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Domain Name Wire
Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
Discussion
Job Boards Launch Another Attacked on .Jobs Registry
Monster, CareerBuilder, and others write open letter to ICANN. The .Jobs Charter Compliance Coalition, whose membership consists of online job boards, has sent an “open letter” to ICANN regarding Employ Media’s request for arbitrati...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:56 am

The Domains
What The Settlement Of The CFIT Case Means To The Cost Of Your .Com Registrations & Renewals
Now that VeriSign settled the CFIT case, I thought we should take a look at what that means in dollars and cents to domain holders. Verisign contract to run the .Com registry (.Net too) calls for presumptive renewals and the ability to increase...
Discussion
What The Settlement Of The CFIT Case Means To The Cost Of Your .Com Registrations & Renewals
Now that VeriSign settled the CFIT case, I thought we should take a look at what that means in dollars and cents to domain holders. Verisign contract to run the .Com registry (.Net too) calls for presumptive renewals and the ability to increase...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:54 am

The Domains
VeriSign Shares Should Pop At Open After CFIT Case Is Settled To Double What It Traded For After The Appeals Court Ruling
Shares of VeriSign are poised to pop this morning after VeriSign announced they Settled the CFIT case which could have resulted in a large price reductions of .com registration and renewal prices. Yesterday after the Market closed shares of Verisign ...
Discussion
VeriSign Shares Should Pop At Open After CFIT Case Is Settled To Double What It Traded For After The Appeals Court Ruling
Shares of VeriSign are poised to pop this morning after VeriSign announced they Settled the CFIT case which could have resulted in a large price reductions of .com registration and renewal prices. Yesterday after the Market closed shares of Verisign ...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 9:15 am

Elliot's Blog
Dynadot Announces Partnership With Sedo & $6.99 Domain Transfers
Dynadot has become the latest domain registrar to link up with Sedo and become a part of the company’s SedoMLS program. There are now 57 program partners, including Name.com, 1&1, Moniker, Register.com, and many others. To celebrate the new...
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Dynadot Announces Partnership With Sedo & $6.99 Domain Transfers
Dynadot has become the latest domain registrar to link up with Sedo and become a part of the company’s SedoMLS program. There are now 57 program partners, including Name.com, 1&1, Moniker, Register.com, and many others. To celebrate the new...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 8:45 am

Domain Shane
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks : 412.com Up Today
A real nice story in the domaining world yesterday with TeenDomainer winning a scholarship yesterday. It was well deserved but I never really liked the overachieving, nice as can be, aw shucks kind of teens. They scare me. It’...
Discussion
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks : 412.com Up Today
A real nice story in the domaining world yesterday with TeenDomainer winning a scholarship yesterday. It was well deserved but I never really liked the overachieving, nice as can be, aw shucks kind of teens. They scare me. It’...
Discussion
May 12, 2011, 2:47 am

Domain Name Wire
VeriSign Monopoly Case Fizzles, No Break for Domainers
CFIT settles with VeriSign for $0. Hopes by domainers that .com prices would fall thanks to an antitrust lawsuit have officially been dashed. VeriSign just released a press release stating that Coalition for ICANN Transparency has agreed to drop a ca...
Discussion
VeriSign Monopoly Case Fizzles, No Break for Domainers
CFIT settles with VeriSign for $0. Hopes by domainers that .com prices would fall thanks to an antitrust lawsuit have officially been dashed. VeriSign just released a press release stating that Coalition for ICANN Transparency has agreed to drop a ca...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 5:51 pm

The Domains
Tucows Reports: 2 Million Domain Registrations In 1st Quarter & YummyNames.com Sells $1.4M In Domains
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TCX) reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 after the market closed today Net revenue for the first quarter of 2011 increased 10.3% to $22.6 million from $20.4 million for the first quarter o...
Discussion
Tucows Reports: 2 Million Domain Registrations In 1st Quarter & YummyNames.com Sells $1.4M In Domains
Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TCX) reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011 after the market closed today Net revenue for the first quarter of 2011 increased 10.3% to $22.6 million from $20.4 million for the first quarter o...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 5:50 pm

Domain Name News
Domain Name Sales Report for the Previous Week
The top 10 reported sales for the previous week were: gambling.com $2,500,000 (Sedo) puzzle.com $500,000 (Afternic) eju.com $96,000 (Afternic) business.co $80,000 (DomainMarket) pow.com $75,000 (Sedo) t.ag $60,000 (Sedo) tiempo.com $41,900 (Sedo) pok...
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Domain Name Sales Report for the Previous Week
The top 10 reported sales for the previous week were: gambling.com $2,500,000 (Sedo) puzzle.com $500,000 (Afternic) eju.com $96,000 (Afternic) business.co $80,000 (DomainMarket) pow.com $75,000 (Sedo) t.ag $60,000 (Sedo) tiempo.com $41,900 (Sedo) pok...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 5:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
Sedo Domain Revenue Falls Thanks to Domain Parking
Revenue down as domain parking continues to slide. Sedo Holding’s revenue from its domain name segment fell 6.3% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, the company disclosed in a financial report (pdf) today. As with...
Discussion
Sedo Domain Revenue Falls Thanks to Domain Parking
Revenue down as domain parking continues to slide. Sedo Holding’s revenue from its domain name segment fell 6.3% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, the company disclosed in a financial report (pdf) today. As with...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 5:18 pm

The Domains
Sedo.com 1Q Report: “Strong and Steady Growth Domain Sales, While .Co Becomes the Rising Star”
According to a Press Release today by Sedo.com looking at its sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011, they highlighted what they called “Strong and Steady Growth in Internet Domain Sales in Q1 2011 with Continued Strength in .com Sales while .co Beco...
Discussion
Sedo.com 1Q Report: “Strong and Steady Growth Domain Sales, While .Co Becomes the Rising Star”
According to a Press Release today by Sedo.com looking at its sales in the 1st Quarter of 2011, they highlighted what they called “Strong and Steady Growth in Internet Domain Sales in Q1 2011 with Continued Strength in .com Sales while .co Beco...
Discussion
May 11, 2011, 5:17 pm