Another GoDaddy acquisition is in the books, from OnlineDomain, GoDaddy is acquiring the .Club domain extension: “Just weeks away from the 7^th anniversary of the .Club launch, we are excited to announce that GoDaddy Registry is acquiring the .Club domain extension.  This means, once the deal closes, the .Club extension will have a new home. Our team is infinitely grateful for the opportunity that allowed us to participate in this historical time for the domain name industry when new domain choices were finally made available.”

It doesn’t need to be said, but I will, and the announcement does, “This was frankly expected as single New gTLD domain extensions are more expensive to run (and smaller profit margins) and because this was the best time for .club owners to sell to capitalize on the latest .club increased registrations and premium sales (mostly because of Clubhouse).”