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Domain Name Wire
eNom lays out 2016 roadmap
Company plans to improve and modernize API. The user interfaces at eNom and Namejet look and feel clumsy and stale. Looking past the main page of NAME’s sites, the logged-in front-end infrastructure is untouched and acts like time capsule to wh...
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eNom lays out 2016 roadmap
Company plans to improve and modernize API. The user interfaces at eNom and Namejet look and feel clumsy and stale. Looking past the main page of NAME’s sites, the logged-in front-end infrastructure is untouched and acts like time capsule to wh...
Discussion
March 11, 2016, 6:24 pm
The Domains
.Club Rings Up $90K in Premium Domain Sales In February
.Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it’s site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the short month, 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a “very respectable Pr...
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.Club Rings Up $90K in Premium Domain Sales In February
.Club sold $90,000 in premium domain name sales in February 2016. According to a blog post on it’s site, .Club, without any auctions being held during the short month, 17 different registrars and Sedo contributed to a “very respectable Pr...
Discussion
March 11, 2016, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting domain name search stats
2/3rds of searches include a TLD, 44% of searches for new TLDs came back unavailable. eNom revealed some interested stats about domain name searches in its most recent newsletter: Users performed an average of 2.6 searches per session. One-third of a...
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Interesting domain name search stats
2/3rds of searches include a TLD, 44% of searches for new TLDs came back unavailable. eNom revealed some interested stats about domain name searches in its most recent newsletter: Users performed an average of 2.6 searches per session. One-third of a...
Discussion
March 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
The Domains
How Many New gTLD’s Are Left To Be Launched?
A reader to thedomains.com asked as a comment on another post, as to how many new gTLD’s are there still to come Good question According to my count, excluding .Brand gTLD’s which can basically launch once the .Brand decides to move it al...
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How Many New gTLD’s Are Left To Be Launched?
A reader to thedomains.com asked as a comment on another post, as to how many new gTLD’s are there still to come Good question According to my count, excluding .Brand gTLD’s which can basically launch once the .Brand decides to move it al...
Discussion
March 11, 2016, 1:38 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3/10/16 Verisign up – Web.com down another 2.5%
Market Recap 3/10/16 Stocks eded mixed today, most were up with the broader market at the open but gave up ground all afternoon. Verisign (VRSN) finished up just .25 after being up close to $2. Web.com (WWWW) was down another 2.57 %. Alphabet Inc GOO...
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Market Recap 3/10/16 Verisign up – Web.com down another 2.5%
Market Recap 3/10/16 Stocks eded mixed today, most were up with the broader market at the open but gave up ground all afternoon. Verisign (VRSN) finished up just .25 after being up close to $2. Web.com (WWWW) was down another 2.57 %. Alphabet Inc GOO...
Discussion
March 10, 2016, 10:31 pm
The Domains
Chinese Domain Registrar Moves from 72e.Net To 72.Win
According to a press release out today, Foshan DiYong Network Co. Ltd, a domain name registrar in China has decided to change their domain name, from 72e.net to the new gTLD 72.win. .Win is owned and operated by Famous Four Media, and Richard Downs, ...
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Chinese Domain Registrar Moves from 72e.Net To 72.Win
According to a press release out today, Foshan DiYong Network Co. Ltd, a domain name registrar in China has decided to change their domain name, from 72e.net to the new gTLD 72.win. .Win is owned and operated by Famous Four Media, and Richard Downs, ...
Discussion
March 10, 2016, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co gears up for another SXSW
Company returns to Austin for sixth year. The .Co registry, now part of Neustar, is returning to Austin for its sixth straight appearance during SXSW. It all kicks off with the .CO official SXSW happy hour this Friday night at The Backspace from 5-7....
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.Co gears up for another SXSW
Company returns to Austin for sixth year. The .Co registry, now part of Neustar, is returning to Austin for its sixth straight appearance during SXSW. It all kicks off with the .CO official SXSW happy hour this Friday night at The Backspace from 5-7....
Discussion
March 10, 2016, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples joins GoDaddy Board
Co-founder of vacation rentals site joins GoDaddy’s board and audit committee. HomeAway co-founder and CEO Brian Sharples has been elected to GoDaddy’s (NYSE:GDDY) Board of Directors. Sharples term will run through the annual meeting of s...
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HomeAway CEO Brian Sharples joins GoDaddy Board
Co-founder of vacation rentals site joins GoDaddy’s board and audit committee. HomeAway co-founder and CEO Brian Sharples has been elected to GoDaddy’s (NYSE:GDDY) Board of Directors. Sharples term will run through the annual meeting of s...
Discussion
March 10, 2016, 2:34 pm
The Domains
Domains.Wine Marketplace Launches with over 1,000 Premium .Wine/.Vin Domain Names
According to a press release out today, Domains.wine has launched a marketplace with over 1000 premium wine related domain names. “Domains.wine was created by the domain professional Braden Pollock and wine connoisseur James Bradley Williams to...
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Domains.Wine Marketplace Launches with over 1,000 Premium .Wine/.Vin Domain Names
According to a press release out today, Domains.wine has launched a marketplace with over 1000 premium wine related domain names. “Domains.wine was created by the domain professional Braden Pollock and wine connoisseur James Bradley Williams to...
Discussion
March 10, 2016, 1:43 pm
The Domains
The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060
The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH at the German registrar, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG. VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH owned the do...
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The Dropped Domain Name 55588.com Sells For $91,060
The domain name, 55588.com which just dropped a few days ago, just sold at DropCatch.com for $91,060. The domain name was owned by VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH at the German registrar, Vautron Rechenzentrum AG. VARTEX Media Marketing GmbH owned the do...
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March 9, 2016, 9:31 pm
