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One Domain Investor responsible for bulk of .webcam and .trade domain name registrations
One investor responsible for most domain name registrations in .webcam and .trade. A single domain name investor was responsible for a bulk of domain name registrations of Famous Four Media’s domain names launched yesterday. .Webcam added 3,655...
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One Domain Investor responsible for bulk of .webcam and .trade domain name registrations
One investor responsible for most domain name registrations in .webcam and .trade. A single domain name investor was responsible for a bulk of domain name registrations of Famous Four Media’s domain names launched yesterday. .Webcam added 3,655...
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June 10, 2014, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Watch: .Ninjas invade X Games
.Ninja sponsors the X Games. We’ve talked quite a bit on this blog about the need for top level domain name registries to promote their new domain names to end users. Here’s a great example of a company doing just that. The X Games came t...
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Watch: .Ninjas invade X Games
.Ninja sponsors the X Games. We’ve talked quite a bit on this blog about the need for top level domain name registries to promote their new domain names to end users. Here’s a great example of a company doing just that. The X Games came t...
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June 10, 2014, 1:31 pm
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8 Things We Learned from GoDaddy’s IPO filing
GoDaddy filed its S-1 today to go public. I’ve skimmed the 250 pages to compile these seven data points that weren’t previously known. 1. GoDaddy has a lot of customers: 11.548M, to be exact. 2. The company had 2013 revenue of $1.13B. It ...
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8 Things We Learned from GoDaddy’s IPO filing
GoDaddy filed its S-1 today to go public. I’ve skimmed the 250 pages to compile these seven data points that weren’t previously known. 1. GoDaddy has a lot of customers: 11.548M, to be exact. 2. The company had 2013 revenue of $1.13B. It ...
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June 9, 2014, 10:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files to go public (again)
GoDaddy says “It’s Go Time” for IPO. GoDaddy has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will be the company’s second attempt at an initial public offering. It originally filed to go public in 2006, but...
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GoDaddy files to go public (again)
GoDaddy says “It’s Go Time” for IPO. GoDaddy has filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This will be the company’s second attempt at an initial public offering. It originally filed to go public in 2006, but...
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June 9, 2014, 10:01 pm
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Demand Media spinoff Rightside to list on NASDAQ as “NAME”, scores more TLDs
NAME is coming soon to the NASDAQ. Demand Media moved one step closer to spinning off its Rightside domain name business today with the filing of an amended registration statement. The company plans to issue new shares for the spinoff that will trade...
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Demand Media spinoff Rightside to list on NASDAQ as “NAME”, scores more TLDs
NAME is coming soon to the NASDAQ. Demand Media moved one step closer to spinning off its Rightside domain name business today with the filing of an amended registration statement. The company plans to issue new shares for the spinoff that will trade...
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June 9, 2014, 9:53 pm
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Which new TLD is on top? Here’s one answer.
Search data shows that .directory is winning in terms of total indexed pages. No, this article isn’t about whether .xyz or .club should be considered the most registered new domain name so far. Instead, it’s a different look at how to mea...
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Which new TLD is on top? Here’s one answer.
Search data shows that .directory is winning in terms of total indexed pages. No, this article isn’t about whether .xyz or .club should be considered the most registered new domain name so far. Instead, it’s a different look at how to mea...
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June 9, 2014, 6:19 pm
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What domain names Microsoft and others bought
Microsoft headlines last week’s Sedo end user sales list. Microsoft is the biggest name on last week’s Sedo end user sales list, but a flower delivery company bought the most expensive (disclosed) domain name. There’s also a .berlin...
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What domain names Microsoft and others bought
Microsoft headlines last week’s Sedo end user sales list. Microsoft is the biggest name on last week’s Sedo end user sales list, but a flower delivery company bought the most expensive (disclosed) domain name. There’s also a .berlin...
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June 9, 2014, 4:15 pm
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This week in new TLDs: Famous Four, Donuts…and .UK?
At least seven new TLDs hit the market this week, and expect a lot of press around second level .uk domain names. Famous Four Media finally gets into the mix this week as it launches its first three top level domain names: .webcam, .trade and .bid. A...
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This week in new TLDs: Famous Four, Donuts…and .UK?
At least seven new TLDs hit the market this week, and expect a lot of press around second level .uk domain names. Famous Four Media finally gets into the mix this week as it launches its first three top level domain names: .webcam, .trade and .bid. A...
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June 9, 2014, 1:43 pm
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Sex.sells: 15 .Webcam domains sell for $175k
.Webcam hits premium gold with large sale ahead of launch. Famous Four Media launches its first three top level domain names today, and one of them is off to a nice start thanks to a big premium sale. The company announced today that it has sold a pa...
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Sex.sells: 15 .Webcam domains sell for $175k
.Webcam hits premium gold with large sale ahead of launch. Famous Four Media launches its first three top level domain names today, and one of them is off to a nice start thanks to a big premium sale. The company announced today that it has sold a pa...
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June 9, 2014, 10:00 am
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Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
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Malaysian company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking for Spritzer.com
Bottled water company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. Chuan Sin Sdn. Bhd of Taiping, Perak, Malaysia has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in its attempt to get the domain name Spritzer.com through a UDRP. The complainant op...
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June 6, 2014, 5:35 pm
