Another Milestone for Dropping LLL.INs

To those familiar with the .in domain space, would be aware that there is an LLL.IN buyout holding for quite some time. There are LLL.In drops, that are registered immediately. Over the months following the buyout, the number of names dropping has reduced month over month. We have tracked this number here. For the month of October, we have reached an important milestone. The number of potential drops is under 10 for the first time. Please note that we are counting an LLL.IN as a potential drop if the state in “PENDING DELETE SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE” or “PENDING DELETE RESTORABLE.” If a domain has a status of “PENDING DELETE RESTORABLE,” it is very much possible that the domain could be renewed and as a consequence not drop. This happens sometimes, but not so common and hence ignoring it. So why is this milestone significant? These are the implications:

1. The LLL.IN buyout is strong as it has ever been.
2. LLL.INs are steadily increasing in price among domainers. I would say that the price today is $250-$350 among resellers for ordinary LLL.INs
3. LLL.INs have become far more liquid, and there are lots of domainers looking to buy them.

Below is the graph that shows the number of drops each month for this year. Hopefully we get 0 monthly LLL.IN drops in 2017.

llll-ins-dropping-trend-2016

Digital India 2.0

Digital India

In the next phase of Digital India, the Indian government plans to roll out an open API policy. API stands for application programming interface which is a well-defined protocols & interface for interacting with a front end system. So, for example, a system can provide information about a department, and if someone wishes to obtain this information, they have to interact with the system using the API (fixed set of rules). So APIs are really powerful because it provides lots of opportunities for existing companies or start-ups to use these APIs to provide service to general public. Although these are initial days, the API stack currently proposed to include:

  • Aadhaar for authentication,
  • e-KYC documents (safe deposit locker for issue, storage, and use of documents),
  • e-Sign (digital signature acceptable under the laws),
  • unified payment interface (for financial transactions), and
  • privacy-protected data sharing within the stack of API.

Read more at: http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/technology/digital-india-20-the-next-phasee-governanceindia_7545501.html?utm_source=ref_article

WhatsGroup .in Domain Auction Results: Week Ending October 02, 2016

In this week’s auction there were several domains submitted for the auction and eleven of them  selected. Below are the names for the auction:

domain-auctions-2016-10-02

Below are the results:

Domain NameFinal Bid ($)Reserve Met?
cqz.in235Yes
mango.co.in255Yes
businessportal.in110Yes
new.co.in300Yes
ukr.in365Yes
once.in350Yes
xmo.in265Yes
cheque.co.in85Yes
pushchairs.in255Yes
567.co.in285Yes
puk.in425Yes

Observations:

  • Lots of interest in the LLL.IN and based in how it was going during bidding time, a range of $250-$350 for an average LLL.IN seems to be a new ballpark.
  • All the of names reached three figures except one, which is a good sign.
  • Total sales were $2,930

Caveat:

These are the final bids and we do not track track if the domain actually had been paid and transferred.

List of Available LLLL.INs as of September-27th, 2016

Here is the list of all available LLLL.INs as of the scan done on September 27th, 2016.

Here are the stats:

Available: 245,155

CVCV Names Available: 0

VCVC Names Available: 7,890

AAAB Names Available: 0

ABBB Names Available: 0

ABAB Names Available: 0

AABB Names Available: 0

ABBA Names Available: 26

CHIP Names Available: 859

The trend graph is:

llll-ins-trend

India Rises to 39th Position in Competitive Index

The WEF released the latest ranking whereby they rank a list of 138 countries in “Competitive Index.” The report “assesses the ability of countries to provide high levels of prosperity to their citizens. This in turn depends on how productively a country uses available resources. Therefore, the Global Competitiveness Index measures the set of institutions, policies, and factors that set the sustainable current and medium-term levels of economic prosperity.”

This ranking report is released each year and this year, and India ranks 39 up from 55 the previous year.

Here are the key areas used to assess the position of a country:

  1. Institutions
  2. Infrastructure
  3. Macroeconomics environment
  4. Health and primary education
  5. Higher education and training
  6. Goods market efficiency
  7. Labor market efficiency
  8. Financial market development
  9. Technological readiness
  10. Market size
  11. Business sophistication
  12. Innovation

Here are the highlights from the report relevant to India:

  1. India is the fastest riser among all countries by rising 16 positions in one year. If you take previous two years, India has risen 32 points !!!
  2. India’s overall competitiveness score was rather stagnant between 2007 and 2014, but after the new government had come to power, a bunch of policies enacted by the government started bearing fruits.
  3. Improvements in health, primary education and infrastructure contributed most to this enhancement.
  4. On health and basic education, India almost halved its rate of infant mortality (from 62 to 37.9 per 1,000), increased life expectancy (from62 to 68) and primary education enrollment (from 88.8% to 93.1%).
  5. Improvements in infrastructure were small and faltering until 2014 when the government increased public investment and accelerated approval procedures to attract private resources.
  6. Another improvement over the past decade has been increased market size.
  7. Technological readiness is now India’s weakest spot relative to other pillars, and should be a government priority.

The table below shows the rank of India over the years:

YearRank
2012-1359
2013-1460
2014-1571
2015-1655
2016-1739

 

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