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The Domains
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
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Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign Reports Earnings Down in After Hours
Market Recap 2/11/16 Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings after the close, the stock was up on the day but is down in after hours. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $273 million for the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Carman’s Fine Foods is a reverse domain name hijacker
Australian company nailed for abusing cybersquatting dispute policy proceedings. An Australian seller of cereals and granola has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a .au Dispute Resolution Policy dispute. Carman’s Fi...
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Carman’s Fine Foods is a reverse domain name hijacker
Australian company nailed for abusing cybersquatting dispute policy proceedings. An Australian seller of cereals and granola has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking in a .au Dispute Resolution Policy dispute. Carman’s Fi...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two interesting GoDaddy patent applications
Applications describe system for recommending different domain names for a website, and making it easy to transition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published two interesting patent applications from GoDaddy related to search engine optimiz...
Discussion
Two interesting GoDaddy patent applications
Applications describe system for recommending different domain names for a website, and making it easy to transition. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published two interesting patent applications from GoDaddy related to search engine optimiz...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 5:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Not Quite What You’re Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report)
Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must ...
Discussion
Not Quite What You’re Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report)
Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must ...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 3:01 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by VacationUSA.com
Over the past week, 534 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vacationusa.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 11th
Quite a few names on Namejet today. It was a little slower with a number of people skipping the last week for Chinese New Year but its now coming back. Too many to list which is a nice change. On a non domain investing but kind of a dom...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 11th
Quite a few names on Namejet today. It was a little slower with a number of people skipping the last week for Chinese New Year but its now coming back. Too many to list which is a nice change. On a non domain investing but kind of a dom...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 10:04 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): CardX.com, LandSurvey.com, Offset.de, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. LandSurvey.com sold for $26,471 at N...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): CardX.com, LandSurvey.com, Offset.de, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. LandSurvey.com sold for $26,471 at N...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 4:15 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 10th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of February Auction Quick Recap We all worry about “leaving money on the table” every time we sell a name. Some people lose sleep over it, others have trouble pulling the trigg...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 10th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of February Auction Quick Recap We all worry about “leaving money on the table” every time we sell a name. Some people lose sleep over it, others have trouble pulling the trigg...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 4:03 am
Domain Name Wire
.Music domain name applicant fails in community bid
A second applicant fails to get community status for .music top level domain name. DotMusic Limited, an applicant for the .music top level domain name, has failed to pass its Community Priority Evaluation. Had it passed, the group would have automati...
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.Music domain name applicant fails in community bid
A second applicant fails to get community status for .music top level domain name. DotMusic Limited, an applicant for the .music top level domain name, has failed to pass its Community Priority Evaluation. Had it passed, the group would have automati...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 1:47 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 9:21 pm
