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Whonami-Over 10,000 5-Number .Club domain names have been registered on November 15,2015

According to Collin Campbell, Chairman and Founder of .Club Domains, Over 10,000 5-Number .Club domain names have been registered on November 15,2015. Collin Campbell made the announcement on Twitter on November 15.

Some of the domain names registered are : 19998.club, 21112.club, 21113.club, 71255.club and 99769.club .

The news came shortly after all 4-number .club domain names were registered a few days ago by Chinese registrant.

Moreover, Sedo is auctioning these days 37 3 letter .club domain names.

Sales for numeric domain names have increased significantly over the past few months,particularly with buyers from China.

 

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Whonami-Frank Schilling has recently sold over 2,000 four letter domain names for $3 million usd

He has recently sold over 2,000 four letter domain names for $3 million usd. Frank Schilling announced that all four letter domain ending in .Link and .Click have sold out at the registry level.

He said that “All 4 and 5 number combinations in link and click are about to be sold or sold out. All 4 letter domain names in link and click are about to be sold out or sold out. All 5 number combinations in link and click are about to be sold or sold out. All 6 numbers in link and click are pending sale”

(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-The domain name .cloud is entering sunrise today

The domain name .cloud is entering sunrise today. Over 40 registrars have already managed to sign up with the company

The company announced that it has signed up almost 30 Pioneers such as ePages, Odin, Ubuntu, ScreenCloud, Fashion.cloud and Nerdalize, which is a Dutch startup that is turning an undesirable byproduct of server management –
the heat – into a resource to heat people’s homes for free , according to the company.

The company also announced that later this week we will se Weebly joining their ranks .Moreover, the company will announce a brank new service using a .cloud domain name on Thursday.And the news don’t stop here . The company will also sponsor The Next Web’s event to be held in New York City on Wednesday.

(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-The domain name .XYZ approaching 1,25 million registrations until now

The domain name .XYZ approaching 1,25 million registrations until now.

341,022 .XYZ domain name registrations are from GMO Internet, 233,873 are from NameCheap, 147,221 are from Xin Net Technology Corporation, while 112,629 ae from Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

Totally, there are 1,240,452 .XYZ domain names registered. According to ntldstats, 14.27% of all new gTLD registrations are .XYZ registrations until now.

Two new gTLDs have more than 500,000 registrations : .XYZ and .Top. Eight new gTLDs have more than 200,000 : .Party (208,363 registrations), .Win (268,163     registrations), .Club (298,985     registrations), .Science (327,727 registrations), .网址 (xn--ses554g) (368,266 registrations), .Wang (487,371 registrations), .Top (577,911 registrations) and .XYZ (1,240,452 registrations)
(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-DCR.com – set the pace with a $42,000 sale at Sedo

DCR.com – set the pace with a $42,000 sale at Sedo.

DCR.com, sold for $42,000 , topped Domain Name Journal’s sales list of reported domain names for the week ending November 8,2015. Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 15 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,SnapNames took only two of the top 20 positions .

.COM dominated once again the list,with 13 of the top 20 positions of domain names sales.

1. DCR.com    $42,000    Sedo
2.X.de    $40,000
3.Wine.mx    $25,001
4.7076.com    $25,000
5.tie 1104.com    £10,000 = $15,200
5.tie    InnoChina.com    £10,000 = $15,200
7.Vertrag.de    €12,000 = $12,840
8.7256.com    £7,500 = $11,400
9.tie    ChallengerBrands.com    $10,000
9.tie    Crave.io    $10,000
9.tie    FriendsNeighbors.com    $10,000
9.tie    Pose.co    $10,000    Sedo
9.tie    XXJR.com    $10,000
14.BeTheChange.com    $9,988
15.JRR.org    $9,888    Sedo
16.JP.tv    €8,200 = $8,774
17.CigarOfTheMonthClub.com    $8,500
18.DraftPicks.com    $8,000
19.QBIT.com    €7,350 = $7,865
20.Maixia.com    $7,760

(Reported by DomainNews)

 

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Whonami.com-.DE is the largest country code domain in terms of registrations

.DE Domains Pass 16 Million Mark

A few days ago the 16 millionth domain name with a .DE ending was registered.

At the time of writing this article, the registry operator is showing 16.012.552 domain names in total.

.DE is the largest country code domain in terms of registrations. According to the registry operator, about 50,000 .de domain names are registered every single month.

DENIC registered the 14 millionth .de domain name on 26 November 2010 and the 15 millionth .de domain name on April 18,2012.The registration growth rate has decreased over the last couple of years, according to these figures.

(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-The domain name Maharaja.co.uk was reported sold for £75,000

The domain name Maharaja.co.uk was reported sold for £75,000 ( $114,000 ).Maharaja means “king” or “high ruler” .

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in NOvember,2005 .However, whois records are indexed for the domain name from 2014.

According to the report, the domain name had three biders  .

“With having an online presence being so important for our growth plans this will really help turn Maharaja into a widely celebrated brand” said the company’s spokesman.
(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-LTD.com Domain Names Auction

LTD.com Domain Names Auction

Bidding for character domain names has engaged as well the Snap Names and Names Jet, both cooperating for the premium 3 character domain name LTD.com’s auction.

This chase of bidding has come along with a press release: “ Tuesday, October 27 at 3:00 pm ET it was broadcasted the auction on NameJet’s prime domain name auction platform for LTD.com, a remarkably valuable 3- character format. The stock for the domain name stands in the mid 5 numbers and is expected right away.

The General Manager of NameJet, Jonathan Tenenbaum, points out the decision to manage a co-branded domain name auction over SnapNames: “It could be a step ahead for a wider audience of consumers if working both teams and releasing this domain name to the public as one ”.

For the first time both companies have put efforts on working as one team at the bid of a premium domain name and will probably not be the last time. Furthermore, these beliefs are sustained by Michael’s White statement, Vice President of Operations for SnapNames: “A great partnership is forecasted in future, that is awaited to increase year by year”. Both companies have recently planned to continue running co-promoted bids until 2016.

Taking into account the estimated value over $350,000 and being ranked into the 3-character types of names, it is what makes LTD.com to be hungered by the domain consumers and for companies the ideal name to shop for. The value and the particularity is delivered by the name itself and only the one in the top will acquire access into the approved combination of 3-character domain name holders.

The bid will last until Wednesday, December 2 just about 3 pm ET. In order to invest in a bid, those interested in buying are asked to create an account with NameJet in case they do not have one. If you want to find the domain bid click the promotional links on the SnapNames.com and NameJet.com home pages.”

(Reported by Domainnews)

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Whonami-DomainPros.com Buys 260 Five Number .COM Domain Names for $1 Million

DomainPros.com Buys 260 Five Number .COM Domain Names for $1 Million

DomainPros.com has recently acquired 260 five-number .com domain names for $ 1 million. The transaction has been finalized three days ago.

MOst of the domain names included in the deal belonged to Marchex’s portfolio.

Some of the domain names acquired are 21889.com and 36689.com .

Over the past few years, numeric domain names have experienced consistent growth and will most likely become more and more valuable . Asian investors tend to acquire more and more numeric domain names ,making these domain names extremely valuable.
(Reported by domainnews)