Of course, financing domain names is nothing new under the sun. Domain leasing and financing certainly happens each and every week, if not on a daily basis.

It’s not news to read about a person or company leveraging varying financing options to hopefully stake their claim to highly-valued virtual real estate.

The question I pose is whether or not financing of new gTLDs is likely the chasm that separates registries that fail and flop versus those that wildly succeed. 

If you’re not familiar with Moz and it’s Open Site Explorer tool or other tools in their toolbox, then you should hurry to do so.

I’ve used Moz for over a decade and what a journey they’ve had thus far. From managing my own SEO efforts to various search marketing efforts for customers, I’ve grown quite fond of utilizing Moz tools to get the job done.

I was quite surprised today to read in an email from Moz that their Open Site Explorer tool is being sunsetted soon (no date per email or website announcement).

Yup, it’s the second Tuesday of the month and you know what time it is, right? That’s right! It’s time for Verisign’s Top Trending Keywords Report.

Moments ago, Verisign published to its blog April’s trending keywords registered for .com and .net domains.

We’re kicking off another week expired domain auctions, including 117 emoji domains expiring in auction this week.

It’s been while since I last discovered a list of expiring emoji domain auctions worth reporting.

Since the beginning of the Internet, the ability to view who owns a domain name has been vital for those selling and buying domains.

And come May 25th, we’re forever losing this critical staple of information the domain industry, domain investors, and general public have become quite fond of depending upon: Whois Data.

If you haven’t heard about General Data Protection Regulation policy, as known as GDPR, and it’s impact on the domain industry and domain investors by now, then you’ve likely been asleep at the wheel. WAKE UP!

We’re less than a few weeks away from the arrival of GDPR and it’s wide-reaching impact on personal and business brands throughout the world.

And although how we live and do business online will forever be transformed by GDPR, there 5 actions to consider that I believe believe should help to prepare and weather the arrival of GDPR.

A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts pertaining to GoDaddy making strides updating the user experience for auction landing pages.

I recently discovered another intriguing feature recently added to auction landing pages for GoDaddy Closeout Auctions.

If you’ve not heard about the shot around the world known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and all it impacts, then where have you been?

GDPR is now less than a month away (May 25, 2018), and has greatly impacted a number of entities, both personal and business, worldwide, especially domain registrars.

What is looming in growing uncertainty is how ICANN will respond accordingly to the impact of GDPR on Whois services — which are used by a number of registries, registrars, domain investors and the general public to conduct business on a daily.