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End users flock to .co.uk domain names as second level .UK names launch
Good .co.uk domain names sell to end users who will be able to claim the matching .uk domains. Sedo sold lots of good .co.uk domain names last week. I suspect this is because of the launch of second level .uk domain names. Owners of .co.uk domain nam...
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End users flock to .co.uk domain names as second level .UK names launch
Good .co.uk domain names sell to end users who will be able to claim the matching .uk domains. Sedo sold lots of good .co.uk domain names last week. I suspect this is because of the launch of second level .uk domain names. Owners of .co.uk domain nam...
Discussion
July 16, 2014, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
There’s no such thing as a premium .Info domain name any more
The market is quickly becoming flooded with acceptable alternatives to .info (and .biz) domains. Sedo is trying to sell some of its own .info domain names in an auction right now, and takers are few and far between. The auction is called the “P...
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There’s no such thing as a premium .Info domain name any more
The market is quickly becoming flooded with acceptable alternatives to .info (and .biz) domains. Sedo is trying to sell some of its own .info domain names in an auction right now, and takers are few and far between. The auction is called the “P...
Discussion
July 16, 2014, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will new TLDs get a second wind?
It’s likely, but when is the big question. Most new top level domain names are struggling to break even the 10,000 domain name barrier. Many applicants tell me they aren’t worried; it’s the long game. That’s true for many of t...
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Will new TLDs get a second wind?
It’s likely, but when is the big question. Most new top level domain names are struggling to break even the 10,000 domain name barrier. Many applicants tell me they aren’t worried; it’s the long game. That’s true for many of t...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 7:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo does the promotion that domain registrars should do
Domain name registrars would see good results from a marketing push similar to this. Sedo just sent out a marketing pitch to people that have listed domains for sale with “club” in them in the past. The subject line was “Did you try...
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Sedo does the promotion that domain registrars should do
Domain name registrars would see good results from a marketing push similar to this. Sedo just sent out a marketing pitch to people that have listed domains for sale with “club” in them in the past. The subject line was “Did you try...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name auction services should rethink auto extensions
The current method of preventing bid sniping leads to bidder fatigue. Last Friday GoDaddy sent out a somewhat confusing notice about a change to GoDaddy Auctions and auto extensions. Previously, any bid placed within the last five minutes of an aucti...
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Domain name auction services should rethink auto extensions
The current method of preventing bid sniping leads to bidder fatigue. Last Friday GoDaddy sent out a somewhat confusing notice about a change to GoDaddy Auctions and auto extensions. Previously, any bid placed within the last five minutes of an aucti...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 2:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
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.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 12:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
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New TLDs this week: .Bar, .Gripe, .Moda and more
Punto 2012 enters the race, a city TLD launches, and Rightside tries to be fashionable. The weekly deluge of new top level domain names hitting the market continues this week. This week is notable because a new entrant is finally launching two of its...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
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Demand Media spin-off of Rightside set for August 1
Rightside’s debut as its own publicly-traded company is imminent. Demand Media plans to complete the spin-off of its domain name business on August 1. Rightside will become its own public company on that date. It will trade on the NASDAQ under ...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
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Yoweri Museveni domain name put to good use
The ads on Museveni.com are rather ironic. Uganda’s president Yoweri Museven signed into law a harsh anti-gay law earlier this year. Museveni might be disappointed to see what comes up when you type the domain name Museveni.com in a web browser...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable sales from NameJet last month
Here are ten of the more notable sales that took place on NameJet in June. Every month NameJet sells dozens of domains above the $2,000 mark. Andrew Allemann took a look at April, and I followed his lead with May. Here I’ll be think...
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10 notable sales from NameJet last month
Here are ten of the more notable sales that took place on NameJet in June. Every month NameJet sells dozens of domains above the $2,000 mark. Andrew Allemann took a look at April, and I followed his lead with May. Here I’ll be think...
Discussion
July 14, 2014, 1:57 pm
