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DomainTools Announced Investment in OpenRegistry
The .SX (Saint Martin) registry operator, Open Registry, announced today during the Dot NXT conference that it had received an additional investment by a strategic investors, including DomainTools.com. While the amount of the investment was not discl...
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DomainTools Announced Investment in OpenRegistry
The .SX (Saint Martin) registry operator, Open Registry, announced today during the Dot NXT conference that it had received an additional investment by a strategic investors, including DomainTools.com. While the amount of the investment was not discl...
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August 25, 2011, 8:54 pm
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NameJet adds .CO Backorders
After CO Internet, the operator of the .CO registry recently announced that their renewal rate was about 66% at the end of July and “expect to see somewhere in the nature of 68-69% renewal rates for July once all late renewals are totaled&ldquo...
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NameJet adds .CO Backorders
After CO Internet, the operator of the .CO registry recently announced that their renewal rate was about 66% at the end of July and “expect to see somewhere in the nature of 68-69% renewal rates for July once all late renewals are totaled&ldquo...
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August 24, 2011, 2:53 pm
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Sedo Webinar on the Background of IDNX
Sedo has now published a video of yesterday’s webinar about IDNX, a domain name exchange that is updated monthly based on the domain sales data provided by Sedo. During the webinar the founder of IDNX, Thies Lindenthal, encouraged other compani...
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Sedo Webinar on the Background of IDNX
Sedo has now published a video of yesterday’s webinar about IDNX, a domain name exchange that is updated monthly based on the domain sales data provided by Sedo. During the webinar the founder of IDNX, Thies Lindenthal, encouraged other compani...
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August 24, 2011, 2:08 pm
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Matias de Tezanos’ BrokersWeb.com Makes Inc. 500
After watching an interview on MO.com with Brent Beshore, an Inc 500 entrepreneur, I cruised over to Inc.com and noticed another familiar name in the list of the fastest growing companies. Matias de Tezanos and his company BrokerWeb.com ranked ...
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Matias de Tezanos’ BrokersWeb.com Makes Inc. 500
After watching an interview on MO.com with Brent Beshore, an Inc 500 entrepreneur, I cruised over to Inc.com and noticed another familiar name in the list of the fastest growing companies. Matias de Tezanos and his company BrokerWeb.com ranked ...
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August 24, 2011, 7:52 am
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Left of the Dot Relaunches Importers.com
Importers.com was owned by Canadian Company Live Current Media (previously known as Communicate) and was purchased by a domain investor in 2010 for $165,000 USD (as reported by DomainNameWire). The domain was purchased strictly for the inherent value...
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Left of the Dot Relaunches Importers.com
Importers.com was owned by Canadian Company Live Current Media (previously known as Communicate) and was purchased by a domain investor in 2010 for $165,000 USD (as reported by DomainNameWire). The domain was purchased strictly for the inherent value...
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August 23, 2011, 6:22 pm
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SEC Filing reveals BankRate.com’s Domain Acquisitions
BankRate.com’s Premium Domain Acquisitions in 2011 have been revealed in a recent SEC filing totaling over $90 million USD. TrouveMedia.com(?) – $230,000It doesn’t clearly state the domain name in the filing. “Approximately $3...
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SEC Filing reveals BankRate.com’s Domain Acquisitions
BankRate.com’s Premium Domain Acquisitions in 2011 have been revealed in a recent SEC filing totaling over $90 million USD. TrouveMedia.com(?) – $230,000It doesn’t clearly state the domain name in the filing. “Approximately $3...
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August 23, 2011, 3:27 pm
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Yahoo! Introduces PPC Limits for Parked Domains on Five TLDs
According to an email sent by domain parking company TrafficZ last night, Yahoo! has introduced a daily revenue cap for parked domains in the .biz, .co, .info, .tv and .us TLDs. If a domain exceeds the revenue cap, no more paid Yahoo! ads will be dis...
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Yahoo! Introduces PPC Limits for Parked Domains on Five TLDs
According to an email sent by domain parking company TrafficZ last night, Yahoo! has introduced a daily revenue cap for parked domains in the .biz, .co, .info, .tv and .us TLDs. If a domain exceeds the revenue cap, no more paid Yahoo! ads will be dis...
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August 17, 2011, 4:34 am
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CEO Rod Beckstrom to Leave ICANN in 2012
As first announced by ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom himself via twitter and then confirmed by a press release by ICANN (PDF), Beckstrom will step down at the end of his 3 year contract at the end June 2012. In the note on Twitter, Beckstrom wrote: I have d...
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CEO Rod Beckstrom to Leave ICANN in 2012
As first announced by ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom himself via twitter and then confirmed by a press release by ICANN (PDF), Beckstrom will step down at the end of his 3 year contract at the end June 2012. In the note on Twitter, Beckstrom wrote: I have d...
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August 17, 2011, 4:08 am
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DOMAINfest Global 2012 Dates Announced by DomainSponsor
DomainSponsor, the domain name monetization unit of Oversee.net and organizer of the DOMAINfest series of conferences, has announced it will return to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica for their annual DOMAINfest Global event from January 31...
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DOMAINfest Global 2012 Dates Announced by DomainSponsor
DomainSponsor, the domain name monetization unit of Oversee.net and organizer of the DOMAINfest series of conferences, has announced it will return to the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica for their annual DOMAINfest Global event from January 31...
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August 11, 2011, 9:59 am
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NCR wants to Keep BlockbusterExpress.com Domain Name
As reported by Home Media Magazine, NCR has filed a motion that the BlockbusterExpress.com domain name is not to be included in litigation with Dish Network, the new owner of the Blockbuster brand as part of the Chapter 11 proceedings. On March 2, 20...
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NCR wants to Keep BlockbusterExpress.com Domain Name
As reported by Home Media Magazine, NCR has filed a motion that the BlockbusterExpress.com domain name is not to be included in litigation with Dish Network, the new owner of the Blockbuster brand as part of the Chapter 11 proceedings. On March 2, 20...
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August 8, 2011, 3:31 pm
