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CentralNic Group PLC (AIM: CNIC), the company dedicated to building a better global digital economy, today announced that it is now a preferred partner of WHMCS, the leader in web hosting automation. With this partnership, web hosting companies that use WHMCS will be able to easily sell over 1,100 domain names along with their existing hosting and web product portfolios.

As a preferred WHMCS partner, CentralNic Reseller offers free WHMCS modules to optimize and automate domain name reselling across new domain registrations & domain renewals. WHMCS customers can also easily perform domain transfers across various Registrars for business consolidation purposes.

WHMCS customers can go from set-up to selling hundreds of domains in minutes with CentralNic Reseller. The bespoke, reseller-focused brand has a dedicated development team committed to building feature-rich modules for WHMCS. By regularly updating these features, CentralNic Reseller is committed to providing customers with the latest registrar changes and usability improvements, saving time, money, and effort.

The integration for CentralNic Reseller is available to all WHMCS users in the next version of WHMCS which is currently in BETA and will be available later this quarter.

Michael Riedl, CEO of the CentralNic Group commented, “Our clear goal with CentralNic Reseller has been to build the best reseller program that’s available in the industry today. And this partnership with WHMCS is another step in the right direction. We’re proud to become a preferred partner for WHMCS and to offer our white-labeled solutions to WHMCS customers. We welcome them to get a first-hand experience of how easy it is to run a successful domain name business with CentralNic Reseller”

On the partnership, Matt Pugh, CEO/Director of WHMCS said, “At WHMCS our mission has always been to simplify and automate operations for web hosting businesses while also helping those businesses to grow and succeed through the services we make available. This latest partnership with CentralNic Group as a featured domain registrar, via their CentralNic Reseller platform, will provide another great choice for hosting businesses that are looking to add or expand their domain offerings, all with an official integration that is built and maintained by our in-house team.”

About CentralNic Reseller
With over 25 years of experience and dedicated teams around the world, CentralNic Reseller has proudly secured its position as the preferred choice for many leading brands worldwide, counting some of the industry’s top registrars as customers. CentralNic Reseller is the trusted domain platform for over 20,000 partners in more than 125 countries, managing over 14.6 million domains for their clients. The CentralNic Reseller team is focused on bringing customers the best solutions, TLD offerings, customer support, and domain products to make life easier, grow their business, and become even more efficient. To learn more, please visit: https://www.centralnicreseller.com/en

About CentralNic Group
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) is a London-based AIM-listed company which drives the growth of the global digital economy by developing and managing online marketplaces allowing businesses globally to buy subscriptions to domain names for websites and email, monetise their websites, and acquire customers online. Its core growth strategy is identifying and acquiring cash-generative businesses in its industry with annuity revenue streams and exposure to growth markets and migrating them onto the CentralNic software and operating platforms.

For more information please visit: www.centralnicgroup.com

Verisign announced it is increasing the annual registry-level wholesale fee for .com domain name registration, effective September 1, 2023. The wholesale fee for .com domain name registration will increase from $8.97 to $9.59.

A domain name registry services and internet infrastructure provider, Verisign reported the company’s financial results for the fourth quarter and full year, along with a .com domain name registration fee increase.

Cheap Web Hosting Provider, CheapWebsiteHosting.Co in collaboration with LightSpeed will now be offering FREE lifetime domain registration to all those who sign up for the NEW Lifetime hosting promotion.

No, that is not a mistake! The company is now offering, for a limited time, lifetime website hosting and FREE domain name registration for a single small payment that in many cases amount to what the average consumer would pay for one year of web hosting and domain name registration on an annual basis. Take advantage of this limited time offer and register anyone of these extensions (.co.business, .co.education, .co.financial, .co.network, .co.technology, .co.place or .co.events.); a $29.99/year value FREE of charge for LIFE to anyone who signs up for the CheapWebsiteHosting.Co lifetime hosting promotion.

Starting in 2017, CheapWebsiteHosting.Co in collaboration with LightSpeed is now offering a completely new approach to the way consumers are accustom to purchasing hosting and domain names. With CheapWebsiteHosting.Co lifetime hosting and domain name registration there are no recurring bills, no price increases and what’s even better, every plan comes with a 100% thirty-day money back guarantee. Any new client not truly satisfied with the hosting and domain name registration offer simply contact support for a no questions asked refund.

