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Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
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Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
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Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
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GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
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GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 9:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
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At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 7:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com’s latest winners and losers
Registrar results with .com are in for July ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from July. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s monthly look at how registrars performed with .com. Keep in mind that these reports are publishe...
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.Com’s latest winners and losers
Registrar results with .com are in for July ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from July. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s monthly look at how registrars performed with .com. Keep in mind that these reports are publishe...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $100,000 including AOL
AOL was among the companies buying domain names in the aftermarket last week. Sedo had a great sales week last week, handling $1.7 million of domain name sales on 688 transactions. End users were a big reason for this solid sales week. An Austin comp...
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End user domain name sales up to $100,000 including AOL
AOL was among the companies buying domain names in the aftermarket last week. Sedo had a great sales week last week, handling $1.7 million of domain name sales on 688 transactions. End users were a big reason for this solid sales week. An Austin comp...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sony uses .Sony domain name instead of .Com for microsite
Company puts .brand to work. Last week I wrote about the .Brand challenge to .Com, and how it doesn’t come in the form of big companies giving up their .com domains. For example, Sony is never going to let Sony.com expire. Instead, challenge is...
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Sony uses .Sony domain name instead of .Com for microsite
Company puts .brand to work. Last week I wrote about the .Brand challenge to .Com, and how it doesn’t come in the form of big companies giving up their .com domains. For example, Sony is never going to let Sony.com expire. Instead, challenge is...
Discussion
November 3, 2015, 7:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club is batting 1.000 on 2 letter domain name auctions
.Club is setting a new standard for two letter domain name values in new TLDs. .Club’s two letter domain name auctions are off to a good start, with all 15 of the domain names that have closed so far reaching their reserves. The 15 domain names...
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.Club is batting 1.000 on 2 letter domain name auctions
.Club is setting a new standard for two letter domain name values in new TLDs. .Club’s two letter domain name auctions are off to a good start, with all 15 of the domain names that have closed so far reaching their reserves. The 15 domain names...
Discussion
November 3, 2015, 4:57 pm
