EuroDNS Blog

Meet.Me Sold for $450,000 triggering demand for .ME Domain Names
Recently Meet.Me was sold for a world record price of $450,000 by the MostWantedDomains.com Brokers. This has raised the bar for the other .ME domain names especially the domains with verbs, call to action type of domains as well as other bang on domains, in other words; .ME is competing with the supremacy of the .COM.

The Domain was jointly owned by Worldwide Media, Inc., Rick Schwartz and Ammar Kubba. The name was acquired at a TRAFFIC auction for $5,890 just over three years ago. This sale was ranked the 7th highest sale of the year on DnJournal.com, YTD chart and the 3rd highest non-.com sale of 2011.

.Me has proved to be a great occurrence in the world of TLDs. With its unforgettable meaning and limitless word combination possibilities, .Me gives a truly personal tone to ones domain name. It is considered a great choice by a lot of people for its uniqueness as it is a domain name that ‘speaks for itself’.

.Me has enormous prospects as it is creative, personal and relatable. The domain's popularity is partly due to its versatility across different languages, as the word "me" has a similar meaning in a number of languages.

Domain names like Date.Me, Marry.Me, Love.Me, Use.Me and Text.Me are unique domain names for businesses and subsequent to the huge sale of Meet.Me, the .ME domain extension is in even greater demand in the market of domain names.

So hurry and book your favorite domain name before the best ones are taken.

Register your .ME today with EuroDNS here!

EuroDNS Announces Launch of Premium Domain Marketplace Through Afternic DLS.

New Technology Gives Domain Buyers Instant Access to Purchases.

EuroDNS today announced the deployment of Afternic’s unique “Instant Transfer” technology for domain sales. Effective immediately EuroDNS’ website allows its customers to purchase a secondary market domain name directly from the Domain Listing Service (DLS) of Afternic. The integration also means that domain name owners registered at EuroDNS wishing to sell their domains benefit from direct access to more than 50 million prospective buyers that access Afternic’s DLS each month.

“Through our partnership with Afternic’s DLS and the launch of the new Instant Transfer technology we are delighted to offer our customers immediate and direct access to premium domain names,” said Lutz Berneke, the recently appointed CEO of EuroDNS. “All buyers and sellers will benefit from the new platform, which represents for domain buyers a ‘one-stop-shop’ to the world's largest domain portfolio, and for domain sellers access to the best global platform for listing their name for sale.

As domain names continue to be the centerpiece of effective online marketing, buyers looking for just the right name for their business are increasingly turning to the secondary domain market—the market for pre-registered domains offered for sale by their owner. Afternic has built the industry’s largest global network for the trading of secondary market domains and
EuroDNS is now fully integrated into the purchasing system. This way, buyers are able to order pre-registered domain names directly from within EuroDNS’ API. All that is required is to add the premium domain names in one’s shopping cart for customers to buy that secondary market domain name instantly. No need to go through any additional administrative measures that other, legacy marketplaces require; the whole process is automated so that customer wishing to opt for premium domains can do so smoothly and effectively following the same simple steps needed for the registration of a primary domain name.

“The benefits of this new service are manifold,” said Jason Miner, the General Manager at Afternic. “Not only can domain buyers start tapping into millions of the world’s best domain names and complete the transaction in record time thanks to this “Instant Transfer” technology, but that very functionality makes domains more appealing to retail buyers because the transaction is effortless, and gives the buyer immediate access to and control of the name purchased.”

With branch offices throughout Europe as well as America and Asia, EuroDNS has established accreditation with over 70 registries worldwide offering more than 300 international domain extensions. EuroDNS customers had therefore already countless options to choose from when registering new domains. With the addition of the inventory of millions of secondary market domains from Afternic’s DLS, EuroDNS will be one of the first in Europe to offer this opportunity for domain buyers to easily search and buy a premium domain name. Likewise the implementation of Afternic’s DLS now enables domain owners to be connected to more than 50 million prospective buyers every month. Following a simple registration process, owners of domains registered with EuroDNS have the opportunity to list their domains for sale on Afternic’s DLS. Doing so will allow the names to be displayed on the search results to prospective buyers at EuroDNS but also under every domain registrar connected to the Afternic‘s DLS, including six of the top ten registrars globally. Such wide exposure brings additional value and liquidity to the domain aftermarket while eliminating barriers to sale, increasing returns for domain sellers.

For more information on NameMedia and EuroDNS, please go to: http://www.namemedia.com and http://www.eurodns.com

About Afternic and NameMedia
Afternic is the industry's leading full-service domain marketplace, delivering the highest sales velocity and highest average sales price to people interested in selling domains. Afternic is part of NameMedia, a leader in the acquisition, development and trading of digital real estate through a network of highly targeted websites and a marketplace for premium domain names. The company’s website development focuses on creating compelling online communities in niche categories. The company’s marketplace allows owners of premium domain names to list their domain properties for sale, and for domain buyers to review the largest available inventory. Through its ownership of one of the largest domain portfolios in the world, its innovative website development platform, and its broad distribution, NameMedia now serves more than 50 million visitors to its network of websites and sells domains to customers in more than 100 countries. Headquartered outside Boston in Waltham, Massachusetts, more information is available at http://www.namemedia.com.

About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. http://www.eurodns.com

Luxembourg November 16, 2011 - EuroDNS Announces Appointment of New Senior Management to Support the Company's Future Growth Plans

Effective immediately, EuroDNS has appointed Xavier Buck as the new President and Chairman of the Board while Lutz Berneke takes over as CEO. Reporting to Lutz are Macsen Galvin, COO and Daniel Eisenhut, CSO, Anouar Adlani remaining in his position as CTO.

