appears to
be underway in this new year. In our bi-weekly domain
sales reports we have been commenting on
the strength we saw in aftermarket sales in January
and February. Escrow.com is apparently seeing the
same thing as they reported, "February 2023 is
shaping up to be the best month since July 2022,
possibly June 2022, and we are fairly confident that
Gross Payment Volume in 1Q-2023 will be higher than
4Q-22."
Still
there is plenty of ground left to retrace as
volume at the company has yet to fully return to the
lofty heights reached in 2021 and early 2022. No
surprise given that a lot of the economic challenges
we mentioned appear to remain a long way from
resolution. Even so, seeing the market respond as
well as it has against those headwinds in the early
going this year is very encouraging in our
view.
2023
Global Domain Report from Sedo & InterNetX
Provides Extraordinary Insight Into Industry
Sedo
and InterNetX have released their
incredibly comprehensive 2023Global Domain Report. This annual
review has always provided an unparalleled look at
how the domain industry is faring in every key
market around the world but the 74-page report
for 2023 has still managed to set a new
standard. The especially good news, given the amount of work that
obviously went into producing it, is that the report is
available free of charge. Just go to domainreport.global,
fill in your name, your company name, email
address, business type and job role to
download.
The
report, that includes commentary from industry
prosaround the world, breaks
down the latest data and developments both
globally
and within local markets on every continent.
You will also see how the experts expect the new
year to play out.
Even
though there are now over 1,500 TLDs on the
Internet, the report manages to distill the latest
information in a way that gives you a clear picture of
which ones have become the most popular TLDs
(covering both gTLDs and ccTLDs). In the aftermarket
chapter you'll also find Top 10 lists of public domain
sales, median and average values, insight into the
performance of the sales channels, and a closer look
at rising stars such as .xyz, .io and .ai.
While the annual report is obviously of great
interest to players inside the industry, the main
reason Sedo and InterNetX put it together is
to draw attention to domains from people who are outside
of the industry, as they are the ones who
will fuel continued growth. By laying out the
details of how well domains have performed in
challenging economic times, the report shows domains
are stable assets that can provide consistently good
returns to those who wisely invest in them.
Sedo
Rings Big Sale Bell for 2nd Week in a Row with 2nd
Highest Domain Sale Reported Year to Date
Just
last weekSedo
posted what, at the time,
was the second highest domain sale reported year
to date with PFP.com at $353,000.
Today, Sedo pushed that one down a notch to #3 for
2023 by announcing an even bigger one - Giveaway.com
at $400,000. As of this writing, the buyer
is unknown as the domain is under WhoIs privacy
and does not resolve to an active website.
We
will be charting the Giveaway.com and PFP.com sale
when our next bi-weekly domain
sales report comes out Wednesday
evening (March 1). Assuming nothing bigger is
reported before then, Sedo will have two of the
New Year's three biggest
publicly reported sales. Help.com
will retain a solid grip on the top spot after
selling for $3 million the first week of
January at Above.com.
GoDaddy
Introduces Payable Domains So Any Registrant Can
Accept Payments With No Website Required
GoDaddyannounced
a new "Payable
Domains" option today that allows
anyone who has a domain registered there to begin accepting
payments, whether or not they have a website.
The option (that can be enabled through the
registrant's GoDaddy
back-end dashboard) is available to both new
registrants and those with existing domains at
GoDaddy. The only cost involved in using Payable
Domains will be the transaction fees of 2.3%
of the payment amount + 30 cents for each
transaction. That compares very favorably to the
cost at most other payment processors.
With
this move, GoDaddy stated in their press release
that they are "the
first company to seamlessly bundle payment
technology with the brand power of a professional
domain – at no additional cost – to help small
business owners start
growing from day one."
Payable Domains, powered by GoDaddy
Payments, use branded pay links
(incorporating the domain name) that the domain
owner can share, allowing the customer to access
their secure checkout page with one click.
For
example, if a person registers the domain of
their name or business, such as roohshad.co,
they will then receive the corresponding Payable
Domain, pay.roohshad.co,
to accept payments. Once that first payment is
received, domain owners can then link a bank account
to their GoDaddy Payments account, complete the
verification process, and receive payouts for
transactions just as they would with any other
payments service. Payments are securely processed
with funds deposited into users' bank accounts as
early as the next business day.
In
addition, small business owners can customize their
Payable Domain with a company logo, product images,
cost of their products or services, or other branded
content to create a seamless checkout experience and
maintain a personal and professional look.
Paul
Nicks GoDaddy
President of Domains
GoDaddy
President of Domains Paul Nicks noted,
"While there's been innovation around
add-on products for domain names, such as Domain
Privacy and Ownership Protection
services, not much has been done to enhance
the capability of domain names themselves.
Domains have largely been used as a digital
identity for businesses, but with this new
commerce capability we view the domain
name taking on a far more versatile role
for up-and-coming small businesses. The
Payable Domain ultimately serves as an
innovative and cost-effective tool for
entrepreneurs to accept online payments before
even setting up a website."
