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Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Nearly half a million dollars in fixed price sales reported yesterday on the Chinese marketplaces that Chaomi tracks. That is the largest day in dollars spent since the huge day that we saw on 12/19/2015. See bottom chart for de...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Nearly half a million dollars in fixed price sales reported yesterday on the Chinese marketplaces that Chaomi tracks. That is the largest day in dollars spent since the huge day that we saw on 12/19/2015. See bottom chart for de...
Discussion
February 5, 2016, 9:18 pm
The Domains
Attacker gives Amazon fake details from a whois query, and gets real address
A former Amazon software developer had his account information given away by of all companies, Amazon. It seems that this all started with domain registrations, for some reason Eric Springer used the address of a hotel instead of his own. He writes o...
Discussion
Attacker gives Amazon fake details from a whois query, and gets real address
A former Amazon software developer had his account information given away by of all companies, Amazon. It seems that this all started with domain registrations, for some reason Eric Springer used the address of a hotel instead of his own. He writes o...
Discussion
February 5, 2016, 8:57 pm
Domain Shane
Part 2: I I Asked 7 Top Domain Investors What They See for 2016: With Oliver Holger, Andrew Rosener, Yoni , and Josh Eisenhower
Yesterday was the first part in our series of asking a few questions to some of my domain investing friends. Friends that happen to be some of the best domain investors in our industry. Many of the biggest and most successful domain inves...
Discussion
Part 2: I I Asked 7 Top Domain Investors What They See for 2016: With Oliver Holger, Andrew Rosener, Yoni , and Josh Eisenhower
Yesterday was the first part in our series of asking a few questions to some of my domain investing friends. Friends that happen to be some of the best domain investors in our industry. Many of the biggest and most successful domain inves...
Discussion
February 5, 2016, 6:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic co-founder retires from Board, Instra CEO joins
One of the founders of CentralNic is stepping down for his board duties. Domain name registrar and new top level domain name registry CentralNic announced two changes to its board today. Executive Director Robert Pooke has retired from the Board of D...
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CentralNic co-founder retires from Board, Instra CEO joins
One of the founders of CentralNic is stepping down for his board duties. Domain name registrar and new top level domain name registry CentralNic announced two changes to its board today. Executive Director Robert Pooke has retired from the Board of D...
Discussion
February 5, 2016, 2:58 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Feb 5th
In case you missed it yesterday I had the first part of a series of interviews with some of the top domain investors in our industry and got their feelings about where the market is heading. You’ve heard mine day after day. I thought yo...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Friday, Feb 5th
In case you missed it yesterday I had the first part of a series of interviews with some of the top domain investors in our industry and got their feelings about where the market is heading. You’ve heard mine day after day. I thought yo...
Discussion
February 5, 2016, 10:41 am
Domain Shane
I asked 7 Top Domain Investors What They See for 2016 And Here is What They Said: Part 1, The Booth Brothers and Steven Kennedy
Many of the biggest and most successful domain investors are behind the scenes. Those who actively participate know who they are. They don’t blog, don’t comment on the blogs, and generally conduct their business in private. Bu...
Discussion
I asked 7 Top Domain Investors What They See for 2016 And Here is What They Said: Part 1, The Booth Brothers and Steven Kennedy
Many of the biggest and most successful domain investors are behind the scenes. Those who actively participate know who they are. They don’t blog, don’t comment on the blogs, and generally conduct their business in private. Bu...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 11:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kurt Pritz joins Allegravita
Former ICANN executive teams up with China consultancy. Kurt Pritz has joined Allegravita, a consulting firm led by Simon Cousins that helps companies in the Chinese market. Pritz held a number of positions at ICANN from 2003-2013, including overseei...
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Kurt Pritz joins Allegravita
Former ICANN executive teams up with China consultancy. Kurt Pritz has joined Allegravita, a consulting firm led by Simon Cousins that helps companies in the Chinese market. Pritz held a number of positions at ICANN from 2003-2013, including overseei...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 10:59 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Yesterday we looked at the longer numeric sales for the year on 4.cn. Today I’m showing a list of the 4L.com, 4I.com and .coms with any other combination of letters and number where there are 4 of them to the left of the dot. I got ...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 4, 2016
Yesterday we looked at the longer numeric sales for the year on 4.cn. Today I’m showing a list of the 4L.com, 4I.com and .coms with any other combination of letters and number where there are 4 of them to the left of the dot. I got ...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 10:31 pm
The Domains
Market Recap – Godaddy shares off 5.88%
Market recap for 2/4/16 Godaddy (GDDY) was down 5.88% on the day and was by far the worst performer of the group we track. There was a report on SeekingAlpha.com on Feb 2 about whether the stock was a go or a no go. Rightside (NAME) was dpwm 1.62% on...
Discussion
Market Recap – Godaddy shares off 5.88%
Market recap for 2/4/16 Godaddy (GDDY) was down 5.88% on the day and was by far the worst performer of the group we track. There was a report on SeekingAlpha.com on Feb 2 about whether the stock was a go or a no go. Rightside (NAME) was dpwm 1.62% on...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 9:52 pm
The Domains
.Law Gets 5K Registrations in 1st 90 days: We Break Down The Numbers
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new “.law” and .abogado (Lawyer in Spanish) top-level domains, “announced that .law has successfully completed its first 90 days sinc...
Discussion
.Law Gets 5K Registrations in 1st 90 days: We Break Down The Numbers
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new “.law” and .abogado (Lawyer in Spanish) top-level domains, “announced that .law has successfully completed its first 90 days sinc...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 7:52 pm
