Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through savvy marketing and a Super Bowl commercial. Neustar acquired .Co Internet for $109 […]

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A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses the company’s iterative approach to launching this feature (and others). We also discuss how the company is experimenting with […]

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Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the ten largest registrar families, Namecheap, grew its .com base year over year. […]

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The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .spot. The domains will go through a Dutch auction-style early access period May […]

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First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very much a minimum viable product, and it will only make sense for some domain name investors to consider at this stage. […]

Post link: Afternic launches basic self-brokering

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