Besides heading up Premium Names at .cloud, Shaun speaks six languages, and founded and runs a children’s charity based in Kenya. Watch or listen to our discussion.
Category Archives: Domaining
A conversation with MrPremium.com
I’ve been fortunate to know Mark Ghoriafi for several years. He has incredible energy and enthusiasm! He shares a few stories about his unusual entry experience into the domain name industry, and how he uses data and other assets to help him sell premium domain names.
.HOMES is launching as an unrestricted TLD
No eligibility restrictions and lower prices starting 14 January.
Verisign’s Registration Data Access Protocol (RDAP) pilot is up and running.
You can now test it for .com and .net. Afilias also has a pilot for .info. [Written before GDPR debate in full swing.]
How solid is the customer relationship with the new gTLDs? Is any registry making decent money?
Some new domain extension (new gTLD) registry operators may be doing OK or even much better than OK despite lackluster volume. Unfortunately for more than a few, not so much.
The Great Domain Correction of 2017?
It is clear now that the new gTLD industry has not “killed” it.
Baidu is now using TLD Registry, Ltd.’s fully Chinese domain extensions.
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has started using TLD Registry, Ltd.’s Chinese IDN TLDs with 百度.在线 (“BaiduOnline”) and 百度.中文网 (“BaiduWebsite”) with no redirects.
English site is up for the 2017 Global Domain Industry Summit slated for 7-9 July in Xiamen, China
Shell out $50,000 or more and you get a “High Class” stand. Anything less and you get an “Ordinary” stand.
VIDEO + PHOTOS: 2nd China Domain Name Development Conference
As at any domain name conference, one of the best benefits of attending is the opportunity to network! There was no shortage of opportunities to do so in Beijing.
Top Baidu Searches Reveal High-Quality, Available Chinese Domain Registration Options
So what sort of strategies do domain investors apply when forecasting the domain market in China or otherwise?