The State of the Industry 2021: Two Dozen Domain Experts Detail How Covid Changed the Business in 2020 and What to Expect Next
DNJournal's 17th annual State of the Industry Cover Story up. Find out how the experts view what happened in 2020 and wh… Read more
The (original) Boring Company sues Elon Musk’s company for trademark infringement
A Nevada company says it is receiving invoices and collection notices meant for Elon Musk’s tunnel-building company. L… Read more
Direct visits drive demand for domains in China
Data from Baidu shows how people in China visit websites. Is domain important when Chinese consumers visit a website? Wh… Read more
Clubhouse app driving surge in .Club registrations
.Club is on a tear thanks to the Clubhouse app. If you follow .Club founder Colin Campbell on twitter, you know he’s b… Read more
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by HolyGround.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and HolyGround.com led the way at $60,000. Flow.me was close behind at 48,0… Read more
Namecheap tops $200 million revenue in 2020
Company hits big revenue milestone during its 20th year in business. Privately held domain name registrar and hosting co… Read more
Newz.com buyer revealed
Riz from EmpireNames.com sold Newz.com for $70,000 in December. He had purchased it just three months before for $15,500… Read more
NameJet/Snapnames December 2020 sales led by huodong.com
Web.com released December 2020 sales for NameJet/Snapnames Top NameJet Sale: huodong.com – $35,001Top SnapNames Sale:… Read more
Mike Mann Recaps His 30-Year Career as a Domain Industry Pioneer in New Video Interview
Here's the story of how a 15-year-old runaway became an internet entrepreneur who has made millions of dollars and raise… Read more
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FaceYoga.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FaceYoga.com led the way at 55,000 GBP, ($74,855). You can read more ab… Read more
Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report shows a decline in sales to end the year
Giuseppe Graziano released the Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report. Public Disclosed Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 10.92% accordi… Read more
Rick Schwartz Gets 2021 Domain Sales Season Off to a Great Start with an $850,000 Sale!
Rick Schwartz has sold a domain he hand registered in 1998 for $850,000 to lead our first Sales Chart of the new year. Read more
It's January and You Know What That Means - Time to Get Ready for Another NamesCon!
With 2020 finally behind us we now have a new year with unlimited new possibilities ahead of us! NamesCon Online will ge… Read more
Wishing You a Merry Christmas, Happy & Healthy Holidays & the Happiest of New Years!
Thanks to our industry being based in the virtual world, we've been more fortunate than most. Our hope is that 2021 will… Read more
Trio of 6-Figure Sales Totaling Over $1 Million Fill Top Spots on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The 2020 domain sales season is almost over and a lot of sellers are making an impressive sprint to the finish. Read more
Music Loving Domain Pioneers Peter Maxymych, Michael Castello & David Castello Are Back in the Spotlight
On the surface domain investing & developing looks like a science-based business - so why does it attract so many artist… Read more
Kate Buckley Closes 2nd Biggest Domain Sale Reported So Far This Year in $800,000+ Transaction
The holidays will be especially happy ones for Kate Buckley! The veteran broker just closed the 2nd biggest domain sale… Read more
Six-Figure Sale at Sedo Secures Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart - ccTLDs Show Strength Too
If this was the movie business, 3-letter .coms woud be our versions of Brad Pitt and Scarlett Johansson - they always dr… Read more
ICA Members Got a Master Class in Domain Business From Four Industry Pioneers Tuesday
The ICA brought domain industry pioneers Frank Schilling, Richard Lau, Gregg McNair and Ammar Kubba together for a major… Read more
All-Star Lineup Set for ICA Interactive Event Tuesday - Lau, Schilling, McNair and Kubba to Field Questions
If you aren't an ICA member yet, this would be a good time to get on board! Membership comes with an invite to a special… Read more
Domain World Mourns Loss of Domaining Europe Founder Dietmar Stefitz - An Industry Champion Since 1994
So sorry to see one of the industry's most fervent supporters leave us but comforting to know Dietmar Stefitz spent ever… Read more
New Partnership with MediaOptions Gives DAN.COM Customers Access To Domain Brokerage Services
DAN.com aftermarket domain sales platform expands again with new domain brokerage services provided by MediaOptions. Read more
New Global Stats from Verisign Show .Com Still Outperforming the Market with Mixed Results for Other TLDs
The latest quarterly Domain Industry Brief from Verisign shows .com again outperformed the overall market with ups and d… Read more
