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The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
No surprise at the top, but it gets interesting after that. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents who the most influential person is in the domain name industry, as well as who they’d most like to have dinner with. Unsurpr...
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The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
No surprise at the top, but it gets interesting after that. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents who the most influential person is in the domain name industry, as well as who they’d most like to have dinner with. Unsurpr...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 Things that could harm domain names
Forget new TLDs vs. old TLDs. The industry needs to focus on outside threats, too. Much of the conversation in the domain name industry over the past year has been about this battle between new TLDs and .com. The debate has been about if .com is king...
Discussion
2 Things that could harm domain names
Forget new TLDs vs. old TLDs. The industry needs to focus on outside threats, too. Much of the conversation in the domain name industry over the past year has been about this battle between new TLDs and .com. The debate has been about if .com is king...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Uno domain launches Uno Social Site
Site gives .uno domains away for free, but ensures free domain names will be used. The company behind the .uno top level domain name has launched a new social media aggregator called Uno Social Site. Uno Social Site aggregates your data from various ...
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.Uno domain launches Uno Social Site
Site gives .uno domains away for free, but ensures free domain names will be used. The company behind the .uno top level domain name has launched a new social media aggregator called Uno Social Site. Uno Social Site aggregates your data from various ...
Discussion
March 19, 2015, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN budget proposal shows new TLDs weaker than expected
As registrars predicted, 2015 forecast was too rosy. ICANN released its 2016 draft FY16 Operating Plan & Budget for the fiscal year beginning this July, and it shows weaker-than-expected new top level domain name results in the current year. The ...
Discussion
ICANN budget proposal shows new TLDs weaker than expected
As registrars predicted, 2015 forecast was too rosy. ICANN released its 2016 draft FY16 Operating Plan & Budget for the fiscal year beginning this July, and it shows weaker-than-expected new top level domain name results in the current year. The ...
Discussion
March 19, 2015, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sets IPO range, plans to raise $400M at up to $3B valuation
Company sets anticipated range in SEC filing. GoDaddy revealed a planned IPO range of $17.00-$19.00 per share in an SEC filing this morning. At the mid price point of $18.00, GoDaddy will raise $396 million. If it prices at the high end, and its unde...
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GoDaddy sets IPO range, plans to raise $400M at up to $3B valuation
Company sets anticipated range in SEC filing. GoDaddy revealed a planned IPO range of $17.00-$19.00 per share in an SEC filing this morning. At the mid price point of $18.00, GoDaddy will raise $396 million. If it prices at the high end, and its unde...
Discussion
March 19, 2015, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Goldman Sachs and other end user domain name buys
A Goldman Sachs company was among those buying domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo handled 675 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million. The top sale was TheRecRoom.com for $89,888. This was clearly an end user purchase, but th...
Discussion
Goldman Sachs and other end user domain name buys
A Goldman Sachs company was among those buying domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo handled 675 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million. The top sale was TheRecRoom.com for $89,888. This was clearly an end user purchase, but th...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 7:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
LuckyGames.com, BearClaw.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Without the added attraction of money, games of chance are a bit boring compared to games of skill or strategy. So it’s fair to assume LuckyGames.com (with its ...
Discussion
LuckyGames.com, BearClaw.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Without the added attraction of money, games of chance are a bit boring compared to games of skill or strategy. So it’s fair to assume LuckyGames.com (with its ...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 character domain names become available today
Short domain names to be released today. Top level domain name company Rightside is releasing 20,000 two character domain names across its TLDs today at noon EDT. The two character domains to be released include at least one number in them, taking th...
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2 character domain names become available today
Short domain names to be released today. Top level domain name company Rightside is releasing 20,000 two character domain names across its TLDs today at noon EDT. The two character domains to be released include at least one number in them, taking th...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 12:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Promoting Top Level Domain Names with Google Ads
Verisign is promoting an article about .com when users search for “domain names” on Google. I saw an interesting Google Adwords ad today when searching for “domain names”. Most ads for this search are usually for domain name r...
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Promoting Top Level Domain Names with Google Ads
Verisign is promoting an article about .com when users search for “domain names” on Google. I saw an interesting Google Adwords ad today when searching for “domain names”. Most ads for this search are usually for domain name r...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 8:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts launches ad campaign to boost awareness of new TLDs
Company starts campaign to build awareness of the availability of alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts launched its first major, web-based advertising campaign to raise awareness of new top level domain choices yesterday evening. The “Free...
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Donuts launches ad campaign to boost awareness of new TLDs
Company starts campaign to build awareness of the availability of alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts launched its first major, web-based advertising campaign to raise awareness of new top level domain choices yesterday evening. The “Free...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 5:37 pm
