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The Domains
Web.com Q1 Results: Revenue Up 26%
Web.com Group, Inc. released its Q1 results for 2013. Revenue was up 26% year-over-year to $115.5 million. Operating loss was $2.5MM from $18.5MM in last year’s Q1. Net loss from continuing operations was $46.5MM compared to $29.8MM in 2012. We...
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Web.com Q1 Results: Revenue Up 26%
Web.com Group, Inc. released its Q1 results for 2013. Revenue was up 26% year-over-year to $115.5 million. Operating loss was $2.5MM from $18.5MM in last year’s Q1. Net loss from continuing operations was $46.5MM compared to $29.8MM in 2012. We...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 4:40 pm
Elliot's Blog
Media Options Flips White.com
I just learned that Media Options successfully flipped White.com, a domain name the company privately acquired in December of 2012. The company acquired the domain name for $195,000, and “sold it for a substantial 6 figure amount,” accord...
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Media Options Flips White.com
I just learned that Media Options successfully flipped White.com, a domain name the company privately acquired in December of 2012. The company acquired the domain name for $195,000, and “sold it for a substantial 6 figure amount,” accord...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co is not just for tech startups
A lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On the way to work yesterday I passed a lawn c...
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.Co is not just for tech startups
A lawn care company uses a great .co domain name. It seems like every day TechCrunch is covering a startup using a .co domain. But it’s not just tech companies that have taken an eye to the domain. On the way to work yesterday I passed a lawn c...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Where Do You Buy Domain Names?
I was looking over my recent domain name purchases today, and I noticed that most of my domain buys in the last six months have either been private acquisitions or auction purchases, the majority of which were from NameJet. I was curious about where ...
Discussion
Where Do You Buy Domain Names?
I was looking over my recent domain name purchases today, and I noticed that most of my domain buys in the last six months have either been private acquisitions or auction purchases, the majority of which were from NameJet. I was curious about where ...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:18 am
The Domains
STRAAT/.Co Registry Buys 16,000 Sq Ft Building In Miami For HQ
According to Florida Trend a popular business publication in the State of Florida, CO Internet’s parent company, STRAAT Investments, purchased a 16,000-sq.-ft. building in Miami’s Brickell area to house its growing headquarters. It expect...
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STRAAT/.Co Registry Buys 16,000 Sq Ft Building In Miami For HQ
According to Florida Trend a popular business publication in the State of Florida, CO Internet’s parent company, STRAAT Investments, purchased a 16,000-sq.-ft. building in Miami’s Brickell area to house its growing headquarters. It expect...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 11:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Kim Dotcom buys K.im domain name for $20,000
Mega Upload founder buys short (and expensive) domain name. Last month I wrote about how k.im had received a $20,000 bid at Sedo, and suggested that Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom might be the buyer. I was right. The Sedo auction closed for $20,000 a...
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Kim Dotcom buys K.im domain name for $20,000
Mega Upload founder buys short (and expensive) domain name. Last month I wrote about how k.im had received a $20,000 bid at Sedo, and suggested that Mega Upload founder Kim Dotcom might be the buyer. I was right. The Sedo auction closed for $20,000 a...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft registers domains to thwart botnets
Microsoft registers domains previously used by Citadel malware. Microsoft has registered a number of domain names to thwart a cybercrime ring credited with over a half billion dollars in financial fraud. The action aims to thwart Citadel malware, whi...
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Microsoft registers domains to thwart botnets
Microsoft registers domains previously used by Citadel malware. Microsoft has registered a number of domain names to thwart a cybercrime ring credited with over a half billion dollars in financial fraud. The action aims to thwart Citadel malware, whi...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 8:56 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
I’m not one for change but every once in a while I’ll do something different. Every year we our two vacations each year to Kona Hawaii and Laguna Beach. This year we decided to switch it up for the first time in 10 years and g...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
I’m not one for change but every once in a while I’ll do something different. Every year we our two vacations each year to Kona Hawaii and Laguna Beach. This year we decided to switch it up for the first time in 10 years and g...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 6:15 am
The Domains
Donuts Loses 2 More Private Auctions As .Red Becomes 1st New gTLD To Be Withdrawn After IE
According to the ICANN website tonight Donuts has withdrawn two more applications as a result of the private auctions held last week Donuts withdrew both its new gTLD applications for .Red and .Luxury Donuts application for .Red was filed under Steel...
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Donuts Loses 2 More Private Auctions As .Red Becomes 1st New gTLD To Be Withdrawn After IE
According to the ICANN website tonight Donuts has withdrawn two more applications as a result of the private auctions held last week Donuts withdrew both its new gTLD applications for .Red and .Luxury Donuts application for .Red was filed under Steel...
Discussion
June 13, 2013, 12:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Company ordered to pay $5,000 after reverse domain name hijacking charge
Panel believe complainant was trying to use arbitration as a “short cut” to acquire domain. Domain name attorney Zak Muscovitch has helped the owner of ClevelandCyclewerks.ca save his domain name in a cybersquatting arbitration case. Not ...
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Company ordered to pay $5,000 after reverse domain name hijacking charge
Panel believe complainant was trying to use arbitration as a “short cut” to acquire domain. Domain name attorney Zak Muscovitch has helped the owner of ClevelandCyclewerks.ca save his domain name in a cybersquatting arbitration case. Not ...
Discussion
June 12, 2013, 11:02 pm
