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GoDaddy shares pop 30% at open
So far, so good for GoDaddy’s IPO. It’s not an April Fool joke — GoDaddy is off to a great start in the public markets. Shares began trading at about $26 today, 30% over where the IPO priced. The $20 pricing was itself above the exp...
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GoDaddy shares pop 30% at open
So far, so good for GoDaddy’s IPO. It’s not an April Fool joke — GoDaddy is off to a great start in the public markets. Shares began trading at about $26 today, 30% over where the IPO priced. The $20 pricing was itself above the exp...
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April 1, 2015, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM’s Softlayer hit with ICANN breach notice
Notice appears to be triggered by customer complaint. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Everyones Internet, Ltd. dba SoftLayer, citing multiple contract infractions. Softlayer was acquired by IBM in 2013. According to the most recent .com regis...
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IBM’s Softlayer hit with ICANN breach notice
Notice appears to be triggered by customer complaint. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Everyones Internet, Ltd. dba SoftLayer, citing multiple contract infractions. Softlayer was acquired by IBM in 2013. According to the most recent .com regis...
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April 1, 2015, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club tops 200,000 domain name registrations
.Club domain marks big milestone. The .Club team is celebrating after crossing the 200,000 registration barrier less than a year after launch. The numbers can be attributed to a good domain, low pricing, broad distribution and aggressive marketing. A...
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.Club tops 200,000 domain name registrations
.Club domain marks big milestone. The .Club team is celebrating after crossing the 200,000 registration barrier less than a year after launch. The numbers can be attributed to a good domain, low pricing, broad distribution and aggressive marketing. A...
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April 1, 2015, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy goes public today, raises $460 million
Company prices above expected range, valuing company at over $3 billion. GoDaddy will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol “GDDY”. The company priced at $20 per share and sold 23 million shares, raising $460...
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GoDaddy goes public today, raises $460 million
Company prices above expected range, valuing company at over $3 billion. GoDaddy will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange today under the symbol “GDDY”. The company priced at $20 per share and sold 23 million shares, raising $460...
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April 1, 2015, 12:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo increasing minimum offers and commissions
Low-ball offers now must be a bit higher. Domain name marketplace Sedo is increasing the minimum offer people have to make on a domain name as well as the minimum commission sellers pay. Effective April 9, the minimum offer for most domains will incr...
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Sedo increasing minimum offers and commissions
Low-ball offers now must be a bit higher. Domain name marketplace Sedo is increasing the minimum offer people have to make on a domain name as well as the minimum commission sellers pay. Effective April 9, the minimum offer for most domains will incr...
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March 31, 2015, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside stock up 50% this year
Shares rebound from tough 2014. 2014 was miserable for owners of Rightside stock. Its shares sank 58% from $15.82 after being spun off from Demand Media to $6.72 at the close of 2014. Ouch. 2015 is seeing a big reversal. Shares opened today at $10.11...
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Rightside stock up 50% this year
Shares rebound from tough 2014. 2014 was miserable for owners of Rightside stock. Its shares sank 58% from $15.82 after being spun off from Demand Media to $6.72 at the close of 2014. Ouch. 2015 is seeing a big reversal. Shares opened today at $10.11...
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March 31, 2015, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Donuts is revealing domain name renewal rates
By predicting and revealing renewals, Donuts hopes to get registrars and domain name investors on board. Donuts has posted an update on its renewal rates, showing an overall 68.4% rate after ten days. The update also highlights a reason Donuts predic...
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Why Donuts is revealing domain name renewal rates
By predicting and revealing renewals, Donuts hopes to get registrars and domain name investors on board. Donuts has posted an update on its renewal rates, showing an overall 68.4% rate after ten days. The update also highlights a reason Donuts predic...
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March 31, 2015, 1:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Royal Caribbean files lawsuit to capture typos
Cruise line goes cruising for typos. Cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two typos of its RoyalCaribbean.com domain name. The two domains — RoyalCaribean.com and RoyalCarribean.com — forward to...
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Royal Caribbean files lawsuit to capture typos
Cruise line goes cruising for typos. Cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises has filed an in rem lawsuit (pdf) against two typos of its RoyalCaribbean.com domain name. The two domains — RoyalCaribean.com and RoyalCarribean.com — forward to...
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March 30, 2015, 9:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tips to Sell More Domain Names with Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #26
Sell more domains with these expert tips. Want to sell more domain names? Jeff Gabriel, VP of Sales for DomainNameSales.com, has sold many domains (including some record-breakers). He shares tips for how to sell more domain names in this episode of t...
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Tips to Sell More Domain Names with Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #26
Sell more domains with these expert tips. Want to sell more domain names? Jeff Gabriel, VP of Sales for DomainNameSales.com, has sold many domains (including some record-breakers). He shares tips for how to sell more domain names in this episode of t...
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March 30, 2015, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
UPS.com expires in 9 days
UPS and other big companies have domain names expiring soon. OK, so they surely have auto renew turned on. But isn’t this cutting it close? UPS’ main domain name UPS.com, the one it uses to run its company, expires on April 8 and hasn&rsq...
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UPS.com expires in 9 days
UPS and other big companies have domain names expiring soon. OK, so they surely have auto renew turned on. But isn’t this cutting it close? UPS’ main domain name UPS.com, the one it uses to run its company, expires on April 8 and hasn&rsq...
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March 30, 2015, 4:01 pm
