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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/13/14
While I’ve since made up with Donna Mahoney it was interesting watching the feelings of Michael Gilmore being banned yesterday from DBR. I don’t know the details but Michael has to know that he is ALWAYS promoting his site. He does ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/13/14
While I’ve since made up with Donna Mahoney it was interesting watching the feelings of Michael Gilmore being banned yesterday from DBR. I don’t know the details but Michael has to know that he is ALWAYS promoting his site. He does ...
Discussion
November 13, 2014, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
Web.com Down; Amazon’s Buying Spree; Holiday.com Sale Fails Miserably; Domaining LLC…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Web.com has lower than expected earnings, is this trouble for GoDaddy's pending IPO?• Amazon.com buys .Book, .Buy and .Pay - what could this mean in the industry?• Holiday.com fails miserably to s...
Discussion
Web.com Down; Amazon’s Buying Spree; Holiday.com Sale Fails Miserably; Domaining LLC…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Web.com has lower than expected earnings, is this trouble for GoDaddy's pending IPO?• Amazon.com buys .Book, .Buy and .Pay - what could this mean in the industry?• Holiday.com fails miserably to s...
Discussion
November 13, 2014, 8:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Internet wins as court denies motion to seize ccTLDs
Court rules .ir, .sy, .kp and related IDNs cannot be “attached” as compensation. ICANN and the internet community at large got a victory this week as a U.S. court denied a request (pdf) to seize country code top level domains (ccTLDs) as ...
Discussion
Internet wins as court denies motion to seize ccTLDs
Court rules .ir, .sy, .kp and related IDNs cannot be “attached” as compensation. ICANN and the internet community at large got a victory this week as a U.S. court denied a request (pdf) to seize country code top level domains (ccTLDs) as ...
Discussion
November 13, 2014, 1:49 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Slak.com, Kyro.com, LLLL.com Portfolio, Collarbone.com, Play.info, Friend.info
Some Domains That Sold Last Week F*ckable.com – $4,251 – If you don’t know what the * stands for, here’s your hint: it’s a vowel. Not good enough? Vowel shaped like a horseshoe. Area.info – $3,288 – Bidding ...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Slak.com, Kyro.com, LLLL.com Portfolio, Collarbone.com, Play.info, Friend.info
Some Domains That Sold Last Week F*ckable.com – $4,251 – If you don’t know what the * stands for, here’s your hint: it’s a vowel. Not good enough? Vowel shaped like a horseshoe. Area.info – $3,288 – Bidding ...
Discussion
November 13, 2014, 1:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Phone service continues to bolster Tucows’ top line
Ting product shows continued growth, OpenSRS takes a dip. Domain name and mobile phone service provider Tucows continues to see growth in its Ting offering, offsetting stagnating revenues in its domain name business. Net revenue for the third quarter...
Discussion
Phone service continues to bolster Tucows’ top line
Ting product shows continued growth, OpenSRS takes a dip. Domain name and mobile phone service provider Tucows continues to see growth in its Ting offering, offsetting stagnating revenues in its domain name business. Net revenue for the third quarter...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 9:26 pm
The Domains
Tucows Reports
Tucows reported earnings for the third quarter of 2014 after the market closed. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2014 increased 9% to $38.9 million from $35.6 million for the third quarter of 2013. Net income for the third quarter of 2014 was $2....
Discussion
Tucows Reports
Tucows reported earnings for the third quarter of 2014 after the market closed. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2014 increased 9% to $38.9 million from $35.6 million for the third quarter of 2013. Net income for the third quarter of 2014 was $2....
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 9:23 pm
The Domains
Afnic Study Looks At Who Are The New G’s Affecting Most ?
Afnic.fr the registry for domain names in .fr put out a study that took a look at how is the proliferation of new gtlds affecting the existing gtld and cctlds that have been around for many years. The study broke extensions into 3 separate categ...
Discussion
Afnic Study Looks At Who Are The New G’s Affecting Most ?
Afnic.fr the registry for domain names in .fr put out a study that took a look at how is the proliferation of new gtlds affecting the existing gtld and cctlds that have been around for many years. The study broke extensions into 3 separate categ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 8:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Disney buys a .club domain & 21 other end user domain name sales
Disney, AMC and other big names bought domain names last week. Sedo had a busy sales week when it came to selling domain names to big name end users. From Disney, to $10 billion clothing company Next, to AMC, a number of household brands bought domai...
Discussion
Disney buys a .club domain & 21 other end user domain name sales
Disney, AMC and other big names bought domain names last week. Sedo had a busy sales week when it came to selling domain names to big name end users. From Disney, to $10 billion clothing company Next, to AMC, a number of household brands bought domai...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 7:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Major Chinese travel sites Ctrip.com and eLong.com go down due to domain change
Domains placed in clienthold status. The websites for two major publicly traded Chinese travel sites went down today as a result of their domain names being place in “ClientHold” status at the registrar. Sites for $8 billion (market cap) ...
Discussion
Major Chinese travel sites Ctrip.com and eLong.com go down due to domain change
Domains placed in clienthold status. The websites for two major publicly traded Chinese travel sites went down today as a result of their domain names being place in “ClientHold” status at the registrar. Sites for $8 billion (market cap) ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs should emulate the Startup.club model for premium domains
Program promotes .Club while also generating premium domain sales revenue. .Club’s new Startup.club program is ingenious, and something that other new top level domains should consider emulating. Here’s startup.club in a nutshell: get a p...
Discussion
New TLDs should emulate the Startup.club model for premium domains
Program promotes .Club while also generating premium domain sales revenue. .Club’s new Startup.club program is ingenious, and something that other new top level domains should consider emulating. Here’s startup.club in a nutshell: get a p...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 3:59 pm
