Originally launched in 2005, Joomla is a popular open source Content Management System (CMS) for building websites and online applications. There are ardent Joomla fans all over the world who create, support, use and evangelize the robust and flexible platform. Recently, Joomla.org started offering domain names for registration at Domains.Joomla.org, powered by Brandit. The .CLUB […]
We just returned from our annual January pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the last time, as NamesCon has announced that the popular industry event will be relocating to Austin Texas next year. While some of us may miss the glitz and the casinos, the real draw of NamesCon has always been the great opportunity it […]
The .CLUB team first visited China in January 2014, several months before we launched .CLUB to the public. We were fortunate to recognize early on the importance of China in a global market, and upon arrival, we were pleasantly surprised to see the word “CLUB,” in English, in wide use everywhere we went. Since then, […]
At the NamesCon conference in Las Vegas, we launched some exciting new features at our Names.club marketplace, including the ability for any domain owner to list their names for sale. While we originally launched Names.club with premium names featuring .CLUB and other new extensions, now we can accept names with any top-level domain, including .COM […]
We’re very pleased to announce some price changes and additions to our Tier premium names available through the registrar channel, including the addition of many high-value names that have never been offered by registrars. We are adding a NEW tier with a suggested retail price of $19,000, containing approximately 117 names. These are names that […]
There have been a few posts regarding increases to the .CLUB wholesale pricing that we would like to clarify. First, as the Registry Operator, we only set the wholesale price for a domain registration/renewal. Our registrar and reseller partners are responsible for setting their desired margin and retail price, and, frankly, there is a wide […]
As 2018 winds to a close, we want to take a moment to thank YOU! Everyone at .CLUB appreciates the support of our friends, family, business partners and everyone who has registered a .CLUB domain name. 2018 has been a great year of growth for us. We crossed the 1.5 million registration mark, we were […]
As we roll in toward the end of 2018, we took a look at our premium name sales for the first half of the year and the historical impact of our Names.club “Easy Payments” financing platform. Q1 & Q2 2018 The registrar channel and our Tiered Premium program continue to thrive with 2,072 premium […]
One of the early e-commerce sites to use a .CLUB domain name was Soap.club, a great community and subscription service for high quality, all natural soaps. Every bar of their soap is branded “Soap.club” and they have reaped many benefits by using their memorable domain name as their brand. Soap.club is run by Norm Farrar (a.k.a. […]
At the recent MERGE! conference in Orlando, Florida, our CEO Colin Campbell shared his thoughts on “What Makes a Startup Successful.” A successful serial entrepreneur, Colin shares his proven philosophies on how to Start, Scale and Exit your startup, leveraging the power of People, Money, Stories, and Systems. In addition, Colin gives a preview of […]
Did you ever want to know what really goes on behind the business of a new Top-Level Domain extension? Here’s your chance, as .CLUB CEO Colin Campbell appears once again on the Domain Name Wire Podcast and gives what host Andrew Alleman calls, “an eye-opening and unprecedented look into a private new TLD company.” Andrew […]
At the recent SUP-X, The Startup Expo held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, I had the opportunity to give an open workshop session on “Tips for Better Branding your Startup.” With the proliferation of new domain extensions, many of them words with meaning, like .CLUB, .SHOP, .WORK, etc., it is no longer a good idea to […]