CheapWebsiteHosting.Co understands that this hosting service is not for everyone, but the truth is more than ninety percent of small businesses don’t need a dedicated server or even a VPS. This type of web hosting plan is not for individuals looking for unlimited websites or unlimited storage space. Other providers can handle that type of business. When this business model got assembled, it was with the thought of serving small businesses, freelance web designers, and small web design agencies. For these groups, the CheapWebsiteHosting.Co lifetime hosting plan is probably the best web hosting for small business available today. With no recurring billing and no price increases business owners can concentrate on running their business.

Take a look at what CheapWebsiteHosting.Co has to offer by visiting their website. Be advised, this is a limited time offer!

For more information, please visit https://cheapwebsitehosting.co

Tablets.com, the exact category name representing an industry that is worth nearly $100 billion a year, anchors Heritage Auctions’ April 9 Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction, the follow-up to Heritage’s inaugural Domain & IP auction late last year, which realized more than $1.6 million in total.

“Forecasts show that nearly 300 million tablets will ship this year,” said Meystedt. “Tablets.com represents a tremendous opportunity for a smart, forward-thinking buyer. It’s an opportunity for an established company to solidify its authority in the industry, while owning an asset that will potentially help them reach new customers and rank higher in SEO. It also offers the chance for a newcomer to this category to gain instant credibility and SEO while reaching a whole new customer base.”

In point of fact, Whisky.com sold earlier in 2014 for $3.1 million, clearly illustrating that category leading domain names still carry tremendous value and commercial appeal.

Also on offer is the domain Future.com, an unforgettable premium one-word domain name, originally registered in 2000 and not publicly available in more than 14 years.

“There are very few one-word .com domains of this caliber on the Internet,” said Meystedt. “It’s unforgettable, it’s just a single word and it inspires grand, forward-thinking — exactly what a major brand or product wants to be associated with.”

Two letter domain names among the most valuable of all Internet real estate, with only 676 possible combinations, with the majority of these owned by large corporations. With that in mind, Heritage Auctions is offering the domain LK.com, being made available for the very first time by the owner. All two-letter .com domain names have been registered for many years. LK.com is no exception; it has been registered since 1997.

“Occasionally, a two-letter .com will surface on the aftermarket with truly premium letters and LK.com is one of those names,” said Meystedt. “LK.com is a great investment opportunity but also represents an opportunity to brand a company with a valuable domain asset, joining major corporations internationally.”

Many two -letter .com purchases have reached significant amounts. Reported sales include:
FB.com to Facebook for $8.5 million, IG.com to the IG Group for $4.7 million and YP.com to Yellow Pages for $3.85 million.

Further highlights of the auction include, but are not limited to:

March.com
Spokane.com
Skinny.com
SouthAmerica.com
CorpusChristi.com
Sword.com
Cola.com
Creek.com

A joint partnership has been announced between Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot, LLC to provide live auctioneer and live online auction services for premium domains in new TLD extensions that are being launched over the next several years.

Examples of premium domain names that may potentially be for sale via this new offering could include names like Night.Club, Tour.London, Hotels.NYC, Divorce.Law, Poker.Vegas, Concert.Tickets, and on, across the spectrum of recently created new domain space. The partnership will also continue to provide auctions of existing, established TLDs such as premium .Com domains.

Heritage and RightOfTheDot will also offer additional Contention Resolution Auction Services, such as a customized ascending clock auction service to help competing applicants for new TLDs resolve their contention prior to last resort auctions being offered by ICANN.

RightOfTheDot, LLC was founded in 2010 by Monte Cahn and Michael H. Berkens, Esq., two well-known domain industry veterans. With a combined 30 years of experience, Michael and Monte have participated in more than $350,000,000 in domain sales, advised and assisted in launching many of the existing 22 gTLDs, and pioneered many domain industry products and services.

Heritage Auctions has completed more than $8 Billion in auction transactions since 1976, is the world largest collectibles auctioneer and the third largest auction house in the world. Heritage’s website is among the most-trafficked websites on the web and it has offices and buying capability all over the world. The company is licensed in all 50 States and has clients in 186 countries, holding more than 500 auctions in 38 unique categories per year. The Intellectual Property Division is headed up by another domain industry pioneer, Aron Meystedt.

