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.DJ is the ccTLD for Djibouti, a small African country southeast of Somalia. With only 11,000 Internet users, the extension is scarcely used at all, and now a company is trying to market the name to DJs across the globe. As is the case with .eco, I don’t see much …
August, 2009
July, 2009
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30 July
Hollywood.us sells for £3,455
In the land of the rich and fame, nothing is too expensive. Bidders apparently felt the same sentiment at a recent domain auction where Hollywood.us sold for £3,455 ($5,700 USD). High as it may seem, the buyer got a great deal. Hollywood.mobi fetched £9,699, or $16,000 USD, at a 2008 …
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15 July
Hardware.de sells for £91,600, eGo.com for £45,804
This week has been a busy one for domain auctions. A number of big sales have taken place. Hardware.de, a name that could be used for both home improvement and computer parts, sold for £91,600 ($150,000 USD). Meanwhile, motivational product company Ego Friendly, LLC picked up eGo.com for £45,804 ($75,000 …
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3 July
American company turns to .us domain for new site
In most countries, use of ccTLDs is common practice. Despite the wide availability of the .us domain, most American companies choose to stick with the tried and tested .com. Go America, a publicly traded communications company, decided to take a different route. The company recently renamed itself Purple Communications and …
June, 2009
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17 June
TRAFFIC ccTLD Extended Auction Results
TRAFFIC Amsterdam ended more than a week ago, but the online extended auction that started during the event just came to a close. In all, £64,006 ($105,000 USD) worth of domains were sold. The biggest sale was the combined auction of Blackjack.co.za and Casinos.co.za, which fetched £29,526 ($48,436 USD). Other …
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5 June
ccTLDs Sell for Big Bucks at TRAFFIC Amsterdam
TRAFFIC Amsterdam is coming to a close and the auction results are now in. While many domains didn’t sell at the event intended mainly for ccTLDs, some brought in big bucks for their owners: DiamondRings.com- £141,589 Rugs.co.uk- £13,844 Vegas.cm- £13,547 Job.us-£ 22,025 Tel.fr- £4,370 Houses.co.uk- £44,574 Blog.eu- £12,585 Obviously the …
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4 June
183 Million Domains Now Registered
There are now 183 million domains registered on the web, according to The Domain Name Industry Brief (PDF), a quarterly report authored by Versign. Last quarter, domain registrations rose 3%. So far this year, an average of 2.4 million new .com and .net registrations are made each month. These two …
May, 2009
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8 May
TRAFFIC ccTLDs Coming to Europe
TRAFFIC may have ended yesterday, but June 1- June 5, it will be starting back up again, this time in Amsterdam. The event’s official name is TRAFFIC ccTLDs 2009. As the name implies, the focus of the expo will be ccTLDs, or country code top-level domains. Silent domain auctions will …