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Why Verisign paid $135 million for the .web top level domain
Here are three reasons it might have wanted to run .web. Verisign bought rights to the .web top level domain name yesterday for a staggering $135 million. Up until now, Verisign’s only interest in new top level domain names (other than running ...
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Why Verisign paid $135 million for the .web top level domain
Here are three reasons it might have wanted to run .web. Verisign bought rights to the .web top level domain name yesterday for a staggering $135 million. Up until now, Verisign’s only interest in new top level domain names (other than running ...
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July 29, 2016, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
It looks like Verisign bought .Web domain for $135 million (SEC Filing)
Company paying $130 million for “contractual rights”. It sure looks like Nu Dot Co was the winner of today’s .web auction and Verisign is behind the bid. Verisign just filed its quarterly report with the SEC today. Under “Subs...
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It looks like Verisign bought .Web domain for $135 million (SEC Filing)
Company paying $130 million for “contractual rights”. It sure looks like Nu Dot Co was the winner of today’s .web auction and Verisign is behind the bid. Verisign just filed its quarterly report with the SEC today. Under “Subs...
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July 28, 2016, 9:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar and Verisign release earnings, doesn’t mention .web
Companies report results and doesn’t mention today’s .web auction. Does this mean anything? Verisign and Neustar released second quarter earnings today after the bell. Both companies are rumored to be backers of Nu Dot Co in the .web auct...
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Neustar and Verisign release earnings, doesn’t mention .web
Companies report results and doesn’t mention today’s .web auction. Does this mean anything? Verisign and Neustar released second quarter earnings today after the bell. Both companies are rumored to be backers of Nu Dot Co in the .web auct...
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July 28, 2016, 8:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: .Web top level domain name auction ends for $135 million
The auction to determine who gets to run the .web top level domain name has concluded with a $135 million price. This is by far the most paid to run a top level domain name. More to come… © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted con...
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Breaking: .Web top level domain name auction ends for $135 million
The auction to determine who gets to run the .web top level domain name has concluded with a $135 million price. This is by far the most paid to run a top level domain name. More to come… © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This is copyrighted con...
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July 28, 2016, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX records over $8 million billings in first half of year
2016 looking much rosier than 2015 for new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines (MMX) recorded $8.05 million in billings in the first half of 2016, the company announced today. That’s four times as much as it recorded...
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MMX records over $8 million billings in first half of year
2016 looking much rosier than 2015 for new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines (MMX) recorded $8.05 million in billings in the first half of 2016, the company announced today. That’s four times as much as it recorded...
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July 28, 2016, 12:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales up to $25,000
CodeFactory.com, IdealSleep.com and TrueStory.com all sell for $20,000 or more. Sedo handled 450 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. It was a somewhat slow sales week but there are plenty of end user sales to ...
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17 end user domain name sales up to $25,000
CodeFactory.com, IdealSleep.com and TrueStory.com all sell for $20,000 or more. Sedo handled 450 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. It was a somewhat slow sales week but there are plenty of end user sales to ...
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July 27, 2016, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Court denies Donuts’ request to delay .web auction
Judge faults Donuts on procedural grounds and the merits, so auction will go ahead today as planned. An auction to resolve the .web top level domain name contention set will go forward today as originally planned. United States District Judge Percy A...
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Court denies Donuts’ request to delay .web auction
Judge faults Donuts on procedural grounds and the merits, so auction will go ahead today as planned. An auction to resolve the .web top level domain name contention set will go forward today as originally planned. United States District Judge Percy A...
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July 27, 2016, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
A smart brokerage pitch from Afternic
Better lead follow up is worth the commission. Domainers tend to gripe about paying commissions to marketplaces, especially when the lead was generated from a link on their own parking page. This makes sense. If you, the domainer, generated the lead,...
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A smart brokerage pitch from Afternic
Better lead follow up is worth the commission. Domainers tend to gripe about paying commissions to marketplaces, especially when the lead was generated from a link on their own parking page. This makes sense. If you, the domainer, generated the lead,...
Discussion
July 26, 2016, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Poll: How much will .web domain name sell for?
How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated auction to settle the .web top level domain contention set will take place on Wednesday. Thankfully for industry watchers, the fi...
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Poll: How much will .web domain name sell for?
How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated auction to settle the .web top level domain contention set will take place on Wednesday. Thankfully for industry watchers, the fi...
Discussion
July 26, 2016, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: Wednesday’s .Web auction must go on
Group responds to lawsuit and argues auction should take place on Wednesday as planned. ICANN has responded (pdf) to Donuts’ lawsuit over the .web top level domain name auction, saying that Donuts’ allegations are unfounded and that the a...
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ICANN: Wednesday’s .Web auction must go on
Group responds to lawsuit and argues auction should take place on Wednesday as planned. ICANN has responded (pdf) to Donuts’ lawsuit over the .web top level domain name auction, saying that Donuts’ allegations are unfounded and that the a...
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July 26, 2016, 1:22 pm
