.NL Domain Name Registrations Approaching 5,5 Million
SIDN, the Dutch registry is approaching 5,5 million domain name registrations under .NL. The company achieved the 5 million milestone in July 2012.
.NL is one of the most popular extensions in the world.Individuals are allowed to register .NL domain names for 11 years ,since 2003.
The .NL ccTLD of the Netherlands is the third largest ccTLD in the world after .DE with 15 million registrations and .CO.UK with 10 million registrations.
21% of households in the Netherlands own at least one .NL domain name and 83% of firms in the contry own a website.
At the time of writing this article there are 5,413,257 registered .NL domain names.
Check out EuroDNS here to register your .NL domain name.
January 2014 Highest Reported Domain Name Sales
Wan.com was the higest selling .COM domain name in January 2014. Wan.com changed hands for $800,000.
Here are the top 20 domain name sales in January 2014:
1. Wan.com (“play” in Chinese) $800,000
2. Teamwork.com $675,000
3. Game.cn $512,307
4. True.com $350,000
5. Wan.cn(“play” in Chinese) $247,830
6. LGG.com $175,000
7. JCT.com $98,000
8. TeamShirts.com $89,000
9. IA.ca $58,590
10. Xiaoxiao.com $51,688
11. Crafting.com $51,500
12. OnBroadway.com $50,000
12. BigBen.com $50,000
12. Offer.net $50,000
15.Homify.com $40,500
16. Acar.com $40,000
17. Heard.com $40,000
18. Rabatkoder.dk $36,500
19. Uber.org $36,000
20. GetCash.com $33,901
DomainNameSales.com : Average Sale $15,000 , new minimum commission $175 (2)
DomainNameSales.com announced yesterday that ther are setting a $175 minimum commission on all domain name sales starting February 15th,2014.
You can read the announcement after the jump:
“Firstly, in regard to DNS, The DNS platform is unique because it lets you self-broker your sales, and negotiate via the DNS iPhone app.
You can set buy-it-now prices on all of your low value (under $1500) domain names and directly field inquiries with preset email templates via your iPhone while you’re on the mountain, at the beach or in your car (hopefully in the passenger seat). : )
You can also insert any broker you choose (on leads generated from your own domains), and we sincerely thank all our customers who have chosen DNS to act as their broker.
We have a team of 19 brokers here in Grand Cayman and we realize what our strengths are.
Selling names is hard work.
On average, our brokers spend 4 hours on each closed deal.
Our average sale price is in the vicinity of $15,000 per sale.
Effective February 15th we will need to charge minimum commissions of $175 per sale.
If you have domain names that are very low priced (under $1500), you can continue to sell them yourself without charge, but if you require DNS to take phone calls, do manual work and hand-hold your low price deals to completion we will need to apply this minimum charge.
On February 28th we will be launching our new registrar at Uniregistry.com.
The birth of our registrar will usher in a fleet of positive changes for you.
In the near future, Uniregistry customers will be able to sell their names (of all prices) at lower cost.
As a Uniregistry preferred customer you will be able to create payment plan sales on your premium names at DNS, just as I do.
You will be able to use our credit card merchant services to sell (or finance) your domain names with instant completion (no escrow required).
Uniregistry intends to offer com, net, org, all material CCTlds and all relevant new GTLDs under one roof.
You will be able to safe-keep all your names in one easy to use management interface.
This is not a light registrar.
We have been working on Uniregistry for a long time and hope it will be the best funded, most registrant centric new registrar offering, ever.
We have additional changes in the works to allow you to profit from your relationship with us and intend to roll those out in the coming months.
I’m looking forward to serving you beginning Feb 28th.”
ICANN: Dubai Forum to examine business opportunities in Domain Name Sector
[ICANN news release] On the 3rd and 4th of February the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) of UAE, ICANN and ISOC will host the Middle East DNS forum in Dubai. The forum will examine business opportunities within the Domain Name Sector and provide participants from governments, ccTLD and gTLD Registries, Registrars, and the broader business community an opportunity to share experiences and best practices.