Meystedt has 10 years of experience in domain name valuations, sales and development. He is credited with owning the first domain name registered on the Internet: Symbolics.com.

For more info on TLD and Contention Resolution Auctions, contact [email protected] or call (954) 288-6810.

Nominet has announced plans to offer registrations directly before the ‘dot’ in .uk.

From summer 2014, shorter, simpler ‘example.uk’ domain names will be available for the first time alongside ‘example.co.uk’, ‘example.org.uk’ and so on. This represents the biggest modification of the .uk namespace since it began.

Any unique ‘example.uk’ domain name (e.g. one that does not have an equivalent name already registered as a .co.uk or a .org.uk) will be available on a first-come, first served basis from launch.

Over ten million existing .uk customers will be offered the shorter equivalent of their current address, with five years to decide whether they want to use it in addition to, or instead of the domain they already have. In the small proportion of instances where there could be competition – e.g. where one person holds example.co.uk and another holds example.org.uk – the shorter domain will be offered to the .co.uk registrant.

The five-year free reservation period is designed to help businesses taking up the new domain do so at a time that coincides with when they next change signage or stationary, so they don’t incur unnecessary incremental costs.

All Nominet’s existing domains (.co.uk, .org.uk, .net.uk, .me.uk, .plc.uk, .ltd.uk and sch.uk) will continue to run as normal.

The domain name MutualFunds.com, potentially valued at well more than $1 million, is being offered by New York Times best-selling author Marc Ostrofsky, as the centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ inaugural Domain Name & Intellectual Property Signature® Auction, with bidding now open until the live auction event on Nov. 21.

The auction marks the first time that a major, mainstream auction house has entered the market for domain names.

“Millions of dollars of Domain Names are traded every single month that the public isn’t aware of,” said Aron Meystedt, the Founder and Director of the Domain Names & Intellectual Property category at Heritage. “Now, for the first time, the broader public is going to have the opportunity to experience the market firsthand. Digital assets offer a global opportunity unlike any other to the right buyer or business; they offer a different kind of asset and a different way to think about collecting overall.”

Important one and two word domain names have a long history of selling for well more than seven figures, including $11 million for Hotels.com, $9.9+ million for Fund.com, $7.5 million for diamond.com and $5.1 million for Toys.com. Now, with the Nov. 21 auction at Heritage, MutualFunds.com stands poised to join those names in the top tier, in front of a global audience.

“If you’re an investment business, a bank, or a single investor or collector looking for one of the prime domain names that will ever be made broadly available to the public,” said Ostrofsky, “MutualFunds.com is the preeminent domain you could possible want to own. It has staggering potential for the right owner.”

Domain names, as the foundation of an Internet presence for businesses, personalities and ideas, have become increasingly important in modern society for anyone looking to establish a brand and control relevant information. As such, URLs with relating to broad ideas — such as Animation.com, Bicycle.com, or DVDs.com, all in this auction — or those with just two letters to them — QR.com or NL.com, also both in the Nov. 21 event — will be highly sought after by both businesses and collectors.

“Domain names are purely digital, have virtually zero carrying costs and they offer the ability to generate passive revenue while you hold them,” said Meystedt. “This is digital Real Estate. It’s an investment that will never need a new foundation or a new roof but will remain evergreen in the eyes of buyers and sellers, especially if you are lucky enough right now to get your hands on a one or two word or letter dot-com, which are the gold standard when it comes to these investments.”

Other highlights in the auction include, but are not limited to: Numismatics.com, Alexandria.com, Suit.com, Tie.com, Sociology.com, LuxuryBags.com; EqualRights.com and CurrencyExchange.com.

1&1 Internet, Ltd., has signed the ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement. The organisation is responsible for the global Internet address allocation of new Top Level Domains. As a result, 1&1 will be able to offer more than 700 new endings as Internet addresses in the future.

From October, the new domains will offer companies and individuals alike new ways to be found more easily on the web. Besides regional suffixes like .london or .wales, terms like .web or .mail will be available for general use. Small businesses can indicate the nature of their website with words like .shop or .shopping. Similarly, descriptive names like .car or .restaurant will lead additional visitors to the Internet presence.

