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The top European Domain conference, aptly named Domaining Europe kicks-off in Spain today with an incredible first day. Initially I had planned on attending the conference however since our wedding is only a few months away our weekends are packed with wedding planning so for the first time, ever, I had to cancel. It was [...]

This weekend I was searching for tours of San Francisco, I am headed up in a few weeks with a friend that hasn’t been there before and want to show them the city. I was pleasantly surprised to find SanFranciscoTours.us both advertising and enjoying first-page placement on Google. When I looked at the domain, and [...]

Hello and welcome to a brand new weekly segment here on ccTLD Investors – the weekly news spotlight. Each week we will put-together some of the top stories in the ccTLD world so you can catch-up on anything you might have missed. The exciting thing about ccTLDs is the incredible amount of opportunity and growth [...]

It has been my favorite ccTLD on the planet since 2007 and now I’m excited to say Neustar is taking it to the next level and promoting .US in a new campaign aimed at small businesses. Kickstart America is all about Small Businesses and how they can build their brands on .US. For many Small [...]

When most of us see a dash in a domain, we head for the hills and with good reason, in most TLDs a dash in the domain dramatically reduces the resale price. However, when it comes to .DE, it’s a whole different story. First, in case you didn’t know, in Germany .COM is not king [...]

When .TV was launched the idea was that this would be a TLD for people developing media-rich sites. You Tube was a hit, people were streaming video like crazy and .TV seemed like a great home for that content. It worked. While in the Domain Investing space you might not hear of people making a [...]

This week Afternic DLS gave ccTLD Investors something to get excited about announcing a new partnership with Russia’s first and largest registrar, RU-Center. This new partnership means that premium domains listed with Afternic will now be visible to people searching for domains through RU-Center. On top of that, they will also be offering their Instant [...]

2011 was an exciting year for the ccTLD Market and a diversion from 2010 which saw a strong focus on .DE. 2012 saw some great sales from .CO, .ME, and .TV in particular making all of these TLDs hot commodities going-into 2012. Now with .XXX in the mix and new gTLDs in the horizon, which [...]

We are very excited to announce that ccTLDInvestors.com will be providing detailed coverage of the Domaining Europe conference in April of 2012! This is the top conference in 2012 for learning more about ccTLD trends and opportunities. With ccTLD Investors like Daniel Dryzek, Luis Tolosa and more sharing what has worked for them in the [...]

You know a ccTLD has become completely accepted in the business world when a giant company like Visa uses it to brand their hottest new service offering. Out of all the choices out there Visa went with V.ME to brand their new service that looks like it will take a big bite out of Pay [...]