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Domain company market cap changes in 2016
Tucows’ value increased the most and Verisign’s fell the most. I’ve done a lot of posts over the years tracking domain name company’s stock prices. What’s up, what’s down, and by how much. While looking at last yea...
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Domain company market cap changes in 2016
Tucows’ value increased the most and Verisign’s fell the most. I’ve done a lot of posts over the years tracking domain name company’s stock prices. What’s up, what’s down, and by how much. While looking at last yea...
Discussion
January 26, 2017, 4:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy releases Super Bowl teaser
Cats on roombas. What color is the dress? Internet memes to feature in GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial. After skipping the Super Bowl last year, GoDaddy will return for its 12th Super Bowl campaign next month. GoDaddy released a teaser (embedde...
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GoDaddy releases Super Bowl teaser
Cats on roombas. What color is the dress? Internet memes to feature in GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial. After skipping the Super Bowl last year, GoDaddy will return for its 12th Super Bowl campaign next month. GoDaddy released a teaser (embedde...
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January 25, 2017, 6:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix to “rent” some premium domains by the month through Undeveloped
Undeveloped tests domain leasing offering. New top level domain name company Radix has teamed up with domain marketplace Undeveloped to sell some of its premium domain inventory by the month. Called “Domain Rental Market”, some of the dom...
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Radix to “rent” some premium domains by the month through Undeveloped
Undeveloped tests domain leasing offering. New top level domain name company Radix has teamed up with domain marketplace Undeveloped to sell some of its premium domain inventory by the month. Called “Domain Rental Market”, some of the dom...
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January 25, 2017, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX reports $15.8 million billings in 2016
Company doubles billings in 2016. In a business update posted today, top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX) reported $15.8 million in billings for 2016. That’s double the billings the company reported for 2015. Renewal billings inc...
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MMX reports $15.8 million billings in 2016
Company doubles billings in 2016. In a business update posted today, top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX) reported $15.8 million in billings for 2016. That’s double the billings the company reported for 2015. Renewal billings inc...
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January 25, 2017, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Matt Mullenweg: “The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize”
“The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize.” That’s how Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg opened up a chat at NamesCon 2017, an event for the domain name industry, here in Las Vegas Today. Echoing comments ...
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Matt Mullenweg: “The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize”
“The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize.” That’s how Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg opened up a chat at NamesCon 2017, an event for the domain name industry, here in Las Vegas Today. Echoing comments ...
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January 24, 2017, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Five interesting things about the eNom sale
Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox gave a presentation yesterday about the company’s sale of eNom to Tucows. Here are some interesting takeaways: New TLDs are still the smallest part of Rightside’s business...
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Five interesting things about the eNom sale
Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox gave a presentation yesterday about the company’s sale of eNom to Tucows. Here are some interesting takeaways: New TLDs are still the smallest part of Rightside’s business...
Discussion
January 24, 2017, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows expects $20 million EBITDA/year from “opportunistic” eNom acquisition
Tucows expects fast contribution from eNom, which has booked losses at Rightside. Domain name and communications company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) didn’t plan to acquire two domain name businesses over the past year, but the opportunities were too go...
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Tucows expects $20 million EBITDA/year from “opportunistic” eNom acquisition
Tucows expects fast contribution from eNom, which has booked losses at Rightside. Domain name and communications company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) didn’t plan to acquire two domain name businesses over the past year, but the opportunities were too go...
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January 23, 2017, 8:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Huh? No RDNH in Maaji.com case
Panelist lets complainant off the hook for filing dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of Maaji.com in a UDRP case, but for some strange reason did not find the complainant guilty of r...
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Huh? No RDNH in Maaji.com case
Panelist lets complainant off the hook for filing dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of Maaji.com in a UDRP case, but for some strange reason did not find the complainant guilty of r...
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January 23, 2017, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
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Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
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January 23, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
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MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
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January 23, 2017, 2:32 pm




