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GoDaddy is paying $218 million for Neustar’s registry business
Company discloses acquisition price for Neustar business. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) unveiled its acquisition price for Neustar along with GoDaddy’s first-quarter earnings today. It is paying $218 million for the business and expects the transaction ...
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GoDaddy is paying $218 million for Neustar’s registry business
Company discloses acquisition price for Neustar business. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) unveiled its acquisition price for Neustar along with GoDaddy’s first-quarter earnings today. It is paying $218 million for the business and expects the transaction ...
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May 6, 2020, 8:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lessons from three recent domain sales
Here are three lessons to sell more domains. I’ve made three small (one very small!) domain sales over the past 10 days, and each of them comes with a lesson. Here they are: The follow-up Some sales discussions go stale. It makes sense to follo...
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Lessons from three recent domain sales
Here are three lessons to sell more domains. I’ve made three small (one very small!) domain sales over the past 10 days, and each of them comes with a lesson. Here they are: The follow-up Some sales discussions go stale. It makes sense to follo...
Discussion
May 6, 2020, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com refreshes Register.com, lowers pricing
It no longer costs an arm and a leg to register a domain at Register.com. Just an arm. Register.com has teased customers over the past month with emails saying that change was coming. Today, that change dropped. On the front end, the biggest thing yo...
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Web.com refreshes Register.com, lowers pricing
It no longer costs an arm and a leg to register a domain at Register.com. Just an arm. Register.com has teased customers over the past month with emails saying that change was coming. Today, that change dropped. On the front end, the biggest thing yo...
Discussion
May 6, 2020, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
56.com and the power of short numeric domains
This domain sold for a lot and it certainly has valuable uses. George Kirikos frequently demonstrates his great skills in finding valuable information about domains. Recently, he dug up some old stuff to reveal the price of the domain 56.com. In a po...
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56.com and the power of short numeric domains
This domain sold for a lot and it certainly has valuable uses. George Kirikos frequently demonstrates his great skills in finding valuable information about domains. Recently, he dug up some old stuff to reveal the price of the domain 56.com. In a po...
Discussion
May 6, 2020, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy hosting accounts hacked
Unauthorized access happened in October last year and impacted SSH logins only. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has informed some of its webhosting customers that their accounts were breached last year. The company submitted the breach notice (pdf) to the State...
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GoDaddy hosting accounts hacked
Unauthorized access happened in October last year and impacted SSH logins only. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has informed some of its webhosting customers that their accounts were breached last year. The company submitted the breach notice (pdf) to the State...
Discussion
May 5, 2020, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
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UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
Discussion
May 5, 2020, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
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English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
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May 5, 2020, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
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.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
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May 4, 2020, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
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MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
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May 4, 2020, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
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Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
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May 4, 2020, 3:30 pm