GoDaddy Shows Aftermarket Muscle With Quartet of Chart Topping 6-Figure Sales and Strong Supporting Cast
The new sales report out is at DNJournal.com. GoDaddy hit the Top 20 Chart like a Cat 5 hurricane after releasing a long… Read more
Buckley Media Announces Major Expansion With Industry Veterans Tess Diaz and Tim Hargis Joining Executive Team
Kate Buckley, who has racked up a long list of landmark domain sales, has added two key members to her team to fuel furt… Read more
Donuts to Acquire Afilias in Deal That Will Further Expand World's Biggest Portfolio of TLD Registries
The big keep getting BIGGER! In another major industry consolidation, the world's largest operator of newer TLD registri… Read more
MediaOptions Names New COO - ICA Adds Legal Aid Benefit - Ron Jackson Going Live with Mike Mann
Several things to touch on today including a major addition to the MediaOptions team and ICA members getting a new benef… Read more
Price Paid for Bullish.com Updated to Over $1 Million After Previously Undisclosed Brokerage Cost Revealed
2020 has its first publicly reported million dollar domain sale. New information has pushed the official price the buyer… Read more
NamesCon Online & DNJournal Teaming Up to Present a Deep Dive Into the State of The Domain Industry in January
NamesCon Online 2021 and DNJournal.com are pooling resources to present an in depth State of the Industry report in prin… Read more
There is a New King of the 2020 Domain Sales Hill With A $900,000 Deal Soaring to the Summit
Five new 6-figure sales headline DNJournal's latest bi-weekly sales report with one of those now the year's top sale to… Read more
ICA Announces Nine Nominees for 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award Based on Industry Wide Voting
The Internet Commerce Association has named the nominees for 5th Annual Lonnie Borck Award. Check out who is in the All-… Read more
Latest Quarterly Report from Escrow.com Shows Strong Rebound in Aftermarket Domain Sales
Escrow.com's latest Domain Investment Index report covering 3Q-2020 showed a 40% surge in their aftermarket domain sales… Read more
Radix Converge Rewards Attendees With Expert Insight Into Entrepreneurialism, Company Culture and Domain Industry Success
Photos and highlights from the first Radix Converge conference featuring tips from billionaire Founder Bhavin Turakhia. Read more
A New Online Event - Radix Converge - Will Bring Domain Industry Partners Together November 5
Innovative online events continue to emerge as a way to sidestep the Covid-19 threat that has shut down meetings in the… Read more
List 001: Handpicked Expired Domains Are Back! (101 Available Domains)
Today we’re bringing back a DotSauce classic, our handpicked expired domain lists. It was a favorite among all our rea… Read more
Using December .Com and .Net Registration Trends to Discover Keyword-Rich Domain Names
Verisign publishes a monthly blog post series that identifies the top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net i… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in December
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
.Net: A Timeless Classic
Some things stand the test of time, like .net, one of the original domains on the internet. In fact, the first domain na… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in November
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Q3 2016 DDoS Trends Report: UDP Flood Attacks Make Up 49 Percent of Attacks
Verisign just released its Q3 2016 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of se… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in October
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Google publishes their TLD registry software: Nomulus
Google announced this morning that they are releasing their TLD registry platform, Nomulus, which is written in Java, un… Read more
A Great Collaborative Effort: Increasing the Strength of the Zone Signing Key for the Root Zone
A few weeks ago, on Oct. 1, 2016, Verisign successfully doubled the size of the cryptographic key that generates Domain… Read more
8 Tips to Find Your Perfect .Com Domain Name
So you’ve decided that you want a domain name, congrats! Your first instinct is probably to register your domain name… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in September
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player
Article from Cara Hayes, Verisign director of digital marketing, previously published in WIRED. The Venture Capital (VC)… Read more
Defending Against Layer 7 DDoS Attacks
Layer 7 attacks are some of the most difficult attacks to mitigate because they mimic normal user behavior and are harde… Read more
Verisign Q2 2016 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to Approximately 334.6 Million Domain Names in the Second Quarter of 2016
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the internet grew by approxima… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in August
