DN Journal's wire to wire review of Canada's first T.RA.F.F.I.C. conference has just been published. Here are the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference details (plus previously unseen photos) that we did not have time to bring you in our daily highlight posts from this month's show in one of the world...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, The preliminary agenda has been posted and early bird registration opened for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming to Miami's South Beach. Plus, some NAF UDRP arbitrators were caught with egg on their face in April and the embarrassment just grew worse with a n...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Since we were away last week for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver the new report is a double-length column covering all of the notable sales reported over the past two weeks. Just like summertime temperatures, action in the aftermarket appears to b...

A new report from Pingdom.com, building on 1Q-2010 stats released by Verisign, says we are about to (or may already have) hit a landmark 200 million domain registrations worldwide. Plus, Domain Name Wire's Andrew Allemann tells us about a new service he is about to launch....

Legendary Vancouver area domainer Garry Chernoff was not able to make it to last week's Traffic conference, so the Castello Brothers took the conference to him! Michael and David made a 250-mile pilgrimage to Penticton, British Columbia to see "The Cherminator" and wound up getting a birds eye vi...

The curtain came down on Canada's first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference Thursday evening in Vancouver, BC. The event closed with a live domain auction that netted nearly $700,000 thanks to a pair of blockbuster 7-figure sales. Attendees also watched E.CO sell for 81K on closed circuit TV....

Day Two at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference featured a fireside chat with the father of Canada's .CA extension, John Demco, and a panel discussion about its future. There was also a .CA domain auction and a panel discussion about the future of domains in general....

Canada's first T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference ever attracted the show's biggest audience of the year when the event got underway Tuesday in Vancouver. Attendees turned out to network with fellow domain investors in a town that has produced some of the most successful domain investors of all time....

After getting up at 4am so we could catch an early flight from our home base in Tampa, Florida to Vancouver, British Columbia for this week's T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver conference, my wife Diana and I arrived in the spectacularly beautiful Canadian city this afternoon. Here are some pre-show photos an...

Many of the domain industry's movers and shakers are converging on Vancouver, British Columbia for Canada's first-ever T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference + notes on some new industry websites and events....

The weekly DNJournal.com domain sales report is out and it was a very solid 7 days for the aftermarket. After three straight weeks without a sale above the five-figure level, the market broke loose with the biggest sale of 2010 entering the books along with a pair of nice 6-figure sales,...

Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com, some background on our new Cover Story about Dan Warner, plus concerns about how a proposed ICANN policy could harm aftermarket sales and our take on a newspaper story that says .mobi has at least one foot in the grave....

New DN Journal Cover Story: The life of former Fabulous.com leader Dan Warner. He has done a hitch in the Navy, worked as a carpenter, paramedic, fireman, software developer & pharmaceutical salesman + survived a near fatal accident & a thieving CFO who wound up in jail after destroying Warner's mul...

A holiday weekend news roundup from DN Journal includes: The latest update on T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Vancouver - Photos from T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan - DOMAINfest Europe Releases Agenda and Opens Registration - Former SnapNames VP Nelson Brady Admits Shill Bidding in Response to $33 Million Lawsuit + E.co Goes ...

Verisign staged a 25 Years of .Com Gala Wednesday night in San Francisco co-hosted by comedian Dana Carvey and Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Scott McNealy. We have a first hand account from Aron Meystedt, the current owner of the first .com domain ever registered, who was among those recognized at th...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. A dozen .coms took places on our latest Top 20 Chart with the ccTLDs also turning in a strong showing with six chart entries. A pair of .nets gave the non .com gTLDs representation on the elite list as well....

Yesterday we ran a video interview with CentralNic Founder Robert Pooke who explained how he assembled the world's greatest collection of 2-letter .com domains - a portfolio that includes US.com, UK.com, EU.com and LA.com to name a few. Today CentralNic GM Joe Alagna details how the company utiliz...

Wouldn't it be great to own a 2-letter .com domain like US.com, UK.com, EU.com or LA.com? Or perhaps NO.com, DE.com, CN.com or SA.com. Well, one guy, CentralNic's Robert Pooke, owns ALL of those domains and many more. Pooke tells us how he acquired those great domains and how he decided on his curr...

The .CO registry's innovative Founder's Program is awarding high profile domains to early adopter developers who submit the best plans for a relevant .CO website. Today the registry announced that TechCrunch is one of the companies that has been awarded a .CO domain that is hosting a new website....

May has seen the launch of new domain industry websites as well as the addition of new features at existing sites. The new resources offer everything from domain promo codes that will give you registration discounts to an extensive list of categorized and rated sites that will help you find better d...

The .com extension turned 25 years old this year and as part of a year-long celebration to mark the anniversary of the world's most popular extension, Verisign will hold a special 25 Years of .Com Gala, hosted by comedian Dana Carvey, on Wednesday in San Francisco. Here is a preview of what will be ...

The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. For the second straight week no reported sales broke the six-figure barrier, however a couple of even bigger blockbusters are waiting in the wings. The 16 .coms on the leader board are joined by a trio of ccTLDs and a pair of non .com gTLDs...

Today in the Lowdown at DN Journal: The recent surge in high end domain sales continues with another 6-figure sale. Plus, the high value of generic domains on the aftermarket is the subject of a new white paper that could be useful in educating your customers about what constitutes a good name and ...

The popular DOMAINfest conference series introduced a new show format Thursday with their one-day DOMAINfest Ft. Lauderdale Power Networking Day at the W Hotel. DN Journal has photos and highlights from an event that drew a sizeable crowd to the oceanfront venue in Florida....

One of the most highly anticipated T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences in years is coming up June 8-10 when the pioneering industry trade show makes its first ever appearance in Canada...and a very special place in Canada at that. Vancouver is the epicenter of an area that has played a huge role in domain in...