Ten Emerging Beliefs and the Opportunity They Present Domain conferences share a commonality during which, over time (turbulent times no less), certain conventional wisdoms begin to emerge as the industry matures and infrastructure solidifies. In other words, the more the industry coalesces and becomes viable and full, the more common beliefs come into play and [...]

According to a press release SnapNames has renewed their partnership with register.com for listing non-renewed names for auction. After being purchased by Oversee.NET SnapNames had previously lost the exclusive inventory from Network Solutions to the newly launched NameJet. Tucows recently announced that they are dropping their own aftermarket auction as of June 10th, but have [...]

With the release of The Domain Game this week, we thought it might be fun to play our own Domain Game and give away a few copies of the book at the same time. Domain Name News will be giving away 1 signed hardback copy of the book every day for the next five [...]

Following the reported sale of Pizza.com, mainstream media is once again picking up on domain buzz. Boo and Huffy, the animated commentators at Minyanville.com, do their take on domain names and naming trends. Check out the video on the right side of the article. Sharevar el = document.getElementById('share-link-891244504');el.params = {title: 'Boo and Huffy Cover Domain [...]

As reported on stuff.co.nz, a New Zealand man who believes his Christian views conflicted with his actions has given up the activity of buying and selling domain names.  The “reformed cybersqatter” found the Bible verse at 1 Corinthians 6:10 and believe the verse “leapt off the page” and was speaking directly to his actions. Apparently from our source stuff.co.nz [...]

An article on the New York Times politics blog, The Caucus, covers the domain name registrations during this years U.S. Presidential race.  The article points out the domain names that the Republican National Committee has registered and points to the difference in strategy that their opponents on the other side of the aisle seem to have.  This e-mudslinging [...]

We’re following up on the story about the most expensive license plates. The AP covered the story about the #1 license plate selling for a world record $14 million in the UAE. Right, I know . . . so it’s not about domain names. Read our past article and maybe you can see how it [...]