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Increasing the Strength of the Zone Signing Key for the Root Zone, Part II
A few months ago I published a blog post about Verisign’s plans to increase the strength of the Zone Signing Key (ZSK)… Read more
Verisign Announces .닷컴 and .닷넷 Domain Names Are Now Available for General Registration
Guest post from June Seo, Director, Verisign Naming Services Korea Today, Verisign is excited to announce that .닷컴… Read more
Verisign Q2 2016 DDoS Trends: Layer 7 DDoS Attacks a Growing Trend
Verisign just released its Q2 2016 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of se… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in July
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Many .Com Domain Names with the Same Keywords as Premium New gTLDs Are Available for Registration
Earlier this month, Andrew Allemann wrote a post on notable NameJet sales in which he discusses the sale of PropertyReha… Read more
Internet Grows to 326.4 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter of 2016
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the internet grew by approximat… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in June
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
Verisign Named to the Online Trust Alliance’s 2016 Honor Roll
Verisign is pleased to announce that we qualified for the Online Trust Alliance’s (OTA) 2016 Honor Roll for showing a… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in May
With more than 300 million domain names registered globally, there are numerous examples of trends reflected by domain n… Read more
7 Key Questions to Ask When Choosing a Domain Name Extension
In the last three years, almost 1,000 new generic top-level domains (new gTLDs) have entered the market, increasing the… Read more
Verisign Announces .コム Domain Names Are Now Available for Anyone to Register
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services, Asia-Pacific Today, Verisign is excited to annou… Read more
How Keyword-Rich Domain Names Positively Affect Search Click-Through Results
Every day, billions of searches (also called search queries) take place online. These searches often include a variety o… Read more
Verisign Q1 2016 DDoS Trends: Attack Activity Increases 111 Percent Year Over Year
Verisign just released its Q1 2016 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of se… Read more
We Need You: Industry Collaboration to Improve Registration Data Services
For more than 30 years, the industry has used a service and protocol named WHOIS to access the data associated with doma… Read more
Your Personal Brand Starts Online
They say first impressions are the most lasting. Today, that first encounter – whether you’re looking for your dream… Read more
Verisign Launches New gTLDs for the Korean Market, .닷컴 and .닷넷
Guest post from June Seo, Director, Verisign Naming Services Korea Verisign is pleased to announce the launch of our pha… Read more
Verisign Opens Landrush Program Period for .コム Domain Names
Guest Post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services, Asia-Pacific Today, the Landrush Program Period… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in April
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of April 2016 are below. Any surprises? Click… Read more
Increasing the Strength of the Zone Signing Key for the Root Zone
One of the most interesting and important changes to the internet’s domain name system (DNS) has been the introduction… Read more
Internet Grows to 314 Million Domain Names in the Fourth Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by approximat… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in March
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of March 2016 are below. Any surprises? Click… Read more
Verisign Q4 2015 DDoS Trends: Attack Activity Increases 85 Percent Year Over Year
Verisign just released its Q4 2015 DDoS Trends Report, which provides a unique view into online distributed denial of s… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in February
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of February 2016 are below. Any surprises? Cli… Read more
The Cyberthreats and Trends Enterprises Should Watch in 2016
Every year, Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services produces its Cyberthreats and Trends Report, which provides… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in January
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of January 2016 are below. Any surprises? Clic… Read more
How to Choose a Cyberthreat Intelligence Provider
Throughout the course of my career I’ve been blessed to work with some of the most talented folks in the security and… Read more
Priority Access Program for Verisign’s First IDN New gTLD, .コム
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services Asia Verisign launched its first IDN new gTLD,… Read more
Thank you for your support!