“The new Top Level Domains will play a decisive role for future success on the web” says Robert Hoffmann, CEO Hosting, 1&1 Internet. “A good domain must stand out and be easy for customers to remember. Search Engines like Google are also optimised to display the most relevant results prominently. Special domains will have a strong influence on the listing of results and so ultimately on the commercial success of the enterprise”, continues Hoffmann.

Customers who have not managed to obtain succinct domain names with the appropriate .co.uk or .com, now have a chance to catch up. “But also those who already have a good address should protect their name in all possible variations before a competitor makes the move“, Hoffmann recommends.

With the integrated forwarding function, all domains newly registered with 1&1 can simply be forwarded to already existing web pages, regardless of the provider hosting them at the moment.

Which new domain suffixes may suit your own enterprise can be checked today at http://www.1and1.co.uk/new-top-level-domains . The 1&1 domain portal suggests Internet addresses relevant for the particular business area or the individual field of interest. Furthermore, new Top Level Domains can be reserved directly and without cost. As soon as the chosen domain suffixes become available, 1&1 will inform customers automatically. In the pricing, customers benefit from the economies of scale of one of the world’s leading hosting providers.

Further information at http://www.1and1.co.uk/new-top-level-domains

1&1 Internet Ltdhas launched a new portal offering pre-orders for the latest generation of Internet addresses or ‘new gTLDs’. The new wave of domains will see scores of attractive new endings to be launched such as .london, .restaurant, .rugby, .shop and .web. 1&1’s portal offers the chance to express interest in registering such domains, and provides a range of informative advice and news on the subject. The new domains will play an important role in determining future online identity and so will become increasingly important for businesses to consider. 1&1 urges UK firms to begin planning which new domains could make most impact upon their online audience.

Over the next 3 years, the creation of more than 1000 new gTLD domains will mean a revolution in the way we identify websites. As well as using a country specific domain, such as .co.uk, websites will also leverage addresses relevant by theme – such as subject area, geographical location, website type, business sector etc. The launch will mean a less crowded Internet, as there will be a far greater range of options for an Internet address. For business owners, the result will be great new potential for capturing traffic and developing their digital branding. For many new gTLDs, there will be significant interest from all around the world. Therefore, to ensure best chances of success, 1&1 recommends business owners and individuals should make a free pre-order of domains early.

1&1’s new pre-order portal, www.1and1.co.uk/ntld-check, is a useful way for website owners to browse the new domain endings and make a risk-free pre-order for their relevant domain name choice. With its portal, 1&1 offers the ability to express an interest in purchasing the domains early in the process. Whilst a pre-order does not guarantee that a domain will be purchased, it is a highly useful step in scoping options, and laying foundations within the imminent new landscape of web addresses. The website is also a valuable source of domain news, expert advice articles and practical tips for those planning their domain portfolio.

Robert Hoffmann, CEO Hosting, 1&1 Internet Ltd, comments, “A new era in Internet addresses promises great opportunities for every business online. However, research released in March shows that the majority of SMEs are still unaware of the launch of new gTLDs. 1&1’s new pre-order portal comprises an excellent resource for website owners to learn about their options, pre-order their new domains now, and benefit from 1&1’s global scale and competence with domain registration”.

An important topic for business owners to consider is their success on popular search engines such as Google. In recent months, search engines have begun to detail how their algorithms will be adapted so that new gTLDs will index as highly as regular domain endings. The largest have indicated that if a new domain is reflective of a website’s content, it will indeed become a key ingredient in their delivering of the most relevant search results for consumers. This development means that new gTLDs are already becoming attractive to brand and trademark owners online.

As Europe’s largest domain name registrar, 1&1 is well placed to deliver a high quality service to its domain registration customers. The company currently holds 12 million customer contracts worldwide and manages over 11 million domain names. For more information visit the website at www.1and1.co.uk .

A study conducted by Cyber Compare (www.cybercompare.net) found that the average auction price paid for a Premium .UK domain has been falling for the last three years in a row.

