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2 interesting new TLD-related videos
.Rocks, not .com, and .XYZ. I don’t have any cute cat videos to share with you this Monday, but I have a couple new top level domain name-related YouTube videos might interest readers. In the first one, one of the ten-year-old members of music ...
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2 interesting new TLD-related videos
.Rocks, not .com, and .XYZ. I don’t have any cute cat videos to share with you this Monday, but I have a couple new top level domain name-related YouTube videos might interest readers. In the first one, one of the ten-year-old members of music ...
Discussion
March 23, 2015, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD Auction Results with Michael Berkens – DNW Podcast #25
What do the winners and losers of new TLD auctions mean for the program? Google, Amazon, Donuts…lots of big companies are duking it out in auctions to control top level domain names. The results include a lot of surprises. On this week’s...
Discussion
New TLD Auction Results with Michael Berkens – DNW Podcast #25
What do the winners and losers of new TLD auctions mean for the program? Google, Amazon, Donuts…lots of big companies are duking it out in auctions to control top level domain names. The results include a lot of surprises. On this week’s...
Discussion
March 23, 2015, 3:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts first new domain names are starting to drop…
Donuts’ first domain name registrations are starting to drop. Donuts is releasing renewal numbers for its new TLDs daily as the first batch of names exit the auto-renew grace period. Yesterday, Donuts COO and Co-Founder Richard Tindal blogged r...
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Donuts first new domain names are starting to drop…
Donuts’ first domain name registrations are starting to drop. Donuts is releasing renewal numbers for its new TLDs daily as the first batch of names exit the auto-renew grace period. Yesterday, Donuts COO and Co-Founder Richard Tindal blogged r...
Discussion
March 23, 2015, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Weebly introduces program for domain name registrars and hosts
Reseller program allows hosts and registrars to offer Weebly website builder tools. Website builder Weebly launched a new program for domain name registrars and webhosts today, enabling them to offer Weebly’s website creation tool to their cust...
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Weebly introduces program for domain name registrars and hosts
Reseller program allows hosts and registrars to offer Weebly website builder tools. Website builder Weebly launched a new program for domain name registrars and webhosts today, enabling them to offer Weebly’s website creation tool to their cust...
Discussion
March 23, 2015, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
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 ...
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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...
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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
