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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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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
Domain Name Wire
Tucows expects $20 million EBITDA/year from “opportunistic” eNom acquisition
Tucows expects fast contribution from eNom, which has booked losses at Rightside. Domain name and communications company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) didn’t plan to acquire two domain name businesses over the past year, but the opportunities were too go...
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Tucows expects $20 million EBITDA/year from “opportunistic” eNom acquisition
Tucows expects fast contribution from eNom, which has booked losses at Rightside. Domain name and communications company Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) didn’t plan to acquire two domain name businesses over the past year, but the opportunities were too go...
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January 23, 2017, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Huh? No RDNH in Maaji.com case
Panelist lets complainant off the hook for filing dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of Maaji.com in a UDRP case, but for some strange reason did not find the complainant guilty of r...
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Huh? No RDNH in Maaji.com case
Panelist lets complainant off the hook for filing dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of Maaji.com in a UDRP case, but for some strange reason did not find the complainant guilty of r...
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January 23, 2017, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
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Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
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January 23, 2017, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
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MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
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January 23, 2017, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Solomon Amoako joins MMX as VP Channel Management
Amoaka back in the domain name industry in new role at MMX. Solomon Amoako has joined new top level domain company MMX (formerly known as Minds + Machines) as VP of Channel Management. Amoako will be responsible for sales in the Americas and Europe. ...
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Solomon Amoako joins MMX as VP Channel Management
Amoaka back in the domain name industry in new role at MMX. Solomon Amoako has joined new top level domain company MMX (formerly known as Minds + Machines) as VP of Channel Management. Amoako will be responsible for sales in the Americas and Europe. ...
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January 22, 2017, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
CADNA pushes to change anticybersquatting law
Group wants to model law after Utah legislation. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pushing to amend the 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) to include provisions in a 2010 Utah cybersquatting law. Phil Corwin, counsel...
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CADNA pushes to change anticybersquatting law
Group wants to model law after Utah legislation. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pushing to amend the 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) to include provisions in a 2010 Utah cybersquatting law. Phil Corwin, counsel...
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January 20, 2017, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows acquires eNom from Rightside
Tucows consolidates domain reseller platforms in $83.5 million transaction. Earlier this week I warned you to be on the lookout for big news over the next few days. Here it is. Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) has acquired Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) eNom bus...
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Tucows acquires eNom from Rightside
Tucows consolidates domain reseller platforms in $83.5 million transaction. Earlier this week I warned you to be on the lookout for big news over the next few days. Here it is. Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) has acquired Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) eNom bus...
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January 20, 2017, 2:30 pm
