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Rightside turns in record revenue in Q3
Rightside posts record revenue, positive adjusted EBITDA. Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME), parent company of eNom, Name.com and owner of dozens of top level domain names, released earnings this afternoon. The company generated $54.1 million in Q3, a record ...
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Rightside turns in record revenue in Q3
Rightside posts record revenue, positive adjusted EBITDA. Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME), parent company of eNom, Name.com and owner of dozens of top level domain names, released earnings this afternoon. The company generated $54.1 million in Q3, a record ...
Discussion
November 9, 2015, 9:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts CEO Paul Stahura – DNW Podcast #58
With close to 200 TLDs, Donuts is trying to bring choice to the domain name market. Paul Stahura is co-founder and CEO of Donuts, the company that runs more top level domain names than any other company…by far. It currently has nearly 200 doma...
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Donuts CEO Paul Stahura – DNW Podcast #58
With close to 200 TLDs, Donuts is trying to bring choice to the domain name market. Paul Stahura is co-founder and CEO of Donuts, the company that runs more top level domain names than any other company…by far. It currently has nearly 200 doma...
Discussion
November 9, 2015, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com changing ticker symbol from WWWW to WEB
10 years after listing, Web.com gets matching ticker symbol. Web.com is ringing the closing bell on the NASDAQ today to celebrate its 10 year listing anniversary. The company is also making a big change to its stock — its changing its ticker sy...
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Web.com changing ticker symbol from WWWW to WEB
10 years after listing, Web.com gets matching ticker symbol. Web.com is ringing the closing bell on the NASDAQ today to celebrate its 10 year listing anniversary. The company is also making a big change to its stock — its changing its ticker sy...
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November 9, 2015, 3:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy patent app describes mobile domain name transfer system
A faster, more secure way to transfer domain names for in-person transactions? Picture this: you’re at NamesCon in January when you strike a deal with a fellow domainer to sell a domain name to them. You both pull out your phones, activate an a...
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GoDaddy patent app describes mobile domain name transfer system
A faster, more secure way to transfer domain names for in-person transactions? Picture this: you’re at NamesCon in January when you strike a deal with a fellow domainer to sell a domain name to them. You both pull out your phones, activate an a...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
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Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
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Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 5:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
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GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
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GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
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At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 8:42 pm