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eName is now a public company
Chinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName’s press release ab...
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eName is now a public company
Chinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName’s press release ab...
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August 16, 2016, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com paid $1.3 million for about 100 eNom registrars
Deal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while SnapNam...
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Web.com paid $1.3 million for about 100 eNom registrars
Deal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while SnapNam...
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August 16, 2016, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
co.LTD sells for $115,000
Donuts sells two-letter domain name for six figures. New top level domain name company Donuts has sold the domain name co.LTD for $115,000, the company revealed today. .LTD is a corporate identifier top level domain name and is short for “limit...
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co.LTD sells for $115,000
Donuts sells two-letter domain name for six figures. New top level domain name company Donuts has sold the domain name co.LTD for $115,000, the company revealed today. .LTD is a corporate identifier top level domain name and is short for “limit...
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August 15, 2016, 7:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
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Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
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August 15, 2016, 4:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
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Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
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August 15, 2016, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ted Cruz asks DOJ to review .Com pricing
Cruz and two other senators question DOJ over .com pricing. U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday that echoes the concerns I presented in an article about ....
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Ted Cruz asks DOJ to review .Com pricing
Cruz and two other senators question DOJ over .com pricing. U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday that echoes the concerns I presented in an article about ....
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August 13, 2016, 1:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Daniel Negari and Ambrose sell $2M of Rightside Shares
Each now own 2.1% of company. .XYZ founder Daniel Negari and his COO Mike Ambrose have sold 173,000 shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) stock worth about $2 million this month as of yesterday, according to an SEC filing. Negari sold 109,794 shares and ...
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Daniel Negari and Ambrose sell $2M of Rightside Shares
Each now own 2.1% of company. .XYZ founder Daniel Negari and his COO Mike Ambrose have sold 173,000 shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) stock worth about $2 million this month as of yesterday, according to an SEC filing. Negari sold 109,794 shares and ...
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August 12, 2016, 8:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com price doubling? Here’s what all that talk is about
Could the price of .com domain names skyrocket in a couple years? You might have received a couple of emails from Domaining.com this week (or seen a post on its site) suggesting that the price of .com’s might double in 2018, and urging you to c...
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.Com price doubling? Here’s what all that talk is about
Could the price of .com domain names skyrocket in a couple years? You might have received a couple of emails from Domaining.com this week (or seen a post on its site) suggesting that the price of .com’s might double in 2018, and urging you to c...
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August 12, 2016, 12:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google registers Stories.google domain name
Google’s next .brand site might be stories.google. What’s next for Google’s .brand domain name .google? It will likely be stories.google. The company registered the stories.google domain name under its .brand domain earlier this wee...
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Google registers Stories.google domain name
Google’s next .brand site might be stories.google. What’s next for Google’s .brand domain name .google? It will likely be stories.google. The company registered the stories.google domain name under its .brand domain earlier this wee...
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August 11, 2016, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $650,000
An aupair service, fashionwear company and visa company bought domain names last week. Domain name broker Dave Evanson had a couple big sales that landed on this week’s sales chart. He brokered the sale of Furniture.co.uk (which I wrote about a...
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End user domain name sales up to $650,000
An aupair service, fashionwear company and visa company bought domain names last week. Domain name broker Dave Evanson had a couple big sales that landed on this week’s sales chart. He brokered the sale of Furniture.co.uk (which I wrote about a...
Discussion
August 11, 2016, 1:59 pm
