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Domain Name Wire
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing the impact of new TLDs
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). The ...
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Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing the impact of new TLDs
Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). The ...
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May 15, 2013, 4:35 pm

Elliot's Blog
VP of Marketing Karen Dixon Discusses Revamped BuyDomains Website
It’s an exciting day at NameMedia. Today we re-launched BuyDomains.com, our domain sales platform that was founded over ten years ago. Our goal for the new site was to simplify the process of searching for and purchasing premium domain na...
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VP of Marketing Karen Dixon Discusses Revamped BuyDomains Website
It’s an exciting day at NameMedia. Today we re-launched BuyDomains.com, our domain sales platform that was founded over ten years ago. Our goal for the new site was to simplify the process of searching for and purchasing premium domain na...
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May 15, 2013, 4:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains relaunches site
NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business ...
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BuyDomains relaunches site
NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business ...
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May 15, 2013, 3:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
What domains P&G, Univision, and 22 other end users bought last week
P&G in France, Univision, and a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate among big name buyers at Afternic last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million in domains last week. The highest sale was FreeBackup.com, which was purchased by a direct response c...
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What domains P&G, Univision, and 22 other end users bought last week
P&G in France, Univision, and a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate among big name buyers at Afternic last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million in domains last week. The highest sale was FreeBackup.com, which was purchased by a direct response c...
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May 15, 2013, 2:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
15 end user sales up to $23,000
iPark.com leads list of Sedo’s end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.15 million worth of domain names last week, including some good end user sales. There’s a lot of money in NYC parking. Imperial Parking Systems, which bills...
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15 end user sales up to $23,000
iPark.com leads list of Sedo’s end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.15 million worth of domain names last week, including some good end user sales. There’s a lot of money in NYC parking. Imperial Parking Systems, which bills...
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May 15, 2013, 11:32 am

Elliot's Blog
Deposit Necessary for Hilco Streambank Auction
I assume you already know about the Hilco Streambank domain name and IP auction that is happening in a little over a week. I wrote about the Bargain.com and ETM.com auctions in a blog post last month, and the company shared a press release ...
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Deposit Necessary for Hilco Streambank Auction
I assume you already know about the Hilco Streambank domain name and IP auction that is happening in a little over a week. I wrote about the Bargain.com and ETM.com auctions in a blog post last month, and the company shared a press release ...
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May 15, 2013, 10:33 am

Domain Name Wire
Some rays of hope at Sedo?
While Sedo’s earnings continue on a downward path, some metrics point to improvements. In a lot of ways, Sedo Holding’s quarterly financial report (pdf) published yesterday was more of the same. The company saw its performance at Sedo wea...
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Some rays of hope at Sedo?
While Sedo’s earnings continue on a downward path, some metrics point to improvements. In a lot of ways, Sedo Holding’s quarterly financial report (pdf) published yesterday was more of the same. The company saw its performance at Sedo wea...
Discussion
May 15, 2013, 10:26 am

The Domains
Google Top $900 For 1st Time & Market Cap Breaks $300 Billion
Shares of Google (GOOG) are currently trading above $900 a share an all time high for the company. It was only 3 months ago that shares of Google hit $800 a share. Its was just a few months earlier when shares of Apple and Google were trading at the ...
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Google Top $900 For 1st Time & Market Cap Breaks $300 Billion
Shares of Google (GOOG) are currently trading above $900 a share an all time high for the company. It was only 3 months ago that shares of Google hit $800 a share. Its was just a few months earlier when shares of Apple and Google were trading at the ...
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May 15, 2013, 9:57 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN publishes 2012 tax return
Tax return unveils compensation, legal costs. ICANN just published its FY 2012 tax return online (pdf). The form tax return covers the year ending June 30, 2012. Much of the information, including financials, had previously been published by ICANN on...
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ICANN publishes 2012 tax return
Tax return unveils compensation, legal costs. ICANN just published its FY 2012 tax return online (pdf). The form tax return covers the year ending June 30, 2012. Much of the information, including financials, had previously been published by ICANN on...
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May 15, 2013, 9:57 am

The Domains
NetNames: 33% Have No Idea What A New gTLD is; 62% Have No Plans To Register One
NetNames, a online brand protection and domain name management specialist, released the results of a poll of 100 business directors in UK enterprises (minimum turnover of £5 million) on domain names and the new gTLD’s. In its research, Ne...
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NetNames: 33% Have No Idea What A New gTLD is; 62% Have No Plans To Register One
NetNames, a online brand protection and domain name management specialist, released the results of a poll of 100 business directors in UK enterprises (minimum turnover of £5 million) on domain names and the new gTLD’s. In its research, Ne...
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May 15, 2013, 9:23 am