When did you quit your day job? Seriously. If you own your own hosting business, I want to know when you quit your day job. How long did it take before you were comfortable to get out from underneath the thumb of working for someone else and launch your career as a hosting reseller? If […]
Auction Of Live gTLD Beginning Of Domain-Name Shakeup?
Registry giant Donuts Inc. have made history as they have acquired the “.reise” top-level domain name, the first to be sold with live websites attached to it. The Register out of the United Kingdom reports that Donuts purchased “.reise” — which is German for “travel” — at an auction. How much they paid is unknown […]
Google Started Investing In gTLDs Long Before Spending $25M
One of the biggest domain stories of the year so far is Google paying $25 million for the “.app” top-level web domain. While this will obviously raise eyebrows, the search giant started investing in new gTLD extensions long before. In 2012, Google paid $18.6 million applying for 101 new gTLDs, paying $185,000 per domain for […]
How To Protect Your Brand In The New Domain Era
Protect your brand. This core principle is something we preach at length here at NameHero.com. In 2015, things are changing dramatically as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is altering the way we look at domains by introducing more than 1200 new domain suffixes with more than 1200 to come. In prior […]
Donald Trump Fighting For Domain Name
Donald Trump is currently fighting for the domain name TrumpEstates.com. The domain, which is wanted by The Trump Organization for a luxury housing complex in Dubai called Trump Estates, is currently owned by a domainer named Scott Stephens. Stephens registered the domain in 2004 with the hope of selling it, the New York Post reported […]
How Leonard Nimoy Will Live Long & Prosper Posthumously
Leonard Nimoy was more than Mr. Spock of the Star Trek franchise. He was an icon, impacting generations of people through his work. Is there any hand gesture as well known as the Vulcan salute? If I said, “live long and prosper,” chances are a picture of Nimoy or his Mr. Spock character would come […]
4 Tips To Alleviate Computer Vision Syndrome
If you’re reading this, the chances are good you suffer from computer vision syndrome or digital eyestrain. You probably stare at your monitor for hours on end and as a result, you experience symptoms such as blurry vision and headaches. Business Insider provided four tips to alleviate symptoms related to computer vision syndrome that we’ll […]
Monitoring Domain Growth: “.xyz” Leading gTLD Sales
The number of sites using the “.xyz” top-level domain continues to increase, as they approach 800,000 total registrants. According to stats posted by NameStat.org, the “.xyz” domain leads all gTLDs with 788,464 registrants. That service also labels them the “fastest growing gTLD” based on a 7 day average of 590. Their CEO and Founder Daniel […]
Google Pays $25 Million For “.app” Web Domain
Google has acquired the exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level web domain for a cool $25 million, Business Insider reported on Thursday. ICANN has been auctioning off different domains going back to last summer, drawing stiff competition from the likes of Amazon (that bought “.buy” for $4,588,888) and Dot Tech LLC (that dropped $6,760,000 for […]
Web Hosting Is Boring
I could never be an accountant or an insurance agent because there is nothing I dislike more than preparing my taxes or paying for insurance. I find both boring, uninteresting and non-rewarding. I’m not a big spender, so paying for stuff is never fun but it’s especially difficult when it’s for non-tangible items or services […]