.РФ is .DE on steroids. Just look at the stats. 586,000+ .РФ domains sold within the first weeks of open registration for this hot new Russian ccTLD, which is translated as “.RF”. This compares favorably to even the most successful ccTLD launches such as that of .CO. In addition, well over $50,000,000 in bids were [...]
Bid prices have routinely crossed over the six-figure threshhold and even into the seven-figures in the NIC.ru auction of the new .РФ (“.RF” in English) Russian ccTLD. The current bid status of a sampling of high-flying auctions is as follows: квартиры.рф / $10,000,000 / “Apartments” вода.рф / $1,222,220 / “Water” телефон.рф / $450,010 / “Phone” [...]
$300,000 auction sales for premium IDN terms are in progress. Move over .DE and .CO. There is a new ccTLD strongman on the block, and it can be found in Russia. Domainers have come out of the woodwork enthused about the launch of the .РФ ccTLD, which stands for “.RF” as an abbreviation for Russian [...]
One of the biggest IDN opportunities begins today when Russia ushers in the general availability period for the .РФ ccTLD. .РФ are the Cyrillic characters for “RF”, which stand for Russian Federation. .РФ names can be registered by non-Russian citizens. A leading .РФ registrar, Reg.ru, sent bloggers a press release from Alexey Korolyuk, chief executive [...]
Do you know the name of Michael Berkens’ dog? Do you know what Москва.com means and how to register it? Do you want to know how others appraise a recent domain acquisition? DomainQuestions.com has been crafted to meet these needs and answer your questions. As is characteristic of Elliot Silver’s developments, ranging from ElliotsBlog.com to [...]
Lori Anne Wardi has a reputation as being one of the smartest and nicest people in the domain industry, which is a rare combination. It is no surprise that in her current role as .CO Director, she led .CO to a white hot launch. I am sure you will enjoy the Q&A below. Q: Congratulations [...]
The results of the first IDN Event auction are below. Yesterday’s total was $28,920, which was a solid success and demonstrates that the IDN market continues to grow. In sharp contrast to the 31 IDNs sold yesterday was a .BIZ Snapnames auction, which also ended this week and that only sold 3 names. The IDN [...]
