Does a web address have a price? Yes, you can make money with domains. If the demand is high enough, you can even make high profits through domain trading. However, it’s not enough to just own any web address and hope for the best. To successfully buy and sell domains, there are a few key factors to consider. So, what do you need to do to sell a domain?]]>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 09:10:46 +0000
The replacement of WHOIS with RDAP marks an important step in the development of the internet. RDAP provides more data protection, higher flexibility and is better suited to the future. For domain holders, the switch mostly brings benefits without requiring any action. In this article, we tell you everything you need to know about the WHOIS sunset.]]>Fri, 17 Jan 2025 07:01:28 +0000
A small, remote island nation in the South Pacific is a major player in the domain business. On the Pacific islands of Tokelau lives a population of about 1,400 people on just over four square miles of tropical paradise. There are, however, over 25 million registered domains with the country code .tk. Learn about the extraordinary success of the .tk domain in this article.]]>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:11:55 +0000
While traditional websites and online stores with domain names ending with .com or .co.uk are hosted across central servers, NFT domains provide entirely new possibilities. Not only is the ending different but an NFT domain is stored in a decentralized manner and is based on blockchain technology, similar to cryptocurrencies. Read on to find out how the domains work and what the advantages are.]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:10:19 +0000
Emoji domains immediately catch your eye. Why continue to register normal domains when you can get the message across with a few smileys? Registering a smiley URL doesn’t come without its problems though. In this article, we explain what is needed to set up an emoji URL, and explain the advantages and disadvantages of using emoticons in domain names.]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:10:52 +0000
Nowadays, it’s easier than ever to register a web address. Simply fill out a request for the domain you want and submit it to a web hosting provider, and the rights to the address may be yours in next to no time. But what happens behind the scenes? We’ll take a look at the organizations behind the process and explain what the difference between Verisign and ICANN is.]]>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:10:05 +0000
The Domain Name System (DNS) ensures that we can use domain names instead of IP addresses to surf the Internet. But the web now has some stiff competition in the form of the blockchain. Blockchain domains are decentralized and are not managed by a single organization. Another advantage is that you buy them as opposed to renting them.]]>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:02:29 +0000
Buying expired domains can be a profitable business – just look at this example from the US. University graduate, Cameron Harris, was able to earn more than $20,000 with an expired domain. But how did Harris actually make this small fortune? This article reveals what happened.]]>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 09:06:22 +0000
How much is the top-level domain .web worth to the US company, Nu Dot Co? $135 million to be precise! The auction that took place in July 2016 saw ICANN take home a record-breaking sum for the popular generic top-level domains (gTLD). There were seven other competitors in the running for the sought-after .web domain: Google, Donuts, Afilias, Radix, Schlund Technologies, Vistaprint, and Web.com.]]>Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:11:25 +0000
The internet has completely changed political elections across the world. Online media offers candidates the chance to get closer to their voters, providing an essential communication channel for the electoral battleground. But the freedom of information online means that you’re always susceptible to the dangers of manipulation and slander via anonymous channels. A relatively harmless, but rather amusing technique is ‘domain grabbing’, in which candidates try to secure special web addresses either to use against their opponents or to protect their own name. The master of this in the 2016 election has of course been Donald Trump. ]]>Wed, 26 Oct 2016 07:10:59 +0000