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Viacom registrars hilarious Key & Peele domains
Viacom registers domain names related to popular skit. Viacom (owner of Comedy Central) has registered a bunch of domain names related to one of the most popular Key & Peele skits of all time: I Said B*tch. The skit has over 27 million views on Y...
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Viacom registrars hilarious Key & Peele domains
Viacom registers domain names related to popular skit. Viacom (owner of Comedy Central) has registered a bunch of domain names related to one of the most popular Key & Peele skits of all time: I Said B*tch. The skit has over 27 million views on Y...
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June 6, 2016, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry: 1.5 million domains in one day
A whole lot of domains, but probably not much revenue. How successful was .xyz’s promotion at Uniregistry? Judging by volume, quite successful. Uniregistry put out a press release today saying that 1.5 million domain names were registered at th...
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Uniregistry: 1.5 million domains in one day
A whole lot of domains, but probably not much revenue. How successful was .xyz’s promotion at Uniregistry? Judging by volume, quite successful. Uniregistry put out a press release today saying that 1.5 million domain names were registered at th...
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June 3, 2016, 4:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
May’s top domain name stories and podcasts
New TLD terminations and more interesting news from last month I enjoyed seeing a lot of familiar faces last month at DNSeattle and WHD.usa. Let’s recap what went on at Domain Name Wire last month. First, here are five podcasts you’ll wan...
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May’s top domain name stories and podcasts
New TLD terminations and more interesting news from last month I enjoyed seeing a lot of familiar faces last month at DNSeattle and WHD.usa. Let’s recap what went on at Domain Name Wire last month. First, here are five podcasts you’ll wan...
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June 3, 2016, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Take a look inside GoDaddy’s Tempe Office
Last week I was in Phoenix for WHD.usa. On Friday, I stopped by two of GoDaddy’s offices in the area. First, I stopped at the original HQ up in Scottsdale and chatted with CEO Blake Irving. Then I traveled to the Tempe office. It’s a grea...
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Take a look inside GoDaddy’s Tempe Office
Last week I was in Phoenix for WHD.usa. On Friday, I stopped by two of GoDaddy’s offices in the area. First, I stopped at the original HQ up in Scottsdale and chatted with CEO Blake Irving. Then I traveled to the Tempe office. It’s a grea...
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June 3, 2016, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
China might be inching closer to granting licenses for new TLDs
Job postings suggest licensing process might be progressing. Top level domain name companies have been eagerly waiting for the Chinese government to issue licenses that will allow Chinese citizens to be able to host sites on their domains in China. T...
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China might be inching closer to granting licenses for new TLDs
Job postings suggest licensing process might be progressing. Top level domain name companies have been eagerly waiting for the Chinese government to issue licenses that will allow Chinese citizens to be able to host sites on their domains in China. T...
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June 2, 2016, 8:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Your time is the biggest expense with cheap new TLDs
Domains are cheap, but your time probably isn’t. I registered a handful of .xyz domain names early on. Daniel Negari has built buzz around the domain, and I think some of the domains I bought have value. Enough value that I pay $10 a year to re...
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Your time is the biggest expense with cheap new TLDs
Domains are cheap, but your time probably isn’t. I registered a handful of .xyz domain names early on. Daniel Negari has built buzz around the domain, and I think some of the domains I bought have value. Enough value that I pay $10 a year to re...
Discussion
June 2, 2016, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners & Losers – China makes a comeback
Chinese domain name registrars surge again. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from February. After taking a breather in January, Chinese registrars were back with big numbers in F...
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.Com Winners & Losers – China makes a comeback
Chinese domain name registrars surge again. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from February. After taking a breather in January, Chinese registrars were back with big numbers in F...
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June 2, 2016, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
A big three-digit sale, Pug.com and more. NameJet had another good month, reporting nearly $1.3 million of sales over $2,000. Here are some of its more notable sales: 281.com $201,100 – This domain name was used by a company west of Austin. It&...
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10 notable NameJet sales from last month
A big three-digit sale, Pug.com and more. NameJet had another good month, reporting nearly $1.3 million of sales over $2,000. Here are some of its more notable sales: 281.com $201,100 – This domain name was used by a company west of Austin. It&...
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June 2, 2016, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Phil Bienert out as GoDaddy CMO, Barb Rechterman back in
Barb Rechterman heads back to the marketing c-suite. Phil Biener has resigned as Chief Marketing Office at GoDaddy after a little over a year in the role. Barb Rechterman, who moved from the CMO job to Chief Customer Office to make way for Bienert, i...
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Phil Bienert out as GoDaddy CMO, Barb Rechterman back in
Barb Rechterman heads back to the marketing c-suite. Phil Biener has resigned as Chief Marketing Office at GoDaddy after a little over a year in the role. Barb Rechterman, who moved from the CMO job to Chief Customer Office to make way for Bienert, i...
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June 1, 2016, 8:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
A crossword clue every Domainer should get
A crossword clue that will make sense to DNW readers. I’m usually flummoxed by crossword puzzles. But 15 across in Sunday’s New York Times was easy. Clue: GoDaddy Purchase The answer is six characters. © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This...
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A crossword clue every Domainer should get
A crossword clue that will make sense to DNW readers. I’m usually flummoxed by crossword puzzles. But 15 across in Sunday’s New York Times was easy. Clue: GoDaddy Purchase The answer is six characters. © DomainNameWire.com 2016. This...
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June 1, 2016, 7:53 pm