Thank you for visiting Domain Name News. As you might have noticed we’re currently not updating the site with news, bu… Read more
Five Reasons Every Small Business Needs a Website
The 2015 holiday shopping season was a good one for businesses online. Thanks to strong sales from Black Friday and Cybe… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in December
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of December 2015 are below. Any surprises? Cli… Read more
The Internet Grew to 299 Million Domain Names in the Third Quarter of 2015
Today, we released the latest issue of the Domain Name Industry Brief, which showed that the Internet grew by approximat… Read more
Verisign’s Perspective on Recent Root Server Attacks
On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2015, some of the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS) root name servers received large amounts… Read more
Launch of Verisign’s First IDN New gTLD, .コム
Guest post from Manish Dalal, Vice President, Verisign Naming Services Asia The composition of the Internet’s populati… Read more
Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in November
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of November 2015 are below. Any surprises? Cli… Read more
Security Intelligence Best Practices for the Financial Industry
Securing a financial organization’s applications, networks and data is more challenging today than ever before. Almost… Read more
In Network Security Design, It’s About the Users
One of the longstanding goals of network security design is to be able to prove that a system – any system – is secu… Read more
As WHOIS Transitions to RDAP, How Do We Avoid the Same Mistakes?
In 1905, philosopher George Santayana famously noted, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.… Read more
How DANE Strengthens Security for TLS, S/MIME and Other Applications
The Domain Name System (DNS) offers ways to significantly strengthen the security of Internet applications via a new pro… Read more
Domain Inquiry Analysis: Researching Offers to Maximize Domain Sales
Combining domain parking with domain inquiries is the ultimate combination for domain names that are not developed. The… Read more
How To Write Great Domain Sales Copy
You’ve registered and acquired domain names for years, and now you decided it’s time to achieve some sales. Perhaps… Read more
Live Results : NamesCon 2015 Right of the Dot Auction
DNN will be live blogging from NamesCon in Las Vegas. We do not guarantee the accuracy of these results. Check here for… Read more
TrafficZ Shutting down operations on Dec 31st, 2014
According to an email sent out by TrafficZ, it will cease it operations after Dec 31st, 2014, which is a relatively shor… Read more
Ron Jackson Finally Owns DomainNameJournal.com
For more than a decade, Ron Jackson has been producing his domain industry publication DNJournal. It’s been regarded… Read more
ICANN systems compromised through phishing attack
A number of ICANN’s staff email accounts have been compromised by a phishing attack, which lead to administrative pass… Read more
DomainFest will be part of NamesCon 2015 in Las Vegas
A change on the Namescon Agenda lead The Domains to ask if NamesCon had bought out domainFEST – well, here’s the off… Read more
Europol seizes 292 domains for counterfeit goods on Cyber Monday
The European law agency Europol has seized 292 domain names in cooperation with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce… Read more
The week in Domains (Week 49/2014)
The week in domains summarizes the domain name industry news on a weekly basis. Today with a daily sales recap, upcoming… Read more
What domains can teach about brand engagement in foreign markets
Since the early 2000s, domain names can be registered and written in any language – for example Chinese characters are… Read more
Domaining Cheat Sheet – Domain Name Industry Terms from A to Z
When it comes to the domain name industry there is a big list of technical terms and jargon that have been constantly ev… Read more
Chrome Developer Tools: The Web Developer’s Best Friend
If you’re the curious developer type like me, you may have found your way to Chrome DevTools, the advanced new way to… Read more
Will 2014 Be a Breakout Year for the Domain Name Industry?
