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J. Carlo Cannell may push for Rightside board shakeup (again)
Activist investor toys with proposing his own board candidates. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose investment firms own 8.7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME)stock, might push for his own slate of three directors for the company’s ...
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J. Carlo Cannell may push for Rightside board shakeup (again)
Activist investor toys with proposing his own board candidates. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose investment firms own 8.7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME)stock, might push for his own slate of three directors for the company’s ...
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April 17, 2017, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Jason Calacanis sells 20.com for $1.75 million to Chinese domain buyer
Two digit domain name sells for seven digits. Entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis has sold the domain name 20.com for $1.75 million to a Chinese buyer. Last week, Calacanis tweeted: Got a cash offer of 1.75m for https://t.co/xfklAPjOV1;feels li...
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Jason Calacanis sells 20.com for $1.75 million to Chinese domain buyer
Two digit domain name sells for seven digits. Entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis has sold the domain name 20.com for $1.75 million to a Chinese buyer. Last week, Calacanis tweeted: Got a cash offer of 1.75m for https://t.co/xfklAPjOV1;feels li...
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April 17, 2017, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
How selling cheap domains ruins your TLD for all users
Selling cheap domains leads to a bunch of abuse. If you’re going to essentially give away domain names in your top level domain name in order to create an impression of great demand, then you’re killing the extension for legitimate users....
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How selling cheap domains ruins your TLD for all users
Selling cheap domains leads to a bunch of abuse. If you’re going to essentially give away domain names in your top level domain name in order to create an impression of great demand, then you’re killing the extension for legitimate users....
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April 14, 2017, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple continues its shift from i-Brands
iTunes Podcasts are now Apple Podcasts. Apple is continuing to shift away from using i-Brand to name its products, moving toward the Apple brand instead. It started with the Apple Watch. Then, Apple Music. Now, Apple Podcasts. I bit hard on e-domains...
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Apple continues its shift from i-Brands
iTunes Podcasts are now Apple Podcasts. Apple is continuing to shift away from using i-Brand to name its products, moving toward the Apple brand instead. It started with the Apple Watch. Then, Apple Music. Now, Apple Podcasts. I bit hard on e-domains...
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April 13, 2017, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
The state of commerce in the United States
What he thought would happen two decades ago is happening now. It has big implications. I was in college in the late 1990s during the dot.com boom. I was enthralled by the promise of the internet when it comes to commerce. One of my job offers upon g...
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The state of commerce in the United States
What he thought would happen two decades ago is happening now. It has big implications. I was in college in the late 1990s during the dot.com boom. I was enthralled by the promise of the internet when it comes to commerce. One of my job offers upon g...
Discussion
April 13, 2017, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panelist makes right call in Zeca.com case
Panelist questions bad faith claim despite no response from domain name owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has correctly denied a UDRP filing for Zeca.com, despite the complainant having a long-standing trademark for Zeca and ...
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Panelist makes right call in Zeca.com case
Panelist questions bad faith claim despite no response from domain name owner. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has correctly denied a UDRP filing for Zeca.com, despite the complainant having a long-standing trademark for Zeca and ...
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April 13, 2017, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This $20 billion company uses a new TLD for its website, and…
A huge company is forwarding a .com domain to a .technology domain name. On this week’s podcast Andrew Rosener disclosed that he brokered the sale of DXC.com this year. An astute listner noticed something about how the domain name is being used...
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This $20 billion company uses a new TLD for its website, and…
A huge company is forwarding a .com domain to a .technology domain name. On this week’s podcast Andrew Rosener disclosed that he brokered the sale of DXC.com this year. An astute listner noticed something about how the domain name is being used...
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April 12, 2017, 7:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales last month
Some notable domain name sales on NameJet from the past month. NameJet sold 156 domain names for $2,000 or more last month, totaling about $875,000. Here are ten domain names from the list worth mentioning: HandJob.com $40,000 – notable because...
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10 notable NameJet sales last month
Some notable domain name sales on NameJet from the past month. NameJet sold 156 domain names for $2,000 or more last month, totaling about $875,000. Here are ten domain names from the list worth mentioning: HandJob.com $40,000 – notable because...
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April 12, 2017, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains HP Enterprise and other end users bought last week
16 end user domain name sales from the past week. The big-name buyer on this week’s end user list is Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), aka HP Enterprise, a $30 billion market cap technology company. It bought a solid gerund for $12,500. T...
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What domains HP Enterprise and other end users bought last week
16 end user domain name sales from the past week. The big-name buyer on this week’s end user list is Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), aka HP Enterprise, a $30 billion market cap technology company. It bought a solid gerund for $12,500. T...
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April 12, 2017, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
An outgoing TLD manager reflects on the past and future of “new” domains
[Editor’s note: Francesco Cetraro recently left his post as Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud after two years. Francesco has offered some great viewpoints on new top level domain names. He wrote two posts for DNW during his time with .clou...
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An outgoing TLD manager reflects on the past and future of “new” domains
[Editor’s note: Francesco Cetraro recently left his post as Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud after two years. Francesco has offered some great viewpoints on new top level domain names. He wrote two posts for DNW during his time with .clou...
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April 11, 2017, 5:52 pm
