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Domain Name Wire
Endurance to acquire Web.com, spin off Constant Contact
More consolidation in the domain name industry as Web.com to join with Endurance. Endurance International Group plans to acquire Web.com and rename itself Endure Digital. In September, Web.com owner Siris Capital opened a position in Endurance. In No...
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Endurance to acquire Web.com, spin off Constant Contact
More consolidation in the domain name industry as Web.com to join with Endurance. Endurance International Group plans to acquire Web.com and rename itself Endure Digital. In September, Web.com owner Siris Capital opened a position in Endurance. In No...
Discussion
February 10, 2021, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows announces earnings, $40 million buyback
Domain name business continues to chug along. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) announced Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings after the market closed yesterday. It also announced that its board authorized the purchase of up to $40 million of its stock on the open mark...
Discussion
Tucows announces earnings, $40 million buyback
Domain name business continues to chug along. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) announced Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings after the market closed yesterday. It also announced that its board authorized the purchase of up to $40 million of its stock on the open mark...
Discussion
February 10, 2021, 2:22 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Zag.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Zag.com led the way at $450,000. This was followed by the 70,000 Euro sale of Kitchen.co. Betify.com sold for $39,999 in this continuing trend of big “ify” sales. 68 .com sales 34 cctld sal...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Zag.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Zag.com led the way at $450,000. This was followed by the 70,000 Euro sale of Kitchen.co. Betify.com sold for $39,999 in this continuing trend of big “ify” sales. 68 .com sales 34 cctld sal...
Discussion
February 9, 2021, 9:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 examples of how premium new top level domains are being used
These ten recently-created websites are paying annual premiums for their domain names. Top level domain company Donuts releases a monthly list of premium domain name activity (like this) at Donuts.news. I wanted to dig deeper and see how domains that...
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10 examples of how premium new top level domains are being used
These ten recently-created websites are paying annual premiums for their domain names. Top level domain company Donuts releases a monthly list of premium domain name activity (like this) at Donuts.news. I wanted to dig deeper and see how domains that...
Discussion
February 9, 2021, 8:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP works
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that UDRP works correctly almost all of the time. My short headline for this article is to make a point: most of the time, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) works as intended. It helps bra...
Discussion
UDRP works
Let’s not lose sight of the fact that UDRP works correctly almost all of the time. My short headline for this article is to make a point: most of the time, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) works as intended. It helps bra...
Discussion
February 9, 2021, 6:15 pm
The Domains
Teespring moves from .com to the domain hack Spri.ng
Teespring is a social e-commerce platform and changed their name to Spring. Namepros member Akos noticed they are transitioning from a .com domain, to a domain hack based on the Nigerian TLD country code .ng. https://www.spri.ng/blog/spring-is-here T...
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Teespring moves from .com to the domain hack Spri.ng
Teespring is a social e-commerce platform and changed their name to Spring. Namepros member Akos noticed they are transitioning from a .com domain, to a domain hack based on the Nigerian TLD country code .ng. https://www.spri.ng/blog/spring-is-here T...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 7:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Catching up with Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #324
The legendary domain name investor reflects on new top level domains and talks about his upcoming sale of 23 strings. Frank Schilling is exiting the top level domain business in a big way: he’s auctioning off his 23 top level domains on April 2...
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Catching up with Frank Schilling – DNW Podcast #324
The legendary domain name investor reflects on new top level domains and talks about his upcoming sale of 23 strings. Frank Schilling is exiting the top level domain business in a big way: he’s auctioning off his 23 top level domains on April 2...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic to issue €15 million debt for more acquisitions
Bondholders approved an increase last month. Domain name industry rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) plans to issue more bonds to pay for additional acquisitions. Yesterday, the company announced plans to issue €15 million in bonds “for conside...
Discussion
CentralNic to issue €15 million debt for more acquisitions
Bondholders approved an increase last month. Domain name industry rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) plans to issue more bonds to pay for additional acquisitions. Yesterday, the company announced plans to issue €15 million in bonds “for conside...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
10+ tools for domain name investing
Here’s a list of the tools we discussed in Clubhouse on Friday. I hosted three events on Clubhouse last week. It was fun to interact with familiar faces and new people I haven’t connected with before. (If you’re new to Clubhouse, pl...
Discussion
10+ tools for domain name investing
Here’s a list of the tools we discussed in Clubhouse on Friday. I hosted three events on Clubhouse last week. It was fun to interact with familiar faces and new people I haven’t connected with before. (If you’re new to Clubhouse, pl...
Discussion
February 8, 2021, 1:01 pm
The Domains
First speechify.com and now Newsify.com brings in a big number
Last week I wrote about the $75,000 sale of Speechify.com and this week we have Newsify.com closing at $45,944 at GoDaddy auctions. There are developed websites at Newsify.co and TheNewsify.com. TheNewsify.com has a page on Crunchbase and describes i...
Discussion
First speechify.com and now Newsify.com brings in a big number
Last week I wrote about the $75,000 sale of Speechify.com and this week we have Newsify.com closing at $45,944 at GoDaddy auctions. There are developed websites at Newsify.co and TheNewsify.com. TheNewsify.com has a page on Crunchbase and describes i...
Discussion
February 6, 2021, 5:40 am