After looking at the data of 3698 domain name sales that completed between 2009 and 2012, we found that the average sale price for a domain has fallen by 23% from £316 down to £246 in 2012. The decline has been gradual between 2009 and 2012, as shown below:

– 2009 Average Sale Price £316

– 2010 Average Sale Price £316 (0%)

– 2011 Average Sale Price £269 (-15%)

– 2012 Average Sale Price £246 (-23%)

We also evaluated 3 letter domain name sale prices over the last 4 years, as these have traditionally been considered a safe investment because all 3 letter combinations have been registered. The sale prices of 3 letter domain names over the last 4 years have dipped and since risen back:

– 2009 Average Sale Price; £444
– 2010 Average Sale Price; £354
– 2011 Average Sale Price; £375
– 2012 Average Sale Price; £436

Based on 211, 3 letter domain sales.

Anthony Shapley, Managing Director at Cyber Compare comments “We weren’t at all surprised by the outcome of this research; the online marketplace has massively changed over the last 4 years becoming much more diverse with people focusing more on Mobile Apps. We’ve seen Google take away some of the SEO benefits of Exact Match Domains in September 2013, which will have inevitably slowed the pace of sales and reduced the value of these domains.”

Anthony then continued on “On top of that Nominet, the governing body for UK Domains has been pushing proposals and shortly revised proposals to release a new shortened .UK tld, on top of the existing .co.uk which has created uncertainty in the market, potentially causing people to hold off making big investments in .co.uk domains, whilst fighting through the financial crisis of 2008 which continues on.”

The first thing a new website developer has to do is to find a domain name. They must carefully decide a name that represents their business and is memorable for customers. Unfortunately, many of the best domain names are already taken by other websites. When it comes to searching for a domain, nothing aids the Web developer like a domain finder tool. Domain Hosting City now offers this tool for Web developers, courtesy of Act Now Domains.

What is a Domain Finder Tool?

You cannot purchase a domain name that is already in use. To check for available website names, you have to scour through all of the available names on the web. With a domain name finder all you need to do is enter your ideal domain name in the tool bar. Once you click enter, the application instantly begins to search through all of the domain names available. If your desired name is still open, it will instantly tell you and show the price.

Sometimes, the name you are looking for is not available. In that case Domain Hosting City’s search availability program will recommend similar domains that are still open. If these domain names work for you, you can select one of them instead of the name that is already taken.

Other Features

If you find domain names that you want, the search tool will also assist you in finding common misspellings of those names. When someone types an address into their tool bar, they will often make similar spelling mistakes and typos. This common mistake is well-known among hackers and Internet criminals. Nefarious hackers will create an alternate site using the common misspelling and trick your clients out of their money. To prevent this, you can buy up the common misspellings at the same time that you purchase your domain name. You can design the misspelled domain name to redirect to the correct web page. This ensures that you retain your clients and protects customers from underhanded website owners.

Getting the Best Domain Name

Domain Hosting City has developed a reputation for giving each customer the best website creation experience possible. With this in mind, they have adopted a domain finder tool on their website. Assisted by Act Now Domains, this domain checker helps users to spend less time finding a domain and more time working on their website.

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The Registry for .PW – the Professional Web, announced that the Landrush Period will be extended for 4 days, until March 22, 2013. It was originally scheduled to end on 18th March and has been extended further based on registrars’ demand.

The .PW Landrush is a unique opportunity where several premium domains including savings.pw, properties.pw, credits.pw, designers.pw and many more including 2-3 character names are available at non-premium rates. Last week, the Registry announced its partnership with industry giants like Network Solutions and Register.com, Web.com brands.

“There are some really great names that we’ve released from the reserve list, specifically for Landrush. This is a great opportunity for start-ups, business owners and professionals to buy the name they always wanted, at a very reasonable price. We’ve even put up a list of our top picks,” added Ramchandani.

The Registry also recently announced the sale of “p.pw” and “w.pw” for $8,000 each, in a private transaction to a hosting company. .PW will enter the General Availability phase from March 25, 2013 with 110 registrars including eNom, Network Solutions, Register.com, InterNetX, Key-Systems, Name.com, ResellerClub, Hostinger.com and Domain Monster.

About .pw – the Professional Web:
.pw – the Professional Web, is a TLD that has been opened globally to create a dedicated namespace for professionals and businesses to set up an online presence, with a first choice domain name at an affordable price point. For more information, please visit http://www.registry.pw