Rides.com Topped Flippa’s Weekly Sales List at $120,000

Flippa has just sent in their weekly domain name sales list. Rides.com was the highest reported domain name sale.

Here is the sales list :

Rides.com   $120,000
Tubed.com   $8,400
RealEstateForeclosures.com   $7,500
Text.org   $5,012
Youman.com   $4,000
MobileDrones.com   $2,875
Lionel.net   $2,000
AutomotiveMechanic.com   $2,000
SlowMotionCamera.com @ $1,899
Move.ly   $1,475
Thiamin.com   $1,000
InsuranceShouters.com   $1,000
NVM.net   $779
BDK.net   $601
SuperAnnuation.info   $550
Obese.net   $532
MusicDownloads.info   $525
CrowdFunding.io   $510
Hive.us   $500
Evil.io $500
ntwkr.com   $499
PPCSecrets.com @$472
SendGiftCards.com   $455
FirearmMagazine.com   $455
EVUU.com   $419
Kittens.io   $370
Entertainer.info   $355
GIWN.com   $300
BestMortgage.co   $300
Apiculture.org   $288
iStudies.com   $250
BannedAccount.com   $250
GoldAssays.com   $250
GSVP.com   $241
CyberAdvertisers.com   $225
RabbitMail.com   $201
Cleaved.com   $201
F7J.com   $201
Cannabispedia.com   $200
MXEQ.com $180

Experts Discuss What’s in the DNA of a Successful gTLD?

With over 420 new gTLDs being launched in 2014, and about double that to come in the current round, it was timely for the European Domain Centre blog to ask ten leading experts “what’s in the DNA of a successful gTLD?”

To help them on their way Christopher Hofman asked the following additional questions:

Do successful new gTLDs share common traits ?

Is there a way to spot the success of future launches in the registration stats?
Why does .link get 50.000 registrations, when .direct only has 4.000 ?
What is it about the success of .club or .guru that other registries might have missed?

The experts asked were:

Michele Neylon (Blacknight Solutions) who said the “key will be the content not the actual domains
Andy Churley (Famous Four Media) who questioned the success of .club whose domains have wholesaled for below $10
Jeff Sass (.CLUB Domains) who said “the greatest challenges every Registry faces are the ones of awareness and clutter” and “that in 2015 we’ll see stronger registry marketing efforts”
Joseph Peterson (Branding Consultant and Domain Investor) who echoed several others saying “success depends on perspective” and that “what truly counts is someone’s goal”. Peterson also thinks that “if .MOBILE were to proceed without restrictions, it might overtake .MOBI a decade from now. Words are simply more natural. So I’d anticipate poor results for truncated nTLDs such as .REST, .PHYSIO, .ONL, and .ARCHI. Indeed, .RESTAURANT has already eclipsed .REST.”
Pinky Brand who thinks relationships, trust and planning ahead are all key
Adrian Kinderis (ARI Registry Services) says one has to question the importance of numbers and that “while registrars and domainers care little about .brands, they will transform the way we use the Internet. And clearly, a mere count of the names registered under these TLDs will reveal little about the success of these namespaces”
Joe Alagna (101domain.com) gave six keys to a successful new gTLD:

1. let markets operate without too much interference.
2. foster trust amongst all stakeholders.
3. keep prices and rules simple and easy to understand.
4. follow established protocols.
5. are predictable and transparent.
6. promote aggressively while respecting their sales channels.

Ken Hansen (co.com) said keyword gTLDs, location gTLDs, passion and marketing are all key
Morgan Linton (Linton Investments) said “the team behind the registry and the string itself” are key
Rubens Kohl (nic.br) believes the key there must be relevance building for a new gTLD to be successful.

To read the full article and complete responses, go to:
blog.europeandomaincentre.com/new-years-expert-roundup-whats-in-the-dna-of-a-successful-gtld/

.РФ DOmain Name Registrations Approaching 850,000

.РФ , the first Cyrillic domain name, is approaching 850,000 domain name registrations. .РФ turned four last year in May.

Russia’s new country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) and the world’s first Cyrillic domain, .РФ, is open for registration for almost five years, since May 12,2010, and is coordinated by the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ.

At the time of writing this article, there are 835,897 registered .РФ domain names,out of which 651,161, or nearly 80% of the total, are delegated domains, which is 5% more than last year, when the number of .РФ domain names grew by 3.8%.

Functioning websites are located at 185,056 (22.6%) .РФ domain names and another 112,314 (13.7%) are at the design phase. A total of 16.2% (132,972) are Parked domain names, and 11.2% (92,238) are used for redirecting.

Individuals registered 76.4% of .РФ domain names and legal entities 23.6%.

Check out EuroDNS here to register your .РФ domain name.