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A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
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A “slow” week for new TLD launches
More Donuts, but not much else. There’s not much on the docket this week for new top level domain name launches. According to the Calzone.org calendar, the only TLDs hitting general availability this week are a handful from Donuts on Wednesday....
Discussion
July 28, 2014, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roundup: this week in the Domain Name Business
It was another exciting week in the domain name industry. Here’s a look back. Domain Registry of America may finally get cut off from ICANN. The notorious company that sends misleading domain renewal notices to domain owners has been suspended ...
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Roundup: this week in the Domain Name Business
It was another exciting week in the domain name industry. Here’s a look back. Domain Registry of America may finally get cut off from ICANN. The notorious company that sends misleading domain renewal notices to domain owners has been suspended ...
Discussion
July 26, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign stock jumps after earnings report
Stock investors still think .com is king. Verisign reported earnings yesterday and shares in the company are up 12% in trading so far today. Why the jump in share price after a dismal quarter for net domain name adds? Well, Citigroup upgraded the com...
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Verisign stock jumps after earnings report
Stock investors still think .com is king. Verisign reported earnings yesterday and shares in the company are up 12% in trading so far today. Why the jump in share price after a dismal quarter for net domain name adds? Well, Citigroup upgraded the com...
Discussion
July 25, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Paula Deen spends $27,900 on domain name for new venture (end user sales)
Celebrity chef among end users who bought domain names last week. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who experienced a spectacular fall from grace last year over her prior use of racial slurs, is making a comeback with Paul Deen Ventures. She’s launchi...
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Paula Deen spends $27,900 on domain name for new venture (end user sales)
Celebrity chef among end users who bought domain names last week. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who experienced a spectacular fall from grace last year over her prior use of racial slurs, is making a comeback with Paul Deen Ventures. She’s launchi...
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July 25, 2014, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports slowing growth, hikes .Net prices 10%
.Com base inches forward, .Net prices are increasing. Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren’t that promising. It gets harder to grow something as it gets bigger, but net adds across these two domain...
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Verisign reports slowing growth, hikes .Net prices 10%
.Com base inches forward, .Net prices are increasing. Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren’t that promising. It gets harder to grow something as it gets bigger, but net adds across these two domain...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 8:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
HA Domain name auction grosses $774k, Cute.com and Digital.com sell for 6 figures
Heritage Auctions’ latest domain name auction goes well. Heritage Auctions latest domain name auction has concluded with $773,876 worth of domain name sales. That doesn’t include after-auction sales, which almost always increase the total...
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HA Domain name auction grosses $774k, Cute.com and Digital.com sell for 6 figures
Heritage Auctions’ latest domain name auction goes well. Heritage Auctions latest domain name auction has concluded with $773,876 worth of domain name sales. That doesn’t include after-auction sales, which almost always increase the total...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 8:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
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Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
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A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
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Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
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Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 2:39 pm
