Nominet Releases The Premium List for .Cymru and .Wales Domain Names
Nominet published recently the Premium Names list for the new .Cymru and .Wales domain names.These domain names will be up for auction with a £50 reserve price plus application and registration fees.
You can read the announcement after the jump :
“The Premium Names list for the new .cymru and .wales domain names is published today, ready for applications from 29 December 2014 when anyone can apply for domain names that have not been registered in the earlier phases.
Premium names are those with popular terms that will generate high levels of interest. They will all be up for auction with a £50 reserve price plus application and registration fees.
The new .cymru and .wales domains have already started going live. The Welsh Assembly was the first to switch on its new domains and strong backing has come from many organisations, including the Welsh government, S4C, Sport Wales, the Federation of Small Businesses Wales, the Scarlets rugby team, the Welsh Rugby Union, the Millennium Stadium and the Arts Council for Wales.
General availability begins on St David’s Day, March 1st 2015.”
.Host Releases Over 120,000 Collision Domains
.Host has recently release over 120,000 previously blocked domain names. The domain names were blocked in compliance with ICANN’s regulations on name collision.
.Host had one of the largest collision list of all new gTLDs,including brand domain names, generic domain names, premium domain names and geographic domain names.
Radix, the company behind .Host new gTLD called the release of the 120,000 collision domain names – “Launch 2.0”
“Since its launch into General Availability in September this year, .HOST has enjoyed increasing popularity and adoption across the hosting industry with large hosting companies and entrepreneurs quickly registering and using their desired domain names.”
“There has been huge anticipation in the hosting community for Launch 2.0 and the wait is finally over! We are keen to continue driving global adoption and growth moving forward,” said Viram Lodhia, Category Manager for .Host at Radix.
.GREEN Releases Launch Time Table : General Availability Starts March 24,2015
.Green Registry released its launch time table .The Founders program will close December 1st,2014 and is limited to Friends & Supporters of DotGreen, and attendees of San Francisco Green Festival.
Here is the program :
Sunrise:
Dec 8 – Feb 6, 2015
Registration is only available to trademark owners that have registered their marks in the Trademark Clearinghouse.
For more info click here.
Landrush
Feb 12 – March 14, 2015
This phase is open to everyone. Like all Landrush periods the application fee will be higher than general availibity and in the event more than 1 application is received during Landrush for the same domain, there will be an auction to determine the winner.
General Availability will start on March 24, 2015.
Z.COM Wins Weekly Sales List at $6,784,000
Z.COM,sold for $6,784,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the week,ending November 23,2014.
Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 18 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,URLs.net took only one of the top 20 positions .
.COM dominated once again the list,with 12 of the top 20 positions.
Here are the top 20 positions for the two weeks ending November 23,2014 :
1. Z.com $6,784,000
2.tie Everything.org $35,000
2.tie RIN.com $35,000
4. BMH.com $32,488
5. App.nl $23,125
6. Watcha.com $20,000
7. EMH.com $18,750
8. Kange.com $18,000
9. Drop.co $17,000
10. Positive.co.uk $15,800
11.tie OLA.mobi $15,000
11.tie Shopmate.com $15,000
13. Casinoskandal.com $13,750
14. Primetals.com $12,500
15. Someday.de $12,250
16. Geschaeftspartner.ch $11,750
17. ThePiano.com $10,000
18. InsuranceReview.com $9,888
19. CloudAlert.com $9,500
20. Facts.net $7,700
Sedo Reports $1,2 Million in Domain Name Sales! Everything.org and Rin.com Topped Sedo’s Weekly Sales List at $35,000
Everything.org and Rin.com topped Sedo’s weekly sales chart at $35,000. Highlights also include Show.tv,leading the ccTLD category at 20,999 EUR.
Some other notable domain name sales include :
.COM
bmh.com 25,990 EUR
watcha.com 20,000 USD
kange.com 18,000 USD
emh.com 15,000 EUR
shopmate.com 12,000 EUR
casinoskandal.com 11,000 EUR
primetals.com 10,000 EUR
thepiano.com 10,000 USD
insurancereview.com 9,888 USD
cloudalert.com 9,500 USD
kebabs.com 7,000 USD
techfounders.com 7,000 USD
pussy-lounge.com 6,000 EUR
cnano.com 5,223 USD
phnoy.com 5,000 USD
layuma.com 5,000 USD
duga.com 5,000 EUR
aware360.com 5,000 USD
adeb.com 4,980 USD
layr.com 4,500 USD
fluks.com 4,500 EUR
globalteam.com 4,000 EUR
diamondjeweller.com 4,000 USD
hempusa.com 4,000 USD
ccTLDs
app.nl 18,500 EUR
drop.co 17,000 USD
positive.co.uk 10,000 GBP
someday.de 9,800 EUR
geschaeftspartner.ch 9,400 EUR
schlafstoerung.de 3,500 EUR
efly.co.uk 2,999 GBP
plug.in 2,500 EUR
letizia.de 2,380 EUR
onlinetrading.de 2,222 EUR
patina.de 2,000 EUR
pop.me 1,999 USD
mick.co 1,997 USD
fisc.al 1,600 USD
ephone.ch 1,600 USD
ecommerce.dk 1,600 EUR
partyking.fi 1,500 EUR
assos.dk 1,275 USD
perizia.it 1,250 EUR
barbadosholidays.co.uk 1,200 GBP
tresorraum.de 1,200 EUR
gmbh24.de 1,200 EUR
hayat.co 1,000 USD
24fx.it 1,000 GBP
bcc.ch 1,000 EUR
willurlaub.de 1,000 EUR
freeload.to 1,000 USD
trainieren.de 1,000 EUR
zentralasien.de 1,000 EUR
yourbill.co.uk 1,000 GBP
Other
ola.mobi 15,000 USD
onlinejobs.org 6,600 USD
printing.club 2,500 USD
gear.host 2,500 EUR
detector.pro 2,000 USD
capetown.onl 1,500 USD
zeitmanagement.net 1,500 EUR
movia.net 1,100 USD
mobilebetting.mobi 1,025 EUR
twig.net 999 EUR
synagogues.org 995 USD
dear.kitchen 700 USD
private-banking.net 700 EUR
Check out Sedo.com for more information.
