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NameBright Offering $6.29 / $6.59 .com Registrations

NameBright is currently running a promotion for new .com registrations. The price is $6.29/year for pre-funded accounts and $6.59 for credit card payments, which is what I chose. Like many other domain registrars, NameBright offers free domain privacy on all .com registrations.

There is no promo / discount code required to take advantage of the discount, and it does not look like there are any limits to the number of domain names that can be registered. This promotion only applies to new registrations and not transfers or renewals.

I am unsure when this promotion ends.

Dynadot Offers “Best Super Bulk Pricing” for all Customers

One benefit of consolidating a portfolio of domain names at a single registrar is receiving better bulk pricing for domain name registration, renewals, and inbound transfers. Most domain registrars offer these deals to their larger customers, with the priority pricing tiered – typically based on spend (varies by registrar).

Like many registrars targeting domain investors, Dynadot offered special pricing to some of its top customers. This special pricing has been extended to all Dynadot customers, per a post on X from Dynadot Founder and CEO Todd Han:

Spaceship Introduces (Free) Whois History Tool

This morning, Namecheap and Spaceship Founder and CEO Richard Kirkendall announced a free Whois history tool that is available on Spaceship.com. Users don’t need to be logged into their Spaceship account – or even Spaceship customers – to access this free tool.

Richard shared a video demonstration of how it works in a post via X:

Porkbun Hits 2 Million DUM

In a press release distributed this morning, Porkbun announced it hit the 2 million domain names under management milestone. The registrar was established in 2015, and it hit the 1 million mark seven years later in 2022. It is an impressive feat to have doubled that number in about two years.

Notably, Porkbun was founded as a retail registrar focused on selling non-.com domain names in extensions owned by its parent company, Top Level Design. The press release shared some of this background for those unfamiliar with Porkbun’s history:

Spaceship Hits 1 Million DUM – Only 13% of New Registrations are .com

Earlier this morning, Richard Kirkendall shared that Spaceship hit the 1 million Domains Under Management (DUM) mark. Richard is the Founder of Namecheap and its sister registrar, Spaceship, which came out of beta just over a year ago:

Following Richard’s comments, the Spaceship PR team shared some data about the domain names registered via its platform. Some of the data was surprising to me. Here are some of the facts that caused me to do a double take.

Spaceship: Request a Feature

There have been many times I visited a domain industry website and thought of an idea that would be helpful. On occasion, I’ve taken some action and gotten in touch with a decision maker to offer a suggestion. Off the top of my head, I don’t recall seeing anything implemented (yet).

I received an email from Spaceship this morning announcing a new service called Unbox. You can read about that offering on the Spaceship website.

What caught my attention in this morning’s email is the section about growing together:

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