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Donuts makes $70 million unsolicited offer for Rightside’s new TLD business
Public offer comes after Rightside declined earlier offers. Donuts announced today that it’s making a $70 million offer to acquire Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) new top level domain name business. The company is making the offer public after ...
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Donuts makes $70 million unsolicited offer for Rightside’s new TLD business
Public offer comes after Rightside declined earlier offers. Donuts announced today that it’s making a $70 million offer to acquire Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) new top level domain name business. The company is making the offer public after ...
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June 24, 2016, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brexit spells…opportunity?
Lots of people are registering Brexit domain names. UK voters have said they want to leave the European Union. Stocks are in freefall. The pound is sinking. UK’s prime minister is quitting. All of which means…opportunity? That’s ce...
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Brexit spells…opportunity?
Lots of people are registering Brexit domain names. UK voters have said they want to leave the European Union. Stocks are in freefall. The pound is sinking. UK’s prime minister is quitting. All of which means…opportunity? That’s ce...
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June 24, 2016, 12:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit ensnares innocent domain name investors
Valuable domain names are at stake. A lawsuit related to one of the longest running and most expensive legal battles in the history of domain names has now ensnared some well-known domain name investors. Their alleged fault: buying domain names from ...
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Lawsuit ensnares innocent domain name investors
Valuable domain names are at stake. A lawsuit related to one of the longest running and most expensive legal battles in the history of domain names has now ensnared some well-known domain name investors. Their alleged fault: buying domain names from ...
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June 23, 2016, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
App maker gets matching .com, company rebrands and buys ccTLDs, and more end user domain name sales. Sedo handled about a million dollars worth of domain name sales last week. Some of the end users that bought domains include a company that’s r...
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This week’s end user domain name sales
App maker gets matching .com, company rebrands and buys ccTLDs, and more end user domain name sales. Sedo handled about a million dollars worth of domain name sales last week. Some of the end users that bought domains include a company that’s r...
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June 23, 2016, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Rick Schwartz’s UDRP loss is good for domainers
DomainKing.biz UDRP loss can help domainers on the receiving end of a UDRP. Earlier this month domain investor Rick Schwartz lost a UDRP–as the complainant. Schwartz filed a UDRP against a domain name registrar over the domain DomainKing.biz. S...
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Why Rick Schwartz’s UDRP loss is good for domainers
DomainKing.biz UDRP loss can help domainers on the receiving end of a UDRP. Earlier this month domain investor Rick Schwartz lost a UDRP–as the complainant. Schwartz filed a UDRP against a domain name registrar over the domain DomainKing.biz. S...
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June 22, 2016, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Updated eNom goes live today
eNom is getting a refresh and the building blocks for a better domain control panel are being put in place. Domain name registrar eNom will look different when you visit it later today. The site is undergoing a refresh to make it easier for resellers...
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Updated eNom goes live today
eNom is getting a refresh and the building blocks for a better domain control panel are being put in place. Domain name registrar eNom will look different when you visit it later today. The site is undergoing a refresh to make it easier for resellers...
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June 22, 2016, 12:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Clinton’s .biz and Trump’s .com. Who gets it right?
Both presidential campaigns are releasing attack websites. Today, Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a website blasting Donald Trump’s business history at ArtOfTheSteal.biz. Yes, that’s a .biz. The .com ArtOfTheSteal.com is taken, ...
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Clinton’s .biz and Trump’s .com. Who gets it right?
Both presidential campaigns are releasing attack websites. Today, Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a website blasting Donald Trump’s business history at ArtOfTheSteal.biz. Yes, that’s a .biz. The .com ArtOfTheSteal.com is taken, ...
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June 22, 2016, 2:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Behold, eNom’s refreshed logo
Second largest registrar offers up a cleaner, crisper brand image. It appears that eNom is about to reveal a new logo as part of a previously-announced refresh of its platform. The company filed an intent-to-use trademark application with the U.S. Pa...
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Behold, eNom’s refreshed logo
Second largest registrar offers up a cleaner, crisper brand image. It appears that eNom is about to reveal a new logo as part of a previously-announced refresh of its platform. The company filed an intent-to-use trademark application with the U.S. Pa...
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June 21, 2016, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar to split into two companies. Here’s why
Company will separate NPAC contract from the rest of its business. Neustar, which operates domain name registry services for .co, .biz and many others, is splitting into two publicly traded companies. The move comes as the company’s stock (NYSE...
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Neustar to split into two companies. Here’s why
Company will separate NPAC contract from the rest of its business. Neustar, which operates domain name registry services for .co, .biz and many others, is splitting into two publicly traded companies. The move comes as the company’s stock (NYSE...
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June 21, 2016, 12:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mrs Jello sues over stolen domain names
Three letter domain names are among those stolen. Mrs. Jello, LLC, the company founded by the late domain investor Igal Lichtman, has filed suit to recover domain names that were allegedly stolen from its eNom account. The lawsuit (pdf) claims that t...
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Mrs Jello sues over stolen domain names
Three letter domain names are among those stolen. Mrs. Jello, LLC, the company founded by the late domain investor Igal Lichtman, has filed suit to recover domain names that were allegedly stolen from its eNom account. The lawsuit (pdf) claims that t...
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June 20, 2016, 3:43 pm
