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The Domains
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 5%; There are 128.5 Million .Com & .Nets As of March 31
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $249 million for the first quarter of 2014, up 5% from the same quarter in 2013. Verisign reported net income of $94 million and dilut...
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Verisign Reports: Revenue up 5%; There are 128.5 Million .Com & .Nets As of March 31
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $249 million for the first quarter of 2014, up 5% from the same quarter in 2013. Verisign reported net income of $94 million and dilut...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 8:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
.City contention set resolved at a high price
Many new TLD contention auctions were held this week. There were a number of new top level domain name contention set auctions this week, although details on winners are scant thus far. .Garden, .property, and .yoga were set for auction on Tuesday. I...
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.City contention set resolved at a high price
Many new TLD contention auctions were held this week. There were a number of new top level domain name contention set auctions this week, although details on winners are scant thus far. .Garden, .property, and .yoga were set for auction on Tuesday. I...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 8:08 pm
The Domains
Cannabis Capital Acquires WebCongress.com In A Deal Valued At $25 Million
Cannabis Capital Corp. (OTCBB: CBCA) announce today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WebCongress, Inc.. The package deal is valued at over $25 Million, based on CBCA’s current share price, and consists of a combination of cash, s...
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Cannabis Capital Acquires WebCongress.com In A Deal Valued At $25 Million
Cannabis Capital Corp. (OTCBB: CBCA) announce today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire WebCongress, Inc.. The package deal is valued at over $25 Million, based on CBCA’s current share price, and consists of a combination of cash, s...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 7:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
The only thing Blake Irving points at elephants is a camera
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is doing a Reddit AMA. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit right now. It’s a pretty gutsy move given the typical Reddit user and their stance toward GoDaddy. I suppose that’s the p...
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The only thing Blake Irving points at elephants is a camera
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is doing a Reddit AMA. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving is doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit right now. It’s a pretty gutsy move given the typical Reddit user and their stance toward GoDaddy. I suppose that’s the p...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s end user domain name sales
Sedo sold a number of domain names to end users last week. Sedo sold 513 domain names last week for a total of $1 million. Here are some domain names purchased by end users. (You can view previous end user sales lists here.) BBCStore.co.uk 810 GBP &n...
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Sedo’s end user domain name sales
Sedo sold a number of domain names to end users last week. Sedo sold 513 domain names last week for a total of $1 million. Here are some domain names purchased by end users. (You can view previous end user sales lists here.) BBCStore.co.uk 810 GBP &n...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrars want more business? Focus on security and price.
Survey shows that security and price remain top customer considerations. Domain name registrars looking to grow their business need to focus on two key things: security and price. That’s according to this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. R...
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Domain registrars want more business? Focus on security and price.
Survey shows that security and price remain top customer considerations. Domain name registrars looking to grow their business need to focus on two key things: security and price. That’s according to this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. R...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 2:11 pm
The Domains
The Domain Business Can’t Make The Customer Pay For Someone Else’s Mistake
Kevin Murphy over at domainincite.com wrote a post yesterday, entitled “Guy hit with $1,600 bill a month after registering “premium” name for $12.99″ The post goes onto explain: “One DI reader, who said he’d rather...
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The Domain Business Can’t Make The Customer Pay For Someone Else’s Mistake
Kevin Murphy over at domainincite.com wrote a post yesterday, entitled “Guy hit with $1,600 bill a month after registering “premium” name for $12.99″ The post goes onto explain: “One DI reader, who said he’d rather...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club and two Chinese new top level domains have about $500k in premium sales
A few top level domain names have sold an impression amount of premium domains prior to general availability. Here are three new top level domain names to keep an eye on: .Club, .在线 and .中文网. .Club Domains is an “all-in” registr...
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.Club and two Chinese new top level domains have about $500k in premium sales
A few top level domain names have sold an impression amount of premium domains prior to general availability. Here are three new top level domain names to keep an eye on: .Club, .在线 and .中文网. .Club Domains is an “all-in” registr...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 1:26 pm
The Domains
Publicly Traded Company Announces Acquisition of FindIt.com
In a pretty unusually worded press release sent out by Artemis Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: ARTT) (PINKSHEETS: ARTT) it said it “recently entered into an agreement to purchase the domain name Findit.com. The company has opened escrow and ma...
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Publicly Traded Company Announces Acquisition of FindIt.com
In a pretty unusually worded press release sent out by Artemis Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTC Pink: ARTT) (PINKSHEETS: ARTT) it said it “recently entered into an agreement to purchase the domain name Findit.com. The company has opened escrow and ma...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 1:19 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 24th, 2014
I forgot to follow the prices on the list because I got caught up a little distracted with the comments in a post I wrote yesterday. I’ve never been banned or thrown out of anything in my life so it threw me off my routine. One...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 24th, 2014
I forgot to follow the prices on the list because I got caught up a little distracted with the comments in a post I wrote yesterday. I’ve never been banned or thrown out of anything in my life so it threw me off my routine. One...
Discussion
April 24, 2014, 11:02 am
