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The Domains
Verisign To Be The Premier Sponsor At TRAFFIC
According to an announcement out today, Verisign (Nasdaq-VSRN) the registry for .Com, .Net and .Tv will be the Premier Sponsor of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2014 conference which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, October 30- November 2. Verisign will host...
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Verisign To Be The Premier Sponsor At TRAFFIC
According to an announcement out today, Verisign (Nasdaq-VSRN) the registry for .Com, .Net and .Tv will be the Premier Sponsor of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2014 conference which will be held at the Fontainebleau Hotel, October 30- November 2. Verisign will host...
Discussion
October 18, 2014, 2:01 pm
The Domains
Fred Krueger Exercises Option To Acquire 5 Million Shares Of Minds + Machines For 4p
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today, that Frederick Krueger, a director of the Company, has today exercised options to subscribe for 5,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 4p per new Ordinary Share. Shares of Minds + Machin...
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Fred Krueger Exercises Option To Acquire 5 Million Shares Of Minds + Machines For 4p
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), announced today, that Frederick Krueger, a director of the Company, has today exercised options to subscribe for 5,000,000 new Ordinary Shares at a price of 4p per new Ordinary Share. Shares of Minds + Machin...
Discussion
October 18, 2014, 12:30 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 10/18
Man did I ever screw up the list yesterday. Most of the Godaddy names finished today not yesterday, I called 6L.coms 5Ls, all kinds of crazy. I was trying to fit in two posts and a little extra work and it didn’t work out. Since I ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 10/18
Man did I ever screw up the list yesterday. Most of the Godaddy names finished today not yesterday, I called 6L.coms 5Ls, all kinds of crazy. I was trying to fit in two posts and a little extra work and it didn’t work out. Since I ...
Discussion
October 18, 2014, 11:45 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago: KK.com, Ride.com, LSN.com, Web-Design.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top ten domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. KK.com for $2,400,000 No site resolves, but it’s still the traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank near 750,000. 2. Ride.com for $325,000...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago: KK.com, Ride.com, LSN.com, Web-Design.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top ten domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. KK.com for $2,400,000 No site resolves, but it’s still the traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank near 750,000. 2. Ride.com for $325,000...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 11:31 pm
The Domains
Is Microsoft the Self Appointed Sheriff of the Internet ?
Robert McMillan of Wired did an interesting piece on how Microsoft became the self appointed Sheriff of the Internet. The article starts off detailing the facts in the case of No-IP. Apparently Microsoft had noticed that an unusually high amoun...
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Is Microsoft the Self Appointed Sheriff of the Internet ?
Robert McMillan of Wired did an interesting piece on how Microsoft became the self appointed Sheriff of the Internet. The article starts off detailing the facts in the case of No-IP. Apparently Microsoft had noticed that an unusually high amoun...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 10:06 pm
The Domains
Flippa Reveals The Niches With The Highest Chance of Selling and a Whole Lot More
Stephen Koo wrote a piece on the Flippa blog that should be of interest to everyone looking to sell domains and websites on the platform. Flippa has gained a lot of momentum in domain only auctions since Kevin Fink has come on board and been responsi...
Discussion
Flippa Reveals The Niches With The Highest Chance of Selling and a Whole Lot More
Stephen Koo wrote a piece on the Flippa blog that should be of interest to everyone looking to sell domains and websites on the platform. Flippa has gained a lot of momentum in domain only auctions since Kevin Fink has come on board and been responsi...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 5:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
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This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 2:52 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday 10/17
If you didn’t catch Aaron’s interview with Shane Warne yesterday you need to give it a read. Shane and Eric Borgos are my two favorite domain/buildout/entrepreneur guys in the industry. Heck, they may be the same person with their s...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday 10/17
If you didn’t catch Aaron’s interview with Shane Warne yesterday you need to give it a read. Shane and Eric Borgos are my two favorite domain/buildout/entrepreneur guys in the industry. Heck, they may be the same person with their s...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: October 17 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:• ICANN: 36,732 Complaints Filed Against Registrars & 853 Complaints Against Registries• .ooo Domain Name Takes Over...• .Club Leads All New gTLD’s in Numb...
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Domain Name News: October 17 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news, including:• ICANN: 36,732 Complaints Filed Against Registrars & 853 Complaints Against Registries• .ooo Domain Name Takes Over...• .Club Leads All New gTLD’s in Numb...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 9:30 am
The Domains
When It Comes To Rightside, One Seeking Alpha Author Believes The Market Doesn’t Realize How Useful GLTDs Are And How Adoption Affects Earnings
One investor long Rightside Group Ltd (NAME) wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that the market does not recognize how the new gtlds will affect the bottom line. The author points out how the margins are much bigger on a new gtld as opposed to something ...
Discussion
When It Comes To Rightside, One Seeking Alpha Author Believes The Market Doesn’t Realize How Useful GLTDs Are And How Adoption Affects Earnings
One investor long Rightside Group Ltd (NAME) wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha that the market does not recognize how the new gtlds will affect the bottom line. The author points out how the margins are much bigger on a new gtld as opposed to something ...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 8:18 am