GoDaddy
President of Commerce Osama Bedier
added. "We're intensely focused on
building connected commerce solutions that
make growing a business easier, whether
you've just named your business or are in
the process of expanding its sales across
the country. With Payable Domains, it's
never been easier to start selling
online."
PFP.com
Sold for $353,000 in 2nd Largest Publicly Reported
Domain Sale of the New Year
We
are continuing to see some nice
aftermarket domain sales in these opening weeks of
2023. Today we learned that K-Ventures
has completed a $353,000 sale of PFP.com
via Sedo.
As of this writing, that is the second highest
publicly reported sale of the new year to date,
trailing only the $3 million sale of Help.com
at Above.com in early January (we will be charting
the PFP.com sale when our next bi-weekly
domain sales report comes out March 1.
The
buyer of the domain appears to be 9GAGas PFP.com now redirects to one of their
primary sites - Memeland.com.
Further evidence of that is 9GAG's purchase of
PFP.eth for 40eth on the same day. Congratulations
to the seller, buyer and sales venue!
Three
Partners Form Dot UK Group and Make Acquisitions
Aimed at Spurring Growth for UK Domains
The
Dot
UK Groupis
a new entity on the domain scene but the
three partners who formed it have a wealth of
industry experience between them and they have
wasted no time making their presence known with a
series of acquisitions. The trio includes Ryan
Ewen, the CEO of well established domain and
website marketplace DigitalCandy.uk,
veteran entrepreneur and attorney Jeff Behrendt
and fellow domain specialist, Mo Zaffer.
Ewen
told us the group was formed to build a foundation
designed to put UK domains back on a fast growth
track. Ewen said, "Since
2014 when Nominet (the governing body for
UK domain names) released the shorter .uk domain
extension with rights of registration ceasing in
2019, there has been confusion between the
traditional .co.uk and .uk
extensions causing prices to plummet.”
Ewen
believes that the services the group has acquired,
combined with their experience, will reverse that
trend and establish the new group as
a major player in the UK domain market. Those
acquisitions include:
Ryan
Ewen
Co-Founder, Dot UK Group
Brandable.co.uk,
a market platform positioned to be the place to buy
and sell premium UK domain names. Ewen noted,
"At present, existing platforms consider .uk
and .co.uk domains as an afterthought – it means
that when someone searches for a domain name, UK
domains appear way down the list after .xyz,
.io and several others, despite the UK market being
one of the top countries for online business. As a
UK company if you want to rank highly in Google
and reduce advertising costs then a premium .co.uk
or .uk domain gives credibility to your
business."
Flip.uk
– Currently Flip is one of the leading auction
platforms for UK domain names. Ewen said, "For
domain investors the ability to monetize domains and
sell them quickly is key to running and growing a
portfolio. Currently there are few outlets to
achieve this and as a result the overall market is
subdued. There will be some new features and a
refreshed look which will further enhance the
offering."
Another
acquisition involved the purchase of a
portfolio of domains rather than a domain
service. Co-Founder Jeff Behrendt
said, “Dot UK Group has acquired a
50-domain portfolio that includes
ultra-rare domains like h.co.uk and h.uk,
d.co.uk and d.uk, n.co.uk
and n.uk, h.co.uk and
h.uk, brain.co.uk and brain.uk
and vaccine.co.uk and Vaccine.uk.
These domains will be listed for sale on Brandable.co.uk and will encourage other premium domain holders to list their assets on the platform. Premium assets sell well when they are listed alongside other premium assets.”
Co-Founder
Mo Zaffer added: “It is time for
the UK market to get the exposure that it
deserves. We are excited to see how the
forthcoming months will play out. These
acquisitions demonstrate our commitment to
the UK market and we are excited for further
development within the UK space.”
In
a related note, Ewen's company,
DigitalCandy.uk has acquired the industry's
original domain forumDNForum.com,
in a separate transaction not related
Jeff
Behrendt Co-Founder,
Dot UK Group
to
Dot UK Group. As it has in the past, DNForum
will continue to feature discussions about
all TLDs. DigitalCandy is expected to
release more details on that acquisition
this week.
.ART
Painted a Rosy Picture in 2022 with 39% Jump in
Domains Under Management
Every
new year begins with a flood of reports
from businesses around the world, summing up how
they fared in the previous year. 2022 was
one of those years that was a mixed bag with
enterprises around the globe having to contend
with the negative consequences of a war in
Ukraine, inflation, a crypto crash and continuing
supply chain issues that created strong headwinds
for many. Despite those challenges other still managed
to thrive with the .ART domain
registry among those who were able to fill the 2022
review (.pdf file) on the registry's official
blog with good news.
The
report noted, ".ART continues to show strong and steady progress and has remained among
the 15 fastest-growing domain name registries, according to data from
Hosterstats.com.
