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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from April
April was a notable month in the domain name industry. April showers bring May flowers. Or so they say. Unfortunately, not in Austin this year. The drought continues. But it rained lots of stories in the domain industry last month: a big acquisition,...
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from April
April was a notable month in the domain name industry. April showers bring May flowers. Or so they say. Unfortunately, not in Austin this year. The drought continues. But it rained lots of stories in the domain industry last month: a big acquisition,...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Rich still not getting rich
More domains registered…by the registry’s executive director. Last month I wrote about the .rich top level domain name, which had a mere 22 domain names in its zone file. (It was actually just 21 because I counted a registry domain.) Aft...
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.Rich still not getting rich
More domains registered…by the registry’s executive director. Last month I wrote about the .rich top level domain name, which had a mere 22 domain names in its zone file. (It was actually just 21 because I counted a registry domain.) Aft...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Medicare.com domain name sells for $4.8 million
A huge domain name sale: Medicare.com sells for $4.8 million. eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. has acquired the domain name Medicare.com for $4.8 million. On the company’s investor conference call yesterday the company said it paid $4.5 million ...
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Medicare.com domain name sells for $4.8 million
A huge domain name sale: Medicare.com sells for $4.8 million. eHealthInsurance Services, Inc. has acquired the domain name Medicare.com for $4.8 million. On the company’s investor conference call yesterday the company said it paid $4.5 million ...
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May 2, 2014, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames
Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames and hopes for a revenue contribution of $5 million this year. Web.com paid $7.4 million cash to acquire SnapNames from KeyDrive, the company revealed on its investor conference call yesterday. The company descr...
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Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames
Web.com paid $7.4 million for SnapNames and hopes for a revenue contribution of $5 million this year. Web.com paid $7.4 million cash to acquire SnapNames from KeyDrive, the company revealed on its investor conference call yesterday. The company descr...
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May 2, 2014, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
.CEO: How not to market your new top level domain name
.CEO marketing is not well executed. I’ve written before that .ceo as a standalone domain name doesn’t make sense to me. I see some potential for a network for CEOs, and the company behind .ceo has plenty of experience with social network...
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.CEO: How not to market your new top level domain name
.CEO marketing is not well executed. I’ve written before that .ceo as a standalone domain name doesn’t make sense to me. I see some potential for a network for CEOs, and the company behind .ceo has plenty of experience with social network...
Discussion
May 2, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains: head, shoulder, knees and toes
Some ship has sunk; and as the cargo it carried sinks below the surface, domain resellers pick over its contents like fish seeking edible morsels from among the debris. The vessel’s captain may not know this goes on, having given up for lo...
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Expired domains: head, shoulder, knees and toes
Some ship has sunk; and as the cargo it carried sinks below the surface, domain resellers pick over its contents like fish seeking edible morsels from among the debris. The vessel’s captain may not know this goes on, having given up for lo...
Discussion
May 2, 2014, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker to switch to DomainDiscount 24 interface
Moniker’s interface is being retired. A big change is coming for Moniker customers. The registrar will soon switch it user interface to one very similar to DomainDiscount24.com, another registrar within the KeyDrive family of companies. KeyDriv...
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Moniker to switch to DomainDiscount 24 interface
Moniker’s interface is being retired. A big change is coming for Moniker customers. The registrar will soon switch it user interface to one very similar to DomainDiscount24.com, another registrar within the KeyDrive family of companies. KeyDriv...
Discussion
May 1, 2014, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Build starts building: 1,700 domains so far
.Build domain name lays the foundation. .Build domain names for the construction and building industries hit general availability on Tuesday. Tim Switzer, head of operations and registrar relations for .BUILD, told Domain Name Wire that the company h...
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.Build starts building: 1,700 domains so far
.Build domain name lays the foundation. .Build domain names for the construction and building industries hit general availability on Tuesday. Tim Switzer, head of operations and registrar relations for .BUILD, told Domain Name Wire that the company h...
Discussion
May 1, 2014, 5:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameCheap search “favorites” is cool. I’m still waiting for better new TLD search.
NameCheap’s interface is a nice upgrade for domain discovery. It could do better with TLD context, though. NameCheap unveiled a new domain searching interface this morning. The highlight for me is the ability to pick favorite TLDs for future se...
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NameCheap search “favorites” is cool. I’m still waiting for better new TLD search.
NameCheap’s interface is a nice upgrade for domain discovery. It could do better with TLD context, though. NameCheap unveiled a new domain searching interface this morning. The highlight for me is the ability to pick favorite TLDs for future se...
Discussion
May 1, 2014, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blackberry files patent app for predictive & dynamic top level domain key
Idea is to change from .com to another TLD depending on what you type. Phone maker Blackberry has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a predictive and dynamic top level domain name key. We’ve all used the .c...
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Blackberry files patent app for predictive & dynamic top level domain key
Idea is to change from .com to another TLD depending on what you type. Phone maker Blackberry has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a predictive and dynamic top level domain name key. We’ve all used the .c...
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May 1, 2014, 3:30 pm