Xavier Buck has been an Internet Entrepreneur since 1996. In 2000 he founded the DCL Group, a leading Internet and e-commerce company, consisting of the well known Datacenter Luxembourg, EuroDNS, voipGATE, eBrand Services and LuxCloud. Under his direction EuroDNS, created in 2002, has become one of the leading global Internet Registrars. Employing 50 staff in Luxembourg and a further 30 throughout the world, the company offers more than 300 extensions and manages around a million domain names.

Following his involvement with various other companies Xavier’s duties have multiplied over the past years; as a result of his busy schedule he has decided to step up allowing him to focus essentially on a strategy for the DCL Group and giving Lutz and his team the opportunity to take the company to the next level of success with the running of its operations.

Xavier Buck, the new President and Chairman of the Board, comments "We are in the process of rapidly expanding our presence in the world of domain names and want to put in place a team of highly experienced professionals to effectively guide our business plans. This internal reorganization will help us leverage the collective expertise of Lutz, Macsen, Daniel and Anouar”.

Previously CFO of EuroDNS, Lutz, in his new role as CEO, will be in charge of the day to day operations of the company, working closely with Xavier on the various strategies, implementing new policies for development and accelerating growth. Lutz comes from the German High Tech industry and held positions as CEO at GEA and at Bosch Security Systems and as CFO of KUKA Systems. “I thank Xavier for stepping up to his new role and giving me the opportunity to experience the expanded responsibilities of my new position as CEO” said Lutz Berneke. He will also continue his position as CEO of eBrand Services to leverage joint platform and product strategies.

Macsen Galvin has just joined EuroDNS as the new COO of the company. He brings with him over 15 years of core industry experience. In his previous job at Webfusion, the largest domain registrar and hosting company in the UK, he held the position of Development Director, Head of Product Management and Head of Technical Strategy. Macsen will work together with Lutz on the company’s future plans and policies.

Part of the EuroDNS team since September 2011, Daniel Eisenhut as EuroDNS CSO – Chief Sales Officer – is responsible for the company’s sales operations. Previously Daniel was in charge of International Business Development at InterNetX, an international provider of domains and hosting services for resellers.

Anouar Adlani, EuroDNS CTO, will continue to excel at leading EuroDNS IT Services.

After 4 years at EuroDNS, Nuno Soares, former Sales Director at EuroDNS, was appointed the new Director of a DCL Group Company to complete the global strategy of the group and focus on the secondary market.

We wish everyone all the very best with their new roles and future endeavors.

About EuroDNS
EuroDNS is a Domain name Registrar specialized in International Domain extensions. Based in Luxembourg with branch offices in Europe, the USA and Asia with AsiaDNS, EuroDNS serves a large variety of clients ranging from SMEs to some of the world’s largest Domain Investors and offers dedicated naming solutions to Trademark holders. By strongly participating in leading industry forums including ICANN and the International Trademark Association, EuroDNS seeks to promote e-Commerce and wider Internet adoption. http://www.eurodns.com

As of November 7, 2011, CoCCA (Council of Country Code Administrators), the registry provider for the ccTLDs .AF, .CX, .GS, .GY, .HT, .KI, .MS, .NF and .SB will amend the registration policies enforcing registry activation and confirmation.

On registration, renewal or change of registrant (i.e. change of ownership), the administrative contact or registrant will be sent two emails from the registry. One will be a "welcome" message from the sponsoring organization that advises the registrant of their rights and responsibilities as well as the contact information of their registrar; the second will be an "activation" email with a link that the recipient must click on to;

a.) accept the TLD Registrant Agreement and AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)

b.) confirm the validity of contact details provided by the registrar or reseller to the registry.

On renewal or change of registrant the policy must again be accepted and the contact details confirmed within 21 days or the domain will be suspended.

Register your .AF, .CX, .GS, .GY, .HT, .KI, .MS, .NF, .SB ccTLDs with EuroDNS here!

.IN surpassed the 1 million registration mark in October 2011. The National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) published the statistics, stating that the 1 million registrations included the second level domains, org.in, ac.in and co.in, as well as the .in domain type. This is not a huge number considering the population of India and the fact that a fair percentage of registrants are not from India. Nonetheless, it is still an exciting landmark for the TLD.

In early 2005, INRegistry, the Registry for .IN, had enabled all individuals and legal entities, to register .IN domain names without the need for any local presence. Under NIXI, the INRegistry functions as an autonomous body with primary responsibility for maintaining the .IN ccTLD and ensures its operational stability, reliability, and security. It implements the various elements of new policies set out by the Government of India and its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

In November 2009, the number of registrations was 550,000 and in less than two years this number has doubled. The potential for further growth is enormous as the growth of India’s economy over the past decade has intensified facilitating the country’s information technology market.

Although India’s economy has grown substantially in the last decade, the technology infrastructure and the economy have not grown at the same rate. India boasts the third highest number of Internet users in the world, with 100 million people online, but this is only a relatively small 8% of the overall population. The country has over 800 million users of mobile phones, about 70% of the population and over 38 million social network users (an increase of over 12 million in the last 6 months).

It is expected that India, with its current economic growth rate will soon become a fore-runner in the information technology market. At the moment India has the third highest internet users in the world after China and the United States of America. 

Register your .IN with EuroDNS here!