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The second in my NameTalent series on 10 things + bonus that domain investors should note has just been released. Ycan see the previous one here).
So what made this list of items I think domain investors need to notice?
It was a hard choice with so much happening lately! As always, welcome your comments, suggestions, corrections, etc.
Thanks for reading! Have a nice day!
Bob
So what made this list of items I think domain investors need to notice?
- Hand Reg COM contest Vote NOW!
If you have not already done so right now vote in the COM HandReg contest for March. In a process that included both community vote (via the like feature) and a selection by an expert panel 27 finalists from the hundreds of submissions were identified. You can vote for up to 3, but you must select all 3 at the same time and press the vote submission button once. NamePros user BrandCougar did a truly amazing job supervising and promoting the competition. It became one of the most popular contests in the long history of NamePros. Due to generous sponsorship the winner gets $200 plus an Efty Growth subscription.
- ORG and INFO (and BIZ?) Price Increases Coming?
One of the surprises coming out of the ICANN 64 meeting in Japan was a proposal to take the price caps off ORG and INFO. You can read about it on DNWire - this is currently in discussion phase if you want to let your voice be heard. Just as we went to press a domain blogger reported that another legacy extension, BIZ, is also seeking to have price caps removed.
- Efty Releases Big Changes!
Domain management and sales platform Efty have released some big updates. One of the most significant is a chat feature for interacting with potential customers. They also did a big update on landers, based on an analysis of the lander features that resulted in more closed sales. Andrew is one of many bloggers who have covered the change. Reaction on social media is very positive on the changes. Efty keeps getting better!
- Alpnames Transfers
On March 15 ICANN officially announced the closing of Alpnames, and now they have identified which registrars the domains will be going to under ICANN bulk transfer provisions. Legacy extensions .biz, .com, .info, .net, and .org will be going to Moniker, with .pro and other extensions going to Key-Systems. Under ICANN bulk transfer provisions registrants do not pay for the transfer (no year is added). At time of writing the transfer was taking place on a TLD by TLD case with some already transferred. A representative of Key-Systems is active on this NamePros thread which you should follow for updates. This article at Domain Name Wire provides additional background.
- Your Best 5 New Extension Domains
Well known new gTLD expert @lolwarrior has launched a thread where new extension investors can list in one post the 5 (or fewer) best new extensions in their portfolio. The contest will be open for about a two week period, and will be followed by a voting stage to choose between finalists. This is a good chance both to see some great examples of new gTLD domain names and to showcase a few of your own. Although details not yet announced, there will be a prize.
- Weekly Look At Sales
Almost all domain investors watch each week for Ron Jackson’s superb DNJournal. However since that concentrates on the big (generally $$$$ and up) sales, it is also important to track more typical sales regularly. While the NameBio Daily Market Reports are a great resource, another one you should consider is the NameTalent weekly analysis. It is based on NameBio data. A couple of features that it provides are a daily look at the median sales price as well as how many sales are at $1000 and above. The most recent two are here (week ending March 26) and here (week ending April 2).
Read the rest the full article at NameTalent.com to learn more on the following
- New NameBio Search Feature
- Price Increase News
- Estibot Marketplace Live
- Registration Growth Stats
It was a hard choice with so much happening lately! As always, welcome your comments, suggestions, corrections, etc.
Thanks for reading! Have a nice day!
Bob