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Shoes.com shuts down
Canadian shoe seller shutters online stores including Shoes.com. It takes more than a good domain name. Shoes.com, part of a company that also operates OnlineShoes.com and ShoeME.ca, has gone out of business. All three sites shut down today. The Cana...
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Shoes.com shuts down
Canadian shoe seller shutters online stores including Shoes.com. It takes more than a good domain name. Shoes.com, part of a company that also operates OnlineShoes.com and ShoeME.ca, has gone out of business. All three sites shut down today. The Cana...
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January 28, 2017, 2:32 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving defends domain investors
Domain sharks? Not so fast. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving held a chat on Product Hunt Live this morning. A person asked him if domain resellers or “sharks” were a problem and what should be done about it. Here’s the exchange: Q: Bharath ...
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GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving defends domain investors
Domain sharks? Not so fast. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving held a chat on Product Hunt Live this morning. A person asked him if domain resellers or “sharks” were a problem and what should be done about it. Here’s the exchange: Q: Bharath ...
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January 27, 2017, 8:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another domain-registration-date-for-security patent is filed
Company proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain age registration alert”. Application 14/80...
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Another domain-registration-date-for-security patent is filed
Company proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain age registration alert”. Application 14/80...
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January 27, 2017, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
DNForum relaunches under new ownership
Two domainers take over forum for talking about domain names. Domain name forum DNForum has officially relaunched under new ownership. Domain investors George Verdugo and Kevin Faler purchased the forum from Adam Dicker. The once-popular domain name ...
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DNForum relaunches under new ownership
Two domainers take over forum for talking about domain names. Domain name forum DNForum has officially relaunched under new ownership. Domain investors George Verdugo and Kevin Faler purchased the forum from Adam Dicker. The once-popular domain name ...
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January 27, 2017, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain company market cap changes in 2016
Tucows’ value increased the most and Verisign’s fell the most. I’ve done a lot of posts over the years tracking domain name company’s stock prices. What’s up, what’s down, and by how much. While looking at last yea...
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Domain company market cap changes in 2016
Tucows’ value increased the most and Verisign’s fell the most. I’ve done a lot of posts over the years tracking domain name company’s stock prices. What’s up, what’s down, and by how much. While looking at last yea...
Discussion
January 26, 2017, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy releases Super Bowl teaser
Cats on roombas. What color is the dress? Internet memes to feature in GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial. After skipping the Super Bowl last year, GoDaddy will return for its 12th Super Bowl campaign next month. GoDaddy released a teaser (embedde...
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GoDaddy releases Super Bowl teaser
Cats on roombas. What color is the dress? Internet memes to feature in GoDaddy’s Super Bowl commercial. After skipping the Super Bowl last year, GoDaddy will return for its 12th Super Bowl campaign next month. GoDaddy released a teaser (embedde...
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January 25, 2017, 7:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix to “rent” some premium domains by the month through Undeveloped
Undeveloped tests domain leasing offering. New top level domain name company Radix has teamed up with domain marketplace Undeveloped to sell some of its premium domain inventory by the month. Called “Domain Rental Market”, some of the dom...
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Radix to “rent” some premium domains by the month through Undeveloped
Undeveloped tests domain leasing offering. New top level domain name company Radix has teamed up with domain marketplace Undeveloped to sell some of its premium domain inventory by the month. Called “Domain Rental Market”, some of the dom...
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January 25, 2017, 6:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX reports $15.8 million billings in 2016
Company doubles billings in 2016. In a business update posted today, top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX) reported $15.8 million in billings for 2016. That’s double the billings the company reported for 2015. Renewal billings inc...
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MMX reports $15.8 million billings in 2016
Company doubles billings in 2016. In a business update posted today, top level domain name company MMX (London AIM: MMX) reported $15.8 million in billings for 2016. That’s double the billings the company reported for 2015. Renewal billings inc...
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January 25, 2017, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Matt Mullenweg: “The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize”
“The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize.” That’s how Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg opened up a chat at NamesCon 2017, an event for the domain name industry, here in Las Vegas Today. Echoing comments ...
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Matt Mullenweg: “The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize”
“The folks here in this room are perhaps more important than you realize.” That’s how Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg opened up a chat at NamesCon 2017, an event for the domain name industry, here in Las Vegas Today. Echoing comments ...
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January 24, 2017, 6:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Five interesting things about the eNom sale
Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox gave a presentation yesterday about the company’s sale of eNom to Tucows. Here are some interesting takeaways: New TLDs are still the smallest part of Rightside’s business...
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Five interesting things about the eNom sale
Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) CEO Taryn Naidu and CFO Tracy Knox gave a presentation yesterday about the company’s sale of eNom to Tucows. Here are some interesting takeaways: New TLDs are still the smallest part of Rightside’s business...
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January 24, 2017, 5:27 pm