We ended the 2022 year with 232,307 .ART domains under management, a net domain
growth of 39% over 2021. .ART’s consistent and stable growth is evidenced by numerous high-quality registrations,
including some of the world’s best-known museums and art institutions, as well as a strong
1st-year renewal rate of 81% for premium names. Individual artists, art
enthusiasts, and others associating themselves with “art” continue to be strong supporters of .ART."
Regarding
their premium domain strategy, the
review noted, " There are nine .ART premium name
price tiers ranging from $70 to
$10,000 with all premium names renewing at a low price of
$30 per year. In 2022 we sold 5,734 premium
domains, representing 5% of .ART names registered and
69% of domain registration revenue -
increasing revenue for the .ART registry and its registrar partners."
.ART
CMO Jeff Sass pointed out another plus,
telling us, ".ART domains also work
on ENS, so the same name can resolve
to a DNS website and also point to a wallet,
NFT, or any digital asset on
the Ethereum blockchain. Also, .ART
is the only registry to employ additional
Whois data fields to record art object
metadata. We also launched a charitable Art
Therapy Initiative supported by
our domain name sales."
You
can get more information about .ART domains
names here: www.art.art.
One
of Europe's Biggest Industry Events - Domain Pulse
2023 - Concluded Today in Switzerland
Thebiggest
domain conference in the DACH region (Germany,
Austria and Switzerland), Domain
Pulse, completed its 2023 two-day event in Winterthur,
Swtizerland today. This show, organized by
registry operators SWITCH (.ch), DENIC
eG (.de), and nic.at (.at), attracts
industry experts, registry and registrar
executives and a wide range of other stakeholders.
Domain Pulse brings them up to date on the latest
developments in the regional and global domain
space.
The
Domain Pulse website (English
version, German
version) already has some photos from this year's
event posted, along with full details about the
agenda and the speakers who were
on
hand
for the conference. Our friends at .it.com,
who were among the exhibitors at Domain Pulse, also
posted some photos on LinkedIn today, including an
opening day shot (below) taken when
moderator and highly regarded TV reporter Melinda
Crane was on stage to welcome attendees.
In the photo at
right are (left to right) Joanna Adler
(Key Account Manager, Tucows, Alessandro
Baruffi (it.com Director of
International Partnerships) and Francesco
Cetraro (Director of Business
Development, Acronis).
Alessandro,
who is also seen below with Sedo CMO
Christian Voss, noted that it.com's goal
at Domain Pulse was to "meet potential
registrars and promote awareness of it.com
as a new cool domains zone going into
General Availability. We aim to on-board
large reseller registrars and partners to
conquer the world of domains!"
As
for Christian, we've gotten used to seeing
the popular globe-trotting Sedo exec everywhere,
including at the Internet Commerce
Association annual
meeting in Las Vegas just
a couple of weeks ago.
it.com
Concludes Sunrise, Opens Early Access with Price
List for 3,000 Premium Domains
it.com
domain registry officials were
pleased with their Sunrise registration
period that ended January 31. Sunrise gives
trademark holders an opportunity to secure domains
related to their brands before general
availability begins. The now open first
stage of general availability is an Early
Access land rush period, running until
February 19, that is spotlighting the short list
of domains the registry classified as premium
names (only about 3,000 it.com domain were priced
at premium levels).
The
administrator of the it.com registry, UK
Intis Telecom, put together a priced
list (in the standard .csv spreadsheet
format) showing all of the premium level
domains so anyone can see the exact cost of
everything that is available (the prices range
from $590 to $7,590 and the renewal cost is at the
standard rate, not the
premium
cost).
During this stage registrants can also get any of
the non-premium domains at standard registration
rates (those price are set by the individual
registrars).
Munir
Badr, Senior Advisor to it.com, said, "We
now want to encourage early adopters to choose from
a wide variety of available domain names, both
premium and general availability, while the going is
easy." Registrants can search for
available it.com domain names at wee-known
registrars including 101domain,
MarkMonitor, Marcaria, Nomeasy,
CSC Global, Encirca,
Key Systems, AEServer, Domgate,
and many others. A complete list of accredited
it.com registrars is available on the it.com
website.
UK
Intis Telecom is now embarking on a global
campaign to meet as many potential registrants
as possible, face to face, by sponsoring or
co-sponsoring key conferences and meetings throughout
2023. Those already include these (with others
likely to be added):
11/1/2022
- Contracted Parties Summit, Los Angeles,
CA, US.
it.com
invites registrars and potential partners
to visit them at any of these events to
learn how they can profit by offering it.com
domain names and featuring them on their
websites through landing pages or in domain
search results.
Joe
Alagna, Advisor to it.com (seen at left),
said, "New gTLDs were a boon and a
windfall to domain name registrars, but they
are no longer new. And a second round of
TLDs are simply vaporware right now. The
it.com domain name is new and it's a real
opportunity for immediate sales, revenue,
and customer satisfaction. Registrars can
get accredited quickly and connect to
their systems via EPP or WHMCS at https://get.it.com/for-registrars."
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