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.Club has now sold over $4 million in premium domain names
.Club plows through $4 million mark for premium dmains. The .Club registry announced its premium sales for July today and it hit a milestone: over $4 million in premium domain name sales. July was a relatively slow premium sales month with about $62,...
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.Club has now sold over $4 million in premium domain names
.Club plows through $4 million mark for premium dmains. The .Club registry announced its premium sales for July today and it hit a milestone: over $4 million in premium domain name sales. July was a relatively slow premium sales month with about $62,...
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August 18, 2016, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 more end user domain name sales
A game maker, financial planner and printing company bought domain names last week. Sedo’s top sale last week was Mamma.com for $72,999. The domain name has a rich backstory. Alas, the whois record is private, so I can’t qualify it as an ...
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13 more end user domain name sales
A game maker, financial planner and printing company bought domain names last week. Sedo’s top sale last week was Mamma.com for $72,999. The domain name has a rich backstory. Alas, the whois record is private, so I can’t qualify it as an ...
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August 18, 2016, 2:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hey Analysts: this is what I think about Verisign’s .com pricing going forward
I received two LinkedIn requests from stock analysts yesterday asking for my thoughts on what Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) will be able to charge for .com domain names going forward. I suspect this is in response to Ted Cruz’s most recent letter. Analy...
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Hey Analysts: this is what I think about Verisign’s .com pricing going forward
I received two LinkedIn requests from stock analysts yesterday asking for my thoughts on what Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) will be able to charge for .com domain names going forward. I suspect this is in response to Ted Cruz’s most recent letter. Analy...
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August 17, 2016, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Franklin Covey’s The Leader in Me on the defensive (with domain names)
Domains related to criticisms of school program are registered. I bet that if you look at any corporation’s domain name portfolio, you’ll find that 95%-99% of the domain names it owns are for defensive purposes. Yesterday, someone registe...
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Franklin Covey’s The Leader in Me on the defensive (with domain names)
Domains related to criticisms of school program are registered. I bet that if you look at any corporation’s domain name portfolio, you’ll find that 95%-99% of the domain names it owns are for defensive purposes. Yesterday, someone registe...
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August 17, 2016, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
eName is now a public company
Chinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName’s press release ab...
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eName is now a public company
Chinese domain name company goes public. Four months ago I wrote that Chinese domain name company eName was going public. As of yesterday, the company is now publicly traded. China consultancy Allegravita has translated eName’s press release ab...
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August 16, 2016, 6:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com paid $1.3 million for about 100 eNom registrars
Deal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while SnapNam...
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Web.com paid $1.3 million for about 100 eNom registrars
Deal was part of partnership to chase expired domain names. In April, NameJet and SnapNames announced a partnership to combine forces to go after pending delete domain names. NameJet is a 50/50 partnership between Rightside and Web.com, while SnapNam...
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August 16, 2016, 1:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
co.LTD sells for $115,000
Donuts sells two-letter domain name for six figures. New top level domain name company Donuts has sold the domain name co.LTD for $115,000, the company revealed today. .LTD is a corporate identifier top level domain name and is short for “limit...
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co.LTD sells for $115,000
Donuts sells two-letter domain name for six figures. New top level domain name company Donuts has sold the domain name co.LTD for $115,000, the company revealed today. .LTD is a corporate identifier top level domain name and is short for “limit...
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August 15, 2016, 8:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
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Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
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August 15, 2016, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
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Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
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August 15, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ted Cruz asks DOJ to review .Com pricing
Cruz and two other senators question DOJ over .com pricing. U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday that echoes the concerns I presented in an article about ....
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Ted Cruz asks DOJ to review .Com pricing
Cruz and two other senators question DOJ over .com pricing. U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) sent a letter to the Department of Justice yesterday that echoes the concerns I presented in an article about ....
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August 13, 2016, 2:36 pm
