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It’s the Amazon Echo, but Amazon stocks up on Alexa domain names
Even though it’s called the Echo, Amazon also registered Alexa domain names related to new device. Amazon announced the Amazon Echo, a sort of home personal assistant similar to Ubi, last week. Although it’s called the Echo, owners can na...
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It’s the Amazon Echo, but Amazon stocks up on Alexa domain names
Even though it’s called the Echo, Amazon also registered Alexa domain names related to new device. Amazon announced the Amazon Echo, a sort of home personal assistant similar to Ubi, last week. Although it’s called the Echo, owners can na...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
What do Amazon and Google domain name losses mean for new TLDs?
Neither of them won .cloud, which begs a big question. .Cloud is a valuable top level domain name. I’m basing that on the seven applications it received, and that Amazon.com, Google and Symantec all applied for the domain name. So which one of ...
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What do Amazon and Google domain name losses mean for new TLDs?
Neither of them won .cloud, which begs a big question. .Cloud is a valuable top level domain name. I’m basing that on the seven applications it received, and that Amazon.com, Google and Symantec all applied for the domain name. So which one of ...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines nets $8.4 million from auctions, .Cloud and .Book settled
Company wins by losing five auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has bolstered its bank account by $8.4 million as a result of losing five private auctions for new top level domain names. The losses included a handful of highl...
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Minds + Machines nets $8.4 million from auctions, .Cloud and .Book settled
Company wins by losing five auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has bolstered its bank account by $8.4 million as a result of losing five private auctions for new top level domain names. The losses included a handful of highl...
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November 10, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Weekend domain name musings
Here are a few things I’m thinking about while enjoying a beautiful November weekend in Austin. It amuses me that many rival new top level domain name companies blast .XYZ for giving domain names away for free, but they still quote a three mill...
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Weekend domain name musings
Here are a few things I’m thinking about while enjoying a beautiful November weekend in Austin. It amuses me that many rival new top level domain name companies blast .XYZ for giving domain names away for free, but they still quote a three mill...
Discussion
November 8, 2014, 9:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo sells $1.4 million worth of domains, here are some end user sales
Here are some of the end user sales among Sedo’s $1.4 million in transactions last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo handled 542 transactions last week for a total of $1.4 million in domain name sales. End user buyers included two large pharma...
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Sedo sells $1.4 million worth of domains, here are some end user sales
Here are some of the end user sales among Sedo’s $1.4 million in transactions last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo handled 542 transactions last week for a total of $1.4 million in domain name sales. End user buyers included two large pharma...
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November 7, 2014, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX modifies domain matching program for new adult TLDs
ICM Registry shortens window for claiming matching domain names due to ICANN requirements. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the soon-to-be-released .porn and .adult domain names, announced today a modified domain name matching program for .x...
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.XXX modifies domain matching program for new adult TLDs
ICM Registry shortens window for claiming matching domain names due to ICANN requirements. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the soon-to-be-released .porn and .adult domain names, announced today a modified domain name matching program for .x...
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November 7, 2014, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Online could be best generic new domain yet
Three reasons .online should be successful. Michael Berkens spotted this morning that the last of the losing applicants for .online had withdrawn its application, meaning a partnership between Radix, NameCheap and Tucows has won the rights for the .o...
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.Online could be best generic new domain yet
Three reasons .online should be successful. Michael Berkens spotted this morning that the last of the losing applicants for .online had withdrawn its application, meaning a partnership between Radix, NameCheap and Tucows has won the rights for the .o...
Discussion
November 7, 2014, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Endurance paid $44.9 million for BuyDomains
Company acquired domain name portfolio, online storefronts and intellectual property for $44.9 million. Endurance has filed its 10-Q quarterly filing with the SEC, and it details the purchase price paid for BuyDomains. The total amount paid was $44.9...
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Endurance paid $44.9 million for BuyDomains
Company acquired domain name portfolio, online storefronts and intellectual property for $44.9 million. Endurance has filed its 10-Q quarterly filing with the SEC, and it details the purchase price paid for BuyDomains. The total amount paid was $44.9...
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November 7, 2014, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside earnings: 15 TLD generate $2.5 million, strong eNom performance
Rightside grows its eNom business, new TLDs generate $2.5 million in revenue as of end of Q3. Rightside released third quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue for the third quarter came in at $48.8 million, up from $45.5 million in the same qu...
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Rightside earnings: 15 TLD generate $2.5 million, strong eNom performance
Rightside grows its eNom business, new TLDs generate $2.5 million in revenue as of end of Q3. Rightside released third quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue for the third quarter came in at $48.8 million, up from $45.5 million in the same qu...
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November 6, 2014, 9:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains and the economics of large domain portfolios
Should very large domain name portfolios be valued per domain or on sales and profitability metrics? The sale of BuyDomains.com this week, including a portfolio of close to a million domains for something less than $80 per domain, has raised eyebrows...
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BuyDomains and the economics of large domain portfolios
Should very large domain name portfolios be valued per domain or on sales and profitability metrics? The sale of BuyDomains.com this week, including a portfolio of close to a million domains for something less than $80 per domain, has raised eyebrows...
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November 6, 2014, 4:20 pm