Generic Top-Level Domains: Will they spark a revolution in online real estate? Michael Berkens at The Domains reported a… Read more
Nearby Now Plugin Brings Dynamic Content to WordPress Using Mobile Checkins
I’m excited to have recently joined the team at Leads Nearby to lend a hand with website development and marketing. P… Read more
The 5 P’s of Domain Name Valuation Patented by GoDaddy
Website Magazine recently shared that GoDaddy, the world’s most popular domain name registar, has been granted two p… Read more
Matt Cutts: What to Expect for SEO in Coming Months
Google’s head of web spam Matt Cutts has just released a new series of webmaster resource videos. Featured below is th… Read more
Livestream CEO: Good Domain is the Best Marketing Investment Ever Made
A few months ago Inc. published a short yet inspiring video interview with Livestream CEO Max Haot on the subject of bus… Read more
FreshDrop Launches Free Domain Backordering With Pheenix
Our favorite domain name data and aftermarket research service, FreshDrop has just launched their own unique domain name… Read more
Today’s Most Marketable Domains
Domains are the foundation not just for online business, but for online marketing. At least, that was what DotSauce’s… Read more
Google Spreadsheet Trick Automatically Generates Popular Keyword Lists
One of the original Google Labs projects, Google Sets, was discontinued and later integrated as a feature in Google Spre… Read more
FreshDrop Pro’s New Domain Finding Features and Lifetime Discount
The industry veterans at FreshDrop have recently introduced new features for aftermarket and expired domain name researc… Read more
The Pitfalls of Domain Development
I can’t tell you how many domains I’ve developed for myself, but I can tell you that the number has slowed significa… Read more
Outsourcing End User Domain Sales Leads with Fancy Hands
Outsourcing time consuming tasks related to Domaining is something that I’ve thought about over the years, but never r… Read more
Another Free High Profile Backlink: Instagram Launches Web Profiles
Does social media activity contribute to SEO performance? Some say it doesn’t. I’m standing by my theory that social… Read more
Domaining Radar: A Domain Name Registrar for Geeks
New domain name industry businesses and services are cropping up at an increasing pace. The industry is growing steadily… Read more
Google Introduces Disavow Backlinks Tool for SEO
A much-anticipated new tool aimed at combating negative links has just been released by Google. Within your Google Webma… Read more
Free Escrow Service for Domain Name Sales Under $500
A revolution in buyer and seller protection for an industry that is no stranger to scams and theft is underway. Francois… Read more
Programmer Helps Narrow List of Decent Five and Six Letter Available Domains
Web developer and programmer Corey Ballou has developed a new and simple, yet refined application for discovering short… Read more
Google Launches Consumer Surveys, Offers New Revenue Stream for Publishers
Google has just launched an innovative new service that aims to monetize web content by providing crowdsourced consumer… Read more
Using Domain Names as the Cornerstone of SEO
Savvy domain investors have been aware of the concept and benefits of using keywords in their domain names for SEO purpo… Read more
Web Development Special: Start With A Great Business Website
A new year is almost here! I would like to extend a special offer to DotSauce readers seeking professional website devel… Read more
5 Tips on Using Social for SEO
Social media is often overlooked in its roll as an element of SEO. In this article I share 5 areas of interest along wit… Read more
GoDaddy Begins Marketing Premium Listings to VIP Accounts
Late yesterday, I received an email from my GoDaddy Account Manager informing me of a very interesting new service. VIP… Read more
Domain Flipping: Advanced Tips and Techniques
When you think of domain flipping what kind of time-span do you associate with it? Are you flipping domains like Bruce L… Read more
Investing In Quality Brandable Domain Names
I’m usually touting the benefits of keyword domain names in many articles. In this post I’d like to analyze another… Read more
How Steve Jobs Got The AppStore.com Domain and Trademark For Free
I’m sure you’ve all heard about Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. Today, I read a post that stood out among the… Read more
10 More Time-Saving Domain and SEO Bookmarklets
Last year, my original list of 12 domain name and SEO bookmarklets turned out to be quite a popular resource. Having ins… Read more