“We are very excited to witness the birth of the Middle East DNS Forum this year. The DNS Forum is the place for all interested parties in the Middle East to come together, share ideas and confer about how to further advance the domain name industry in the region,” said Baher Esmat, ICANN’s Regional Vice President, Middle East. “Developing the domain name industry is one of ICANN’s strategic objectives in the Middle East and we are committed to working with all stakeholders towards achieving this objective,”
The forum will cover topics including new gTLDs, registry strategies for domain name growth, the role of ccTLDs in strengthening the domain name industry at national and international level, registrar accreditation in a borderless environment and registrar strategies in a competitive environment.
ICANN’s Generic Domains Division recently announced that the number of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) delegated into the Internet’s Root Zone has topped 100. Delegation is one of the final steps before the registries that control the domains may begin accepting registrations for names that will use the new gTLDs.
“For the first time, Internet users across the world will be able to use generic Top-Level Domain names entirely in their native languages,” said Akram Atallah, President of Global Domain’s Division. “This change will promote closer connections between people, brands and organizations and will in turn provide new routes for businesses to reach their customers.”
The first new gTLD to be placed into the root, under the new program, was dot-shabaka (شبكة.).
“We are now entering a significant phase in the development of the Middle East domain name industry with the introduction of Top-Level Domains such as شبكة. set to totally transform the dynamics of existing structures,” said Yasmin Omer, General Manager of dotShabaka Registry and a Platinum Sponsor of the Middle East DNS Forum. “Events such as the Middle East DNS Forum are crucial to encourage the necessary collaboration and policy debate needed to ensure we can tackle the challenges of building a more robust industry.”
Some other examples of Middle East applied-for strings that have been delegated include:
- League of Arab States – عرب
- Dubai eGovernment Department
- STC (Saudi Telecom Company)
- Qtel (Qatar Telecom) – كيوتل, موزايك,
- TEVA Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
For more information on the forum, please visit: www.mednsf.org/en/
For more information about the new gTLD program, go to: newgtlds.icann.org/en
DomainNameSales.com : Average Sale $15,000 , new minimum commission $175
DomainNameSales.com announced yesterday that ther are setting a $175 minimum commission on all domain name sales starting February 15th,2014.
You can read the announcement after the jump:
“Firstly, in regard to DNS, The DNS platform is unique because it lets you self-broker your sales, and negotiate via the DNS iPhone app.
You can set buy-it-now prices on all of your low value (under $1500) domain names and directly field inquiries with preset email templates via your iPhone while you’re on the mountain, at the beach or in your car (hopefully in the passenger seat). : )
You can also insert any broker you choose (on leads generated from your own domains), and we sincerely thank all our customers who have chosen DNS to act as their broker.
We have a team of 19 brokers here in Grand Cayman and we realize what our strengths are.
Selling names is hard work.
On average, our brokers spend 4 hours on each closed deal.
Our average sale price is in the vicinity of $15,000 per sale.
Effective February 15th we will need to charge minimum commissions of $175 per sale.
If you have domain names that are very low priced (under $1500), you can continue to sell them yourself without charge, but if you require DNS to take phone calls, do manual work and hand-hold your low price deals to completion we will need to apply this minimum charge.
On February 28th we will be launching our new registrar at Uniregistry.com.
The birth of our registrar will usher in a fleet of positive changes for you.
In the near future, Uniregistry customers will be able to sell their names (of all prices) at lower cost.
As a Uniregistry preferred customer you will be able to create payment plan sales on your premium names at DNS, just as I do.
You will be able to use our credit card merchant services to sell (or finance) your domain names with instant completion (no escrow required).
Uniregistry intends to offer com, net, org, all material CCTlds and all relevant new GTLDs under one roof.
You will be able to safe-keep all your names in one easy to use management interface.
This is not a light registrar.
We have been working on Uniregistry for a long time and hope it will be the best funded, most registrant centric new registrar offering, ever.
We have additional changes in the works to allow you to profit from your relationship with us and intend to roll those out in the coming months.
I’m looking forward to serving you beginning Feb 28th.”
